JohnB

Overall Alclad aluminum applied. Next up is painting some panels various shades. Fingers crossed for no pull off!

That would be the best way for sure but I think painting the whole a/c then adding the panel decals minimizes the chance for paint peel although I'll still have to paint the different color metal panels and hope for no peel off. 🙃

Something I'm going to do is spray paint some clear decal paper with colors other than metal shades. There are some panels on the a/c that are a light tan color and panels on either side of the vertical tail that are a very light gray. My plan is to go on and paint all the metal colors such as aluminum, etc and then measure out and apply the painted decals in their appropriate places. Should minimize chances for "problems". We will see!

Now that would be great!!! I'm not holding my breath though LOL. 😄

Since I don't have a P-51 in the stash I feel I need to correct that situation! I just ordered a Revell late -D from SB.

Over sprayed with gloss white. Now I'll set it aside for the day to let it dry.

I decided to use Testor's gloss white as a base coat/primer. I THINK it will work okay but we'll see when I shoot some Alclad aluminum on and mask over that. I too use Tamiya masking tape as my main go to for masking. Fingers crossed! 🙄

Probably Gaz. It looked to me the P-61 pilot never saw the B-17 until impact if then.

I decided to try to save this build. I dampened some cotton balls with Alclad airbrush cleaner and swabbed it down. That removed nearly all the primer and paint. Now I'll re-prime with trusted Testor's Flat White then shoot some Alclad aluminum on it. Then I'll test to be sure the Alclad stays put. We'll see.

I've decided to pull that mother off the SOD and try to save it. We will see!

Wow! Never thought that would happen. Ya just never know.

Built Peter. Two Corsairs in the stash. One -1 and one -1D. No P-51's in the stash right now.

Yes but I don't want to fork out $150.00 for one.

LOL Peter. I just counted 'em and I have 17 1/32 P-51's including some SH P-51A's and a A-36. I have 17 Corsairs all Tamiya except for 2 Trumpeter. The mask for the fuselage stripes on this racer P-51 were mailed last Tuesday but haven't arrived yet.

No I did not Gaz. I don't think I've ever done that. Whenever I decide to resume the build I think I'll rub it down with some Alclad airbrush cleaner. THAT will remove all the old paint and primer right down to the plastic. It will also slightly craze the plastic which should give any future paint something to hold on to. If it screws up the model then so be it. I'll remove the AMS cockpit and probably use it for another build. I wanted a "C" in the 1st place but couldn't find one.

I think the problem was the Alclad primer. Apparently it just did not "meld" to the plastic. I hate to SOD it but it's just too much aggravation for me to contend with right now. I'll probably resume work on it later on but for now it's gonna stay on the SOD.

It was going along pretty well for a while but now it's a dead duck. Too bad as I was hoping it would be a really good looking NMF model.

You got lucky Carl. I was hoping I had this one sorted out but not so.🤪

I did some work on feathering out the bad spots then hit it with some flat white. When that was dry I sprayed some Alclad aluminum. It was looking okay but I decided I better do some "testing" on the whole model "just in case". Here are the results. SOD for this one. Enough is enough.

I was right to worry about paint peel off. Now I have to smooth out the jagged peel off areas and re-paint. I think the problem lies with the primer so I'll toss my Alclad Gray Primer and use something else such as flat white enamel which has worked well previously. The Alclad primer has worked fine previously too but not this time.🤪

Thanks Martin. I'll be sweating out the NMF! Fingers crossed none will pull off when the masking tape is removed. Some of the primer HAS pulled off so we'll see what happens with the NMF. Since I plan to use several shades of Alclad it'll have plenty of opportunity be a problem. 🙄

Thanks Carl. That's what I had in mind. I'm hoping there won't be any problems when I mask over the NMF.

A little more progress. Wings, tanks and nose painted.

Happened this afternoon at the Wings over Dallas airshow. Mid air with what I THINK is a P-63. Both destroyed and everyone killed as far as I know right now.

Thanks. Partially primed. I need to fix a couple of seams then prime the whole model.