"It's Life Jim, but not as we know it" It's the 453rd Museum's 1/32 P-51D Mustang by Revell.

[The Spadgent]

On 04/05/2021 at 08:41, CedB said:

Nice start Johnny - gotta like a big 'stang  

She is indeed. Tiny in comparison to the WildWilly mind. 🙃

On 04/05/2021 at 09:17, Back in the Saddle said:

Looks like a great kit - I will enjoy watching this one!

 

You build RC models too...? Nice!😇

Thanks. Yes only the one. Search my topics. It’s a Wild Willy 2. Mad as a brush! 🤪

On 04/05/2021 at 09:34, general melchett said:

Good to see another museum build going ahead, look forward to progress Johnny.

Thanks. Fingers crossed for a smooth build for Jim.

On 04/05/2021 at 12:30, rob85 said:

Nice start on this beast Johnny, looking forward to how you tackle it!

 

Rob

Thanks. Hopefully with as little trouble s possible. 🥸

On 04/05/2021 at 13:32, giemme said:

Ah, there you are, Johnny!  Why am I not surprised that you jumped into this BIG kit head first?      

 

Following...

 

Ciao

You know me. Glad to have you around Giorgio. 😎

On 04/05/2021 at 14:59, Paramedic said:

Lovely, another of those builds! And a ´stang to boot!   The subject is a lvoely bird, glad you chose that one.

 

Nice workplace too, proper lights and all - and a skeleton!

Thanks. My wooden skeleton was from Mexico. A young boy was selling them on the street. So skilfully whittled. 💀

On 04/05/2021 at 18:31, perdu said:

I am watching.

 

Already by the bar, on the creaky stool and supping a pint of Wood's Shropshire Lass.

 

Lovely, just like the fabulous Mustang and I know how good it is going to be.

 

Fine choice Johnny.

Great to have you along Bill. Mmmm I love a drop of Lass. 🍻

On 04/05/2021 at 18:58, AdrianMF said:

I'll squeeze in at the back...

 

Regards,

Adrian

Welcome. 🙌

On 04/05/2021 at 19:04, woody37 said:

I'm jealous of that tidy workbench! Looking forwards to seeing your build

 

It’s not always that tidy. Welcome aboard. 🤩

13 hours ago, Biggles87 said:

So she’s going to be dirty then, looking forward to it.

 

John

A little bit. Probably.😇

1 hour ago, Avereda said:

Johnny builds something I’ve been eyeing up in my stash for a while. Following.

No pressure then, 🙃 glad to have you along. 😀

[The Spadgent]

How is it Wednesday already? 🤪

well then Zero what’s it going to be? Kit part of PE?

Woof!! I guess if Jim supplied the parts he wants em used so. I started constructing the PE IP. 

it is rather nice but then again soo is the detail on the kit part. Hey ho. Off with it’s head.

well face! 

I’ll get some paint on first before I build more PE. Should look nice when it’s done.

I have seen this kit for around £40 but I picked mine up for £27 and at that price is amazing value. The detail is fantastic on the office walls. They are made from a separate cage that gets added to the main air frame as a big pod.

These got tidied up and and detail that needed removing for the PE got removed. Even the pedals are pretty special.

I now have a bunch of bits already ready

 for primer. 😇

Oooh it’s chugging along quite nicely.

More soon. 🐎

 

 Johnny.

[perdu]

Lovely as a pint of Wood's Johnny, that instrument panel looks as if you will only need to add 24v(?) battery power to bring it alive.

 

Wow!

[Paramedic]

Cute doggie too.. ^^

[giemme]

I think you made the right choice in using the PE panel, it looks very real. Lots of plastic to prime already!

 

Zero gave you that sort of look, like he was trying to say "Don't screw up with this, J!"    

 

Ciao

[CedB]

On 04/05/2021 at 13:43, Fritag said:

Anyone keeping count? More to come? 

I've no idea if someone is keeping count (hopefully Jim) but I've started a thread so we can post links to our builds here:

I'll add some that I've found but please add yours!

