453rd BG Museum Build - P-51D Mustang - East Wretham (Green Nosed) 370th FS "CisCo" (using the Tamiya 1/48 kit)

[Terry1954]

Wow, nearly 3 months since I dia anything on this one. I see I even suggested I would finish it ready for Telford, but I didn't say which one 

 

On 9/9/2024 at 3:48 PM, giemme said:

Wow, excellent details on those struts!  

Ciao

 

Thank you Giorgio, they should look good under paint I hope. Did I say paint?

 

On 9/9/2024 at 3:50 PM, bigbadbadge said:

They do look great with those lovely PE embellishments Terry.

Chris

 

Thanks Chris, always a gentleman.

 

On 9/9/2024 at 6:45 PM, Brandy said:

he gave the same reply, so I did nothing until he had to say "OK, add some power"!

 

 

Being able to fly gliders definitely helps sometimes, especially on judgement of stuff!

 

On 9/10/2024 at 1:08 PM, 81-er said:

Nice work with the struts, Terry

 

 

Thanks James.

 

I've largely been pottering in the hobby room and sorting out my latest airbrush set up and fume extraction arrangements. I've also been trying out a second hand Iwata HP SB plus acquired from @tank152 which has turned out to be a superb little airbrush for detail work, some examples of what I did with that here on these WIP 1/72 AFV's.

 

They are both IBG kits and rather nice kits they are too.

 

 

 

 

 

Happy that I can still use an airbrush after so long........................

 

I got some time at the bench with the P-51 on Friday, largely assessing where I was at, and preparing everything that is currently ready for paint. 

 

A few components cleaned up and ready for primer and paint (yes paint Giorgio!) .....

 

 

I'm planning a marathon painting session at the weekend with a number of other projects at the paint stage and intend to use the newly acquired HP SB on some finer parts, in addition to my normal Iwata.

 

A wee bit of construction took place as well when I decided to try and work with the etched brass under fuselage outlet vent, and actually had a go at soldering the thing together:

 

 

 

 

Needs some clean up from flux etc, but seems to fit OK underneath.

 

 

More soon.

 

Terry

 

[giemme]

The brass vent is a big improvement on the kit part, great job Terry!

 

Do I smell paint?

 

 

Ciao

[81-er]

Nice to see you back on this one, Terry  Great work with the soldering, and those AFV's look superb for 1/72!

 

James

[perdu]

Nice vent Terry, great paint too!

 

 

 

 

 

( I never expected to say THAT)

 

👍

[Navy Bird]

I love photoetch. Repeat. I love photoetch.   

 

Just curious, was there a reason for soldering rather than the usual bending? I'm a bender - no, that's not quite right. I'm on a bender. That's it.   

 

Cheers,

Bill

[bigbadbadge]

Nice soldering Terry, looks great.  Love the little Vickers tank too.

Great work

Chris

[tank152]

Hi Terry, glad you're enjoying the airbrush, i've often wondered how you're getting on with it. 

Tim.

[Terry1954]

22 hours ago, giemme said:

The brass vent is a big improvement on the kit part, great job Terry!

 

Do I smell paint?

 

 

Ciao

 

Thanks Giorgio. The brass vent does seem to look better.

You do indeed small paint, stand by!

 

21 hours ago, 81-er said:

Nice to see you back on this one, Terry  Great work with the soldering, and those AFV's look superb for 1/72!

 

 

Thank you James. I took to soldering a few years back when I dabbled in P4 scale brass and white metal railway stuff, but don't tell anyone about that, sshhhhh!

 

It's called a 9F, one of the greatest British Steam Locomotives, IMHO!

 

 

14 hours ago, perdu said:

Nice vent Terry, great paint too!

 

Thanks Bill!

 

14 hours ago, Navy Bird said:

I love photoetch. Repeat. I love photoetch.   

 

 

14 hours ago, Navy Bird said:

Just curious, was there a reason for soldering rather than the usual bending?

 

I wondered if someone would ask that.

The lower face of the scoop (or whatever it is) has a curve in it and the sides also curve slightly in, and brass being a bit springy meant I had to tape and clamp it up in two planes, in order to get the edges to mate correctly. I then thought it would be easier (and stronger) to just run some flux over the joins and dab some solder on. The solder runs in the joins by capillary action, and hey presto. It also has the advantage of being able to be undone (in the event of a mistake) by the application of heat.

 

Tricky stuff, but great when it works. Ask @Heather Kay, she really is the expert!

 

13 hours ago, bigbadbadge said:

Nice soldering Terry, looks great.  Love the little Vickers tank too.

 

Thanks Chris. The Vickers is a model by S-Model (you get two in the box) and the Japanese Tankettes are made by IBG. Fantastic little kits. All my grand children love watching me make those!

 

21 minutes ago, tank152 said:

Hi Terry, glad you're enjoying the airbrush, i've often wondered how you're getting on with it. 

Tim.

 

Hello Tim, and thanks! It's a great airbrush, once I got the hang of using it, and found the sweet spot. I've only used lacquer paint so far and it's worked well.

I'm amazed at the fineness of the lines I can spray freehand. Thanks again.

 

Now, time to get everything ready for some airbrushing, today hopefully as the weather is good, and I can vent the hobby room properly.

 

T.

[Scooby]

Great build thread!

[perdu]

I love the look of those white metal locos but the soldering learning curve would terrify me.

 

Mind you, for that engine I might be tempted if I didnt already have a head (and workshop) full of projects