Ade's 1:24th North American P51D Mustang

[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

First of my three planned 1:24th builds for this year is the P51D Mustang, this will be a practice board for my BMF skills, I'm planning to just build this one straight out of the box as I have the Tamiya 1:32 Mustang to build as well.

So here's the sprue shots

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[papa 695]

Nice, I'm going to watch this one Adrian

[Guest]

A 1/24 aircraft painted on silver colour sholud be a very nice and interesting model.

Fantastic

Ps: Thanks for join in Adrian

[monica]

nice one,Adrian,will be watching as well,

[Guest]

Wow, mustang is one of my favorite and this is a red tail!

I will watch with interest.

[Guest]

Hope you don`t mind if I tag along

[john i am]

I have the same kit Ade so I will be watching with great interest for any problems help hints and tips good luck with it mate look forward to next update cheers John

[Ian M]

I dont think I have ever built a Mustang, of any size or version.

I'll just have to watch you build your one.

Ian M

[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

Well, I've made a start, it's pretty basic stuff as I wont be adding any after market parts, my main goal is to use this model as a test bed for my BMF work on my 1:32 Tamiya Mustang later in the year.

Anyway, I'm using Mr Hobby Metaliser colours for the engine, mainly Dark Iron with a few aluminium highlights. I so like the idea of buffing up the finish rather than having to dry brush on any detail.

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[Guest]

Looking very nice Adrian.

And parts look much better moulded than the one of the Spitfire.

[Ian M]

Jep! looking good Ade.

Ian M

[BarryW]

I am with you Ade, engines definately look better with the buffed look.

[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

I could use some advice, if I'm doing the Red tails version, should I add any armaments to my build or just the drop tanks?

Adrian

[BarryW]

Just the drop tanks I would have thought.

[flyjoe180]

What Barry said Adrian, they were primarily escort fighters so drop tanks would have been the order of the day.