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Erik Leijdens (Tug Benson)
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P-51D 121 squadron ML-KNIL 1946

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78 8 April 2022, 15:06
Erik Leijdens
Time to build another Dutch subject! This time a P-51D Mustang operating in the Dutch East Indies in 1946. Except for some wheels and decals it will be a OOB build, I think 😃
8 April 2022, 18:16
James C
Interesting 👀👍
8 April 2022, 18:22
Erik Leijdens
Welcome James 🙂. I intended to build this kit with minimum fuss but as always this is not gonna happen. Kees Kleijwegt informed me that the wings of the P-51 were puttied smooth in the factory to get a "laminar flow" surface. So some filling and sanding etc etc is required now. Also, I always thought P-51's were all bare metal but the wings were sprayed with a aluminium paint.
15 April 2022, 07:12
Ben M
Watching this.
15 April 2022, 17:54
wilky
Actually filling the seems has little to do with a laminar flow on an aircraft wing.
Laminar flow airfoils were originally developed to make an airplane fly faster. The laminar flow wing is usually thinner than the conventional airfoil, the leading edge is also more pointed, and its upper and lower surfaces are nearly symmetrical.

15 April 2022, 18:01
Ben M
In addition to the airfoil shape, the surface also has to be absolutely smooth for laminar flow to occur. Reference: aviation-history.com/theory/lam-flow.htm
15 April 2022, 18:08
Jan Peters
Following!🙂
15 April 2022, 18:34
Kyle DeHart
Excellent. Following along.
15 April 2022, 22:55
Nathan Dempsey
Following 👀

Another interesting subject.
16 April 2022, 00:22
wilky
Thanks for that Ben.
That's more than I ever knew about the subject
16 April 2022, 00:34
Erik Leijdens
Welcome mates and thanks for the additional info! I have puttied the panel lines in the mean time, after a coat of Alcad grey primer they are stil a little visible because of the sacking of the putty but I think that's ok. On pictures of real P-51s with puttied wings they are also a little visible.
16 April 2022, 07:12
Erik Leijdens
Added some rivets on the fuselage to make it more interesting. Took me 2 times on the left fuselage half, good practice.
26 April 2022, 21:39
Erik Leijdens
Decided to use the kit cockpit, considered a Aires one but this is a lot cheaper. And who will look in the pit after it's finished?? 😎
29 April 2022, 20:37
Jan Peters
👌🏻 the kit cockpit is looking fine from the box Erik.
29 April 2022, 20:48
Erik Leijdens
Thanks Jan 🙂
29 April 2022, 22:02
James C
Great job on the interior 👍
29 April 2022, 22:22
Erik Leijdens
In 1947 the ML-KNIL formed a PVA, Photo Verkenning Afdeling(Photo Observation Department). My Mustang, the shark toothed N3-615 was dedicated to this task and used a modified 75 gallon drop tank as reconnaissance pod inde the port wing. Luckily the Tamiya kit offers 2 75 gallon tanks so I started modifying one. A KNIL home made reconnaissance pod also served but this one is easier to create 😇.
30 April 2022, 21:44
Erik Leijdens
Added a grey primer to check for seams etc. Time to paint it black!
13 May 2022, 12:46
Thomas Bischoff
Great work … and I will remember to putty my Tamyia Mustang as well 👍
25 May 2022, 15:01
Erik Leijdens
Welcome and thanks Thomas!
Sprayed a couple of metal tints; aluminium on the fuselage, some magnesium around the exhaust and silver on the moving parts of the ailerons and rudder. The puttied wings will be sprayed with high speed silver, still waiting for that coming in the mail!
26 May 2022, 21:27
Mathieu
Wow Erik ! Very impressive work ! Your research and execution are perfect, thanks for the read on the recce pod also.
26 May 2022, 21:42
Murad ÖZER
perfection indeed.
26 May 2022, 22:16
Jan Peters
Looking better with each step.
27 May 2022, 04:52
Sergej I
shiny, following!
27 May 2022, 06:39
Treehugger
What is going on in photo 18? A layer of primer?
27 May 2022, 07:28
Erik Leijdens
Welcome mates and thanks for the nice words!
@Treehugger, yes it's a grey primer. Since I puttied the wings and added rivets on the fuselage I sprayed this primer to check for seams and imperfections. After this I made a couple of corrections and than sprayed a black base primer. Unfortunately I forget to make pictures of the black P-51 with a neutral background, only with a messy workbench as background..will add them anyway🙂.

