Isar 30/07 Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Gentlemen, this is not my first post, but it is my first model I´d like to present. It´s the famous "Lou IV / Athelene" from Revell. The German modelers magazine ModellFan asked me in last october to do this model, which is now presented in the may issue of the magazine. Unfortunately, I faced some fitting problems such as fuselage/wings or fuselage/elevators - not known on earlier models from Revell. But after a lot of sanding, filling, rescribing I´m pretty fine with the result. Maybe it was just because I built a pre-series kit. The kit was built OOB - just added brake lines, some wiring on radio/battery and finally seat belts from Eduard. Drilling here (exhausts) and there (various intakes) and that´s it. Waiting until february when the decals finally arrived, I saw Dana´s explanations on the real "Lou IV / Athelene" - just in time NOT to paint the already prepared oliv drab! I´m fascinated by the dark blue/green and so I did a mix of "dark sea blue/FS 15042" lightened up a little with "blue/FS 35109" from the ModelMaster range. Base is from Squadron, the Pilot is a Verlinden one. After all I´m fine with the result as this was a challenging built in a few moments.... Due to regulations I´m allowed just to present these 3 photos. Hope you like it! Cheers Reimund Big Texan, CATCplSlade, LSP_Kevin and 26 others 29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 absolutely gorgeous, sehr schön gemacht !! Jack. Out2gtcha and Isar 30/07 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maxim Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Welcome aboard and that looks splendid. Wonderful work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 ^^What they said!^^ This is a stunning result, congrats! Isar 30/07 and Jack 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Very nicely done !!.....Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 beauty, love it!! and I love the blue Isar 30/07 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Great build Cheers Dennis Isar 30/07 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Model_Monkey Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Ausgezeichnet! Das ist ein wirklich inspirierendes Modell. Jack and Isar 30/07 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan_G Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Great build Reimund! jan Isar 30/07 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dashotgun Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 (edited) beautifully done and presented. I do not think the European theater mustangs did not have the radio antenna wire. Edited May 3, 2018 by dashotgun Isar 30/07 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Uuuuuhh ... Isar 30/07 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isar 30/07 Posted May 4, 2018 Author Share Posted May 4, 2018 Thank you very much for your comments! I appreciate that very much! But - did you realise there is one thing missing? It´s the rearview mirror! Did the photos for the magazine and a day later I saw this mirror missing. Now it´s where it belongs to... I do not think the European theater mustangs did not have the radio antenna wire. Hmm - I´m not an expert in Mustangs but that´s an interesting point! Checked my ´library´ again and it´s hard to tell if they had antenna wires fitted - I guess it´s because of the distance those photos were taken inflight/on the ground. Most if not all photos don´t show those wires - no matter if ETO, MTO or PTO. The only photos I have that show some wiring, are the ones in `Squadron P-51D walkaround` but I can not tell, if these photos were taken during/after WWII. In conclusion it was clear to me, that there was antenna wiring - but I must admit I didn´t spend any thoughts in that.... Do you have more informations about this as there are some more Mustangs in my stash? Cheers Reimund Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reuben L. Hernandez Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 WOW just WOW!!! Really like your interpretation of the colors. Very inspirational!! Isar 30/07 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dashotgun Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 while no t the definitive answer here is a 2 second search on the web. For the most part I do not think they had the wiring http://www.mustangsmustangs.com/thehangar/index.php?topic=395.0 Isar 30/07 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 Absolutely beautiful build Reimund! Iain Isar 30/07 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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