GB-64 1/48 Mustang Mk.IV - One Trick Pony

[SaparotRob]

A snappy looking cockpit.

 

[Crimea_River]

Thanks guys. Got some surface primer on the wing seams so boring sh!t happening.

 

[Gnomey]

Nicely done so far Andy!

 

[le_steph40]

Excellent

 

[Crimea_River]

Thanks all. Lots of sanding mud has been produced, more than I would have liked. First the wings and the obligatory seam filling. I wonder why, after all the discussions and common knowledge that kit makers still add these seams, even in new tool kits????

Eduard also wants us to fill in these hatches. Lots of fine detail around them is at risk of being lost in the process and I'm not convinced that they are entirely gone.

No matter how careful I am, I always seem to get steps in my fuselage seams. I hate that. Now I have to rescribe and add rivets that were lost.

Thanks for looking in guys.

 

[fubar57]

Doing well there Andy. Doing the same on my build as well. I thought for the first time ever that I nailed it and when I ran a pointy file over the seams I find very tiny steps. Not good for silver finish and two days later I'm still not happy. I think I might remove location stubs from now on

 

[Wurger]

 

[Crimea_River]

Doing well there Andy. Doing the same on my build as well. I thought for the first time ever that I nailed it and when I ran a pointy file over the seams I find very tiny steps. Not good for silver finish and two days later I'm still not happy. I think I might remove location stubs from now on

Yeah my flat jeweller's file is notorious for that. Very sharp edges that can leave tiny cut marks.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Nice Andy. Can't say I'm all that keen on scribing, always seem to run off track.

 

[Crimea_River]

Hmmmmm [strokes beard and taps fingers on desk], do I go down this rabbit hole?

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[fubar57]

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[Crimea_River]

Probably will as this wheel well is much too nice to leave bare.

Just need to see if I should be painting the stringers YZC or leaving them bare. Will look thru my references.

 

[fubar57]

I'm seeing lots of variation in the wells. I'm doing mine as above. Found this period colour photo of the stringers, look silver to me

 

[Crimea_River]

I produced a Word doc capturing lots of good discussions in such subjects and just finished going over it again. Bottom line to me is that, yes, variations occurred but that they generally culminated in MORE wheel well parts being painted as production went on, with post war Mustangs starting to see completely painted wheel wells. Prior to that, wing skin surfaces in the wells were left bare aluminum. Forgings, such as the ribs, and extruded parts like the stringers would have seen Zinc Chromate treatment. Some parts would have seen two coats, in which case the second was Green ZC over the YZC. All of this being general of course with exceptions. Variations in finishes were even found on the same plane between left and right wells.

Based on my review, I'm going to take the time to mask and paint the stringers before adding any tubing.

I've attached a pdf version of my file for those interested but it's far from a definitive thesis on this topic. The links may not launch but may be copied to your browser. The canopy animation at the end will not work but the link is provided.