Tamiya P-51D "Candy Baby"
![Album image #1 Album image #1](/albums/img/6/5/5/197655-20839-14-720.jpg)
![Album image #2 Album image #2](/albums/img/6/5/6/197656-20839-98-720.jpg)
![Album image #3 Album image #3](/albums/img/6/5/7/197657-20839-64-720.jpg)
![Album image #4 Album image #4](/albums/img/6/5/8/197658-20839-91-720.jpg)
![Album image #5 Album image #5](/albums/img/6/5/9/197659-20839-92-720.jpg)
![Album image #6 Album image #6](/albums/img/6/6/0/197660-20839-79-720.jpg)
![Album image #7 Album image #7](/albums/img/6/9/7/200697-20839-20-720.jpg)
![Album image #8 Album image #8](/albums/img/6/9/8/200698-20839-95-720.jpg)
![Album image #9 Album image #9](/albums/img/3/6/2/201362-20839-92-720.jpg)
![Album image #10 Album image #10](/albums/img/3/6/3/201363-20839-41-720.jpg)
![Album image #11 Album image #11](/albums/img/3/6/4/201364-20839-91-720.jpg)
![Album image #12 Album image #12](/albums/img/3/6/5/201365-20839-61-720.jpg)
![Album image #13 Album image #13](/albums/img/8/1/0/201810-20839-95-720.jpg)
![Album image #14 Album image #14](/albums/img/8/1/1/201811-20839-82-720.jpg)
![Album image #15 Album image #15](/albums/img/8/1/2/201812-20839-66-720.jpg)
![Album image #16 Album image #16](/albums/img/8/1/3/201813-20839-49-720.jpg)
![Album image #17 Album image #17](/albums/img/8/1/4/201814-20839-47-720.jpg)
![Album image #18 Album image #18](/albums/img/6/8/1/202681-20839-60-720.jpg)
![Album image #19 Album image #19](/albums/img/6/8/3/202683-20839-93-720.jpg)
![Album image #20 Album image #20](/albums/img/6/8/4/202684-20839-46-720.jpg)
![Album image #21 Album image #21](/albums/img/6/8/2/202682-20839-22-720.jpg)
![Album image #22 Album image #22](/albums/img/7/7/2/202772-20839-24-720.jpg)
![Album image #23 Album image #23](/albums/img/0/2/4/275024-20839-56-720.jpg)
![Album image #24 Album image #24](/albums/img/0/2/5/275025-20839-70-720.jpg)
![Album image #25 Album image #25](/albums/img/0/2/6/275026-20839-16-720.jpg)
![Album image #26 Album image #26](/albums/img/0/2/7/275027-20839-80-720.jpg)
![Album image #27 Album image #27](/albums/img/0/2/8/275028-20839-24-720.jpg)
![Album image #28 Album image #28](/albums/img/0/2/9/275029-20839-66-720.jpg)
![Album image #29 Album image #29](/albums/img/0/3/0/275030-20839-79-720.jpg)
![Album image #30 Album image #30](/albums/img/0/3/1/275031-20839-38-720.jpg)
![Album image #31 Album image #31](/albums/img/0/3/2/275032-20839-64-720.jpg)
![Album image #32 Album image #32](/albums/img/0/3/3/275033-20839-44-720.jpg)
![Album image #33 Album image #33](/albums/img/0/3/4/275034-20839-99-720.jpg)
![Album image #34 Album image #34](/albums/img/0/3/5/275035-20839-62-720.jpg)
![Album image #35 Album image #35](/albums/img/0/3/6/275036-20839-34-720.jpg)
![Album image #36 Album image #36](/albums/img/0/3/7/275037-20839-71-720.jpg)
![Album image #37 Album image #37](/albums/img/0/3/8/275038-20839-63-720.jpg)
![Album image #38 Album image #38](/albums/img/0/3/9/275039-20839-12-720.jpg)
![Album image #39 Album image #39](/albums/img/0/4/0/275040-20839-71-720.jpg)
![Album image #40 Album image #40](/albums/img/0/4/1/275041-20839-61-720.jpg)
![Album image #41 Album image #41](/albums/img/0/4/3/275043-20839-54-720.jpg)
Kommentarer
9 August 2015, 18:37
![](/profiles/img/18044-338-s.jpg)
Wow !! Derek excellent build and really great paint work really excellent 👍 👍
2 September 2015, 04:14
![](/profiles/img/20839-840-s.jpg)
Thanks! Those are quite the compliments. This model, as fine a kit as it is, has fought me every step of the way and I am happy to see it approaching the finish line. This is my first-ish attempt at Alclad II, and it has been a bear. Almost every time I masked a part of the kit, I pulled up chunks of the alclad and often the alclad primer underneath. This required sanding whole panel sections, re-priming and re-alclading sections of the model. I will be ready for this to be finished. That being said, I am pleased (if not surprised) at how well it is turning out.
2 September 2015, 15:04
![](/profiles/img/13695-917-s.jpg)
How did I miss this one, excellent P-51. I have the Tamiya Tuskegee Airmen kit.
20 January 2016, 22:35
![](/profiles/img/21096-573-s.jpg)
nice finish.
I may be wrong, but the fuselage could have look a bit better with black primer instead of white. it is just a suggestion for next build.
P51D body should be a bit more metallic/shiny than the wings (NMF body versus painted wings to improve airflow). I am sure some P51 experts can provide more details.
21 August 2016, 21:46
![](/profiles/img/20839-840-s.jpg)
Clifford, that's Alclad over Alcladsome grey primer and microfiber Spanjaard, I agree that there was room to improve. This was my first time doing anything NMF (finished about this time last year). That said, this Mustang was a build in honor of a family friend, now deceased, that flew this aircraft with the 8th AF. I think there is an argument that war birds tended to be a little less shiny than what you see new off the production line, or in an airshow.
22 August 2016, 03:16