JohnB Posted November 21, 2023 Share Posted November 21, 2023 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. 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted November 21, 2023 Share Posted November 21, 2023 Looks great John. I really need to do a razorback Mustang one day. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted November 22, 2023 Author Share Posted November 22, 2023 1 hour ago, BlrwestSiR said: Looks great John. I really need to do a razorback Mustang one day. Thank you Carl. Maybe some day Tamiya/Hasegawa/Revell ??? will bring us a nice 1/32 kit so we don't have to go to all the trouble of grafting a accurate nose on to a less than accurate Trumpeter kit. 🙄 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 John One awesome conversion, as your P-51B looks flawless. Thanks for the heads up when using Kagero decals, as it's a pain when decals behave that way and seem to fight you the whole way. Surely must have felt a little strange using so many acrylics rather then going all enamels. 🏆 🏆🏆 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinM Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 John that really came out Nice!! would be even better if Tamy floated that way with a b/c version? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted November 22, 2023 Author Share Posted November 22, 2023 9 minutes ago, Peterpools said: John One awesome conversion, as your P-51B looks flawless. Thanks for the heads up when using Kagero decals, as it's a pain when decals behave that way and seem to fight you the whole way. Surely must have felt a little strange using so many acrylics rather then going all enamels. 🏆 🏆🏆 Thank you Peter. I'm pleased with the way it turned out. I think the main thing I like about acrylics is they dry faster than enamels. I don't intend to go all acrylics but will use them some depending on the application. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted November 22, 2023 Author Share Posted November 22, 2023 9 minutes ago, KevinM said: John that really came out Nice!! would be even better if Tamy floated that way with a b/c version? Thanks Kevin! I'm glad you like it. The build certainly did have it's "moments" as I had to set it aside a couple of times. LOL 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinM Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 4 minutes ago, JohnB said: I don't intend to go all acrylics but will use them some depending on the application. That's why John been going the direction of Lacquers still got plenty of enamels but the Mr.leveling even speeds up the drying time for enamels. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
towerpower Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 John, BEOOOOOTIFULL, you made it, the best P51B to date!! Congratulations Jack 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted November 22, 2023 Author Share Posted November 22, 2023 1 minute ago, towerpower said: John, BEOOOOOTIFULL, you made it, the best P51B to date!! Congratulations Jack Thank you Jack. I'm pleased you like it. Kinda colorful isn't it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
towerpower Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 Lovely presentation, for sure. Question: did you use any AM parts for gearbay, cockpit interior and windshield/canopy, because i had no opportunity to check your work in progress Jack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted November 22, 2023 Author Share Posted November 22, 2023 3 minutes ago, towerpower said: Lovely presentation, for sure. Question: did you use any AM parts for gearbay, cockpit interior and windshield/canopy, because i had no opportunity to check your work in progress Jack Here ya go Jack. Maybe this will answer your questions. The cockpit is after market but I don't recall which company. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted November 22, 2023 Author Share Posted November 22, 2023 12 minutes ago, JohnB said: Here ya go Jack. Maybe this will answer your questions. The cockpit is after market but I don't recall which company. More info here: This model was used as the base kit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
towerpower Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 Thanks for this "insight", i knew i must have missed something last year on the Mustang front, being a big affectionado on the type. I have several AM kits to be usefull for the Mustang conversion-improvement, but they´re somewhere deep down in the stash...... Have to dig into it. J. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted November 22, 2023 Author Share Posted November 22, 2023 17 minutes ago, towerpower said: Thanks for this "insight", i knew i must have missed something last year on the Mustang front, being a big affectionado on the type. I have several AM kits to be usefull for the Mustang conversion-improvement, but they´re somewhere deep down in the stash...... Have to dig into it. J. Good luck! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harv Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 Wow, just beautiful fantastic, work as usual…..harv 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted November 25, 2023 Author Share Posted November 25, 2023 2 hours ago, harv said: Wow, just beautiful fantastic, work as usual…..harv Thank you Harv! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 Great work John, I thing the Mustang does reslly suit the RAF paint and markings, I built the ancient Revell kit many years ago in that guise and was very pleased with the result. Cheers Dennis 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted November 25, 2023 Author Share Posted November 25, 2023 55 minutes ago, Spitfire said: Great work John, I thing the Mustang does reslly suit the RAF paint and markings, I built the ancient Revell kit many years ago in that guise and was very pleased with the result. Cheers Dennis I agree Dennis. I does stand out nicely. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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