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Daniel
Thats just fantastic. From every angle 👍 👍

gorby
That's a real stunner!

Mathieu
Hi. Thank you Daniel, Roland & Gorbygould. Glad you like it. This kit fought to the very end. But I am pleased with the final result. Cheers

James C
Very impressive looking Mustang. STUNNING!!!👍

Spanjaard
sublime

M4A1
A master piece! Really beautiful.

Eelco Gregoire
Phantastic result!

Stefan Schacht
very nice

Rui S
Excellent work, beautiful model 👍

Mathieu
Thank you James, Spanjaard, Sebastian, Eelco, Stefan & Rui for your very kind words. They are much appreciated. I feel a bit lost for now as this is a project I was very fond of, and it is going to be hard to find another long term build that keeps a steady mojo level. I am leaning toward the Focke-Wulf factory for an attractive scheme. Cheers

Munkyslut
What a beautiful build! That's stunning Matthieu, you did a fantastic job 👍

Rui S
Yes. A Focke-Wulf is a great idea😉 I'm already in 😄

Clifford Keesler
Beautiful Mustang.

Neuling
Top build and presentation!

Mathieu
Hi MunkySlut, Clifford and Neuling, Thank you for your encouraging comments mates.
Rui, yeps I think I have found my next subject. Cheers.

Mark
Superb build

Michael Kohl
I like it too. Looks very realistic

Kyle DeHart
Beautifully done!

Mathieu
Hey Mark, Michael and Kyle, thank you guys! I walked down the memory lane and checked the albums. Good memory on this kit!
Need to start another Tamiya pony !!

Kyle DeHart
I like it when these old builds pop up because I haven't been on this site all that long. Gives me a chance to see them.

Fernando Arriagada
Hermoso. Te felicito gran trabajo. Las fotografías muy buenas.

Paul Moore
That is sweet!! Weathering was just perfect to my eyes. The paint job on the canopy bow windscreen was very nice.

Gerald
Very nice 👍

Mathieu
Thanks Fernando, Paul & Gerald !

Clifford Keesler
Just stunning is all I can say sir. Very well done.

George Urquidi
What paint did you use on the metal finish. Very nice!

Guy Rump
Beautiful! 👍

Ludwig Micallef
Wonderful job! Well done! 👏

Dave
Beautiful looking aircraft. Nice details in the paint coating.

Jose Freire
You pulled out a big beautiful doll with this one, indeed !! Congratulations.

Mathieu
Hey gents, thank you for your nice comments!
I tend to look at my older models (2,5 years already!!) with a very critic eye, but this one manage to remain on the top of my list.
Regards to all of you

Mathieu
@George Urquidi, paint is done with the Tamiya lacquer series (LP38 & 70 mainly)

Paul Moore
Matthieu,
Admiring your build …again, I had a few questions that I thought might assist me when I start my build:
1. This was all OOB? Did you wish you would have used any aftermarket products?
2. You choose not to display the engine and gun bays. Any thoughts on that?
3. The weathering was fantastic and it looks like you have dusty wings. How did you do that?
4. What brand of paints were used for the exterior?
5. Any notes on how you did your photos? They are fantastic as well.

Thanks for your time and again, fantastic model! Congratulations.

Mathieu
Hi @Paul Morre.
Thank you very much for the kind words, and popping this build full of fond memories into my feed.
Glad to read you gonna start a Pony (BBD as well ?)

1. Aftermarket used: The barracuda cockpit goodies (decals and sidewalls) One heavily modded Yahu panel, and the HGW filmless stencils
2. The gun bays are not shown in the final pics but still accessible. Engine, I wish I had opted earlier to not show it, I would have ended with a better cowling adjustment. The engine is georgous, but the Mustang often displays awesome nose arts, wich imo are more eye catchers than the displayed merlin.
3. Splattered almost anything liquid that felt under my hand. The in progress album shows it more in detail.
4. Tamiya's LP, awesome metallic effect, and absorb punishment and weathering without damaging.
5. My wifes Fuji with a macro objective. She does cooking photography better than me doing models pictures with that stuff. taking the time to pose the pictures also helped.

Looking forward to your Mustang !
Cheers.

M

Clifford Keesler
That is one beautiful P-51 Mathieu, very well done sir.

Daniel Klink
Hi mates, accidently deleted (the small x right next to the edit button) this album with all your kind and warm comments, Hints and the building progress😭
Sorry

Daniel Klink
Thanks James. Really a pity because i also deleted the pics of the progress on my disk for some reason.
F*ck

Christian Bruer
Well deserved to show it again 👍

Neuling
Don`t worry Daniel: "Wichtig ist was hinten herauskommt". A wonderful diorama!

Stephan Ryll
Great work - Great looking dio 👍

Richmond
Great

Clifford Keesler
Very nice.

Daniel Klink
Thanky you all very much Gentlemen for your kind words, much appreciated. 👍

Georges henrion
nice job

Rando
Beautiful model and display!

