Creamer's Dream - Red Tails P-51D from the Tamiya kit in 1:32

[fubar57]

Nice shots Terry.



Geo

 

[Airframes]

Thanks Geo - I aim to please.

 

[al49]

One step forward: I primed everything.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Gnomey]

Good work so far!

 

[SANCER]

Great work so far Alberto

Looking good

Saludos amigo,

Luis Carlos

 

[al49]

Tomorrow I will probably start painting and I still have a question for the experts about different colour shades of NMF.
I searched the web and I found that on several period pictures the only darker areas, besides weathering, are those pointed in this picture:

In your opinion, is this correct or you have different informations?
Many thanks in advance.
Alberto

 

[fubar57]

Somewhere I saw a build where the guy had a diagram of the different panel variations and what he used to achieve it. Off to find it if I can.............


Geo

EDIT: Well, that didn't take long, hope this helps Alberto...
Dragon P-51D Mustang 1:32 - Page 24 of 28 - Scale Modelling Now

 

[Wurger]

As memo serves the rudder and elevators were of fabric covering and painted with silver coat only. The area at the exchaust pipes were made of heatproof plate and a little bit overheated usually. The bottom panels in front of the wing root were made of 1mm 35 1/2H type of dural plate while the almost entire fuselage was covered with 24ST dural plates of different thickness.

 

[SANCER]

I did not mention above excellent photos you uploaded Terry; and the post you share Geo, both will be excellent references !!

Pending the track, receive best regards.

Luis Carlos

 

[Crimea_River]

Good reference from Geo. The heat resistant mentioned by Wojtek is consistently darker on almost all Mustang pics and could be Alclad Steel or Magnesium. I think the rest of the fuselage variations can be up to the modeler.

 

[al49]

Many thanks for all suggestion, very helpful.
Alberto

 

[al49]

Started painting job, with the intent to use colours from a new Italian brand, KCOLORS.
On nmf they suggest to work on background colours, that means spray the same aluminium on either white or black gloss background.
Here a test done on plastic spoons:
Instead, if the paint is matt, the effect is natural aluminium as seen on drop tanks.

More to follow very soon.
Alberto

 

[Airframes]

Looks like you will get some nice contrast with the different application methods Alberto. Looking forward to seeing the results.

 

[Wurger]

WIth Terry.

 

[al49]

This is where I stand now.
The puttied wing portion has been painted with Hobby Color Flat White and masked when dry with tape and film, then KCOLORS gloss white was sprayed on all remaining surfaces.
Tomorrow I will mask around some specific areas and paint them gloss black.
When everything will be dry. I will spray the aluminium and I hope the result will be ok.
Alberto

 

[Wurger]

 

[Gnomey]

Lovely work so far!

 

[jimh]

The area around the exhaust, back to the firewall is stainless steel. The rest is aluminum. Great thread and factory photos. The tinted canopy on Creamers Dream is really unique! Very cool

Jim

 

[al49]

Hi,
not too good in quality, because of incorrect light I think, but here following are a few shots of the first coat of aluminium paint.
More to follow, hopefully soon.
Alberto