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Mustang Challenge P-51 D

Construction notes

Wings were puttied and sanded. minor details added were scratch built (pitot tube, gear door actuators, brake and fuel lines). Prop blades were slightly reshaped. Rivet detail on wing root fillet redone.

Painting, Markings and weathering

Wings are Mr. Hobby Super Fine Silver lacquer. fuselage is base coat of Tamiya rattle can AS-12 bare metal silver with various panels masked and sprayed with Alclad II (Dark, Dull and Dura-Aluminums). Bare metal areas are dry brushed with Mr. Metal Stainless steel. Various panels are also given a wash of different shades of artist oils (Paynes Grey, black and Van-Dyke brown). The blue nose is custom mixed using Gunze acrylics.
Weathering is achieved using a post shading of Tamiya Red-Brown and Black mix.
Kit supplied decals were used for all markings except stars and bars. They were sourced from an after-market decal set. I believe the kit supplied ones are the wrong size.

I have purchased EagleParts resin figure of Major George Preddy and now have a bird for him to sit in. For that, the opportunity to share my work and the kind words, I thank you.

Roger Fabrocini