My Blue-Nosed Bastard

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This is my tribute to the King of the Mustang Aces.

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I think that just by looking under my post… you can tell i love it [:D]

Great job!

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A great looking Mustage thanks for the pics…

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Very nice P-51. What is the basic finish? It looks almost like Bare Metal Foil or something similar.

Darwin, O.F. [alien]

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Nice looking Stang. Thanks for the pics.

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[tup] FANTASTIC JOB.

Is that a bare metal foil job ? [tup] How did you do it???

By the way… [#welcome]

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Beauty of a 'Stang. Looking forward to more of your builds.

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Great looking Stang you got there

Thad

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that is amazing!!! It’s just something about those Mustangs…

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Nice looking Stang. Thanks for sharing.

Regards, Rick

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Nice foil work, nice horse…

Steve

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Good looking Mustang of my North Carolina hero, George Preddy.
emo07

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Outstanding finish.Keep it up.

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Very nice build! Thanks for posting.

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Thanks everyone, I’m very pleased that my work is appreciated here by so many fine modellers.
I have been fasinated by “Cripes”, since I first learned of the New Zealand warbird, that was brought back to the states in the 70s, and was restored in these markings. I also followed its story in an issue of Air Classics magizine, back in 1975
I first saw it in person, at Oshkosh, 1976, when it was in it’s first paint scheme.
It was painted overall silver Imron, and had the invastion stripes that went all the way around.
I was thrilled to see that after a wonderful re-restoration by Kermit Weeks, that he decided to keep it as “Cripes the 3rd”, but this time as a polished bare metal airframe with the revised stripping.

And to answer the question, it is Bare Metal Foil. I believe it used a whole sheet (this was built about 10 years ago).
And for those of you that didn’t recognize it, this is the good ol’ 1/48 monogram kit.
I think I paid $5 for the kit, $5 for the decals, and $8 for the foil.

Thanks again, and I will be posting more pics. of my air force, in the future,
Leon.

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Fantastic looking P-51 , great job !! , thanks for sharing the pics of it !!

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Leon, that is a simply amazing lookin’ model friend!![tup] i love the D stang, dressed anyway they dressed her back in WWII. Cripes A’Mighty is certainly on my “to do” list as far as stangs go!! very nicely done. later.