Andrew's 1/72 Airfix F-51D Mustang (South Korean Air Force)

[HAWKERHUNTER]

Great attention to detail Andrew. Paint is looking great and I like the hand pained touch below the cockpit.

[adt70hk]

Very nice updates and your bird is looking great.

Nice effect on the aluminium Andrew

Great attention to detail Andrew. Paint is looking great and I like the hand pained touch below the cockpit.

Thanks as always for the support gents and glad you like the finish. There has been more progress and it's nearing the finish line as we speak.

Steve - glad you like it. Unfortunately the one on the port (camera) side was a bit heavy but the other side has turned out nicely.


Thanks again guys

ATB

Andrew

[adt70hk]

Ok chaps, so we're nearing the finish line.....the decals are on and have gone down pretty well but then they are Cartograph, so what else would you expect.

NOTE......A word of warning about markings to anyone wanting to a ROK F-51 or indeed any ROK aircraft. Like the US, ROK planes only have markings on one wing on top and underside***. However, they are on the opposite side to the US practice. Now this is the important bit, both Airfix and Eduard get this wrong, as you will see below.

As you will also see, some of the decals are really rather small, one of the downsides of the doing 1/72!! That said, I only lost one of them!!

FYI The model has also had the post decal gloss clear coat, so it obviously looks a bit shiny.

ACW as usual.

ATB

Andrew


***Obviously the RAF approach is the correct one but I'll let that one go!
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Proof about the destructions being wrong on the markings front
Courtesy of the article on the South Korean Air Force 1950-53 on the 'Mike's Research' blog.
mikesresearch.com/2022/11/27/south-korean-air-force-1950-53/


The Airfix destructions with my correction (Eduard gets it wrong too):







The photo evidence:











Damn these are small.....











The decals in situ.....

[flyjoe180]

Mustang is looking superb Andrew, and your research for accuracy is admirable. That blog was a very interesting read.

[yak face]

Looking excellent andrew , lovely natural metal finish . Top sleuthing too , just goes to show it pays to do a little digging and research . Nice to see a Mustang in other markings too , cheers tony

[HAWKERHUNTER]

Looking lovely Andrew. When that masking comes off and propellor added it will look really well.