**** DONE: GB 64 - 1/48 F-51D Mustang - One Trick Pony

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Jock Tamson

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Jan 14, 2019
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Username - Jock Tamson
First name - Greg
Category - Intermediate
Manufacturer - Airfix
Scale -1/48
Extras - none

My entry is a Korean war bird. It sometimes feels like that conflict was forgotten about as it was so close to the end of WW2 so I've opted for an F-51D. The Airfix kit builds into a nice replica of the Mustang and I'm looking forward to getting started.

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Plenty of options for ordnance etc.

Cheers Greg
 
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Thanks folks

I've made some progress on my bird. All out of the box using Airfix 's colour call outs, which I see from the other ongoing builds is not entirely accurate .

Anyway here's what I have so far..





Cockpit assembled and painted. There's a few cockpit wall decals still to add which adds a bit of interest but mostly I'm close to buttoning it up.

More progress soon...

Cheers Greg
 
Thanks everyone

Here is my latest update on the Airfix F-51D. Generally speaking it's went together well. I'm reasonably happy with the build although there has been some issues most likely caused by my over enthusiasm for progress.

I know Vic and Bill are building the Airfix kit and are already likely aware that if you stray from the build sequence or are a bit sloppy with fitting (like I have been) there will be "consequences". I had quite a problem closing the fuselage and I have narrowed it down to this bit...



Stages 16b to 18b need to be precise. I had big gaps in the tail section on the underside which required a lot of sanding of the internal construction to allow a more reasonable amount of filling. Just something to be aware of if your doing this one.

So a bit of filling required in places as you may see in the shots below. Again I think this is as much my fault as the kits rather fussy build up. Nevertheless I am enjoying it and looking forward to the painting stage.





Thanks for looking, cheers Greg
 
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