Thanks everyone - a great project  

[The Spadgent]

On 05/05/2021 at 22:05, perdu said:

Lovely as a pint of Wood's Johnny, that instrument panel looks as if you will only need to add 24v(?) battery power to bring it alive.

 

Wow!

I think you’re right. I might need to invest when I build mine. 

On 06/05/2021 at 06:51, Paramedic said:

Cute doggie too.. ^^

Zero said. Woof. 🖤

On 06/05/2021 at 08:06, giemme said:

I think you made the right choice in using the PE panel, it looks very real. Lots of plastic to prime already!

 

Zero gave you that sort of look, like he was trying to say "Don't screw up with this, J!"    

 

Ciao

No pressure then. 🤣

On 06/05/2021 at 08:17, CedB said:

I've no idea if someone is keeping count (hopefully Jim) but I've started a thread so we can post links to our builds here:

I'll add some that I've found but please add yours!

Thanks everyone - a great project  

Thanks Ced. Great idea. Thread added.

[The Spadgent]

Hey you lot. Not a great deal of moddeling time this weekend, we actually went out. 🙀 in the world, where people were. 🤗 it was great😍. Before that happened I did some work on the Wild Willy build and while I was painting that I managed to get some shading done here too.

Before that I tidied up a few pin marks on the main fuselage.

And got the tail sections tidied and glued.

I had primed the bits mid week so all I had to do was the darks.

i also added some mottle detail to the flat panels of the main fuselage.

The rear seat plate.

The wall detail.

And tother side.

The rear boxing/ radio stuff and floor.

Seat. (I need to add some silver for chipping too)

Aaand the rest.

Can’t wait to add some colour now.

 

Thanks for dropping by.

 

 Hope you all had a splendid weekend. 
 

Happly Modelling chums.

 

Johnny

[cngaero]

I've been eyeing up this kit for a while, so I'll just tag along if I may. 

 

[Cookenbacher]

Great to see you in on the museum builds Johnny!

[giemme]

Can't wait to see some color going on, too

 

Ciao 

[The Spadgent]

On 10/05/2021 at 00:52, cngaero said:

I've been eyeing up this kit for a while, so I'll just tag along if I may. 

 

Eye away. It’s a lovely kit so far. Glad to have you around. 😀

On 10/05/2021 at 07:31, Cookenbacher said:

Great to see you in on the museum builds Johnny!

Thanks. 🙌😇

On 10/05/2021 at 09:34, giemme said:

Can't wait to see some color going on, too

 

Ciao 

Thanks Giorgio.

[The Spadgent]

Apologies for the lack of updates, We are at a crucial stage at work at the moment and by the time I’m done for the day. I’m done in. 😩 I have got some green on but that’s about it. I’m planning on getting some bench time today. After catching up with BM I’m eager to get thinks kick started. I’ll post up what’s been done. 
“Say Green” 🥦

The inner walls got painted. The pre shade is showing through nicely.

Similarly with the frame work.

The wooden parts of the floor got masked. I’ll get some wear on the black matting that goes on the top of that.

Pedals.

Seat base and frame work. Front.

And rear.

I was going to chip the seat but only just remembered that while uploading this so I’ll just do some nice weathering instead. 🤫

Fire wall looks nice.

And that’s it for green. I did a dry fit and it looks to be fitting well after paint.

Time for detail painting and some black now. I’ll post up again later with the fruits of the day. Thanks for popping in. 
Hope you’re all having a splendid weekend. 
Johnny

[Stew Dapple]

Looking good Johnny  

 

Cheers,

 

Stew

[giemme]

Agreed,  looking very good, John

 

One question about the wood floor: I thought it would extend all the way from behind the seat up to the firewall.  Have you got any references for it that shows differently?

 

TIA 

 

Ciao

[CedB]

Nice start Johnny. I hope work settles down soon  

[Cookenbacher]

I love the variation in the cockpit green parts Johnny, very nice!

[The Spadgent]

15 hours ago, Stew Dapple said:

Looking good Johnny  

 

Cheers,

 

Stew

Thanks. 

