PATRICK FROM THE SANDS Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Hello! To conclude (temporarily) my Korean War/USAF series, a little diorama with two F-51D from Tamiya I did a while ago. Nothing to say about those kits, well known from Mustang fans. To add a bit of fun I put the AIRES engine set on one of them, quite a challenge at that scale... I also added a fair amount of resin/enhanced kits (Eduard set and canopy from Squadron, as the one given in both kits are odd) to correct the kits mistakes. Painting was done with AlcladII various shades of silver, to reflect (I hope) the worn out aspect of these airplanes. Marking are self made for "FF-382" and for "FF-412" - which is famous and well documented in "Ospey Frontline color 1" - I used a Printscale decal sheet which was very disappointing from all aspects (quality, markings too small, inaccuracy etc...). Finally I painted the sharkmouth and used my spare part decals for the rest. Annoying ! Vehicles (CCKW 353 and the bomb trailer) come from the "Tracks & Troops" artisan, very fine and not so difficult to build. Here are the photos: The real bird: Mine: And "Butchie": Hope you will enjoy the photos, have fun! 39 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Superb modelling and hard to believe the scale! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Oh yes, very nice, Patrick 😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Superb pair of Mustangs, Patrick! And a great diorama too - well done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmerboy Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Spectacular, especially the one with the engine, good job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mig88 Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Wow!! Super diorama and kits. Lovely! Miguel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopesdaddy Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Lovely build, a beautiful diorama setting, great work on the pair of Mustangs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Superior modelling and a really convincing environment. All it needs now is a couple of figures to add that last bit of life. Kind regards, Joachim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PATRICK FROM THE SANDS Posted February 5 Author Share Posted February 5 6 hours ago, Spitfire31 said: Superior modelling and a really convincing environment. All it needs now is a couple of figures to add that last bit of life. Kind regards, Joachim Thank you much for your kind words! unfortunately I rarely add figures to my dio, as I don't have the skills to make them OK at that scale and I don't master that at all! Happy modeling! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 That's very very smart work, love that diorama 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeusa Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 I am with you on the figure painting. That is a skill I do not possess and am still working on just getting canopy lines straight and clean. Wonderful diorama set up to show off two great looking Mustangs in Korean service. Thanks for sharing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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