**** DONE: P-51D "Millie G" Lt. Col. E. B. Giller 343rd FS - Aircraft of the Aces GB

[ozhawk40]

Great work Glenn!

Cheers

Peter

 

[Lucky13]

What a beauty!

 

[Crimea_River]

It sure is. Excellent Glenn!

 

[rochie]

amazing

 

[Airframes]

Very nice work indeed Glenn.

 

[vikingBerserker]

Beautiful job so far!

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Potential to be one of your best ever Glenn.

 

[T Bolt]

Thanks again!

The kits K-14 gun sight is really pretty good. After cleaning it up and polishing the reflector glass, I painted it in Aircraft Black which is actually a very vary dark gray and did details in flat black with a light highlighting with silver from the tip of a sharpened toothpick. The K-14 has "NO HAND HOLD"on the bump pad either in white or raised lettering, and also on the top of the sun shield. I replicated the printing in both locations with white paint scribbles using the same sharpened toothpick.

The last 2 pictures show the real thing. The first I pulled off the internet and the last is my gun sight that's mounted on my P-47 cockpit project (no sunshield). It helps if you happen to have a source like that in your basement.

 

[Crimea_River]

Beauty!

 

[Lucky13]

Awesome!

 

[Andy70]

Really impressive stuff!

 

[Airframes]

Great stuff Glenn.

 

[Gnomey]

Looking good Glenn!

 

[T Bolt]

Installed the prop, put on some pastel for exhaust and gun blast stains, and finished up the drop tanks and canopy. Should finish up everything later tonight.

 

[Andy70]

Wow! That looks great!!! The lines on the spinner are perfect!

 

[T Bolt]

Well here she is, all finished! I'll put up the finished thread sometime tomorrow.

 

[Wayne Little]

Looks real nice Glenn!

 

[ozhawk40]

Seriously good Glenn - Well done!

 

[T Bolt]

Thanks Wayne, Peter. I/m glad I took the pictured when I did because the canopy has gone missing. I'll do an exhaustive search when I get home tonight.

 

[rochie]

you gotta be happy with how that turned out Glenn, looks amazing