Vynce804 Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 Dear All, Below are pics of my latest build, Tamiya’s 1/32 P51D Mustang. It was built to represent a 353rd Fighter Group machine sporting the characteristic black and yellow checkered nose. I didn’t model any particular aircraft but instead took aspects of several and combined them into one fictional machine. The kit is fantastic with great detail and options, unfortunately I had to hide all of the engine detail as gluing the engine panels was the only way I could get a really good fit to allow me to paint the nose. The kit was OOB with the exception of the seatbelts. NMF paint was AK extreme metal and all other paints were Tamiya. Weathering and washes were oil paints of various colours. Small potholes on the way were problems with my first NMF paint job, which I had to sand off and do again Also problems with varnish coats which in the past I have always found to be bullet proof. I have tried some new products on this build and unfortunately I managed to have low tack masking tape remove a decal and some weathering even though they were covered by several layers of varnish…a new one on me and I think ill stick with my usual favorite products. Cheers Matt Trak-Tor, scvrobeson, BiggTim and 20 others 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff T Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 Beautiful work Matt!...very nice. Cheer's, Jeff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 Fantastic work, Matt! Incredible finish. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crobinsonh Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 Lovely build Matt - any WIP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerhard Posted October 20, 2018 Share Posted October 20, 2018 Brilliant, good photography as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted October 20, 2018 Share Posted October 20, 2018 Beautiful! That is an outstanding weathered paint job. A model to be proud of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1 Posted October 20, 2018 Share Posted October 20, 2018 Very realistic NMF finish. One of the best I've seen. What did you use to pick out those tiny rivets with silver on the black ID stripes? That looks very realistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted October 20, 2018 Share Posted October 20, 2018 That's a beauty alright ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Driver Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Very alive looking 'stang! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1to1scale Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 I love it, glad you kept the rivets on the wings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vynce804 Posted October 21, 2018 Author Share Posted October 21, 2018 On 10/19/2018 at 11:10 PM, crobinsonh said: Lovely build Matt - any WIP? Hi, yes there is and the link is below. cheers https://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?/topic/75746-tamiya-p51-mustang/&page=2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vynce804 Posted October 21, 2018 Author Share Posted October 21, 2018 (edited) 19 hours ago, John1 said: Very realistic NMF finish. One of the best I've seen. What did you use to pick out those tiny rivets with silver on the black ID stripes? That looks very realistic. Hi, I picked out the rivets on the black I’d stripes with a light grey oil wash that I mixed from my oil paints. I have been experimenting with using different colours and intensity of washes over different colours on the airframe and I like the variation it gives. Cheers Edited October 21, 2018 by Vynce804 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Great finish and build, likes it Cheers Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregair Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 That's just beautiful, you have done a fantastic job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 Awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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