North American P-51 Mustang

Clifford Keesler Nice project. I will watch with interest.

Roland Sachsenhofer Feel very welcome Clifford! I have started with assembly- and I am definitly flashed! What a gem of a kit! Pictures will follow soon to prove this...

Hans Haag Bin schon gespannt auf den Vogel!

Sebastian Meyner Just in time Mine arrived last week and I have to agree: the kit looks stunning!

Definitely following

Munkyslut Amazing job

Roland Sachsenhofer Thank you very much mate!

Marco Preto

Cheers

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Mathieu Duvivier

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Claus Dam S-S w. invasion stripes. Stanislaw Skalski.

Erwin Leetink Now that my Renault FT is approaching its completion, and I am waiting for some materials, I decided, on "order" of the missus, to dig the next kit out of the stash. An oldie. Upon opening the box, I discovered that I already started it. But the instructions are missing the blue print on the inside. Since there was no internet then (yes, it is that old), I couldn't proceed then. Started to lay down the green interrior layer and the zinc yellow weel wells.
Not sure about the decals, though. What is the quality and how will they hold after all these years?

Holger Kranich Na da schau ich doch gerne mal wieder zu!

Oliver Peissl

Roland Sachsenhofer A few impressions of the interior of Trumpeters big Mustang. An appointee could take this level of detail as a first step to super-detail the fuselage as a whole; that´s no temptation for me, in particular because of the numerous inaccuracies in those kit parts. My efforts center about creating a somewhat more detailed cockpit with its visible parts. Therefore a astounding amount of atched metal was folded, painted and glued in place to get even this appearance.
For example, the whole roll-pylon behind plating and seat- which are itself etched parts- is formed out of metal.

Andy Ball I've built this one about 23 years ago- it's a lovely kit despite its age!

Guy Rump Looking forward to building it Andy.....and many others in my stash..

Robert Carley Anyone know where I can get this decal sheet that I don't own. Need it for an upcoming model.

Richmond https://shopdrawdecal.com/Pr..ls.asp?ProductCode=48-P51-34

Robert Carley Thanks, got it from Mustangs-Hobbies.com

Geoffrey Young A great representation of the old Matchbox kit box art.

Spanjaard i wonder why this model is not in www.eduard.com... i wish they would have released it a year or so ago... i paid a lot for some platz ones, and now, Eduard is selling them

Lukas . Not selling. They were free gift .

Lukas . This edition is only for the E-day event but the standard edition is expected for low price like their ex-Platz A-4 Skyhawk.

Spanjaard very nice present! we will have to wait then thanks for the info
it can be pre-order at super-hobby for just 8 euros now

Holger Kranich Viel Spaß damit!

Christian Meyerhoff Danke!

Holger Kranich Hast schon angefangen?

Christian Meyerhoff Nö. Da fehlen noch ein paar Additive...

Steffen Arndt Not much progress during the week, but I got the anti glare panel, red nose and yellow stripes painted. The right outboard strip got a big fingerprint which had to be removed and repainted which resulted in some thinner crawling under the masking tape and leaving somedamage. This still needs to be taken care of.
I am not sure what to do with the slightly different inboard stripes (one is a tad broader than the other) .. .I measured both several times but still gut this difference...

Steffen Arndt I just took a photo (under artificail light) to better show the mistakes

Steffen Arndt I have reworked the band and repaired the damaged paint job. It is interesting how the AK Xtreme Metal Aluminum ailerons and the TS-30 wings look the same color in this picture and totally different from other angles

Steffen Arndt It is always surprising how much a dark wash improves the metal appearance on a model... I applied Tamiya Panel line wash dark grey and black on the fuselage and just dark grey on the tail

Steffen Arndt Today I started applying the decals. Very good quality but that was expectable as I got a kit from the first batch with Cartograf decals ... I am really curious to try out the new Eduard laser printed decals

Steffen Arndt In the past week I applied the many tiny and tiniest stencils. Numbering on the (small) stencil area is hilarious so you have to search for almost every bit. But one day you have them all on (or at least most ... I lost a few due to own mistakes). I sealed everything with a layer of Klear.

The I started to add all the remaining parts mainly undercarriage. The tail wheel leg was a difficult fit as there is no positive "klick" when it is in place I am still not sure if mine sits right. Furthermore the "fork" is a wobbly thing and it will break - for the moment I rest the tail on a piece of foam while I still handle the model. I hope Eduard will have a sturdy solution in the Bronze line...
I used the Brassin wheels as I prefer them over the kit parts. It is difficult to represent the diamond tread in a one piece plastic tyre...
Everything was finally sealed with a good layer of ultra smooth flat by Gunze. There are still some shiny spots when you look at the model from different angles but that is intentional. Still I do not believe in this ultra polished metal finish many modelers prefer on their models.

Still a bit to do (e.g. drop tanks) but I hope I can finish it for our show in Berlin Gatow at the weekend

Steffen Arndt P.S. I found another picture of the original plane that shows distinct red overspray on the cuffs ... I had this panted separately so I did a touch up to replicate the real thing

Steffen Arndt Here are two pix of the 99.9% finished model as shown on the IPMS show in Berlin-Gatow