This is really looking great, awesome build sir.
Toshi
More progress on the decals - but still need to touch up the checkers. Had to use a combination of Zotz, EagleCal and kit decals. The rubber band is to keep the nose pieces together and tight while the red line decal dries and gets set.
Man that checkering looks absolutely perfect. WTG !
Incredible work my friend.
That is absolutely stunning work!
Just about done! Still some more work to do but should finish this weekend. Decided to plumb the drop tanks with some solid core wire I had in my stash that seem to fit the bill. Still need to paint the hose clamps but pretty happy with the effect.
I have to replace the canopy reinforcing arch which somehow broke during painting and a couple of other touch-ups as well. The red outline from the Zotz kit (which provided the nose checker decals) just would not adhere for some reason so had to replace the narrower red outline with the wider one from the EagleCal set. Got it to fit, but would not suggest going that route as the the two checker designs are very different. But the overall effect still works.
Looking at all the reference photographs I could find, it seems that many of the aircraft stencils usually found on Mustangs were not present on the final version of Big Beautiful Doll. I’m going to add just a few but not the plethora found on many of the planes.
I’ll post a complete set of pics once I have her all cleaned up.
Super job there. That is really one sweet Doll.
BK
That’s a fantastic build. I like the drop tank plumbing, I think it really does add something.
Groot
Pre-weathering but will probably keep her pretty clean. I think I need to tone down the shine on the fuselage (per the pictures I’ve seen from WWII) but overall it looks like BBD was kept pretty clean (no exhaust stains or muzzle blast stains for example).
And then little brother in 1/48 scale!
I know the feeling of slow builds and work travel, somethings got to give…maybe the job!! Looks great thus far CNic, keep plugging away it’ll be a beauty when finished. Good luck