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Tech Sergeant
Happy New Year to everyone here! Let's hope 2021 will better than the shit show that was 2020.
It's been a super long time since I did a build log on this site but I am back again folks. As such I have decided to build the oldie but a goodie Tamiya 1/48 P-51B Mustang. I wanted to get back on the bench and start building aircraft and did not want to wait for any aftermarket add-ons to come which given the current pandemic could take months. I am going to do this bird as Dominic Gentile's Shangri-La the top scoring ace of the USAAF 4th fighter group. The kit has decals for his a/c but they are as thick as cardboard (typical for Tamiya when they released this kit) so I ordered some from KitsWorld. I put my order in last week with a gentleman in California and the tracking number says I should get them today or tomorrow which is pretty damn good I think since they had to cross the border. Also, when I opened up the kit I discovered I had a set of resin landing gear main wheels which I must of put in some time ago so I wouldn't forget I had them. Aside from those two things I am going to build this one OOB. It will be my Covid OOB build shall we say
Here's a couple of pics of my progress. to date. I got the wheel wells painted but need to add some alclad aluminum between the Chromate Yellow bracing and of course putty the wings. The cockpit and fuselage are done with a harness I scratched. I also got the port wing puttied, sanded and primed. As you guys know North American puttied the front half of the top and bottom wings to remove any seam lines to insure proper aerodynamics over the laminar wings. Finally, I replaced the kit .50cal MG's with plastic rod drilled out. The kit ones were nasty.
Paints: Mr. Hobby Color Interior Green, Tamiya XF-4 Yellow Green. Tamiya Lacquer primer.
It's been a super long time since I did a build log on this site but I am back again folks. As such I have decided to build the oldie but a goodie Tamiya 1/48 P-51B Mustang. I wanted to get back on the bench and start building aircraft and did not want to wait for any aftermarket add-ons to come which given the current pandemic could take months. I am going to do this bird as Dominic Gentile's Shangri-La the top scoring ace of the USAAF 4th fighter group. The kit has decals for his a/c but they are as thick as cardboard (typical for Tamiya when they released this kit) so I ordered some from KitsWorld. I put my order in last week with a gentleman in California and the tracking number says I should get them today or tomorrow which is pretty damn good I think since they had to cross the border. Also, when I opened up the kit I discovered I had a set of resin landing gear main wheels which I must of put in some time ago so I wouldn't forget I had them. Aside from those two things I am going to build this one OOB. It will be my Covid OOB build shall we say
Here's a couple of pics of my progress. to date. I got the wheel wells painted but need to add some alclad aluminum between the Chromate Yellow bracing and of course putty the wings. The cockpit and fuselage are done with a harness I scratched. I also got the port wing puttied, sanded and primed. As you guys know North American puttied the front half of the top and bottom wings to remove any seam lines to insure proper aerodynamics over the laminar wings. Finally, I replaced the kit .50cal MG's with plastic rod drilled out. The kit ones were nasty.
Paints: Mr. Hobby Color Interior Green, Tamiya XF-4 Yellow Green. Tamiya Lacquer primer.
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