discussion Lee Drennen’s 1/72 Academy P-51B Mustang Bud Anderson Tribute Build. “ A trip to Berlin”

[Lee Drennen]

Lee Drennen’s 1/72 Academy P-51B Mustang Bud Anderson Tribute Build. “ A trip to Berlin”

I thought I would do a Tribute Build for one of the most Famous U.S. Fighter Pilots after his passing last week.
Clarence Emil "Bud" Anderson was an officer in the United States Air Force and a triple ace of World War II. During the war he was the highest scoring flying ace in his P-51 Mustang squadron. This particular P-51B model kit is based on the one that he flew to Berlin Germany after he received it and on D-Day. This P-51B was old Crow4 I’ll be building it with out the invasion strips just like it was on May 8 1944 on his trip to Berlin Germany.

 

[Jim R]

What a great idea Lee. Looks a nice, straightforward kit. Nice box art and should build into an eyecatching model.
Will you paint the strips or use the decals.

 

[yak face]

Nice one Lee , a fitting tribute , cheers tony

 

[HAWKERHUNTER]

A classic fighter. I will be following Lee.

 

[Lee Drennen]

Will you paint the strips or use the decals.

Thanks Jim. I thought it would be a great idea. No I will not be using the invasion stripes being this mission was flown on May 8 1944. Thanks for stopping by

 

[Lee Drennen]

Nice one Lee , a fitting tribute , cheers tony

Thanks Tony I appreciate it and thanks for stopping by

 

[Lee Drennen]

A classic fighter. I will be following Lee.

You bet one of the greats. Pull up chair.

 

[colin m]

Sprue shots look good Lee. Nice tribute too.

 

[Lee Drennen]

Sprue shots look good Lee. Nice tribute too.

Thanks Colin. I guess Academy are my favorite 1/72 scale Aircraft kits. Hope to get a little done this week on it.

 

[Lee Drennen]

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[A_J_Rimmer]

A very nice idea for a build Lee - looking forward to seeing it.

It's a nice kit, I built one last year.

 

[Lee Drennen]

I built one last year.

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[Lee Drennen]

I built one last year.

Any issues?? Do you have a pic of it? You can post it here I don’t care

 

[A_J_Rimmer]

Any issues?? Do you have a pic of it? You can post it here I don’t care

Alas I don't. It's a really nice kit that didn't give me any issues to speak of, but I totally fluffed the painting (tried to do the NMF with AK's True metal pastes) and binned it. I'll have to get another.

 

[Lee Drennen]

and binned it.

That disappointing

 

[A_J_Rimmer]

That disappointing

It happens sometimes - I might have to pick up another sometime, my local model shop has a few 2nd hand ones in the window.

 

[flyjoe180]

It's a great kit Lee, I did the non-bubble top version a few years ago. I don't recall anything difficult or dodgy about this kit. I did deviate slightly from the instructions by connecting each fuselage half to its respective tail half to make two traditional halves, rather than connecting the tail section to the forward fuselage.

 

[Lee Drennen]

I did the non-bubble top version a few years ago.

Thanks Joe for the tip. I also did the bubble top years ago and it was a enjoyable build. Hope I can get started on this weekend on it. I had to get some Farm chore’s out of the way this week so no bench time. Thanks for stopping by.

 

[Lee Drennen]

It happens sometimes - I might have to pick up another sometime, my local model shop has a few 2nd hand ones in the window.

Hope so would like to see you build another one.

 

[Lee Drennen]

Last week I finally got some sub-assemblies done. Next up is some painting.