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Hi Guys,
 
I have the Tamiya F4U-1D Corsair in 1/32 scale and will be building it in the Previous Vintage Wings of Canada's restoration of this aircraft in the markings of Victoria Cross winner Ensign Hampton Grey (RCNVR).  I had the decals custom made that include the Hampton Grey memorial insignia in front of the aircraft number and the grey Ghost insignia on the cowling.
 
My Question is this: What is the best way to paint the rivets shown on the aircraft?
 
 

 

incredible build. Excellent photos too!

Cool. 
 
I have this one.
 

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I have this one.
 

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I have this one.
 

The interior of the cabin, however, went for valorisation, missing parts were added and some were changed to new parts. The wires made of wire are finer than those cast on the model. I also added handles in the rear cabin. The fuselage sides are almost done, now the rest of the cabin interior. You can see everything in the photos.
 

 

 

 

 

Cool. 
 
I have this one.
 

Cool. 
 
I have this one.
 

Cool. 
 
I have this one.
 

Cool. 
 
I have this one.
 

Beautifully executed. Excellent weathering too.

Fantastic build. Love it.

Okay, it's done. Better photos to come.
 

Hi,
 
Meng kit with Gaspatch turnbuckles and Aviattic´s fabulous decals.
 

 

 

 

 

Time to embark on another 1/32 scale aircraft build. This time I selected Revell's new tool Spitfire MK II. I am going to build this aircraft as per the box art QV-J which is an MK II from No. 19 Squadron RAF. I think the Revell decals are pretty good so no need to switch them out at this point. One note of interest is the box art shows an MK II with  a de Havilland prop which while possible was not common on front line fighters like this one. These aircraft would typically have the Rotol blunt nose spinner and prop.
 
Here's the kit itself. I have read a number of reviews of this kit and I have to say you get at lot of bang for your buck with this one.
 

She's Done! I was dog A$$ slow on this one but had to get this girl done as I am moving in the new year and have to start packing everything up.
Sorry it took so long. I want to thank all you guys who checked in on the build as it progressed and took the time to like or comment.
 
I will post some more shots with some final comments soon.
Cheers,
Dave.
 
Initial pictures.
 

 
 

 

To: Mywifehatesmodels. Your call sign in Frickin hilarious!
 

Hi Guys,
 
Haven't posted any projects here since my 1/32 Spitfire. Took a break from scale modeling but returned a few months back and decided to build Tamiya's 1/48 P-51B in the livery of Don Gentile's "Shangri-La"  I wanted to build something pretty much of the box since I wanted a relatively quick build (3 months for me is quick) so I just added some resin landing gear wheels from Hussar and I used LifeLike's Decal set for Shangri-La which I think is the best  set on the market. It even comes with a mask to paint the yellow circle under the 4th's Boxing Chicken emblem on the aircraft. The laminar wing seams top and bottom were puttied with Tamiya grey putty to remove them.
 
I normally don't paint with Acrylics for aircraft, preferring lacquers, but I had Vallejo's 70.873 U.S. Olive Drab as it gave me a nice grey/brown OD colour similar to the actual aircraft so I went with it. I also tried to give it a bit of a patchy worn appearance to offset the deep monochrome colour of the OD. For that I used Vallejo USAF Olive Drab directly and mixed with the 70.873 colour sprayed at random points on the aircraft. For the underside I used Gunze Mr. Hobby Color USAAF grey. the decals were great but on the tail code not so much. I applied the decal and some Micro Mark decal setting solution (fairly mild product in my view) and the decals bleached out to almost white colour. Thankfully I had the Tamiya ones on backup so went with them.  Chipping on the wing root near the cockpit was done with the hairspray technique while on the  white ID stripes I used a 00 paint brush. Dental lead foil was used on the gun covers as it is very thin and malleable. It doesn't look like I dirtied up the underside too much but it's there just not in a hugely discernible way. My camera tended to wash it out with the grey.

Cheers!
Dave.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hi Guys,
 
Haven't posted any projects here since my 1/32 Spitfire. Took a break from scale modeling but returned a few months back and decided to build Tamiya's 1/48 P-51B in the livery of Don Gentile's "Shangri-La"  I wanted to build something pretty much of the box since I wanted a relatively quick build (3 months for me is quick) so I just added some resin landing gear wheels from Hussar and I used LifeLike's Decal set for Shangri-La which I think is the best  set on the market. It even comes with a mask to paint the yellow circle under the 4th's Boxing Chicken emblem on the aircraft. The laminar wing seams top and bottom were puttied with Tamiya grey putty to remove them.
 
