1/18 RCAF Mustang Options

[Alvis 3.1]

I had a guy who was in the RCAF 402 Squadron in the late 50s ask me to do a Mustang he worked on. He gave me the 1/18 scale "Flying Undertaker" P-51 in USAAF markings to start with...


I sanded off the markings...




and repainted it with Testors Metallic Silver spray can paint.




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This post has been edited by Alvis 3.1: Nov 17 2008, 05:37 AM

[Alvis 3.1]

And here we are after applying the CanMilAir Decals.






And here we are in flight...





You may wonder what the dark stripe on the left wing is...well, the guy I did it for was 18 at the time, and was mopping the floor with Varsol, and he flopped the mop over the wing and dragged it back across it, leaving a very noticable dark streak on it. When I asked why he did it, he replied "I was 18!". That pretty well summed it up...


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This post has been edited by Alvis 3.1: Nov 17 2008, 05:31 AM

[Alvis 3.1]

I really cannot say enough good things about the decals from CanMilAir. He was really fast to get them to me, he did the specific number of aircraft I requested, and they settled down on metallic silver paint, which is a real bear to work with. Even after a topcoat of gloss spray, the carrier film barely was visible, and being as I was a bit rushed doing this, the carrier was left around the registry codes instead of trimming them back all the way. I was pleasantly surprised to see they worked out as nice as they did. The "City of Winnipeg" logo on the cowling also went down perfectly. Frankly, I was terrified to apply a yellow decal over black, but he had it based over white decal, and as a result, there was no bleedthough of the black. Absolutely fantastic!


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[Jamie Cheslo]

That is some excellent work, Al! Well done! Gotta Love those Canadian Mustangs!