Peterpools

Thanks gaz Much appreciated and that's the other side of the coin. I'm going to spend some time today trying to find out which is correct. Keep 'em comin Peter

Thanks Kev Much appreciated and completely agree with Carl's explanation - makes a lot of sense. Keep 'em comin Peter

Thanks Carl Never thought of the ammo doors as not being painted and actually left as unpainted aluminum - it surely would explain a lot. I'm going to try and do some research on it today. Keep 'em comin Peter

Thanks Phil Coming up in a few days as I'm getting ready to dove into the gloss black base syndrome. 🤞 Keep 'em comin Peter

Thanks Dennis Agreed, for me The Mustang was the class of the field, as she had it all: speed, maneuverability, firepower, incredible range, gorgeous look and the icing on the cake: mating her with the RR Merlin engine - the icing on the cake. Making progress and getting ready to figure lout how to apply Tamiya's new Gloss Black Lacquer, as I've never used it before for a NMF base. Keep 'em comin Peter

PRIMING TIME 11/30/21 Over the past few weeks, I’ve shied away from the Mustang, as I first needed to complete my Eduard decal tests and also realized I reached the stage of needing to devote 100% of my bench time to finishing the Mustangs primer prep. The few remaining parts that needed to be added prior to priming were taken care of and a valuable lesson learned: read and re-read the instructions, as I thought I could add a few parts just before priming and guess what; no, you can’t. So, a bit of backtracking was in order. The radiator doors were added – fit was so-so. I also decided to not cut apart the gear doors and use the single, uncut part to protect the gear bay during painting and paint them separately later on. Both the front wind screen and canopy are only tacked in place with Kristal Klear, so I can remove them 🤞 and clean up any fogging after painting if needed. Of course, in my rush, I managed to tack the front wind screen in as crooked as possible and I’ll correct that shortly. Primer of choice: MRP Light Gray Primer Gloss Black Base: Tamiya LP1 I was pretty annoyed at myself as I found some very light sanding marks on the wings, requiring a thorough wet sanding and polishing with 600 through 6000. The wings looked good now and were ready for a new round of priming. I went very thin on the MRP Primer, as I’m going to be following up with the Gloss Black Base and wanted to keep the layers of paint down to a manageable level. The primer was air brushed on with an Iwata Revolution with a .5 tip helping to insure a nice wide spray pattern. I was quite surprised that the scribing came out better then I thought and one area I need to concentrate on in the future is to keep the panel lines on the light side and not too deep. I could still play around with touching up a few panel lines that needed to be made more prominent but I’m done tempting fate. I found only one seam that needs a bit of filler and then it’s time for the gloss black base. I’m still pondering the actual paint for the Mustang’s wings which in reality was an aluminum paint and really shouldn’t have anywhere the metallic finish as the fuselage. Pretty much have settled on: Fuselage base color: AK 479 Aluminum Wings: Alclad ALC 116 Semi Matte Aluminum. I’m also puzzled as to why I see so many Mustangs with the ammo doors painted a different shade of aluminum – wouldn’t it be the same aluminum paint? Keep ‘em comin Peter

Phil Absolutely did Keep ‘em comin Peter

Very nice rescue and some wonderful Weathering. Keep ‘em comin Peter

Fantastic build and some incredible weathering Keep ‘em comin Peter

Very nicely done .. some mighty fine work Keep ‘em comin Peter

Gaz Thoroughly enjoyed following the ‘build’ start to finish and the completed diorama came together wonderfully. Detailing and execution blend together so very well. Keep ‘em comin Peter

Phil Terrific build and some very convenient weathering - so very nicely done Keep ‘em comin Peter

Phil Heading over to check out the completed ‘completed photos‘ of the build. Keep ‘em comin Peter

Jeroen Some mighty fine pre-shading, looking so good. Keep ‘em comin Peter

Lots of research and loads of work - some very nice work. Keep ‘em comin Peter

Mark Steady as she goes - looking good Keep ‘em comin Peter

Carl Glad you decided to keep going and fought off the temptation of binning the big guy. I seem to all to easily To bin projects as I just lose interest and yield to the erg to start something else. Over the years, it seems my ‘Bin’ record greatly out weighed my completed record 🤧 Keep ‘em comin Peter

Jeroen Nasty repair for sure as the actual body is not a part that can be ordered and a year's wait for the thread cutter: ouch! Fingers crossed the repairs come out perfect. 🤞 Keep 'em comin Peter

Phil Yup, Trumpy made a new, single piece wing and a new cowl for the kit. These days, I pretty much follow my golden rule: if the kit has folding wings, use 'em as any other way could be very painful. Keep 'em comin Peter

Terrific figures - beautifully done Keep ‘em comin Peter

Phil Glad you’re underway and eagerly waiting your first build update. Keep ‘em comin Peter

John You’re going to love the Quinta Cockpit sets. I used one on my P-51 build - brilliant addition and Dove in and bought quite a few 48th scale sets as well. I just finished detailing the front office of the Tamiya 48th Tomcat and I fell right off my chair when I took a good long look. No question, it’s the future here and now Keep ‘em comin Peter

Phil Holy smokes, now that's crowed airspace and I thought Long Island had crowed airspace. Keep 'em comin Peter

Some very nice work on a 'classic' kit. So glad you jumped into the waters and posted your Harrier build. Keep 'em comin Peter

Beautiful work and some mighty fine scratching building for sure. Keep 'em comin Peter