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Title: Tamiya P-51 D 1/48
Post by: Bill L2 on Wed 12/08/10 01:12 PM

This is my P-51 D From Tamiya. I used some of Clydes tutorial and some of Williams tutorial. I painted a gloss black base with MM laquer. Then a finish with Alclad Aluminimum (light coates) and slight panel work on the upper wing and exhaust area with Tamiya decanted and sprayed with the airbrush. I used after market decals to represent "Thunder Bird " an ETO Mustang. Overall I am pretty pleased with my first NMF. I was not crazy about the Mustang going into this build but now I find myself wanting to build another one!

(http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d66/Gimlet6/100_1361.jpg)
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Title: Re: Tamiya P-51 D 1/48
Post by: WoodyG on Wed 12/08/10 05:09 PM

Bill, what a beautiful airplane! I've tried to do about 10 in NMFs and have only been successful twice. I simply cannot master Alclad, so the ones I did a good job on were done with Testor's non-buffable aluminum. I'm glad the color police did not get to you at the last meeting. Just keep up the great work and let that stuff fall on a deaf ear. See you next Sunday, WoodyG

Title: Re: Tamiya P-51 D 1/48
Post by: Joe M on Wed 12/08/10 08:55 PM

Bill, that is one sweet Mustang!

Joe

Title: Re: Tamiya P-51 D 1/48
Post by: Lee_K on Thu 12/09/10 07:48 AM

Beautiful Mustang, Joe! The paint finish is really sharp.

One small nit: you might want to look at the attachment of the prop blades. The cuffs should be flush with the spinner.

(http://media.motortopia.com/files/8577/vehicle/47e4585989ccd/325.jpg)

Lee K

Title: Re: Tamiya P-51 D 1/48
Post by: Bill L2 on Thu 12/09/10 09:40 PM

Thanks for the feedback guys. Thanks Lee for the correction. I went back and fixed the prop to sit in the right position. The directions threw me off and the notch on the prop was sort of confusing. But I got it right the second time around. See you next week.

Title: Re: Tamiya P-51 D 1/48
Post by: Ronv on Thu 12/09/10 11:24 PM

Even without the correction a very nice Mustang!
RonV

Title: Re: Tamiya P-51 D 1/48
Post by: ClydeM on Fri 12/10/10 05:11 PM

nobody can have only one mustang Bill. glad you made the suggested correction about the the prop deal. beutiful model. 8)

Title: Re: Tamiya P-51 D 1/48
Post by: Bill L. on Wed 01/26/11 11:00 AM

Nice 1-to-1 scale model there Lee. Your garage is huge.

Bill L.

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