**** DONE: GB-64 1/48 P-51D ( I ) - One Trick Pony

[fubar57]

Thanks guys. One side of the fuselage done. There is a sliver of silver where the arrow is pointing. That was more me than the decal fault. I spent so much time trying to get it to lay flat on two planes and bend around a corner, I felt it was destined to rip at any moment. I can add a sliver of spare green shortly. Ignore the white above the arrow, that's glare. The other piece in front lined up perfectly

 

[Viking1066]

Many fine details everywhere. Well done!

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Not an easy decal or position to apply, so well done.

 

[Crimea_River]

You're doing a great job. I'm wondering if masking and painting would have been easier.

 

[fubar57]

Thought about it Andy but I didn't think I could pull off the fuselage stripe

 

[nuuumannn]

Great job Geo, terrific skills managing those decals.

There's a warbird P-51 flying about marked as this one, I'm wondering if it is indeed the same aircraft?

_ADP6254

_ADP6139

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[le_steph40]

 

[Jock Tamson]

Great work George. All that effort will be worth it in the end. Masking and spraying would be challenging to say the least.

 

[Snautzer01]

Great job Geo, terrific skills managing those decals.



There's a warbird P-51 flying about marked as this one, I'm wondering if it is indeed the same aircraft?


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Build as 44-72051

 

[Gnomey]

Nicely done so far George!

 

[fubar57]

Thanks all. With the stripes done on the left side I started adding additional decals

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Tother side started

This could have gone a lot faster if Lifelike had included some sort of step by step instructions. A lot of time was spent cutting out and laying down copies to make sure everything went in the right place. Larger diagrams would have helped as well

 

[Viking1066]

The sides are super tight!! Very

 

[Donivanp]

Super great Geo, very cool

 

[Vic Balshaw]

It's got to be a winner.

 

[Crimea_River]

Glad you're taking great care. A very tricky job it seems.

 

[rochie]

Looks great and am admiring your patience on this one Geo

 

[Wurger]

 

[N4521U]

Gadzooks, that's a real piece of magic!!!!!!

 

[nuuumannn]

Build as 44-72051

The warbird? Ah copy that. A distinctive scheme.

 

[fubar57]

Thanks all. Last of the green stripes are on and narrowly avoided disaster. The final stripe I placed that goes over the star and bar and under the canopy split in three pieces. I flooded the area with water and after many minutes managed to get it almost back to perfect.....almost, there is one tiny step and I kept trying to nudge it into place but I could see other cracks starting to form so I left it

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Now gloss coated and once dry I can apply the rest. Hope to have this done by the weekend.