Tamiya Mustang P-51D "grim reaper"

Mike00 · Post by **Mike00** » Tue May 27, 2014 5:19 pm

WOW!

The foil really looks great I can't wait to see the finish.

moi196872 · Post by **moi196872** » Tue May 27, 2014 5:31 pm

Just simply amazing work.

Nige201980 · Post by **Nige201980** » Tue May 27, 2014 6:24 pm

Thanks guys much apritated hopefully back on it later.

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Tue May 27, 2014 6:50 pm

Nice work Nige, your a braver man then I

Nige201980 · Post by **Nige201980** » Tue May 27, 2014 7:20 pm

Paul wrote:Nice work Nige, your a braver man then I

This easy compared to painting with alclad so YOUR a braver than me lol.

Nige201980 · Post by **Nige201980** » Tue May 27, 2014 8:55 pm

Hi guys time for another update.

So I started on the underside of the wing to night where there are a few tricky parts.

1st I needed to negotiate the empty shell slots. To do this like before I applied the glue on the wing and also in the holes.

then I smoothed the foil over looking for the holes once found I put a little hole in them all.

Then with the cotton bud and knife I pressed the foil into the sides of the holes.

Here are both sides done.

Next it was onto the section under the radiator. Now this is quite tricky as the gap is tiny with the foil settled onto most of the panel I used a cocktail stick and gently eased it into place then it's just a case of cutting it as normal.

And it went in like a glove. (A huge sigh of relief from me lol)

And here is the sum of tonight's work. Next time I'll finish of the flat surfaces of the wings and move to the tail.

Thanks for looking guys.

gaz45 · Post by **gaz45** » Tue May 27, 2014 9:20 pm

That's looking awesome your doing a great job there mate

UKguyInUSA · Post by **UKguyInUSA** » Tue May 27, 2014 10:10 pm

Love the foil work, looks awesome....this is going to be a tough fight between Coen, Paul and yourself?!

Cheers!

generalgrog · Post by **generalgrog** » Tue May 27, 2014 11:23 pm

Awesome work doood!!

GG

Coen · Post by **Coen** » Wed May 28, 2014 6:43 pm

You sir are Da'Man!

Apple · Post by **Apple** » Wed May 28, 2014 8:10 pm

Wow, impressive..!!

Coen · Post by **Coen** » Thu May 29, 2014 12:30 am

I skyped with this crazy man this afternoon and I got to see this thing up close.
Hole eee sheet!!
It's much better than he's letting on dudes.

Mike00 · Post by **Mike00** » Thu May 29, 2014 5:54 am

This is good stuff. Very interested in how you will tackle the curved surfaces.

Nige201980 · Post by **Nige201980** » Thu May 29, 2014 6:32 pm

Cheers guys

Just a quick update as to were I'm at with this.

I got the bottom of the wings finished and the main tail plane panels all done.

And the top.

Next up will be the curved parts.

Thanks for looking guys.

Willem · Post by **Willem** » Thu May 29, 2014 6:36 pm

Wonderful stuff mate. It's going to look superb.

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Thu May 29, 2014 6:37 pm

Looking good Nige, can't wait to see it fully foiled

Coen · Post by **Coen** » Thu May 29, 2014 6:48 pm

It still looks better on skype.
haha.
Then thing is crazy awesome. Nige... you should take her outside and get a shot of her.

Nige201980 · Post by **Nige201980** » Thu May 29, 2014 7:02 pm

Coen wrote:It still looks better on skype.
haha.
Then thing is crazy awesome. Nige... you should take her outside and get a shot of her.

I will do mate but it has to stop chucking down first lol.

Nige201980 · Post by **Nige201980** » Thu May 29, 2014 7:03 pm

Cheers Willem and Paul.

UKguyInUSA · Post by **UKguyInUSA** » Thu May 29, 2014 7:05 pm

Ohhh.....she's coming along nicely...this seems like a good ploy to "foil" the competition!

Cheers,

Martin

Nige201980 · Post by **Nige201980** » Sat May 31, 2014 9:17 am

Next update is going to be the hardest part of this build.

Foiling round the guns

I decided to do it in halves with the foil meeting at the leading edge of the wings.

Not the easiest

But after much swearing I got there in the end

Luckily I'll be drilling the barrels out and replacing them with some sliver colour tubinging. And it's where the invasion stripes go.

Again thanks for looking

Coen · Post by **Coen** » Sat May 31, 2014 9:46 am

Whew!!! For a second there I thought that the foiler had been foiled!!!

wappynutter · Post by **wappynutter** » Sat May 31, 2014 10:17 pm

Foil!!!!!

Holy Crap Mate!!!

My chin is on the floor dude...
Very well done, and continued success with this technique Nige.....

I'll be back for a look again soon....

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Sun Jun 01, 2014 9:07 am

Bravo Nigel! You're doing a fine job

Nige201980 · Post by **Nige201980** » Sun Jun 01, 2014 10:17 am

Cheers Mike, Andy and Rob will be back into this next week just letting it all settle down and harden properly for a few days.

alextheblue · Post by **alextheblue** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 9:32 am

Nige, apologies as I haven't had a lot of time recently, so posting comments on the forum has taken a bit of a back-seat, but I've been following your build very closely, and mate, this is just insane!!!! I did scratch my head and wonder how you were going to tackle this when you announced you were going to use foil. You've not only knocked it out of the the park, it's left the outer atmosphere and its still travelling with no signs of slowly down.

