pacificmustang Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 Well I finally worked out how to post from my Flickr account, so here are a few shots of my recently finished ZM Mustang IVA. For such a complicated breakdown, I had no real problems assembling the kit, apart from a slight step on one side of the cowling and a bit of a gap when attaching the tail. All of my own doing through not being careful with alignment. This kit rewards the modellers who like the build aspect especially. I would certainly do another, in fact I bought their other boxing to do as well. Apart from some HGW seatbelts, its all OOB paint is MRP, and decals are from the box Thanks for looking Bruce Whitey, discus, mywifehatesmodels and 32 others 35 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 Terrific Mustang Bruce, always like the look of it in RAF markings. pacificmustang 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Palimaka Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Lovely Mustang Bruce! Great finish and convincing weathering. Have to agree, love the look of Mustangs in RAF colours. Richard pacificmustang 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Out of the ordinary , looks nice Bruce pacificmustang 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan_G Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 nice build Bruce! like the finish jan pacificmustang 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarryWilliams Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 (edited) An excellent build, superb weathering. Absolutely right that this aircraft carried the firewall camo scheme, not the standard RAF pattern (as some depict it), one tip, aircraft with the firewall camo had a small crocodile motife on the fin, left side, above the flash. You can scroll down to see this 112 squadron aircraft, only the starboard side is shown but the croc motife is clear on some of the other pics. https://www.3squadron.org.au/subpages/Mustangs/3 Sqn P-51K P4.htm Edited October 22, 2019 by BarryWilliams Uncarina and pacificmustang 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacificmustang Posted October 22, 2019 Author Share Posted October 22, 2019 Thanks for all the kind comments fellas. Barry, you have me looking for the best way to portray that croc. Decal now Cheers Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevepd Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 That is tremendous. pacificmustang 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curiouslysophie Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Simply beautiful build! Something appealing about a Mustang in RAF colours. How does this one compare to the Tamiya kit? pacificmustang 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Very nice! pacificmustang 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Lovely build, Bruce! This is one of the few LSP Mustang kits I don't have. I just check it out some day! Kev pacificmustang 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacificmustang Posted October 22, 2019 Author Share Posted October 22, 2019 (edited) 59 minutes ago, curiouslysophie said: Simply beautiful build! Something appealing about a Mustang in RAF colours. How does this one compare to the Tamiya kit? Thanks Sophie. I haven’t built the tamiya kit so can’t really comment on fit, however, looking in the box, the tamiya kit is far less complex in breakdown, and has rivet detail on the wings whereas the ZM kit only has panel lines, so a lot easier to putty, should you want to do that. As far as cockpit, engine, gunbays , landing gear and wheel well, I think it’s as good as the Tamiya kit. If you buy the IVA boxing, you get the choice of two types of propeller, three canopies, shrouded and unshrouded exhausts, and the three different filter panels, perforated, blank and louvred. Price wise, here in Australia, very similar Cheers Bruce Edited October 22, 2019 by pacificmustang Uncarina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Love this! Sincerely, Mark pacificmustang 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 I DO love ZM kits, and you’ve really brought this kit to life. Well-done! Cheers, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmayhew Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 wonderful rendition! paint job looks very sweet indeed i was never really enthused by RAF Mustangs (or P-47s for that matter), but looking at this bird my mind has been changed my only critique is that when viewed from the side the panel lines look quite pronounced which, whilst not a bad in of itself, do show up by their absence in the letter codes in some palces, which I presume were decals? compare the top of the A vs the bottom of the A thanks for sharing Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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