JohnB

LOL Peter. At least I had some Testor's Gloss White I could use to finish the paint job. I was a little leery about applying that over some areas that were already painted with acrylic but it worked out fine. Now it's set aside to allow the Testor's to thoroughly dry.

Thank you Chris. No, I haven't seen those flaps but will take a look. Thanks!

Got most of the painting done and ran out of acrylic paint. The undersides still need painting so now I'll see about using some Testor's enamel gloss white. Should be okay.

Turned out really well Gaz. Nice work.

Coming right along with it. Gun muzzles removed and smoothed over and wings attached.

I second that remark Peter!!

Making good progress on the cockpit. I used a Tamiya instrument panel and laid in individual Airscale instruments. Seat belts, as usual, are FineMolds. Since this a/c is a racer, etc I removed the fuselage fuel tank and put a floor in using strip plastic. The wide prop blades are from my stash of various parts and pieces. Spinner is Grey Matter.

Thank you! I appreciate that Kurok!

LOL I wish!!!.

Looking at this build makes me want to do another Tamiya Mossie. A really great kit!

Thanks! And a case of Tamiya P-51's (and Corsairs!). LOL

I've built a couple of these already with each being a bit different. This is one more that has a little bit of a difference which is the name is in black while the name on the others is in yellow. Not a BIG difference but enough I think to warrant another build (and I particularly like this a/c!). That overall white color scheme really fits the P-51 in my opinion. I'll be using a Revell kit for this build.

Looks good! Nice work on the fading, etc.

Looking really good Phil! Lots of fiddly bits, etc but well worth it in the end.

Thanks Phil. That Tamiya OD is extremely flat as is evident in the photos. A good "go to" if you want a good flat OD.

Thank you. If you will look at my build thread your question will be answered. https://forum.largescalemodeller.com/topic/19652-tamiya-p-51d-happy-jacks-go-buggy-is-next/

That's about how I feel about the lack of posts on this and some other of my builds. A big reason I build and post here is to show my work and get some feedback, etc from the members. No member posts, except for yours Peter, makes it hardly worth it. 😕 However, I want to thank the guys that fairly regularly DO post on my build threads. Much appreciated.

Sad but true Peter. 🙄

Thanks! I'm pleased with the way it turned out and the grafted on Revell upper wings remedy the over done rivet detail on the Tamiya wings. I'm glad I had a set of Revell wings left over from a previous build. Now to try to decide on what's next. No clue right now though (don't have ANY Corsair kits either!).

Finished with this one. https://forum.largescalemodeller.com/topic/19668-happy-jacks-go-buggy-rfi/

Tamiya kit with FineMolds belts, Barracuda wheels and cockpit details. Painted with Alclad, MM and Tamiya Acrylic (OD uppers). I replaced the top wing halves with some from a Revell kit which gets rid of the over done rivet details on the corresponding Tamiya wings. Decals are a combination of kit decals, Draw Decals and some from my decal stash. I hope you like it.

I forgot about this when I was working on attaching and smoothing out the leading edge parts. I just went to attach the gear and THEN I saw what I'd done. Not a big problem but I couldn't use the screw's to attach and anchor the gear. I fixed them in place with some CA. They'll stay put okay I think but won't have quite the strength a good screwing 🤣 would give 'em. LOL

Most of the painting is done except for a couple of areas that will be masked off and painted (flap hinge areas) then some over spray with clear gloss to get ready for decaling.

Coming right along Peter. Most of the painting is done but I will need to go back and repaint some areas that didn't come out like I wanted. 🙄