Airfix 1/72 north american P-51D mustang...

[bullgill67]

Finally got my kit yesterday from Jamiesons in Glasgow



the detail looks fantastic for a 1/72 kit



decals dont look too bad at all either



what i am going to try to do is hand paint it with some mr. hobby metal colours that i have and try get some tonal variations on the different panels using slightly varying shades of the paint.




well thats the plan anyway it could turn out to be a car crash, but it will be a fun experiment to see if i can pull it off and at £5.99 for the kit what can go wrong

cheer

michael

[Nige201980]

Sounds great mate good luck with the build

[Paul]

It's a great kit for the money.

One thing I'll say about the mr hobby buff able is make sure you seal it with a good clearcoat before masking as I found the tape pulls the paint off.

[DC87]

A Mustang - Brilliant .

Best of luck.

[Gav0909]

Good luck with this. This is a great little kit to build up.

[bullgill67]

right ho!

update time - got the cockpit done. painted up and given a wash and dry brushed to try and bring the detail out a bit.

i also made some seat belts out of masking tape and painted them a buff colour just to try and liven the seat up a bit.









next up will be to join the two halves together.

thanks for looking in

michael

[Paul]

Nice one,Micheal

[Bagpiper]

Looking good. Very interested in seeing this one as you are hand painting it - a forgotten art for many of us

Good luck

Cheers
Jim

[Lee]

Nice start

[bullgill67]

well it looks like it's back to the drawing board as regards the mr.metal paint

i have a old spitfire kit so i thought i would see how the paint went down on that.

it looks like it's gonna be too large an area to cover with a brush - just too many brush marks are being left that wont buff out



so i had a rumage about and found a old tin of humbrol metal cote so i will give that a try next.

here she sits patiently waiting for her paint



nothing ventured nothing gained as they say, it was worth a try

cheers

michael

[Paul]

I think it's too thin to brush paint, best of luck with the metal coat.

[Nige201980]

You could give this a try.
http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/inde ... a-fighter/

[Nige201980]

I tried it on a wing of and old build it dose work but you need time to do it hoping to do a full model in the near future when I find the right kit for me.

[bullgill67]

Paul i think thats the problem it's just too thin a paint although it brushes on great over a smaller area not to worry onwards and upwards !

Nige - good luck with that mate i think i would lack a bit of patience for that

cheers

michael

[bullgill67]

couple of coats of the metal cote on and i will give it a few days to fully dry.

the humbrol was a lot kinder paint for the brush





michael

[DC87]

Looking good

[Paul]

Looking great Micheal

[bullgill67]

small update -

i decided to paint the yellow bands and the red round the prop so i could get a more weathered in look





next job is to darken some panels in

cheers

michael

[Paul]

Great job Michael its really coming along now

[Nige201980]

looking good mate

[panzerman]

Nice job painting the accent colors on your Mustang.
Are you planning on using the pilot figure? It looked fairly decent a molding from the sprue shots.
Keep building and having Fun.
Bill.

[bullgill67]

thanks for the kind words Bill

i am not planning on using the pilot on this build - too small a paint job for my old eyes

michael

[Lee]

Looking good now

[bullgill67]

cheers Lee

i used the mr color metal paints to mix up a few panels, trying not to get carried away by doing too many.





all sealed in with a coat of klear.

thanks for looking in

michael

[PhildaFish]

I love the subtlety of the metal finishes, great work!

[Bagpiper]

Very nice paint detail there mate. Looking very nice indeed.

Cheers
Jim

[bullgill67]

cheers guys

got the decals on and gave it a coat of flory wash



not done a lot lately - it's just too hot

thanks for looking

michael

[DC87]

Looks great, nice workhorse look to it.

[bullgill67]

the little mustang is now finished, i will post up the pictures in the completed section

thanks for looking

michael