sluggo Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Looking forward to this one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Randy does great work and a hell of a good guy. Very trustworthy !........Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MustangManiac Posted April 29, 2015 Author Share Posted April 29, 2015 Hello everyone, I agree Harv. As I promised here's the beginning of my masking task at hand. I worked on it until about 2:00 this morning and figured I'd better get some sleep. I didn't get the two tiny pieces close to the leading edge of the vertical on there yet but they're minor pieces. Enjoy the pictures until I can give you some more. Cheers, Brady Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Great mask work so far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sluggo Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Looks good Brady. Be sure to cover the cut lines on the mask where you're not painting just to make sure there is no bleed. The masks are grouped together more to help with placement than anything else. I see a little registration issue with the star and the C. You got that thing laid out nice. I'm impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MustangManiac Posted April 29, 2015 Author Share Posted April 29, 2015 Hi everyone, I got some more progress in before work today, not a lot but not bad for trying to concentrate and watch a 3 year old with her swinging on one arm at times...lol. Thanks for the complements guys on my progress so far. Randy, yes the place where I got messed up a little was around the fuselage star and bar and making that mate with the panel lines where it was supposed to and keeping it aligned with the trailing edge of the rudder and the "C". I thought the tail's vertical and rudder turned out great as far as my locating the masks so that's what I was trying to go by, because that part even looked good on the leading edge of the horizontals. The "C" seems to be parallel with the vertical panel line that's there, so I'm not sure if there's much to do other than cover that spot with Tamiya tape, unless I run into a glitch I haven't seen yet when I put the D-day stripes on. This is what I got done today before work. I will take suggestions on the bottom area of the circle around the star where the upraised part of the wing holds the mask away from the surface as to exactly what the best method would be to mask here. You can see this in my pictures, I just can't remember the exact title for that part of the wing or if it was just a cover for the control surface arms. This is one area I always hated fighting with decals to lay down on a P-51D/K. In the future Randy would a cutout in this area be better and maybe even more location friendly for this one insignia too? I don't think there is this problem on the lower wing if I recall correctly without the model in front of me. Overall I don't think I've done too bad so far for a first-timer with masks. Like I told Randy on the phone, if I do well enough to please myself with these masks I'm most likely going to give this model to a family friend who is pushing 94 and is a WWII Veteran and retired police officer. Cheers, Brady Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MustangManiac Posted May 1, 2015 Author Share Posted May 1, 2015 Hello everyone, I'm back with some more progress on placing the paint masks. I got the starboard side completed today before work, except for the D-day stripes along the bottom but I got them on the other side. That's where we are for now. This side did go together a lot easier after learning from where I made some mistakes on the port side. Enjoy the pictures! Cheers, Brady Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sluggo Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Brady, You nailed the starboard side! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MustangManiac Posted May 1, 2015 Author Share Posted May 1, 2015 Thanks for the complement Randy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MustangManiac Posted May 2, 2015 Author Share Posted May 2, 2015 I started the painting process last night. I started with white and will probably do th blue of the insignia next. Brady Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 Nice project. I too am getting psyched to grab a 1:32 Tamiya Mustang and get started,... one of these days. My latest inspiration being this ADH Publishing book, where Green takes a stab at the kit, with some very nice results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loic Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 Can't wait to see more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 Same here ... just can't wait to see more.. Keep 'em coming Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sluggo Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Looking good Brady. Looks like you're getting the hang of it. Not as scary as one might think, huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MustangManiac Posted May 4, 2015 Author Share Posted May 4, 2015 Hello everyone, Thanks for all the complements and encouragement. I've got some more painting done last night staying up late to prepare myself to change my sleep habits to go to 3rd shift for work. I painted the rest of all the insignias with the blue surrounding. I've gotta say once I got the hang of where things needed to go Randy no it hasn't been as scary as I originally thought it may be. I'm anxious to see my end results, but I have to be patient to paint it all before removing the masks. Enjoy! Brady Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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