P 51B Mustang

Tamiya kit has a very good interior, but is missing the plywood floor so I made it in scratch in plasticard
 

 

 

I applied UV resin for the indicator to simulate the glass looking  

I painted the cockpit as a very early version, according to IPMS Stockholm I used Lifecolor RLM74 as a close matchup for the Dull Dark Green 

 

 

Painted with Vallejo's Bronze Green 

 

 

 

Filling the flaps since were designed to be mounted in flight position
 

I know is not accurate but I don’t want to use resin for the wheel bay to keep it fun, I made some holes to make it more interesting 

Since I made a mistake with the original I replace it with a new one made of plasticard 

Removing the wing panels with Mr Surfacer, according to the info I gathered, this modification came from the manufacturer  

After sanding the Mr Surfacer
 

Wheel bay ready 

Detailed using aires wheel bays as referente. 

Since I do not like the original .50 i decided to do them from scratch with brass tubes and a syringe needle 

 

I used the kits wheels, good looking but had to re-scribe the tires  

Only a copper wire for the brake lines on the landing gear, good detail from Tamiya as usual 

Front canopy and quickboost sight ready 

Landing gear ready  

108 Galons droptanks ready 

Primed with Rust Oleum 

Since I did not like the "checkmate" pattern I painted before applying base color