Vic Balshaw
Major General
Very nice and a good snug fit. 
GB-64 1/48 Mustang Mk.IV - One Trick Pony (2 Viewers)
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T Bolt
Colonel
That is one fantastic looking panal Andy
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
That is a very nice cockpit.
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Benevolens Magister
Liking that !
Good work so far Andy!
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Crimea_River
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Thanks everyone. Pretty low mojo on this build right now but did manage to dip the windscreen in Future and CA glue it in place. Need to apply some paint here and elsewhere to see what more filing/filling needs to be done.
The kit came with three sliding canopies, all of which were broken off the sprues so the identifying each was a bit of detective work. There's only one Dallas hood though and that's what the instructions call for so I'm good to go. That said, a trial fit of all three of these parts reveals that they are very narrow, and don't fit properly over the rails. Not sure if it was me or if Eduard who F'd up but either way there will need to be some fussing.
The kit came with three sliding canopies, all of which were broken off the sprues so the identifying each was a bit of detective work. There's only one Dallas hood though and that's what the instructions call for so I'm good to go. That said, a trial fit of all three of these parts reveals that they are very narrow, and don't fit properly over the rails. Not sure if it was me or if Eduard who F'd up but either way there will need to be some fussing.
Vic Balshaw
Major General
The fit looks good Andy, lets hope so.
Very nice work Andy
Nicely done so far Andy!
Good stuff andy, I must say I have been draggin' my a$$ on my Mustang project, it should be assembled by now...
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Crimea_River
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Thanks guys.
Always hard for me to tell what a seam looks like for a clear part til I shoot some paint so that's what I did. Not very happy with the forward seam so that's since been filled with sprue.
Always hard for me to tell what a seam looks like for a clear part til I shoot some paint so that's what I did. Not very happy with the forward seam so that's since been filled with sprue.
Vic Balshaw
Major General
Certainly a different fit from the clear look but manageable me thinks.
le_steph40
Chief Master Sergeant
Good work so far Andy!
T Bolt
Colonel
Nothing you can't handle Andy
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Crimea_River
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Finally got off my butt and got some paint flying. I had been spending 10 minutes here and there since my last post dealing with the windscreen and paper drop tank seams which I've fixed to the point that I've found to be acceptable but nowhere near perfect. It's a job I hate doing and tire of it very easily.
I shot Tamiya Aluminum on the tanks and on the vertical canopy frames. The latter were then masked and then the yellow was sprayed. For that, I prepared a bottle of Tamiya XF-3 with a few drops of red as I've never used straight XF-3 for my yellows and always ended up doing that in small batches anyway. Here's all the stuff laid out and curing:
The spinner is just temporarily stuck together with PVA for this exercise which saves on masking the prop blades later. Of course after I cleaned out my airbrush I realized that I should have sprayed yellow on the wing leading edges as well. That will now have to be done in the next session.
Thanks for watching guys. Hopefully I'll be motivated to get more done this week.
I shot Tamiya Aluminum on the tanks and on the vertical canopy frames. The latter were then masked and then the yellow was sprayed. For that, I prepared a bottle of Tamiya XF-3 with a few drops of red as I've never used straight XF-3 for my yellows and always ended up doing that in small batches anyway. Here's all the stuff laid out and curing:
The spinner is just temporarily stuck together with PVA for this exercise which saves on masking the prop blades later. Of course after I cleaned out my airbrush I realized that I should have sprayed yellow on the wing leading edges as well. That will now have to be done in the next session.
Thanks for watching guys. Hopefully I'll be motivated to get more done this week.
