Revell 1/48 P-51D Mustang "Big Beautiful Doll"

Restored P-51D painted as Col. Landers’ plane.  

Lacquer basecoat to help the acrylics stick to the plastic.  

Still need a lot of practice with this airbrush 

Seat armor Vallejo earth brown and black drybrushed with medium grey. Seat is Model Master green zinc chromate with the cushion/chute in Vallejo yellow green.  

Drybrushed white, details picked out with Vallejo white, medium grey, and red.  

Vallejo acrylics  

Coat of Tamiya flat and then a drop of Mr. Clear gloss in each dial.  

AK Interactive chipping fluid for the cockpit floor wear.  

It’s a shame how much of it is hidden.  

Got the main pieces together. Now for putty, and lots of it.  

It also becomes obvious why the new wonderkits are better than this old 1977 mold. Nearly everything is misaligned. Here you can see that the whole fuselage appears “squished” to the left. It’s verified when looking tail-on: the left sidewall is mostly vertical whereas the right is slanted inward. I also made the mistake of trusting the location pins to align things properly.  

And when asssmbled, the noseplate is angled. In fairness, I should have caught this, but it’s a good example. Can’t take anything for granted on these kits!