Rafwaffe Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 (edited) Placeholder for my build which will be a 1/72 P-51D built as Mustang IVa CV- <> KH677 of 3 sqn RAAF in 1945. Edited March 10 by Rafwaffe 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 Good morning Rafwaffe Welcome aboard with a very interesting subject .... Have fun with your build Best regards Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wings unlevel Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 2 hours ago, Rafwaffe said: Placeholder for my build which will be a 1/72 Airfix P-51D built as Mustang IVa CV- <> KH677 of 3 sqn RAAF in 1945. Excellent! By my count that is, appropriately enough, three 3 Squadron builds in this GB! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 Excellent! and welcome, @Rafwaffe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafwaffe Posted March 9 Author Share Posted March 9 (edited) Due to an unfortunate primer incident The aircraft will now be built using the Tamiya p-51D 1/72 kit as the base model. Luckily I have one in The stash. Just annoyed at myself for ruining a kit with primer applied on too hot or humid a summer morning… bugger. Edited March 9 by Rafwaffe Fixed spelling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 1 hour ago, Rafwaffe said: Due to an unfortunate primer incident The aircraft will now be built using the Tamiya p-51D 1/72 kit as the base model. Luckily I have one in The stash. Just annoyed at myself for ruining a kit with primer applied on too hot or humid a summer morning… bugger. Good morning Rafwaffe That is too bad for the Airfix Kit but sometimes this kind of thing happens I think that you will enjoy building the Tamiya Mustang Have fun Best regards Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 (edited) 2 hours ago, Rafwaffe said: Due to an unfortunate primer incident The aircraft will now be built using the Tamiya p-51D 1/72 kit as the base model. Luckily I have one in The stash. Just annoyed at myself for ruining a kit with primer applied on too hot or humid a summer morning… bugger. Often find things can be salvaged with the application of a suitable potion and elbow grease what is the state of the kit or has it gone at high velocity into the bin? Edited March 9 by PhantomBigStu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafwaffe Posted March 9 Author Share Posted March 9 9 hours ago, PhantomBigStu said: Often find things can be salvaged with the application of a suitable potion and elbow grease what is the state of the kit or has it gone at high velocity into the bin? High velocity into the bin. My attempt to salvage and strip the enamel primer resulted in the kit plastic melting and warping. I think I made the potion too potent! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wings unlevel Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 A melted Mustang. 😱 Glad you have a more than suitable stand-in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafwaffe Posted March 10 Author Share Posted March 10 Priming success! Quick shot of the plastic before I get started: 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wings unlevel Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 Excellent! Will be interested to see how you get on with the Novascale decals. I had mixed success using them for my recent 3 Sqn Kittyhawk… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Its great to see you not giving up, mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafwaffe Posted April 16 Author Share Posted April 16 On 4/9/2024 at 10:06 PM, RidgeRunner said: Its great to see you not giving up, mate! Thanks. I’m looking forward to getting caught up and into when I get back from holidays. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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