North American P-51D Mustang Red Tail - Airfix 1/72

[eddiesolo]

Looking good there Francesco, this is turning into a lovely tidy build.

Si

[Guest]

Looking good there Francesco, this is turning into a lovely tidy build.Si

Thanks Si, really appreciate.

Francesco

[Guest]

very nicely done,and in 1/72 really clean

mobear

[Guest]

Thank you mobar.

So I removed all the paint and restarted with the Alclad.

I followed the suggestion from Steve and mixed it to define some panels. Now, I don't know if Alclad can be mixed with Gunze but this is what you get:

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Thanks Steve.

One question: can someone of the Alclad experts can help me to understand what happened here and how I can recover it?

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I got few of these spots but I don't know if it is too much paint or a not-well-prepared base. I tried to polish it with some Tamiya compound and resprayed slightly and been able to recover some, but I didn't want to insist and risk to do a bigger damage.

Francesco

[Guest]

Yellow bands on wing top are done, mini preview for you mates.

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I will probably fade a little bit more the panel on the side.

[Guest]

classy job,and the details show up nicely

mobear

[yak face]

Excellent work Francesco , great cockpit ,looks like a really nice kit , cheers tony

[Guest]

And now he got back his red tail.

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After few trial on a spare (bottle) I ended up using the Citadel red instead of the Gunze.

Francesco

[colin m]

Looking very nice. I think I'm going to steal daughter No.2's P51 off her.

[Guest]

You should.

Thanks Colin

[flyjoe180]

Nice progress Francesco, the panel work has come out very nicely.

[Guest]

Nice progress Francesco, the panel work has come out very nicely.

Thanks Joe

Some progress done.

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Still have to complete the propeller and, most important, find a way to protect the red: Matt over the red or gloss over the whole model?

[papa 695]

I don't know how i missed the start of this one Fancesco but just caught up and some very nice work it's looking very good

[Guest]

I don't know how i missed the start of this one Fancesco but just caught up and some very nice work it's looking very good

Thanks mate.

So i have two doubts now:

- use matt transparent over red/yellow/green or gloss over the whole model?

- which color to use to desaturate the decals?

Francesco

[Guest]

Did put some matt transparent over the red, not bad but i'm thinking to give the final coat with a satin/semi-gloss.

Big stars where applied and desaturated with a light gray, the effect looks realistic.

I'm also not following the rules here, applying decals and marking panel lines with different shades of gray oils. I will wash with a dark mix of black and terra di siena bruciata. I may also redo the tail with a dark red.

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Critiques are welcome as usual.

Ciao,

Francesco

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