Tamiya 1/48 P-51D Mustang Petie 3rd Lt Col Meyer

[Pascal]

Last week our American CO moved to another base. For his farewell ceremony, I was asked to build an aircraft that was stationed at our base in WW2.

 

I chose to build the aircraft of Lt Col John C Meyer, SN 44-15041 Petie 3rd.

 

The kit is from Tamiya, first step was to spray the non standard black stripes :

 

 

 

 

 

For the silver I used a € 2 spraycan :

 

 

 

 

 

After the removal of the tape :

 

 

 

 

 

The seatbelts were made from copper wire and tape :

 

 

 

 

 

These photos show the variety in silver color, I used Rub n Buff gilding wax, silver plate and pewter :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finished model, after an oil wash, decals are from Kagero :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Trumpeter display case has an ugly black baseplate with sinkmarks, so I chose to put a US flag under a piece of clear styrene to cover most of  the base plate.

 

Without the clear cover :

 

 

 

With the cover :

 

 

 

 

 

Luckily our CO was very happy with his gift.

 

Sincerely

 

Pascal

Edited March 4, 2023 by Pascal

[Alex]

Brilliant and thoughtful gift!  There’s nothing quite like receiving something hand made.