Rick's Cornerstone 1-87 scale P-51 Mustang

[Guest]

Looking good Rick , suppose you could call her the Buxom Babe :smiling3:

[Mini Me]

If I could find a decal set by that title I would OWN it!! Not because I love buxom babes, mind you...

[Lee Drennen]

Looks great Rick adding the updates makes a difference

[Mini Me]

Slow as Mole-Asses on this but making progress.....I found more ugly seams to fill around the lower nose and managed to drill out the wing MG's. final weathering done in cockpit, clear coated it and decaled the seatbelts in place. I'll dull coat the interior once the decals are dry and then it will be on to masking the canopy before I fix it in place. Then I can maybe get a base coat on this....

[Guest]

Your making good progress Rick, liking that engineers table , bet you've had that some time .

[boatman]

Comin on very good Rick love a mustang in the film REDTAILS
CHRISB

[Mini Me]

Your making good progress Rick, liking that engineers table , bet you've had that some time .

Thanks JR.........and yes I have had this surface plate for ages. It was old when I got it......had it resurfaced in a machine shop about 40 years ago and have been building models on it ever since it is absolutely dead flat and level. just perfect for the scale I work in.

[Mini Me]

Thanks Chris.........I'll feel a lot better when I get round to painting a red tail on this one.

[colin m]

It looks like that all closed up nicely. Nmf, a bit of a challenge, but so satisfying.

[yak face]

Great details rick , cheers tony

[Mini Me]

Thanks Colin and Tony for the nice comments.....I now have the canopy on and masked. Hoping to have enough time to get a base coat on it today. will post up a pic. or two later on.:smiling2:

[Tim Marlow]

Looking good Rick.

[Mini Me]

Update......no paint today, broke the tail wheel off getting this ready to paint........glued back on but will now have to dry before I put my big mitts on it again...... Thanks Tim, it will look even better if I can keep from knocking stuff off of it!:angry:

[Mini Me]

After getting "Whizzzzzzzed" past by Mr. 570, I figgered I better quit with the outside chores for a bit and get some black Alclad base on this before it "fossilizes" into some sort of petrified whatever......so, black on!! My first time spraying Alclad base and it went on great at 15 psi. Someone mentioned that this stuff is sensitive to fingerprints and smudging......any thoughts on how long I should leave it before I do the top coat. Also I have a red nose, wingtips, a red tail, two yellow wing bands and an OD green glare shield to spray......would one mask and shoot those first or mask off after the metallic top coat and then proceed? Not a Wingy and not familiar with the top coat adhesion properties. Also curious as to what to clear coat this stuff with to protect it after decals are on.

[Mini Me]

I posted up a couple days ago about this.......and am a little hesitant as to how to proceed. My insides are telling me to go ahead and top coat it, let that dry and then mask and shoot the other colors. My only concern is about how well the top coat will lend itself to masking and handling.........any takers?