Modelcraft | No. 48-021 | 1:48 | North American F-82E Twin Mustang (WIP)
What a great idea... Stereo Mustangs!
There was some minimal assembly required for the cockpit - not too much. The instructions had no colour guidance, so I primed with Vallejo Nato Green and then a top coat with Vallejo Zinc Chromate. The issue with this kit is that the fit is very bad...The locator pins are either too big, too small, not deep enough or in the wrong place and the two halves aren't quite the same shape.
An awful lot of flash and not very good moulding!
There are pin injector marks on everything too.
Instructions are also a bit duff!
I'm not going to indulge this kit in massive amounts of man hours to make it perfect. I'm really just building it as a 'side project' and because a twin Mustang is VERY cool! I will also tidy up headrest edging shown here. My usual colour touches to the minimal cockpit.
Er, so it didn't want to play ball.
Still squeezing!
The intake moulds don't fit. Propellers once assembled also are a bit 'shaky'!
Got it together.
As you can see, it's not exactly a sharp mating of panels.
Though in the end I was pretty happy with how I got this.
Underside... Hmmm... Filler and lots of shaping and sanding anyone?
Er, that's a pretty mighty seam! Not exactly an invisible join.
Mating centre section and drilling for wing pylons.
Pulling middle wing section.
Not bad.
Zip Ties to ensure fit. Have also started sanding all leading edges to ensure they're a bit sharper.
Resorted to cable ties!
To put it mildly, the canopy is not a very good fit!
That's the canopy, seen sat on the recess of where it' supposed to be, as you can see it's proud of fuselage by some margin.
I'm going to heat it a bit to make the width a better fit.
After a lot of scraping, filling and sanding. I've shaped it into something more akin to a Mustang lid, much filler still to be added and further shaped. And of course the same to do on the other side also.
More Vallejo filler...
It is a lovely shaped bird though. And pretty BIG too!
I'm rapidly becoming a fan of Vallejo Israeli colour primer. It seems to have a nice consistency and takes wet and dry well.
Finding high points and low points. Filling and then re-scribing where required...
Vallejo gloss black primer 74.660 going on. Bit of polishing to do after...
What a great idea... Stereo Mustangs!
Коментарі
23 7 February, 10:08
NeilWelcome Robert, Jennifer and Gorby, very pleased to have your interest 🙂 your definitely right there @gorby. I mean I'm used to building 'duff' old kits, but this kit is duffer than the duffest thing ever made by the worlds duffest person! If that makes sense! Hahaha 🤣🤣
20 February, 00:42
Nathan DempseyWith all the faith within me I summon blessings upon you in this build Neil. This one makes AA Models look like Hasegawa. With that said I felt a great sense of accomplishment upon finishing mine ( something I rarely feel).
20 February, 01:52
Spanjaardit takes courage to even start such a great quality model.... but you are certainly getting good result out of it, looking forward the end result
20 February, 03:15
NeilWelcome! Thanks very much for all your encouraging words mates. You talented bunch are all very kind to show interest in my efforts with such a humble kit. It's definitely fighting me! I've got it a bit further along now, will add some imagery soon - we're at the primer, sand, prime, sand stage. Hahaha!
1 March, 09:23
JohnThanks for wrestling with this beast of a kit so I don't have to. 👍 Looking good so far with lots of your elbow grease.
7 March, 21:56
NeilCheers mate! 🙂 Thanks for your encouragement. I'll continue the battle on this one 👍
18 March, 19:53
NeilI'm used to building old kits that need 'help'. But this one needs a bit more than usual. After a lot of pre-paint priming filling/scraping/hacking/filing/sanding work and then more post primer fiddling, it's beginning to take shape somewhat. I couldn't resist giving it a blast of aluminium lightly on the wings last night! 😉 👍
10 May, 13:12
gorbyRemarkable perseverance and patience Neil. Most people would have given up on it by now.
10 May, 14:16
NeilHi Gorby 👍 Thanks mate! Yeah, I'll get it into some kind of Mustang shape hopefully.
10 May, 19:17
Thomas BischoffI for sure would have given up!
a lot of work but the result is convincing 👍
11 May, 06:44
Mike MontgomeryIs it weird that I could feel your pain, just by looking at the photos of your build?
11 May, 11:36
NeilHi Thomas 🙂 yeah, it's tried my patience that's for sure. Thanks for your words of encouragement though mate, really appreciated 👍 I'll get there. At the end of the day, if it looks (a bit) like a Mustang then it is a Mustang!! Obviously it's no Hasegawa! @mike, hehehe. Yeah I've kept my language polite, but not surprised my pain was still apparent! 🤣 Thanks for dropping by 👍
11 May, 12:39
NeilThanks Nathan - I know you 'appreciate' this kit journey also! I'm really not sure that a stars and stripes aluminium scheme is gonna be the easiest finish to help hide imperfections of this kit either. But I'll do my best 👍
15 May, 12:16
Patryk S.Following! Watching your builds of those older kits is something I can never get enough of because of the quality of your builds and the nostalgia factor. Big Respect from my side. Greetings, Patryk.
15 May, 12:57
NeilHi Patryk 🙂 Thanks mate! That means a lot. It's true that more often than not, it's a bit of a slog to get these oldies into shape. It's often tempting to bin one, hahaha 🤣 Especially when I look on the feed and see all these wonderful new kits which seem to (nearly always) fit in such an accomplished manner. But I rather masochisticaly choose to continue! Who knows why!? You're very kind, especially as I'm aware of your own skills. Greetings back atcha matey 😎👍
15 May, 20:27
