Revell P51-B Mustang

Martin Oostrom
Good job in this scale!
My son has got this one to build. It looks like the port rear window gave you some problems?

Marcus B.
Yepp, the cannopy fit isn't stelar in this one, so some dry fitting is recommended (he said, not bothering with it himself). The biggest issue though, as already mentioned, is the tail fin decal for US color scheme. Maybe your boy will have better luck, I failed getting it lined up properly. Luckily, the RAF variant should be easier to get in place.

gorby
As Martin said. good result for this scale Marcus.

Peter Schmitt
Building this one too, right now. Did the prop assembly annoy you too?

Marcus B.
Oh, yes! Very fiddly assembly with four individual prop blades at this scale. Be careful once you're done, I believe I broke off two of the blades at weakest point once i was 'done' with it.

Peter Schmitt
Ouch. But it is so far the only weakness of the kit I noticed (except a bit of flash). Any other traps?

Did you use the colors from the instructions?

Yours looks nice, by the way.

Marcus B.
Like Martin already noticed, the canopy fit is a bit snug, especially on the left side in my case, so you may want to dry-fit and ensure that things work out once you put the fuselage together. And as I already mentioned - the decals for tail section for the US paint scheme are a real PITA - large, thick as brick and completely unworkable. You may have better luck but in my case, I'd say they spoiled a rather decent build.

As for the paints, Revell runs its own race and I if I recall correctly they're referring to their own range of enamels, which are pretty much unobtainable in Sweden these days. And there are much better choices these days IMHO. in this case I've used Lifecolor's acrylics corresponding directly to 42 Medium Green and 43 Neutral Gray used as standard US paints according to color reference tables at ipmsstockholm.org/co..g_colorcharts_us.htm . Or, in simple terms, Lifecolor UA005 and UA046. 🙂

Łukasz Gliński
Great result and thanks for the hints

Peter Schmitt
Thanks Marcus!

I actually have revell aquas, so I can use their instruction numbers, but I hate their mixing ratios. I used revell blue gray for the lower part and khaki for the upper and it looks just like on the picture.

Thanks for the warning of the decal. I'll try to douse it in decal soft then.

For me, the canopy had its fitting issues to the right, lol.