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

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I suspect this stuff has acetone in it. I tried to download the MSDS from Mercury's website but the link is broken. Apparently acetone dissolves CA glue so I learned today.
 
Recovery mode today got me back to where I started yesterday. I tested the various surfaces that saw the debonder and the paint was no longer tacky. There was some very slight damage to the plastic on the fin over the white bar of the fin flash but I managed to sand this out. So, the first step was sanding down the affected areas to get ready for a repaint. I'm happy that the fin flash decal was not damaged.

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I then had to mix a batch of the lightened Ocean Grey and sprayed that on. Took a few tries to get the correct hue but happy with how it came out:

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Next came the tricky job of masking for the green. Sphincter firmly puckered as I applied heavily detacked, used tape over the fin flash:

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Green done, masks successfully pulled, sphincter relaxed, I then masked for the Sky band. This was after I had done the Medium Sea Grey on the bottom.

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Sky band repainted, masks removed and flat coat reapplied:

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The tail wheel doors still need to be redone with YZC but I'll attend to that after I get that scheiss tailwheel back in, hopefully correct this time.
 
Bugga , hate when shit hits the fan , did a good job on the recovery , when ever i use that debonder stuff i try and brush it on , bit of a nightmare to use on paint and plastic .
 
Thanks everyone. Moving on, I glued the tail wheel back in. It's better but still seems a tad low but I don't see it getting any better at this point.

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Whilst down there, I added the PE actuator for the radiator louvre.

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The main gear doors had to be finished off by masking and painting the YZC for the rub strip so I did that.

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While the lid for the paint was off, I brush painted the landing light. This comes as a clear part and the instructions call for it to be bent 90 degrees!

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I was a bit skeptical that such hard plastic would bend, but bend it did. I then glued it into place and, for good measure, I placed a small dab of CA on the bend line to give it a bit of strength. I also painted the little wooden roller brown.

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The gear doors were then glued in place. I had decided earlier to cut the actuators at the cylinder joint so that I could glue them in without having the rams protrude and break off. Once the gear doors were in place and still adjustable, I simply added the rams and allowed everything to set. A little brush paint touch up of the YZC will follow.

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Lastly, the tiny wing tip lights were stuck in. These also came as clear parts with long stems that I painted red and green. This gave a decent representation of the inner bulbs.

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The punch list is getting smaller now. The remaining challenge is to deal with the too-narrow canopy which also needs the structural cross brace to be glued in making things more rigid and complicating spreading the part over the rails.. That will be the subject of the next installment.

As always, thanks again for stopping by and for dropping your comments and likes.
 

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