Thomas Lund Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Here are my two Trumpeter P-51B's: Dominic Gentile's P-51B-05 43-6913 'Shangri-La' and Ralph Hofer's P-51B-15 42-106924 'Salem Representative' To tell you the truth, if I hadn't had a build thread over on Works in Progress, I would probably not have shown these - that's how disappointed I am. They fought me right until the end and I am far from happy with the result. Perhaps it's because I was really really proud of the previous build, but these are just not very good. I had a huge amount of paint troubles, including the bottom of 'Shangri-La' boiling up not once, but twice and there are still rough spots all over. On 'Salem Representative' the gloss coat lifted in a number of places resulting in a not so nice finish. So in the end it was just a matter of 'finish the damn things and move on'. 2 down, 19 to go refer to a post I made a short while ago. I found that I had 20 builds in progress and committed to finishing a lot before I start a new one. I discovered another build I'd forgotten so its 2 down 19 to go... Ok. Shangri-La Then 'Salem Representative' Moving on ! lawman56, fastzx and Sparzanza 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastzx Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 (edited) Thomas, Looks great, two of my favorites. Glad you fought through and whipped these. Will look great in your collection two examples if of two fine pilot's steeds. The "Kid's" mustang is very nice and the whitewall tires are so 1940's! The red rims on Gentile's plane don't look bad. I still have to finish my stalled Shangrila Stang. Bravo. Jon Edited April 9, 2014 by fastzx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 I think they look fine in the photos Thomas! Model on! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmthamade Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 They look fine to me, Thomas. Great to see you finished the two Bstangs. Tempted to get another B and do a NMF scheme. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikester Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Really nice, Thomas! I know this kit doesn't have the best reputation but you got top-notch results. Makes me want to get started on mine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparzanza Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 (edited) I love these two. Maybe you're not very pleased with them yourself, but I'd say just about everyone else is loving them. I mean, who's going to notice the minor flaws you mentioned when they stand there on a shelf? I think they look great! And if you smash these, I will plant horse eggs under your pillow. Edited April 10, 2014 by Sparzanza Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Lund Posted April 10, 2014 Author Share Posted April 10, 2014 I love these two. Maybe you're not very pleased with them yourself, but I'd say just about everyone else is loving them. I mean, who's going to notice the minor flaws you mentioned when they stand there on a shelf? I think they look great! And if you smash these, I will plant horse eggs under your pillow. LOL Sparzanza - No I'm not THAT displeased with them, but the pictures (I am a lousy photographer too) dont really reveal how they really look in the flesh. Slightly grubby and not in the good way... Anyway - Thanks everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skiner Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Great, two poneys.... I love your models nice paint, and good choice of marking... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xmh53wrench Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Thomas, Sorry bout the paint woes, I live that through every build I do, since I was a kid, its the part I love doing the most, and yet the part that I fret and seem to have the most problems with. If there were ever the ultimate "war weary" Mustangs, these two birds are the perfect example, I have a feeling "Dom" and "The Kid" put these mounts through their paces, and by the looks of your photos, you "captured" that amazingly. I dont know the first thing about injection molding or manufacturing a styrene models, but I cannot imagine it could be that hard for Trumpeter to fix those rear windows.....and sell about a million more of these kits...LOL. Anyway, great stuff, glad to see them completed, they look great to me, and these two liveries are certainly on my to do list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Awesome! Great work.....................they both turned out quite lovely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawman56 Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 At some point I plan to build Shangri-La, and if I can do half as good a job as you, I'll be pleased. Wonderful work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Great job on these two Thomas. It's great to see Hofer's machine in full D-day marking done up properly too. regards, Troy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Thomas Both of the 'Stangs look mighty good and while they gave you a tough fight, in the end both are finished. I would have to say, you're the winner in turning out two good looking Mustangs. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 I think both are very well done !Glad you posted them.....Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal_Belford Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Thomas.... They are mighty two good lookingd stangs you got there, ive followed the build log.... also great to see them finnished... Good job. /Mal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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