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Painting, except for some touchups, done. Decaling is next. 🙂

Painting in progress. I decided to see about fitting the nose art before proceeding. Right side seems to be okay. Now on to the left side.

Alclad Gloss Black. 🙂

Black undercoat applied. Now THAT'S shiney!!!!🙂

Thanks Dennis. Give it a try! 🙂

Thank you Chris. You have been fortunate to not have those fit problems! Thanks again! 🙂

Good progress. Paint soon!🙂

Rudder, horizontal stabilizers and elevators installed. The elevators are Tamiya and are of the metal type. 🙂

Wing assembly attached. Took a bit of trimming and some CA adhesive but its in place now. 🙂

I mentioned earlier that, in my opinion, the Tamiya kits have much better fit. I thought I'd post a few photos of some of the "problem" areas on the Revell kits that are not present on the Tamiya kits. I've built SEVERAL of each so I think I know whereof I speak LOL. I like both the Revell and Tamiya kits but I'll have to admit the Tamiya kits are my favorites due to the lack of fit problems. Not to say the Tamiya kits don't have a "bug" or two. The "worst" I think is the rivet detail on the wings. Nice details for sure but the P-51's had puttied wings which resulted in smooth surfaces. 🙂

Thank you Paul! I'm glad you like it. 🙂

Thanks Martin! Merry Christmas to you too! 🙂

LOL Paul. I had the Revell kit of the early "D" but wanted to build a later version. I had the parts and decided to give it a try. Luckily the Tamiya tail fit rather well! 🙂

Thanks Chris. The Tamiya kits have better fit than the Revell kits in my opinion but they are both good kits. Merry Christmas to you too!

Very sorry to hear that Hubert. My thoughts are with you and your family.