JohnB

This one is ready for inspection. Basic kit is Trumpeter. The "new" nose is from a old Monogram Mustang from back in the late 50's or so. If you followed my build posts you would see it wasn't a "drop in fit"! Painted with a combination of Tamiya acrylics, Gunze acrylics, Colourcoats and Testor's enamels. Many of the decals ,such as national insignia and the PK*G decals are from my decal stash. The personal markings are from the decal sheet provided in the Kagero book on the Polish Mustangs in RAF service. They are the most difficult decals to work with that I can remember. Extremely delicate and touchy plus hard to move them around to get their proper "spot" after laying them on the model which makes for some high cuss-factors (and some screwed up decals). I'm glad to finally finish this one and I hope y'all like the results. Let me say again guys that if you click on the first photo you get much better resolution and you can view all the photos as a slide show. Much better than just clicking on the photos, etc.

Camo worked out well. Looks good!

Thank you for the nice compliments. Lately I've been using a combination of enamels and acrylics. I think enamels work a little better than acrylics for getting a feathered edge on camo. At least for me at any rate. Colourcoats , Extracolor and Testor's enamels are my preferred enamels while Tamiya and Gunze have some good acrylics. Testor's MM camo colors I usually buy on ebay but Scale Hobbyist has some too. Sprue Bros. seems to have stopped stocking the Testor's MM colors. I hope this answers your question and is of some help.

Thank you. Still more painting needed but coming right along.

Most of the painting is done except for a few touchups and adjustments.

Lack of a good compressor sure puts a halt on a build! I hope your 3rd one works out. I decided to lay in a couple of cans of "air" to have "just in case" LOL.

Indeed! And everything comes to a screeching halt!

Sure is good to be able to resume working on a model. I hadn't realized before how much I depend on a compressor. LOL

New compressor on hand now so I can resume work. Getting the invasion stripes started.

Thank you! 1/24 sure would make for a big model!

Looking good Peter. Coming along really well.

LOL Just kidding you. Don't you have spell checker?

Jard to believe for sure.

Maybe Peter. I'll have to get another Corsair kit first.

A local friend of mine has a set he said I can have. I'll check it out when I get it.

Being without a compressor sure puts the quietus on things. I'll be a happy camper when my new one gets here.

For sure Kevin! My compressor quit on me a few days ago so I haven't been able to do any significant modeling! My new one is supposed to be here tomorrow. Come on FedEx!!!

That's a really good looking P-40E Jerry. I've always liked those AVG birds. Nicely done!

I hadn't seen those before! Looks like they would add a lot to the model but awfully fiddly! LOL I'll see about getting a couple of sets. Thanks for the heads up!

Thanks Peter. I think the wings will fit a little more snugly when I glue 'em. As is right now they aren't glued in place but do fit pretty well. I want to reduce that little "gap" which shouldn't be a problem.

Thanks! Something like 21 or 22 I guess.

Thanks Harv. It isn't quite done yet since I need to do some more weathering. That will have to wait as my compressor quit on me today. Hopefull by the weekend I can resume work. 🤪

Never mind Harv. No big deal.

Please send me your email address.

Nearly finished. I was starting to do some weathering when my compressor crapped out. So I decided to slide the wings in place (not glued yet), place the canopy and prop on and take a few photos. Bear in mind it is NOT yet finished as there is still a bit of weathering, etc to do. At any rate, here is how it stands today. (Replacement compressor ordered so when it gets here I can finish the model and place it in Completed Builds.)