10 hours ago, giemme said:

Agreed,  looking very good, John

 

One question about the wood floor: I thought it would extend all the way from behind the seat up to the firewall.  Have you got any references for it that shows differently?

 

TIA 

 

Ciao

Well .... erm reference you say. 🤔 The painting instructions will have you paint as I have done. There are quite a few kits out there that have been done like that.  I have read up on it and it seems that restored pieces sometimes have totally wooden floors but I can’t see past the IP. But for vintage airframes the wooden panels were painted with black paint and sand. I think, for grip. I’m planning on adding the black and chipping it off as wear and tear.  As it’ll be dark in there and I’ve painted I’ll leave it as is unless someone pops up and shows otherwise. ( which of course they will ) 🤪 I can then paint the front bit black and not chop that area. 🤩

4 hours ago, CedB said:

Nice start Johnny. I hope work settles down soon  

Thanks Mr B. Me too. Ruddy cRaZy. 🥸🥳

1 hour ago, Cookenbacher said:

I love the variation in the cockpit green parts Johnny, very nice!

Thanks. 🤓

[The Spadgent]

Well as expected lots of other things crept into the day stopping me from working on the Stang as much as I would have liked. 😫

I did get bits painted and I did get some gloss on ready for weathering so it’s not all bad. 
I got the floor marked the other way up. Hopefully this is right. 🤫

I really couldn’t be bothered to wait for oil paint to dry so I just painted on some wood effects ready to be painted over with black and chipped off. 🖤

That should do the trick.

 All the little buttons and panels and things got there respective colours.

All this is now glossed and drying. I can Flory up next and see what we have. ❤️❤️ More soon. I’ve got “The Flavour” 🤪😇

 

Johnny

[antonio argudo]

Hello Johnny, very nice work on that Mustang cockpit, if you want some reference here I can add some reference if you are looking for accuracy,  the black non skid paint was used on the wood part where the boots contact, it actually finish at the fuel tank gauges on the floor limit in Interior green, under the seat there is a brown canvas,  the radio rack and battery receiver was  black as well as the reinforcement beam behind the seat  and  the air outlets , basically  almost all black in that area, it was stated in NAA  in order to avoid light reflection in the cockpit and interfere with the pilot, here are some NAA fil screenshots and accurate  examples, hope it helps, keep the good mate, cheers

 

Edited May 24, 2021 by antonio argudo

[The Spadgent]

4 hours ago, antonio argudo said:

Hello Johnny, very nice work on that Mustang cockpit, if you want some reference here I can add some reference if you are looking for accuracy,  the black non skid paint was used on the wood part where the boots contact, it actually finish at the fuel tank gauges on the floor limit in Interior green, under the seat there is a brown canvas,  the radio rack and battery receiver was  black as well as the reinforcement beam behind the seat  and  the air outlets , basically  almost all black in that area, it was stated in NAA  in order to avoid light reflection in the cockpit and interfere with the pilot, here are some NAA fil screenshots and unrestored examples, hope it helps, keep the good mate, cheers

 

Stunning. Thanks. 😇

looks like I might need to spray a bit more green to the rear and that brown canvas.

I do love BM for all the info that pops up during a build. Super kind of you to share.

 

Thanks again.

 

Johnny.

[giemme]

1 hour ago, The Spadgent said:

Stunning. Thanks. 😇

looks like I might need to spray a bit more green to the rear and that brown canvas.

I do love BM for all the info that pops up during a build. Super kind of you to share.

 

Thanks again.

 

Johnny.

Agreed 100%  Thanks Antonio, just the kind of info I needed.

 

7 hours ago, The Spadgent said:

I’m planning on adding the black and chipping it off as wear and tear.

Same here

Ciao

[Fritag]

Impressive painting skills - as ever Johnny.

[corsaircorp]

Real good painting my Dear Spad !!

This revell kit look like a good one !!

A good tummy rubbing to zero on my behalf !!

Be carefull, here Angel is oftenly helping the carpet monster....

And even at 9, this pug is fast !!!

Sincerely.

CC

[CedB]

Brilliant wood effect Johnny and the other bits look great too.

 

Lovely stuff