I normally don't paint with Acrylics for aircraft, preferring lacquers, but I had Vallejo's 70.873 U.S. Olive Drab as it gave me a nice grey/brown OD colour similar to the actual aircraft so I went with it. I also tried to give it a bit of a patchy worn appearance to offset the deep monochrome colour of the OD. For that I used Vallejo USAF Olive Drab directly and mixed with the 70.873 colour sprayed at random points on the aircraft. For the underside I used Gunze Mr. Hobby Color USAAF grey. the decals were great but on the tail code not so much. I applied the decal and some Micro Mark decal setting solution (fairly mild product in my view) and the decals bleached out to almost white colour. Thankfully I had the Tamiya ones on backup so went with them.  Chipping on the wing root near the cockpit was done with the hairspray technique while on the  white ID stripes I used a 00 paint brush. Dental lead foil was used on the gun covers as it is very thin and malleable. It doesn't look like I dirtied up the underside too much but it's there just not in a hugely discernible way. My camera tended to wash it out with the grey.

Cheers!
Dave.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hi Guys,
 
Haven't posted any projects here since my 1/32 Spitfire. Took a break from scale modeling but returned a few months back and decided to build Tamiya's 1/48 P-51B in the livery of Don Gentile's "Shangri-La"  I wanted to build something pretty much of the box since I wanted a relatively quick build (3 months for me is quick) so I just added some resin landing gear wheels from Hussar and I used LifeLike's Decal set for Shangri-La which I think is the best  set on the market. It even comes with a mask to paint the yellow circle under the 4th's Boxing Chicken emblem on the aircraft. The laminar wing seams top and bottom were puttied with Tamiya grey putty to remove them.
 
I normally don't paint with Acrylics for aircraft, preferring lacquers, but I had Vallejo's 70.873 U.S. Olive Drab as it gave me a nice grey/brown OD colour similar to the actual aircraft so I went with it. I also tried to give it a bit of a patchy worn appearance to offset the deep monochrome colour of the OD. For that I used Vallejo USAF Olive Drab directly and mixed with the 70.873 colour sprayed at random points on the aircraft. For the underside I used Gunze Mr. Hobby Color USAAF grey. the decals were great but on the tail code not so much. I applied the decal and some Micro Mark decal setting solution (fairly mild product in my view) and the decals bleached out to almost white colour. Thankfully I had the Tamiya ones on backup so went with them.  Chipping on the wing root near the cockpit was done with the hairspray technique while on the  white ID stripes I used a 00 paint brush. Dental lead foil was used on the gun covers as it is very thin and malleable. It doesn't look like I dirtied up the underside too much but it's there just not in a hugely discernible way. My camera tended to wash it out with the grey.

Cheers!
Dave.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hi Guys,
 
Haven't posted any projects here since my 1/32 Spitfire. Took a break from scale modeling but returned a few months back and decided to build Tamiya's 1/48 P-51B in the livery of Don Gentile's "Shangri-La"  I wanted to build something pretty much of the box since I wanted a relatively quick build (3 months for me is quick) so I just added some resin landing gear wheels from Hussar and I used LifeLike's Decal set for Shangri-La which I think is the best  set on the market. It even comes with a mask to paint the yellow circle under the 4th's Boxing Chicken emblem on the aircraft. The laminar wing seams top and bottom were puttied with Tamiya grey putty to remove them.
 
I normally don't paint with Acrylics for aircraft, preferring lacquers, but I had Vallejo's 70.873 U.S. Olive Drab as it gave me a nice grey/brown OD colour similar to the actual aircraft so I went with it. I also tried to give it a bit of a patchy worn appearance to offset the deep monochrome colour of the OD. For that I used Vallejo USAF Olive Drab directly and mixed with the 70.873 colour sprayed at random points on the aircraft. For the underside I used Gunze Mr. Hobby Color USAAF grey. the decals were great but on the tail code not so much. I applied the decal and some Micro Mark decal setting solution (fairly mild product in my view) and the decals bleached out to almost white colour. Thankfully I had the Tamiya ones on backup so went with them.  Chipping on the wing root near the cockpit was done with the hairspray technique while on the  white ID stripes I used a 00 paint brush. Dental lead foil was used on the gun covers as it is very thin and malleable. It doesn't look like I dirtied up the underside too much but it's there just not in a hugely discernible way. My camera tended to wash it out with the grey.

Cheers!
Dave.