Also I left a fingerprint on the rudder 😭...have to correct that!
27 May 2022, 07:51
Björn Svedberg
Lovely work Erik! 👍
NMF is always fun 😉
3 June 2022, 13:43
Erik Leijdens
Last minute update. Some guns from Master. Blast tubes added, guns will be added later
6 June 2022, 15:01
Erik Leijdens
Started to add some decals. The shark teeth look nice, have to make some corrections though but nothing serious.
29 August 2022, 20:54
Jan Peters
The decals look good, I see you managed to get them to conform to the airframe's shape after all 🙂
Will you paint the missing part of the shark mouth?
30 August 2022, 18:08
Erik Leijdens
Hi Jan yes the decals behaved fine, must admit I used flags from another decal sheet, DDisignia, as they react much better to Sol than the decals on the sheet used for the serials etc. Yes the mouth will be repaired, I am working on it now by the way 😄
30 August 2022, 20:06
Jim J
Looks wonderful, Eric. Well done so far.
30 August 2022, 22:09
Guy Rump
Looking great so far. 👍
30 August 2022, 22:14
Erik Leijdens
Thanks Jim and Guy!! OD section on the nose added, also a grey panel wash but it's barely visible.
1 September 2022, 21:22
Jorge Ferreira
Nice work. Love those gun barrels but it looks by the photos that this version don`t have guns.
1 September 2022, 22:09
Erik Leijdens
Hi Jorge, if you look at photo 14 you will indeed see closed gun openings. but that machine does not necessarily have to be the one I am building, after all you will not see a shark mouth or serial number. In photo 1 on the other hand you can see my chosen subject and also you can see that gun barrels are visible. But I think they are blast tubes only, without guns installed. This P-51 was primarily used for photo recce.
2 September 2022, 06:13
Gary Victory
Really nice progress Erik. Lovely work Sir.
2 September 2022, 06:17
Jan Peters
Looking good Eric 👍🏻
The washes do show, but are nice and subtle.
2 September 2022, 07:42
Jorge Ferreira
With or without guns I like it anyway. 👍
2 September 2022, 09:17
Erik Leijdens
Thanks mates 😊
2 September 2022, 15:09
Erik Leijdens
Nearing the finish line now, weathered it a bit with a dark dirt wash and Smoke paint
8 September 2022, 21:06
Jan Peters
It's looking better with every step Erik!
9 September 2022, 06:36
Erik Leijdens
Added pictures of the final result, always a pain to make decent pictures of NMF models. I just can't get them to look like the real model. Anyway, quite happy with it. On to a new Dutch subject now!
16 September 2022, 14:48
Curatorm
Exquisite model 🙂
16 September 2022, 14:58
Murad ÖZER
Drop dead gorgeous! 👍👍👍
16 September 2022, 16:31
Kyle DeHart
A lovely result.
16 September 2022, 16:33
Björn Svedberg
Really great looking plane! 👍
16 September 2022, 16:51
Jan Peters
Absolutely great job Erik 👍🏻👍🏻
What's your next dutch treat?
16 September 2022, 17:02
James C
Fabulous looking P-51 Erik. Well done! 👍
16 September 2022, 18:23
Guy Rump
Very nice P-51 👍
16 September 2022, 19:45
Erik Leijdens
Thanks for the nice comments!
@Jan, a TBM3W Avenger! The pregnant Avenger 😎
16 September 2022, 21:23
Rui S
Beautiful work 👍
16 September 2022, 21:30
Nathan Dempsey
Wow Erik, that is a wonderful result! The shark mouth looks awesome on the cover photo too.
17 September 2022, 00:00
Jan Peters
Looking forward to the Avenger 😎
17 September 2022, 04:25
Alberto
It looks fantastic. Great weathering, detailing and NMF!
17 September 2022, 05:11
Simon Nagorsnik
Woow! Awesome finish!!
You have mastered this project very well👌
17 September 2022, 06:09
Neuling
Top work and presentation!
17 September 2022, 08:17
Erik Leijdens
Thanks mates much appreciated 🫡
17 September 2022, 10:05
Ben M
Beautiful!
17 September 2022, 14:12
Thomas Bischoff
Gorgeous work 👍
17 September 2022, 14:16
Erik Leijdens
Mates, it appears I have mixed up the main landing gear doors, left and right on the wrong sides 🤪. It's fixed already, will post some new pictures soon.
18 September 2022, 13:36
Erik Leijdens
Have replaced the photos of the completed model with new ones, now with the landing gear doors in the right positions 😉
23 September 2022, 09:19
Neuling
👍
23 September 2022, 09:34
James C
I hadn't noticed the wheel bay doors until you mentioned it.
I made a similar mistake with an Su-15 build some years ago 😉
Anyway, a stunning build mate, and I've not seen one finished in that scheme before either. 👍
23 September 2022, 18:13
Yves
Very nice Mustang, congratulations.👍🏻👍🏻
23 September 2022, 19:25
Erik Leijdens
@James C, I also did not noticed it until I was informed by a fellow modeller 😄. Thanks for the nice words!
24 September 2022, 07:28
Harald Besold
Absolutely great result!
9 October 2022, 16:25

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