P-51C Mustang "Evalina"
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First step: studying the kit and the goodies in order to make a selection… 😉
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Starting riveting the fuselage…
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Riveting in progress…
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Rivets on the fuselage: done. Now filling the panel lines, and modifying the gun bay panels.
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Riveting…
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Drilling the x2 forgotten holes.
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Panel lines of the upper wings filled…
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Exhaust pipes: trimmed and drilled.
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Installing the Hi-Tech’s resin rudder…
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Detailing the main gear bay.
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Work in progress on the landing gear area: doors riveted, details added to the bay, and wheels replaced by Brassin ones.
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Starting the detailing job on the gear legs...
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starboard side nearly completed
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before / after
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Landing gear: done !
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Detailing the central gear bay
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Gear bay and landing gear… ready for paintjob.
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It’s time to start the work around the 50 cal… reference pics. Check the interval between the inner and external barrels (length and height).
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Erasing the kit’s barrels, and drilling new holes. Wow, serious gap to fill on the external one.
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One barrel, from Master.
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Preparing a cradle for the barrels, made with Milliput. Twist drills are used in order to make the tracks in a proper position.
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Barrels ready to slide in their craddles, but before that we will to assemble the wings…
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Nice !
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Base color for the gear bays: AS-12 Tamiya
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Masking in progress… Meh. 🙁
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YZC…
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Gear bays ready for detail painting and weathering…
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finally managed to rebuild the guns areas: stuffed with tamiya epoxy putty, and drilled new holes where I can insert the brass 50 cals...
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Wings… completed !
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Wings… completed !
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Propeller: Quickboost Vs Tamiya.
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Next step: the cockpit. Combination of Aires, Eduard, and Hi-Tech aftermarket parts. But Tamiya’s main part (floor, fuel tank and port flank) is a solid base.
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WIP, detailling the cockpit with plastic, PE and various parts from the Aires set.
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Scratching a new oxygen tube, made with metallic wires.
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Oxygen tube in place.
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Detailing the cockpit: done. Go for paint now…
Commenti
31 28 September 2021, 11:46
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Some information about these japanese Mustang:
mustang.gaetanmarie...20P-51%20Mustang.htm
28 September 2021, 20:26
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@Clifford: found on internet, and resized to match the kit. Not 100% sharp, but enough to see the rivet lines. 😉
29 September 2021, 05:13
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Interesting story RV! Will be a stunner coming out of your hands. I like the fact you rivet it and puttied the wings to get the laminar flow wings of the P-51! Following
29 October 2021, 07:13
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If you need more info about captured P-51C,
I might be able to provide some. 🙂
1 November 2021, 15:38
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Makes me want to get the new Arma Hobby kit which has the markings of Evalina before and after.
hyperscale.com/2021/..a70038reviewbg_1.htm
24 December 2021, 08:15