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

[eddiesolo]

That is one gorgeous looking aircraft Francesco, well done mate.

I would be tempted to matt the whole plane, but saying that, a satin finish should work really well.

Si

[Guest]

Thanks Si,

I'm too tempted to matt the whole model, but I have no idea what could be the final result.

I did spray the matt transparent on tail without masking and I'm not able to see a difference over the Alclad where the transparent landed.

We'll see.

Francesco

[Guest]

I gave up with 1/72nd a while ago as my eyes and fingers can't cope with it!

Consequently I am blown away by this model and I am still convinced these are shots of a 1/48th kit!! The detail you are getting into this is superb and the different shades on the panelling looks perfect. Absolutely amazing job, you should be feeling very pleased with yourself. I apologize for missing your question regarding the color to tone down the transfers but when I read it I said to myself, "light grey"! Glad you worked it out for yourself.

If I was building it I would Matt the whole model but to make the most of those panel shades it might be worth considering masking one or two and doing them a satin over the top to enhance the difference.

[Wendall]

Stunning job Francesco! Great work with the Alclad, I've always found it very tricky to use but you appear to have mastered it.

Jason

[Alan 45]

That looks great I fact I would say it looks better than the ones in the film

[Guest]

Thank mates.

I can confirm you this is a photogenic model (i.e. better in photo than in reality), but is coming out nicely.

This afternoon I modified the tanks, completed the seat, glued the back canopy to its frame, post-processed the propeller, re-putted (is this correct?) and fixed few errors (all the others will remain)

The tanks:

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The seat:

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The propeller:

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That's all for now.

Thank you for following and your nice comments.

Francesco

[Guest]

weld seam looks good,prop is magnificent and the seat is well worn,excellent work mate

mobear

[flyjoe180]

Awesome work Francesco.

[Guest]

Thanks mates.

Your feedback is really helping me.

Almost there ...

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Francesco

[Guest]

looking good so far good job..... always liked the airfix mustang

[Guest]

Thanks.

This is my second Airfix kit and I have to confess that these are totally different in quality from the kits I was used to build 30 years ago.

In the meanwhile I tried the Tamiya smoke for the first time and did some weathering too.

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Francesco

[Guest]

really hard to believe this is 1/72 the paint job is outstanding,the smoky look is just about right and looks good

mobear

[flyjoe180]

Fantastic Francesco, this is turning out to be a great build. Nice job on the smoke stains.

[mossiepilot]

Missed the beginning of this, just caught up, looking beautiful Francesco, can't wait to see it finished.

Tony.

[Guest]

Thank you mates.

I took this next picture for the Antler Fallen's thread but didn't want to hijack it, so I'm posting it here.

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Don't mess with him.

Francesco