Cuajete
It is a pleasure to see this wonder again after several years. Fantastic work and very nice result once again, Daniel 👌.
Congrats!

Rui S
Another great work 👍 as usual

Clifford Keesler
Excellent as always Daniel.

Spanjaard
beautiful, terrifying to see all those tubes open😉

Slavo Hazucha
Great looking boomer, the open SS-N-20 tubes look very nicely detailed & you got the rubber coating surface finish really realistic 👍

Treehugger
I like it.

Martin LC
Great work ! the weathering is awesome !

Patrick Hagelstein
😮............

Wow!!!

Sven Schönyan
Wow - impressive work! Concerning modern submarines a Typhoon is very detailed but you managed bring even more life out of the rather "simple" kit.

art81
Very nice work!

Treehugger
Probably way more fun to build than the Mikro Mir one.

James C
That's an amazing looking Typhoon. Really well done 👍

Danumurthi Mahendra
Thank you all! Just woke up. LoL. This is my first submarine kit project, ever! I really enjoyed working on it. There were many photo references. The hardest challenge was painting and the nuances of the weathering effects of the black surface.

Clifford Keesler
Very well done,

Danumurthi Mahendra
Thanks. There were a few mods that I did on the model. Notably, vigorously sanding down the rubber surface blocks, as the ones from the kit were too boxy; rescribing all the panel lines to match the top and bottom hull; masked and paint all the horizontal white waterline marks; add internal flooring in the ballistic missile hatch.

Jos Jansen
Nice....!

Bart Goesaert
fantastic work on this one...

Danumurthi Mahendra
Thanks @Jos and @Bart!

Danumurthi Mahendra
If anyone is interested, I've saved the work-in-progress images here flic.kr/s/aHsmLMrkrS

Bart Goesaert
Thx a lot for these. For when I get around on this one. What are the kind of nets you use on the pics showing the painting of the bottom hull?

Danumurthi Mahendra
Hi @Bart - That is the ArtoolFX mini by Gerald Mendez. It is an airbrush template to help people make organic, fluid and random paint effects. They come in a set of 3 and are made of coated cardboard. I have been using this tool ever since to create randomized weathering effects.

Patrick Hagelstein
Really amazing! 👍 And again: 😮.....

Danumurthi Mahendra
Thank you, @Patrick!

Sylvain Vernier
The paint work on each tile is stunning, and the wheathering effects... wow 👀

Alexander
Great build of a very impressive subject! 👍

Rui S
Great work all-round 👍

Ricardo Reis
Beautiful work! 👍

Gerald
👍

Skyhiker
Impressive

Danumurthi Mahendra
Thanks, mates! @Sylvain i made several masking templates using photo-copy paper with random holes the size of the tiles. Then I just spray different shades over them

Villiers de Vos
A phenomenal finish. a real head turner.

Michael Kohl
I can only agree. Very convincing and realistic finish. Quite an achievement with such a big monochrome area.

Guy Rump
Very impressive. 👍

Danumurthi Mahendra
Thank you @Villiers de Vos and @Guy Rump. Yes @Michael Kohl, the hardest part was how to make the boring monochrome area into something interesting.

Alec K
You certainly seceded. Looks awesome 👍

Spanjaard
Good idea with those templates 👍

ForestFan
Very impressive

Danumurthi Mahendra
Thanks@Alec, @Spanjaard and @ForestFan. Happy New Year to all!

Danumurthi Mahendra
I made a short video clip on how I addressed the issues for those interested Youtube Video

Treehugger
Looks really nice compared to the old Mikro-Mir kit, which has the launcher tubes hidden with closed panels. The tiling also looks very interesting.
I guess I am surprised by how nicely the launcher tube doors look, not knowing how accurate the detailing is.
Edit: Oh, wait, the Mikro-Mir kit also came out in 2014 apparently.

Treehugger
How are the tiles with their panel lines still visible after you added putty over it?

Jan Peters
I have somehow missed this before, very nice details and beautiful painting and weathering!
Does the option for the open tubes come with the kit, or have you added that by yourself?

Michael Kohl
A video 100% to my liking. Condensed no-nonsense information straight to the point. Well done - like your boat.

Alec K
Great video indeed 👍

Danumurthi Mahendra
Hi @Treehugger - Good to know about the Mikro-Mir! one the panels: I think because the liquid putty (surfacer) shrinks when it dries and they get lost a lot during the sanding process. that's how the panels are still visible after all that putty and sanding.

Danumurthi Mahendra
HI @Jan Peters - yes, the kit provided the tube hatches as separate parts. I think it was easier to install the hatches in an open position rather than trying to close the hatches and keep them aligned nicely. LOL.

Danumurthi Mahendra
Thank you @Michael Kohl and @Alec K!

Clifford Keesler
Great looking Sub, a very nice job indeed.