AndrewR's 1/72 Revell P-51B/C - Tex Hill
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Crimea_River
Marshal
Looks pretty good Andrew.
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AndrewR
Airman
It'll have to be wheels up. I've lost one of the oleos...
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Benevolens Magister
Oops! Looks good though.
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AndrewR
Airman
These things happen...
The undercarriage doors need quite a lot of trimming to sit flush with the lower wing, they are too big alround. I've also attached the drop tanks and painted the spinner.
And forgotten to take photos
Cheers
Andrew
The undercarriage doors need quite a lot of trimming to sit flush with the lower wing, they are too big alround. I've also attached the drop tanks and painted the spinner.
And forgotten to take photos
Cheers
Andrew
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AndrewR
Airman
These things happen...
Yesterday's efforts
Wheels up, as I lost an oleo for the Mustang! Undercarriage doors installed. They were too big and needed sanding down all the way round to fit properly.
More work completed today!
I'm also building a Revell Hurricane IIc in 1/72, so you get bonus pictures!
Dark earth (Vallejo English Uniform) on the Hurricane. It's a bit lighter than the Model Master Dark Earth, but on a faded Desert camo job, I think it looks okay in contrast to the Middle Stone.
Two coats of Neutral Grey on the Mustang. The second coat had to have a little black in it to match in with the rest of the underside.
As I did the mixing by eye, I was pleased with the result.
This is the future home of the basement lab. Walling in place ready for sanding and priming. I'm hoping to move in by early October. 8)
cheers
Andrew
Crimea_River
Marshal
Yup, looking good!
Yep doing good!
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Benevolens Magister
Good stuff Andrew, and I like the look of the dedicated work shop.
Andrew, its better if a paint is a little bit lighter regarding the scale of the model. There is a difference in an appearance of models in different scales but painted with the same colour. I mean a paint of the same manufacture and the same tonality.
It is a matter of a surface size. The same dark paint looks visually different being applied on a small surface and on a bigger one. Therefore adding a few drops of a white colour to the main one is always suggested. Also the contrast of camo colours is better. If a modeller doesn't feel like mixing paints, using these ones of lighter tonality is a very good solution.
And of course a very good work on these models.
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AndrewR
Airman
Decalfest on Saturday afternoon, while the kids were out with the grandparents and wife.
Very impressive decals on this kit, especially the wrap around ones on the tail, and the shark's mouth decal on the nose (which is a 1 piece jobby, and fits perfectly)
Very straightforward, no splitting, no wrinkling, no dramas. I wish all my decalling sessions went that well.
cheers
Andrew
Very impressive decals on this kit, especially the wrap around ones on the tail, and the shark's mouth decal on the nose (which is a 1 piece jobby, and fits perfectly)
Very straightforward, no splitting, no wrinkling, no dramas. I wish all my decalling sessions went that well.
cheers
Andrew
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Benevolens Magister
Neat work - and I wish all decals worked as good !
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AndrewR
Airman
Too right about the decals, that was easily the best set I've used this year.
The yellow stripes are nice and opaque, so you don't see the OD underneath, but the decals themselves are thin and easy to apply. Great stuff. It didn't say on the sheet where they were printed...
Peebs
Senior Airman
Olive drab and a sharkmouth decal for the basement???? lol
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AndrewR
Airman
According to higher authority (
) the basement will be painted in Hepplewhite Ivory and the woodwork in Cloud White when it's finished 8)The P51-B got a lot of silver paint on it in various places tonight. It now looks more battered than a piece of cod in a chip shop...
The loop aerial is on.
The exhausts are on
The prop blades are on the spinner. Why do they keep making separate blades?
Is it just to up the part count? Or to torment modellers 
A flat varnish spray, if the weather holds up tomorrow...
cheers
Andrew
