discussion Ade's 1:24th North American P51D Mustang

[colin m]

Nice start. Always nice to see an engine. Which, by the way, you won't be seeing in my build !

 

[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

Managed to get a very nice steel coat onto the whole of the model, I used steel as it scales up better than using a chrome. As I have used Mr Hobby Metal color, I'll buff some panels to give a worn and used look.

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[colin m]

Looks good. I used polished aluminium on a 1:72 Mustang, rather than chrome, but even then that might still be a bit too shiny. Nice to see how well it buffs up.

 

[flyjoe180]

Looks very nice Adrian.

 

[Dave W]

Looks good Adrian.

 

[Guest]

well done adrian,you are wizzing along with this, did you manage to get those tiny clips to work in the wing flaps or did you not bother. i have spent the last hour trying to get one to fit in the rear wing flap and i am about to give up and just glue the whole thing together.

 

[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

well done adrian,you are wizzing along with this, did you manage to get those tiny clips to work in the wing flaps or did you not bother. i have spent the last hour trying to get one to fit in the rear wing flap and i am about to give up and just glue the whole thing together.

They fitted ok but are useless and don't work once in place, still debating gear up or down will dry fit and see what it looks like

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[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

Well, the P51 is now a Red Tail Still lots to do with other paint work then the decals and weathering but hoping to have it ready for the Crewe show

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[BarryW]

Love that red tail. Looking really good Ade.

 

[Guest]

mine may well be ready for crewe as well adrian, will see you there.

 

[Guest]

i have ended up glueing all the flaps in place, snapped two of them off and the others were too tight to move anyway

 

[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

Well, Lollipoop is almost done now, just some issues to resolve from dropping it, like fixing the canopy frame which broke off, re-sealing the right hand wing along the tip which reopened. Then there's the case of matching up the front diamond decals to my paint colour, I'm thinking of masking them off and spraying with my paint choice... I've decided to do it wheels up as the lack of detail on the under carriage is shocking but what should I expect from a 1972 moulding ! Baring any more incidents I should have it done for the Crewe show on Sunday.


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I had more pictures but getting a security error when they try to load up, oh well comments welcomed as always.


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[flyjoe180]

Looks awesome Adrian, very smart and well built and painted. Am I imagining things or did I reply to a thread earlier for a 1/24 Mustang from you? Are you building two of them?

 

[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

Looks awesome Adrian, very smart and well built and painted. Am I imagining things or did I reply to a thread earlier for a 1/24 Mustang from you? Are you building two of them?

Haha no, the other is Andy's P51


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[Ian M]

I had more pictures but getting a security error when they try to load up, oh well comments welcomed as always.

Could be the image file is too large...


Also could I ask that you stop altering (adding to) the title of the thread it confuses the search function and Google


That looks very nice. I like the BMF


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[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

I was trying to let people know there had been progress, I'll Consider myself told, I wont bother posting in future


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[BarryW]

Looking good Ade

 

[Guest]

Very nice so far, paint looks good with the scale in the pics

 

[tr1ckey66]

Hi Adrian


The Mustang look very nice and I can't believe what you've achieved in the time frame! That is some quick and skillful building.


Cheers


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