George Guimaraes Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 Hello! Here's my recent project, the iconic P-51D Mustang, the Very Long Range version, operating from Iwo Jima. Kit is Eduard's Tales from Iwo Jima, 1/48. Since is the profiback box, it comes with resin wheels, masks and a lot of PE. Plus, the decals are those you can pell off the film after applied, provided you take some care. You can choose among lots of schemes, all of them very nice and colorful, as they were those days. I've decide to weather mine quiet a bit. After all, fighting from those sandy/dusty/sunny/rainy airstrips, and enduring very long sorties to Japan mainland, escorting B-29's, must have beaten them up hard, I suppose. Apart from the requirement for you to bend a tiny clear part for the landing light (of course, it broke), it all went well. And a few decals, although in general good, simply disintegrated when wet. Talking about decals, I've used one with wood pattern in that twin antennae set behind the cockpit. They were for the Uncle Dog navigation radio set and made of wood! This system allowed the VLR Mustangs to find the B-29s they were escorting, and to find their way back to Iwo Jima. Hope you enjoy! Cheers! George Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Niels Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 Nice! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
George Guimaraes Posted November 12, 2023 Author Share Posted November 12, 2023 3 hours ago, Niels said: Nice! Thank you! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DET1460 Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 Very nice. I like this a lot! Especially the weathering. Great job! DET1460 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
George Guimaraes Posted November 13, 2023 Author Share Posted November 13, 2023 1 hour ago, DET1460 said: Very nice. I like this a lot! Especially the weathering. Great job! DET1460 Thank you! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sodasorb Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 Great to see a Pacific Theater Mustang. Very nicely done. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
George Guimaraes Posted November 15, 2023 Author Share Posted November 15, 2023 12 hours ago, Sodasorb said: Great to see a Pacific Theater Mustang. Very nicely done. Thank you! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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