mawz Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 A somewhat unusual OD/NG finished P-51D-15NA. Academy kit with SuperScale decals. Academy P-51D Mustang 1/72 by mawz_models, on Flickr Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mawz Posted January 4, 2012 Author Share Posted January 4, 2012 Painted up the interior and now I've got the fuselage & wings both glued up. Need to fix a couple seams on the fuselage before I mate the two. I gotta say, this is one heck of a weird kit. Great cockpit, more detailed than the Tamiya 1/48th kit. But then the radiator exhaust is worthy of a HB Easy-Build kit, not even opened up at all. Separate flaps, but they're setup to be built raised rather than dropped. And the wings will take careful mounting to get right. And I need to fix the tailwheel location (it's too far forward in the bay). Academy is half-way to a worldbeater here, but the other half is distinctly bad 1970's engineering. Academy P-51D Mustang 1/72 by mawz_models, on Flickr Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mawz Posted April 29, 2012 Author Share Posted April 29, 2012 Painted and finally started the decals. It's been a busy spring for me and I've had almost no bench time since February Academy P-51D 1/72 by mawz_models, on Flickr Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AX 365 Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Nice results so far. Should look good when standing up straight. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mawz Posted May 1, 2012 Author Share Posted May 1, 2012 And she's done Academy P-51D 1/72 by mawz_models, on Flickr Academy P-51D 1/72 by mawz_models, on Flickr Academy P-51D 1/72 by mawz_models, on Flickr Unfortunately not a kit I can recommend. There's better options these days, at similar or lower prices (thank you Airfix). Academy made some silly mistakes on this one, thankfully they're mostly hidden (rad exhaust, tail wheel location) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Neo Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Looks really nice congrats on the finish!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ALF18 Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Nice job! I like the colour scheme. ALF Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mawz Posted May 7, 2012 Author Share Posted May 7, 2012 Thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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