Okay, I’ve dug it out and started working on it again. This is the Tamiya kit, built SOB except for scratched belts and buckles.
Any questions, fire away!
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Very nice, Steve-O. You never fail to impress…
BTW, did you use Al-clad for the natural finish? I can never get it to come out that smooth.
Scott
Looks fantastic, Steve!
Awesome Mustang Steve. I can only hope mine turns out half that nice! Great job!
Lee
Nicely done!!! Love the finish.
Whaz up Blackwolf,
I see ya finally got the ol Stang out of the hanger…!! Looks pretty sweet man.
When you were at Ace the other day did you see the new decals for the 353rd(Eagle Strike)?? Very nice lookin[:p]
Flaps up, MIke
Hey Mike,
You mean these?
[:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D]
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To all,
Thanks 2 much guys. When she’s finished there will be more photos and hopefully better ones at that. The 'ole Kodak POS -0001 digi is gonna get a workout! [:p]
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Steve
Na actually I did not see those. Let me guess you grabbed two of each right??
The one that I picked up has the a/c “Will it Run”, “Dallas Doll” and “Double Trouble”. Than mine could be a pt III???
If thats the case I’m gonna have to have Ron order me some on Monday[:p][:p][:p]. But then again they aint the 357th FG[:D]
Flaps up,Mike
Slick looking Mustang, Steve. Let us see the sucker when you’re done 
- Ed
The finish looks awesome! Let us know when she’s done…
Aren’t ya gonna tell us how ya finished it, Steve[?]
Or ya keepin’ it a secret?[:)]
Nice…real nice!
sehr gut, steve. Sweet work.
Very nice Steve.
I’ve got a P51-D I’m hoping to do in NMF too. Hopefully it turns out half as nice…
Murray
wow steve! that’s GORGEOUS! i can only hope to create plane that look that beautiful someday!
merideth
Nice work there man!! i would love to be able to build something as amazing as that… i always screw something up… CONGRATULATIONS! Awesome job.
My best regards
Hector Reymundo
Dude… How the hell did you do that??? Wowie wow wow wow!!!
I’m not worthy!!!
Okay kids, here’s how I did the NMF on this bird.
First off, let me say that I was looking to do a worn and dull finish on this one. Many of the bare metal aircraft that appeal to me are quite worn and beat up. The polished look of the new birds often times didn’t last long unless the aircraft was kept up meticulously.
Anyhoo, I used a combination of the old Monogram/Humbrol Polished Aluminum (buffable) and Testors Silver. (the stuff in the small square jars)
Any panels that you see which appear to be darker than others (wingtips, ailerons, gun access panels, those immediately surrounding the exhausts and a few others) were first painted gloss black for some tonal variation. I then painted the entire aircraft with the Polished Aluminum, masked some panels with Parafilm M here and there and sprayed them lightly with Testors Silver, achieving more varied tones.
To replicate the dull look of the duraluminum finish on the wings, I sprayed over the silver heavily with Testors Dullcote, masking the wing tips and ailerons with Parafilm. I had toyed with the idea of filling in the appropriate panel lines on the wings as per the real deal, but since this was a testbed (this is my first “serious” NMF model) I decided to keep things simple.
The wing tips and ailerons were buffed with a soft cloth both before and after spraying Dullcote on the rest of the wings, as were certain parts of the fuselage.
The fuselage recieved some funky treatment; I masked and sprayed a few panels with Dullcote, with varying degrees of coverage and then went back over almost the entire fuselage with another VERY light coat. I then lightly sanded some areas, re-covering with Dullcote to achieve an aged look.
After some brushed-on Future and application of the decals, I hit it all again in various spots with more Dullcote, never going over the same exact spots as I had before. All this served to provide yet more variation in tone and sheen.
That’s where I am now, I have yet to finish it off with my “standard” weathering fare and all, but I’m gettin’ there. (I have no “standard” techniques, persay. I do what I do when it occurs to me, I’m kind of a haphazard modeler!)
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That model is soooo cool… reading blacks explaning what he did , I noticed his P-51 doing fly byes past my head!!! WOOSSSHHHH!!! (???)
Hallo Wölfchen,
sehr nett! So hurry up and finish this beauty, I´m always happy to see such a nice stang.
Just one question: The fewer pics u show in this forum, the more replies u got???
When I showed 2 whole fotosets of my two finished mustangs earlier this month (and I think they´re worth looking at), I got half of the replies you got with just a single pic of an unfinished plane. I´m willing to deal with some critics, it they´re posted…
I´ve just seen that the pics in my posts dont show anymore. Why? Where they too big?
PS: Your new signature with the Dr.I from Kempf: Kennscht mi noch? (Recognize me?) is Austrian slang, tyrolean to be exact.
Liebe Grüße und Horrido
Jerry