Tamiya P-51D

[Daywalker]

Finished this one a couple of weeks ago- what an amazing kit!  I never cared much for the P-51D until I built this kit- what an amazing piece of engineering.  Painted with Alclad aluminum and Tamiya acrylics, weathering done with oils.  I used HGW seatbelt hardware with straps cut from $1 bills, Barracuda resin tires, and an MV lens for the landing light.  Decals are from Eagle Editions.

 

Here's a link to the build thread, thanks for looking!

 

[Daywalker]

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[NOVAModeler]

Lovely work! I had a lot of fun with that kit too and yours came out a stunner.

[Dave J]

Awesome Frank! Looking forward to the next project!

 

What did you use for all the oil staining?

[Jamme]

Fantastic build, Frank.

Congrats,

Jamme

[Mikester]

Outstanding, as usual Frank!

[Daywalker]

  On 10/15/2013 at 6:05 PM, NOVAModeler said:

Lovely work! I had a lot of fun with that kit too and yours came out a stunner.

 

Cheers, and thank you!  It was so much fun I want to start another one (or two) LOL.

 

  On 10/15/2013 at 7:35 PM, Dave J said:

Awesome Frank! Looking forward to the next project!

 

What did you use for all the oil staining?

 

Thanks Dave!  For all of the weathering I used oils- mostly raw umber, black, and red with some other shades here and there for variety.

 

  On 10/15/2013 at 8:58 PM, Jamme said:

Fantastic build, Frank.

Congrats,

Jamme

 

Thank you Jamme, much appreciated!

 

  On 10/15/2013 at 10:01 PM, mikester said:

Outstanding, as usual Frank!

 

Cheers Mike, and thank you!  Finishing up my big 109G-6 as we speak, so far it looks like paint scheme #3 is working out!

[repeater]

Hi Frank, sensational build.  Looks fantastic.   Great idea for the harness straps.. I'll have to try that one. 

[Daywalker]

  On 10/16/2013 at 9:58 AM, repeater said:

Hi Frank, sensational build.  Looks fantastic.   Great idea for the harness straps.. I'll have to try that one. 

 

Thank you so much!  I like using the $1 straps- fold over themselves nicely and look pretty scale too.

[kahunaminor]

_{Awesome build Frank,}

 

_{Dollar bill harness straps eh? Well I suppose that's one way to use the US dollar in a volatile market!}

 

_Kent

[Daywalker]

  On 10/26/2013 at 6:55 AM, kahunaminor said:

_{Awesome build Frank,}

 

_{Dollar bill harness straps eh? Well I suppose that's one way to use the US dollar in a volatile market!}

 

_Kent

 

Indeed!  I like the fabric effect they give, and being a sort of fabric they are quite resistant to tearing.