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Alec K
Very nice! Practice for the Eduard release I presume 😉 😄

Michael Kohl
Looking sharp.

Maciej Bellos
Niiice!

Jakub Fiala
Thank you, mates!
Alec, correct deduction 👍 I see that you are not only a great modeler, but also an experienced detective 😄
Just to clarify, I will not build the new edition in 1:72 scale, but the 1:48 kit, which I have had in my stash for some time.

Nicolas
Great start.👍

Mr D
Nice metal finish 👌.
Glad you showed paints,
I'm struggling to find a good white paint that doesn't need a stupid amount of coats to look white... Any recommendations from anyone be appreciated.
Smart Mustang scheme 👍

Jakub Fiala
Thank you Nicolas and Mr D!
to Mr D: I use Tamiya LP and Gunze H aplied in several thin layers.

Mr D
Thanks 👍 for the tip, will look into it now.
Cheers Jakub.

CaptGPF
I agree with Jakob, Tamiya LP white is much easier for me to use. Another trick is to black base the part first, and then lightly coat on the white. For some odd reason, it's easier for me to avoid over-spraying white on that.

Jakub Fiala
Black base is certainly a good tip 👍

Clement
Mr Surfacer 1500 White is also a good option if you need a white "paint" with high coverage.
You can polish it afterwards or layer a coat of regular white paint if need be.
Being 1500, it's pretty smooth anyway.
Great mustang, Jakub. I'm looking forward to see it done 🙂

Bas Tonn
Love that yellow nose !!

Moreno Baruffini
Well, since I'm also building a p-51 (different molds), I can only say that I have still to learn and practice a lot 🙂

Guy Rump
Looking great, following. 👍

Jakub Fiala
Thank you, gentlemen!

Marek Nagy
Máš to pěkný.

Jakub Fiala
Dík, Máro! V pondělí ho dotáhnu na klub. Stojím před velkým dilematem a budu potřebovat hromadnou konzultaci 😄

Juergen Klinglhuber
Great result sp far.... - 👍 👍

Jakub Fiala
Thank you, Juergen!

bughunter
Always impressed by your clean paint jobs 👍

Jakub Fiala
Thanks a lot, Bughunter! Happy, you like it.

Lukas Muller
zatím krásná práce... jen tak dál 👍

Jakub Fiala
Dikec....snad to nezmrvim 😄

Sergej I
Great looking little bird! What did you coat over the alclads with? If anything?

Jakub Fiala
Thank you, Sergej!
There is no coat over any color. The silver color on wings (LP-11) is polished, Alclads are untouched. I hope no varnish is needed. But i will see after decals....

Sergej I
Thank you for the answer... brave, hoping all goes well and looking forward for results 👍

Jakub Fiala
Thanks.
Decals on.

Alec K
…and they look great 👍

Zbynek Honzik
This looks more like 1/48th scale than 1/72nd scale. Really cool! 👍

J35J
Very clean paintjob! Looking forward to see the final result👍🏻

Jakub Fiala
Thanks a lot, mates!

Patrick Hagelstein
The decals do look stunning! Did you encounter any issues with setting solutions on the bare NMF parts?

Jakub Fiala
Thank you, Patrick. Luckily, no problem occurred with the setting solutions. But the decals are not fully set in panel lines yet. Photos are taken immediately after applying the decals. It is not visible on pictures, but there is still a lot of work to do.

Juergen Klinglhuber
Like the paint job. Very accurate & clean - 👍

Jakub Fiala
Thank you, Juergen!
Some weathering done. Final completion is near 😄

bughunter
Another masterpiece is emerging 👍

Guy Rump
Very nice build! 👍

Felix Zhou
Thank you 😉

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work and effects.

CaptGPF
Very nice1
…but needs more photos! 😀

Neuling
Yes!

Luis Cabeças
Lets see

Ricardo Reis
Welcome Luis. 🙂

Martin Fischer
following! 😊

Ricardo Reis
Welcome also Martin! 🙂

Jose Costa
Great! Following 😉

Ricardo Reis
Welcome mate!

Desert Marlin
Looks good! These are always good to see!

Alberto
Cockpit looks great already 👍

Ricardo Reis
Thank you mates, welcome!

Nicolas
watching

Ricardo Reis
Welcome @Nicolas

Guy Rump
Following with interest. 👍

Ricardo Reis
Welcome @Guy

Lochsa River
sittin in...love a Hawkeye

Ricardo Reis
It's a strangely beautiful plane, indeed

CaptGPF
👀

Ricardo Reis
Welcome CaptGPF 🙂

Michael .
Following

Gary Victory
Nice work Ricardo.

Ricardo Reis
Thanks and welcome mates

Desert Marlin
The props look great!!! Nice Work!

Ricardo Reis
Thanks mate 🙂

Guy Rump
Looking great! 👍

Ricardo Reis
Thanks Guy, this boy is giving a fight! 🙂

James C
Looking fantastic 👍

Oversized decals in 1/48 appears to be a common problem with Italeri aircraft kits in 1/48. Despite the printing quality (Cartograph) it appears that Italeri are incapable of accurately measuring them for fit before sending off to Cartograph for printing. I have encountered similar decal fit issues with their 1/48 F-14A, Mirage III, Mig 21, S-3 Viking etc. Given that most (if not all) of their kits released these days are reboxings of older tooled kits; having to replace the decals as well is just a no go for me and so I now avoid the brand completely.

bughunter
As you may know I love wooden propellers by I must admit that your propellers looks fantastic 👍

Ricardo Reis
@James, I was not aware of this issue; I only started noticing when I started to apply the first decals and looking at the reference photos - there are 2 or 3 photos of this specific aircraft; now it's to late to go back, but I am alert for the future; @bughunter, I love this typo or propeller, like the ones we can see in the A400M, they are very beautiful and elegant and powerful at the same time!

Robert Podkoński
Good job! Deserves more photos (perhaps in the natural light?...)

MP_MP
thanks, I shall add some more soon