Ok made a start to this.
Cockpit started. Humbrol 78 as interior green. Who knows what it really was. This is close enough. At least it isn't yellow chromate.

Washed with Humbrol 32. Works pretty nice in this scale once all this is dry I'll paint the switches with a toothpick.

Also stuck the wings and nose together seems to all go together pretty well, I've never done an AccMin before, and have the IL-2 and avenger in the stash. If they are half as good as this tang I'll be very happy.




No wires for batteries. There is plenty of detail one could add, but for me this is OOB.

@ Japee: DITTO on your comment [Humbrol 78 as interior green. Who knows what it really was. This is close enough. At least it isn't yellow chromate.]

Bob

Ok

Thank you


Cheers Nick

What a great kit! Maybe because I've been building vintage airfix recently but this is such good fit and detail. I actually feel OOB is totally fine for this.

Dirtied up the cockpit with some yellow and metal scratches. Buttoned her up with Tenax and a Touch n Flow (first time trying this and it works brilliantly). Check Hawkeye Hobbies or the Reading the Seams thread here on Aeroscale for how this works. Tape belts need beefing up I think. Wine foil would be better in this scale.

Some pics.



Grr look at that seam on the control stick!!!!




Almost ready for paint. This is way too quick!

Jaypee, nice job and those seatbelts look mighty good to me.

Bob

Looks very good, JP. The seatbelts would be fine as they are, although they would bend and twist more in real life I think. They would not sit flush to the surface of the seat.

Anyway, looks good and seems like an enjoyable build.

Nice work so far everyone ! Man I really need to get on with my project ...... will have pic's up this weekend , she is ready for primer ...

Jaypee , I built both kits when they first came out in the 90's and they did just fall together . The fit was excellent and the detail was something else back in the day .

Yeah in 1/72 I tend to just paint them on and under the beer bottle transparencies you get with old kits that is enough. Not good enough for this scale.

It shouldn't be too hard to improve on this even though it is zipped up.
If folk can make ships in bottles then I can put on some strips of foil onto a seat.

Before the primer goes on here are a few pic's .............

nice job Nick

Nice work Jaypee, Im surprised by the quality of the Accurate Miniatures model. Could you post a picture of the main wheel bay ? Dont worry about the seat belts, I fitted the canopy yeasterday and when closed, you see only a green and a black blure where the cockpit should be

I am in awe at the work I see on here . how you get your interiors the way you do is beyond me.

Removed the seat and made some belts out of ....

Alka seltzer packet. Foil backed with paper. Perfect! But first I needed a hangover in order to use them. Several glasses of Talisker later..... mission accomplished.

With shaky hands managed to get something better than just masking tape.



@Naseby. I will. That's the next job.

well here is the pics of 80% and final product and now to tie one on so i can get alkaselzer packet.

Well I'm pressing on with this dog of a kit. The details are soft and the fit is very ordinary. I'm looking at gaps of 2-3mm wide in places once the fuselage is together when I dry-fit things. Anyway, I think I will learn a lot from manipulating and patching this kit to get it to paint stage, so here's the cockpits . . .



A little detail painting and touch-up and I'll have a go at closing up the fuselages in the next day or so. Then the fun really begins !!

Cheers, D

@ Damian: Sure there is more work with that, but you end up a with the most interesting version of the plane. Im realy looking forward to see that one finished.

This is my entry for this campaign. It is Tamiya P-51B in 1/48 scale.

I applied Gunze surfacer 1200 primer.




I painted gunze olive drab for upper surfaces, underside is alclad2 aluminium.




And applied decals.




And finished.

That's great. really GREAT mustang Mr. Ayhan

But I don't like the exhaust stains very much & also, what are these black areas in the white spinner, they don't look like shadows


Cheers Nick

Nice work on Hunhunter. Esp like the alu underside, not medium grey as is often done. Are there black underwing recog stripes?

I did mine dark green uppers, rather than OD.

Love the finish.

Update

In the photos bellow, I have finished painting and fading, airbrushed gloss varnish for the decals & some other lilttle things
















Cheers Nick

Great looking Mustang, Ayhan. The finish is very nice. Although I also wonder about the black exhaust stains on the propeller like Nick.

Nice progress, Nick. Your Mustang is coming along nicely.

A little more progress on my Mustang. The ordnance is on and it is almost ready to go Communist hunting in Korea. Next is some more light weathering in the wheel wells and on the cockpit glazing.

More to follow

Hardly progress as such but more posting a photo to register that I've actually managed to make a start on my entry.
Cockpit is blocked out and ready to continue with detail painting.


Nige

Thank you very much Mr. Jesper

Your P-51 looks really great & I am also so happy seeing that you done it in Korean war markings,(my favourite Mustang)
Can I have a photo of the boxart please
Happy endings


Cheers Nick

Nice build Ayhan , you have to be one of the fastest builders I know !

Looking really nice Nick , looking forward to seeing her with the markings on .

Jesper , always nice to see those Korean Mustangs .

Go Nigel Go , you are off to a great start so far .

Thanks for the comments, boys and girls

The decals are very colourful and I had no problems with them, although I have heard others had problems with the decals breaking up. One just has to love that shark mouth

Nick, please find the box art and some inspiration below:





Nice start, Nige. Looking forward to see more.