P-51H
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2 24 January 2020, 06:41
Gordon SørensenWhat do you think of the Modelsvit kit, Roland? I have never seen one of their kits in person. Is it just me, or does the instrument panel look a little low? I think the poor pilot would be scrapping his shins on the bottom of the panel....
25 January 2020, 00:50
Roland SachsenhoferThank you mates for your words!
Gordon, Modelsvit offers well equipped and, as I think, very well researched kits- preferable of not so often seen aircraft! For example I own their X-P55 Ascender, which is a gem of a kit.
Modelsvit obviously enjoys overflowing details and delivers kit parts of high quality, sharply detailed shapes and very good fitting accuracy. Not unimportant: besides an etched circuit board the kits I know are always accompanied by a sheet of masking masks for the clear parts. These look quite thin, but should be very useful.
So far I am very impressed by Modelsvit. To illustrate my words, I enclose pictures that show how much time the kit takes to build up the aby of the rear wheel alone. In addition there is the rear wheel itself, which itself consists of six parts!
25 January 2020, 16:07
Roland SachsenhoferIndeed, Sören, the pilot is an unlucky guy! I could not resist to use the etched dashboard of an P-51D to get details in the cockpit and I fear you are absolutely right-it goes too far down. Thank you for the hint!
25 January 2020, 16:11
Roland SachsenhoferThe parts fall together in a very kind way, there is only one issue: the transparent parts does not fit all to well and have to be filled and sanded. You see this work under way.
2 February 2020, 09:25
Roland SachsenhoferThe last pictures show the development over several working steps: the application of Alcald metal tones was the most elaborate, but also most fun phase. Now all stencils are applied, next the surfaces are completed with the remaining decals!
16 February 2020, 11:58
Holger KranichNa, die P51 hat es dir aber in letzter Zeit ganz schön angetan, was?😉
18 February 2020, 11:23
Roland SachsenhoferSo kann man sagen! -und ich brauche eine immer höhere Dosis.... kann mir hier irgendwer eine Twin-Mustang beschaffen? 😉
18 February 2020, 16:56
Roland SachsenhoferFinished at last! Now that was a pleasureful and enjoyable build! Many thanks to Modelsvit for the opportunity to build such a rare, if not never seen before variant of the Mustang! Do I have to say that I recommend this kit in every respect?
Thank you for all your comments and your interest!
19 February 2020, 09:45
TreehuggerWhat kind of metallic paints are these? 🙂 And how did you airbrush them onto the model? Just curious.
19 February 2020, 10:47
Roland SachsenhoferThank you both! I used metal paint from Alclad. The surfaces have been primed with Gunze acrylic gloss black, on this came Alclad "White Aluminum". Several shades of various Alclad-metal shades did follow. Everything has been sealed by Gunze clear gloss, after applying the decal another layer of clear gloss protects the decals. For the finish I applied matt paint to lessen the all too excessive glossiness.
19 February 2020, 11:14
Dominik WeitzerSehr gut gebaut und "gealtert" - nicht Zuviel, nicht zu wenig. Gefällt mir ausgesprochen gut!
19 February 2020, 11:49
Roland SachsenhoferDeine Worte freuen mich sehr- danke für die Anerkennung! Thank you Dominik!
19 February 2020, 14:22
Nathan DempseyWow Roland! That's a beauty! Your metal finish and decals look great.
19 February 2020, 16:07
William O.Beautiful P-51! The finish is especially nice, you did a great job sir 🙂.
20 February 2020, 04:49
Roland SachsenhoferDear mates, what a motivational push your comments are! Thank you all for your very kind words!
20 February 2020, 09:08
MunkyslutAll been said but I have to add my tuppence worth.......
Beautiful job, looks fantastic 👍
20 February 2020, 10:46
Björn SvedbergBeautiful, as always with your work! 👍 Great looking photos too!
20 February 2020, 11:51
