Guest Peterpools Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 (edited) UPDATE: 12/12/15; The Opening Round With the Spitfire Done and in the Books, I was on a Tamiya roll and decided to give a go to the last Tamiya P-51D Mustang in the stash; after all, you can never have enough Mustangs and Spitfires in the collection. The Mustang would be mostly an enhanced build, using Barracuda's cockpit upgrade sets , Brassin wheels and tires, RB seatbelt set and Eagle Edition decals. This time around, I would be doing a P-51D-5-NA Mustang, the first production version of the 'D' series and one of the three different versions in the kit. For this variant: there is no fillet for the vertical stabilizer, the alternate early D IP, early seat, no breather plate on the cowl. Decals by Eagle Edition: Capt Henry Brown's Hun Hunter/Texas, 355th FG. I plan on filling in all the wing rivets and panel lines as per Jennings drawings and going with the dark olive drab upper surfaces. There is quite a debate as to whether the upper surfaces were dark olive drab or blue, but all my research shows it as the dark drab, so that's where I'm going. The rest of the build is planned as OOB and hopefully another relaxing and enjoyable project in the making. No need to go through the what's in the box photos, Barracuda's upgrade sets and the Brassin wheels, as it's been shown so many times before. The NMF will be AK Metallics for change of pace, as all my other Mustangs were done with Alclad. Over the past week, I've been tinkering and slowly building sub assemblies, adding the Barracuda resin upgrade sets, which fits like a glove. I decided not to add any of the Eduard PE sets, as what I have, is as far as I want to go. I'm just marking time waiting for my Ultracast order to arrive with the much needed cockpit stencil set, seatbelts and then will be able to start to assemble the sub assemblies. Next up: Assembling the fuselage sub assemblies. Thanks for checking in Peter The correct tail for the -5 version: there is no fillet for the vertical stabilizer Barracuda's resin side walls assembled and installed The front office: all the parts are just being test fitted. The Merlin with it's oil tank. Model Air paints, stainless steel and aluminum straps and pipes: AK Extreme Metals Just a few more of the assemblies I've been tinkering with. Edited April 27, 2016 by Peterpools Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Oh Boy, brilliant start Peter....I am really looking forward to seeing this come together. Especially the early version. Great scheme as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Great work as always Peter! Cheers, Tom Anthony in NZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Great start Peter and will be following closely. Regards. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Love the scheme and the start is your usual splendid work.....Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 There's just no stopping you, Peter! Brilliant work so far. Kev Anthony in NZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Cool choice of marking Peter, I will follow with interest. Cheers Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 (edited) Check out the tire with the oval thread. Edited December 12, 2015 by Martinnfb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 You didn't waste any time buddy. Great start already on the Mustang, I'm sure you'll do just as great of a job on this one as the other two. Will be following along on this one for sure Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick HMD Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Well Peter, I'm more partial to the early fillet less birds, and glad to see you doing one. To me they have more of a Thoroughbred look. Not many of these show up here. I'd like to do do Everson's 4th FG 'Donald Duck' some day. Best regards Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironwing Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Peter I cant imagine what magic youll work on this one...waiting for more... Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Olive Drab all the way. Nice start, Peterpools! Love that background. Sincerely, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mywifehatesmodels Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Train kept a rollin'.... Great start to a great build! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck540z3 Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Looking nice and clean Peter! Make sure you cut the kit floor to accommodate the Barracuda right sidewall as shown below. I'll take this pic down once you see it. Uncarina, John F Smith and tomv87 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Nice Peter! Another winner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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