Monday, 28 November 2011

P-51 Mustang

There haven't been any photos of 1/144 scale aircraft here for a while, so now seems as good a time as any to address this.  While painting my three MIG-21s silver.  And more silver.  And yet more silver (well you get the idea...), I also turned my attention to a couple of 144 scale kits which I'd built some time (over a year) ago.  Indeed you may have noticed them skulking under the MIGs in my earlier post. 
The first candidate for the treatment was this P-51 Mustang built, as far as I can remember, from the old Revell kit.
Mustang in 'flight'.  I may go over the blue areas with some gloss varnish.
Simple paint scheme and decals from the spares box.
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12 comments:

  1. Don M28 November 2011 at 17:48

    Always loved the P51,nice looking
    paint job there.

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  2. David Crook28 November 2011 at 19:18

    Hi Tim,

    Looks really effective - whats the technique for the canopy? I always have real dramas with them!

    All the best,

    DC

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  3. Tim Gow28 November 2011 at 21:11

    Don M
    Thought you'd approve!

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  4. Tim Gow28 November 2011 at 21:13

    David Crook
    I find canopies a real pain in the derriere, so for smaller (than 1/72) models I pain the clear parts in pale blue. It shouldn't work, but somehow it does!

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  5. Anonymous29 November 2011 at 00:10

    That one looks good. Did you paint it at the same time as the MIGs? Or did you try the black undercoat?

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  6. Tim Gow29 November 2011 at 08:05

    Spprojectblog
    It was done atbthe same time as the MIGs. After I'd brushed the dust off it... I have a candidatebin mind for your spray paint over black technique, but that'll be a few weeks away.

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  7. Paul29 November 2011 at 10:14

    Lovely work, I always thought that a nice bright yellow went well with the blue and the sliver.

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  8. Remco29 November 2011 at 10:55

    good details for 1/144 scale, like it!

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  9. Geordie an Exiled FoG30 November 2011 at 00:02

    Is it really a Revell kit?

    I thought they only did the later version with the bubble canopy

    Nice job, great canopy

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  10. Tim Gow4 December 2011 at 14:47

    Paul
    You're only saying that to taunt me! Yellow is a really tricky colour.

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  11. Tim Gow4 December 2011 at 14:47

    Remco
    It's not a bad little kit.

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  12. Tim Gow4 December 2011 at 14:49

    Geordie
    Definitely Revell. Their Thunderbolt has a bubble canopy though..

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