Revell 1/32 P-51D Early Mustang

Replied by KitModellerNZ on topic Revell 1/32 P-51D Early Mustang

I've been using the streaking grime wash to add some tonal variation.

I've also been using it to tone down some of the areas I have applied yellow zinc chipping.

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Replied by KitModellerNZ on topic Revell 1/32 P-51D Early Mustang

HGW fabric belts assembled and then given a wash with W&N Raw Umber oil highly diluted with odourless turps;

The instructions don't mention the small fine adjustment belts, but these small spigots that held the shoulder harness (1) on were the perfect size;

Assembly of cockpit continues;

Intake ducting assembled. Lovely detail on the radiators filters and tailwheel doors;

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Replied by KitModellerNZ on topic Revell 1/32 P-51D Early Mustang

I applied a small amount of AK's European Dust pigment to the cockpit floor and rudder pedals. Fixed in place with a mist coat of white spirit.

Cockpit assembly continues.

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Replied by KitModellerNZ on topic Revell 1/32 P-51D Early Mustang

Belts attached and finished off with a coat of flat varnish;

Photo of IP before attaching the port sidewall;

Cockpit module assembled;

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Replied by KitModellerNZ on topic Revell 1/32 P-51D Early Mustang

I sorted out a minor fit issue at the rear of the cockpit opening;

Dry fitting the tail inserts revealed a slight step, so I have thinned out the plastic on the inside to give it a better fit;

There's going to be a small gap, but that'll be easy to fill;

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Replied by KitModellerNZ on topic Revell 1/32 P-51D Early Mustang

Over the weekend I closed up the fuselage, filled, sanded and polished the gaps. There will be some rescribing required as there is some soft detail (not due to sanding) on a few of the panel lines which I hadn't noticed up till now. I also primed, painted and applied a wash to the undercarriage bays;

I've been having a few issues with my AK washes. Pretty pissed off with them really. Over time they seem to have thickened and they just don't flow like they should on gloss surfaces. Will try thinning, otherwise they will be retired and I'll go back to the trusty W&N oil paints.

I'm going to apply another wash to the undercarriage bays to try and cover the shit result from the AK wash I applied last night. Then I'll be able to assemble the wings. The fit looks pretty good.

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Highly diluted raw umber oil wash applied over undercarriage bay; ready to assemble the wings once I add the 3 lights on the outer wing.

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Replied by KitModellerNZ on topic Revell 1/32 P-51D Early Mustang

Last night I painted the underwing nav lights then airbrushed the panel they insert into with Vallejo aluminium. This will make masking easier when it comes to painting the rest of it.

Gear bays attached and then the wings glued together.

Dry fitting reveals that there is going to be a fair bit of adjustment required to get a nice join between the wing root upper wing.

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Replied by KitModellerNZ on topic Revell 1/32 P-51D Early Mustang

Progress made on the fit of the wings last night. Quite a few fit issues overcome;

Firstly the leading edge inserts. There was a step where they join the wing. Unable to find some plasticard thin enough, I tried a piece of decal paper... perfect

This resulted in an almost perfect fit (photo taken before I glued insert in place);

Next the wing to fuselage join. Waaaaay off!

About an hours worth of scraping and sanding, including narrowing the wingroot on the fuselage because it was too wide;

Much better now;

Also described a few areas that were too soft, including the upper cowling.

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Replied by KitModellerNZ on topic Revell 1/32 P-51D Early Mustang

I'm going to go with blue for my build;

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Replied by KitModellerNZ on topic Revell 1/32 P-51D Early Mustang

Definitely not that one

Researching it at the moment.

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Replied by KitModellerNZ on topic Revell 1/32 P-51D Early Mustang

The wings and fuselage are now glued together. A bit of sanding will see the join flush;

The intake assembly goes together nicely... Will need a little persuasion to get the fit right though;

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Replied by KitModellerNZ on topic Revell 1/32 P-51D Early Mustang

Hi guys, I got this one back on the bench after finishing the 1/32 Spitfire. She's gone from bare plastic to painted and all decalled up. There are way too many photos to add here, so here are a couple of where she's at now;

You can catch up with all of the WIP images by checking out my facebook page.
[url=P-51D-5NA album here]https://www.facebook.com/pg/kitmodellernz/photos/?tab=album&album_id=2191590297768546[/url]

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