discus Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 (edited) Hello Here is a quick WIP of a project I started some times ago. The goal is to represent Dago Red https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:P-51D_Mustang_Dago_Red.jpg I built Voodoo and Strega few years ago from the Heritage aviation models kit but since it is not available anymore, I'll do that the hard way, starting from the Revell P-51D model.... (cutting bits and pieces from the Tamyia kit was not an option... ) First, unpack the saw and start the surgery: The hatched part will be removed. While we are at it, I also cut the wing tips (these racers have a reduced wing span. Also some of them have a reduce span on the horizontal stabilizer but for Dago, it seems it had both versions so I kept the original stapbilizer) And remove the guns So far so good... Edited December 16, 2023 by discus LSP_Kevin, Marcin_Matejko, Learstang and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 Yay! Will definitely be following along. Martinnfb and discus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaos07 Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 That's going to be funt to paint/decal. Looking forward to see how this comes along - awesome subject. Martinnfb and discus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 Interesting Martinnfb and discus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discus Posted November 23, 2023 Author Share Posted November 23, 2023 (edited) 6 hours ago, chaos07 said: That's going to be funt to paint/decal. Looking forward to see how this comes along - awesome subject. I'll use the decals from Draw Decals. I don't know if it will be as fun as painting voodoo was with its green/yellow/purple/checkered livery.... that was a hell of a job, especially as I was still using handbrushes then... (the checkered part was in decals ) My racing hangar so far : Strega (1/32 Heritage aviation Models) . I actually plan to refurbish it after I'm finish with Dago as this one suffered during my recent move) Red Baron : awesome model by Paul Fisher (1/32) Special Hobby in the wrong scale (1/48 September fury (1/32 Hobbysomething with specific parts (prop and spinner, wheels, canopy and engine cowls) kindly provided by Paul fisher. Voodoo (1/32 Heritage) Caudron C460 (williams Bros 1/32) It's a very small airplane (about half the size of a P-51...) That particular plane actually won the national air races in 1936 flown by a French pilote (Michel Detroyat) Edited November 23, 2023 by discus KiwiZac, Out2gtcha, MikeMaben and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldbaldguy Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 These are painted with a brush???? Holy cow! Martinnfb and chaos07 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discus Posted November 23, 2023 Author Share Posted November 23, 2023 1 hour ago, Oldbaldguy said: These are painted with a brush???? Holy cow! Yep. I spent nearly 20 years brush painting and I only recently finally decided to make the move and got an airbrush... chaos07 and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discus Posted November 23, 2023 Author Share Posted November 23, 2023 (edited) Next step : building the modified fuselage using styrene sticks After a lot of cutting and glueing... Lots of putty and sanding awaiting to happen... I also filled in the panel lines on the wings Edited November 23, 2023 by discus Biggles87, Landrotten Highlander, LSP_Kevin and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airscale Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 fantastic! ambitious and perfectly executed, I love builds like this gonna be something special thats for sure Peter discus, Martinnfb and Out2gtcha 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 Awesome! discus and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discus Posted November 25, 2023 Author Share Posted November 25, 2023 (edited) The cockpit. I did not put too much effort as I will keep the canopy close and there will be not much to see. It is not representative of the real one but that's good enough. Instrument decals are from Anyz and the seat belts are Eduard PE. The seat comes from the heritage Aviation kit I used for Strega. There was two of them... lucky me. I also modified the ventral air intake. On the racers it is longer and there's no gap with the wing (It should also be a bit more flat but that was way to much changes so I kept it like this) I used a P-47 aux fuel tank (the flat type) for the shape. I was more or less the right size and shape. Dago Red has some sort of winglets, I made them from a photoetched panel leftover from a previous kit. Edited November 25, 2023 by discus denders, MikeMaben, Trak-Tor and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 Now, this is the old school modelling I love. Joy to follow. Cheers Martin discus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 Great work so far for sure. Martinnfb and discus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discus Posted November 26, 2023 Author Share Posted November 26, 2023 (edited) Fuselage conversion is complete... Lots of putty and sanding... another part of an aux fuel tank (from a Skyraider I think) was recycled here... Overall cote of Mr Surfacer 1500 On to the paintshop now... Edited November 26, 2023 by discus themongoose, LSP_Kevin, Landrotten Highlander and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 Fantastic work so far! Really enjoying seeing this one come together. Love all the Unlimiteds Martinnfb, discus and KiwiZac 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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