Mal_Belford
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Good start.......
Had to take a look on your progress after your post on my P51D/K
dirty weatered bird i see, and love the dirt
as you already know.Im for shure gonna peek several times on your progress on this birdie
(im in for the P51K in my build Mrs. Bonnie)So keep em coming
:popcorn: /Mal
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Allright.
There is lots of bits and parts, haha....remembering the brewster from HS
dryfitting, even if it is a Tamiya, jsut got to check, that things fit properly...
Soon ill be done and can start this amazing cocpit, lots of detail painting
/Mal
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Thx Kev.
Im very honored.
Thx Boris, Sean and Erwin.
Im glad you like it,
New builds at the horizon
......./Mal
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Im not much in to jets, more in to WW2 Birds.
BUT... There is two jet that i want in my collection and thats a Phantom...and a Bell X-1
And i saw you got both,
Great weathered, details, amazing job...
just lovit...Ill build one F4 for shure
and that will be my 1st after seeing yours .../Mal
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Wonderful result from a great build Mal. It looks great! May I publish it on the website?
Kev
Yes Kev.
Im honored.
its just to publish it.
/mal
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Thx Thomas.
Tricky but really fun
. weird i know but i loved it /Mal
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Japp, den feta lilla fågeln har landat lol
English: the chubby bird has finally landed
You should, its a tricky model, bad fit, lots and lots of issues and so on, but hell of a fun build, i loved it, and i also miss it since its done......
I will defenitly do another short run from HS
perhaps a Fiat G50 1:32 or something, but first got to finnish my P51 and 109K......(they are started builds) -
Thx Steve and Anthony
I Hope that others that take on this SH Brewster 1:32 model have use of my buildlog and how i solved the issues on this one and be preperaed what lies ahed of their builds
and make up their own solutions and ideas on their progress. /Juha
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Thx John.
Im glad that you like it
/Mal.
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Thx Maru.
Im glad that you like it
/Mal
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Thats awesome weathering,
Love weathered dirty birds ....
And also like that you make all step log how you achieve the results
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Thx Peter.
Glad that you like it
Sitting and looking at my brewster with critical eyes, is there anything i could do better, yes there is, but not at the moment cause this is how far my skills take me at the moment since my restart
New projects are sighted and new techniques to try and/or improve them that i allready aquired
, ..Feedback pros and cons on this finnished build is appreciated
/Mal
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This is my Brewster Buffalo 339C "Dutch" flown by Van Helsdingen Singapore 1941-42.
The kit is Special Hobby 1:32
This model was not easy a easy build, lots and lots of issues, bad fit, but it was truly fun to build, did some scratchwork such as ignition cables on the engine and few control sticks in the cocpit, most of the colors are homebrews using Tamiya Coloior (mixing) for the Camo and the insignias, Alclad and some Vallejo. the landing lights and position lights were all scratch built since the models were not good enough, the whole model were riveted, looked at blueprints and real footage of a crashed Buffalo from a museum so i could place the rivets as close as possible, this is my first try to rivet a whole model, info were very sparse on this aircraft, rest were qualified guessing, think i got pretty close, also my first experience on a short run model, i will for shure build another one.
All the insignias ar painted exept the Rhino and the numbers.
The weathering teqnuice i used was salt, and the washes that i used is Florys Washes.
This is my No:11 since my restart last year (haven't built in 19 years), I keep them numbered in chronological order on planes that I finished since my restart.
Enjoy,
trying to take photos, still learning.
/Mal
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Sweden is expensive.
Thats why i buy alot from eBay, and secondhand unbuilt models from eBay (most of my models is unbuilt second hand)
We have a great secondhand store in Sweden Stockholm, they update their webshop as soon as new arrivals come in, it can be big colletions and so on, hobbybok handeln
im a regular customer there -
LOL...
I dont know anything about that
choooouck stuck my beer in my throat laughing............LOL
Swedish is Crazy...... and they are having fun.....So do I
tråkmåns means boringhead (somthing like that)
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I like artistic freedom
and it shure looks good Modelling is an art
/Mal
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WOW.
Agree with Boris.....
What a progress
and it looks awesomeKeep em coming
:popcorn: /Mal
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I'll bet You'll love it Mal, Soumen ilmavoimat.
Boris
Tämä kone näytä helvettin hieno, ja se on soumien ilmavoimat
(i think i spelled it right) got finnish parents, but born i sweden wrote in finnish: this is plane shure hell looks good, and it is finnish airforce
hehe japp tror jag det
/Mal
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Ohhh, just love that dirt on the underside,
:wub: and the weathering.How did you weather that, im alot in to very weathered birds
/Mal
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Thats a good looking cockpit you started there,
Nice weathered, i like it
Tamiya P51D/K.
in Works in Progress
Posted · Edited by Mal_Belford
Thx Peter.
i took at your build and it shure looks real great, i like it alot, and will follow that one for shure
I know the tank on the firewall supposed to be green, but ive seen a pic on one birdie that had one yellow
, (51D) and liked it since it pops out 
, use some artistic freedom on that, usually do that.
http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2005/12/stuff_eng_detail_p51d_03.htm
Hmmm, now im run in to something, the floor, the floor in the cockpit isnt that supposed to be wood in some areas?, the Tamiya build manual says black, that cant be right?
if so,
can som tip me how to paint wood, newer done that before
ive goot an idea looking at builders that into ww1 birds and got an idea from their builds,
brown different shades o streaks, the oilcolor on top to draw with an old stiff brush to create fibres. have to test on scrap pieces before i go live,....
Also, the variant that im gonna be is P51K (decisions been made during the build) the Mrs Bonnie or some other indevidual ,).
Im gonna paint all the insignias, as usual, i paint all that i can paint
, (as my previous birds) so cutting masks on this one gonna take lots of effort, 
but later ;9 im not there yet, so more focus on the bird now 
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