**** DONE: 1/48 P-51H Mustang - Allied Manufactured Aircraft
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Benevolens Magister
Nice work Glenn.
Crimea_River
Marshal
Very sharp.
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T Bolt
Colonel
The P-51H had three colored recognition lights on the underside of the left wing tip (pic 1).
The model depicted these as only engraved circles (sorry, didn't take a before pic). In pic 2 I've shallowly drilled out the lights and notched out the wing tip navigation light, painted it and glued on a piece of clear sprue.
In pic 3 I've painted the recognition light recesses, filled them with thick CA glue and sanded and polished them flush. I've also shaped and polished the navigation light.
The model depicted these as only engraved circles (sorry, didn't take a before pic). In pic 2 I've shallowly drilled out the lights and notched out the wing tip navigation light, painted it and glued on a piece of clear sprue.
In pic 3 I've painted the recognition light recesses, filled them with thick CA glue and sanded and polished them flush. I've also shaped and polished the navigation light.
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fubar57
General
Nice job on the lights. How long did you wait before sanding? I've read if you wait too long, the glue turns bullet proof, harder than the surrounding plastic.
Geo
Geo
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Benevolens Magister
Nice work Glenn. Got a bit confused when you mentioned left wing tip - depending where you're standing, it would normally be the right wing tip. Good reason for using 'Port' and 'Starboard' !
Looks great so far Glenn!
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T Bolt
Colonel
My mistake Terry. It is the right wingtip
Your right about not waiting too long to sand it George. I applied CA accelerator and filed and sanded immediately. I use this method for almost all my seam filling. If you file it down right away the CA is softer that the surrounding plastic so it's easy to file and sand it down to the original level. When painted the texture is the same as the plastic unlike putties, and although not as easy to scribe as plastic, it's much better than putty. It's been years since I've even used putty.
good work Glenn, love the CA and accelerator too! Get's things happening quicker!
fubar57
General
Thanks, I'll have to work on that.
Geo
Geo
Crimea_River
Marshal
Excellent work on the lights Glenn.
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T Bolt
Colonel
I've worked on the mounting stubs for the horizontal stabilizers using a big bastard file to keep everything flat and it looks a lot better in the test fitting. First pic before, second pic after.
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Benevolens Magister
Definitely better - well done Glenn.
fubar57
General
Nice correction Glenn.
Geo
Geo
Yep...looks good!
Crimea_River
Marshal
Much better Glenn. A little more off the left one?
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Nicely done so far Glenn!
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T Bolt
Colonel
I'll work on it a bit more