Absolutely brilliant

Willem · Post by **Willem** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 10:38 am

Just catching up with your thread and your Ytube vids. You are smashing it mate. Can't wait to see the end result and I'm intrigued by your cunning plan for the stripes.

Nige201980 · Post by **Nige201980** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 6:41 pm

Coen asked for some photos of the mustang in daylight so here we are.

Not very sunny I know but any brighter you all might get blinded lol

chief5437 · Post by **chief5437** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 6:47 pm

Great work Nige! Looks fantastic.

watch out for magpies when you take it outside though! Lol!

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 7:55 pm

Damn thats shiny mate

fly1ngdutchm4n · Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 8:13 pm

That looks so real....

Beautiful work.... stunning.

jbellos1 · Post by **jbellos1** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 8:38 pm

Simply amazing work.

Coen · Post by **Coen** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 10:37 pm

OHHH BOOYYY!!!!
You're right about the sun. I think that the camera would have lost it's tiny mind trying to compensate.
WOW!!! That's fantastic. Look at all that detail showing through.... and it's at 1/48!!!!
That's excellent Nige... really excellent!!!

wappynutter · Post by **wappynutter** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 11:37 pm

Oh my........ Shiny Shiny.....

Well done Nige mate, this foiling technique rocks dude....

bet you wish you'd had a go at this now Mike??
Keep it up, we all love the shiny Mustang!!

# about time that wall got its own account #
It posts some excellent builds...

Stay well mate... Happy Modelling..

Nige201980 · Post by **Nige201980** » Tue Jun 03, 2014 7:54 am

Cheers Guys really means a lot be back on this sometime this week.

MarkVerploeg · Post by **MarkVerploeg** » Tue Jun 03, 2014 9:22 pm

So shiny
The details came through nicely
Keep it up and don't go blind from all that shiny awesomeness

FishBowlMan · Post by **FishBowlMan** » Tue Jun 03, 2014 9:57 pm

Absolutely brilliant, Nige. You must have some patience (and a good pair of sunglasses

) but the effect is spectacular.

Joesdad · Post by **Joesdad** » Tue Jun 03, 2014 10:04 pm

Man that's good, so effective and a little bit clever too Nige. Looking forward to more....

C'mon Nige...

Waiting Nige.....

kiwigav · Post by **kiwigav** » Wed Jun 04, 2014 8:49 am

Superb stuff dude

That's definitely one for the "Great ISM Modellers Manual"
Very clear and easy to follow, Thanks Nigel

Nige201980 · Post by **Nige201980** » Wed Jun 04, 2014 8:37 pm

Thanks a lot guys for the great comments.

Right a quick update tonight. I'm starting on some of the leading edges of the tail planes and wings.

So here we go.

Glue applied

Then the foil I started with the top gently smoothing it down and then round the leading edge.

Then I cut a bit out of the coner so it would go round easier.

So when finished this is what I got.

And with both done.

I did the same for all the parts on the wing.

I did a panel on the spine where the cockpit runner is using the same method as I used on the shell holes under the wings.

Like I said not much but slow and steady with this is the way to go.

Again thanks all for looking.

peppie · Post by **peppie** » Wed Jun 04, 2014 8:47 pm

Very, very nice indeed.

Tell me, does it stretch a bit or not? I mean that would be handy for going around corners and over bulges and stuff.

Keep up the good work sir

Nige201980 · Post by **Nige201980** » Wed Jun 04, 2014 8:52 pm

peppie wrote:Very, very nice indeed.

Tell me, does it stretch a bit or not? I mean that would be handy for going around corners and over bulges and stuff.

Keep up the good work sir

Cheers mate it dose slightly so we will see has I get to some of the other curves.

UKguyInUSA · Post by **UKguyInUSA** » Wed Jun 04, 2014 8:59 pm

That's gonna look Beaut when it's finished!

wappynutter · Post by **wappynutter** » Wed Jun 04, 2014 11:05 pm

Keep it up Nige....... Love it mate..

Thomas2542 · Post by **Thomas2542** » Fri Jun 06, 2014 2:14 pm

That looks amazing. Do you have to use the metal foil glue or would pva or similar work? I want to try this on my 1/72 canberra which i can't get right.

Nige201980 · Post by **Nige201980** » Fri Jun 06, 2014 5:25 pm

Thomas2542 wrote:That looks amazing. Do you have to use the metal foil glue or would pva or similar work? I want to try this on my 1/72 canberra which i can't get right.

Hi mate PVA would work but have a longer drying time and as your cutting into it for the panel line it might move. And thanks for comment mate

Lego · Post by **Lego** » Fri Jun 06, 2014 6:05 pm

I admire the cut of your jib

You could make a new book of Kells in your spare time

Matthew · Post by **Matthew** » Fri Jun 06, 2014 9:24 pm

u got some skill right there m8 I love it top work

Thomas2542 · Post by **Thomas2542** » Sat Jun 07, 2014 1:41 pm

Thanks for the help. You make that look far too easy. I'm looking forward to seeing the result of all your hard work.

Nige201980 · Post by **Nige201980** » Sat Jun 07, 2014 5:22 pm

Thomas2542 wrote:Thanks for the help. You make that look far too easy. I'm looking forward to seeing the result of all your hard work.

Cheers Thomas glad I could help.