Revell 1/32 P-51D-5NA Mustang - Work in progress

Post by **Stokesy44** » Thu Apr 28, 2022 8:19 am

Good to see you back at the bench. Really nice work on the nose.

Post by **BigWall** » Fri Apr 29, 2022 11:07 pm

Nice paintwork!

Post by **digger303** » Fri Apr 29, 2022 11:28 pm

Nose work is very well done, not easy to do.

Post by **Nikola** » Fri May 13, 2022 9:59 am

Hi gents,

Gloss coat on.
Exhausts painted with the first and main weathering pass complete.

Apologies for s%#ty photos.

Finally on to the decals

Best,
Nikola

Post by **Nikola** » Fri May 13, 2022 10:16 am

Stokesy44 wrote: Thu Apr 28, 2022 8:19 am Good to see you back at the bench. Really nice work on the nose.

Thanks Stokesy. Glad to be back as well.

Best,
Nikola

Post by **Nikola** » Fri May 13, 2022 10:17 am

Garion77 wrote: Tue Apr 26, 2022 11:07 am Nice job !! that is not easy to achieve. Really looking good

Thanks Garion! Glad you like it.

Best,
Nikola

Post by **Nikola** » Fri May 13, 2022 10:27 am

aur0ra145 wrote: Thu Apr 28, 2022 2:44 am Checkering looks awesome!

Thanks! Appreciated.

Best,
Nikola

Post by **Nikola** » Fri May 13, 2022 10:28 am

BigWall wrote: Fri Apr 29, 2022 11:07 pm Nice paintwork!

Thanks Joe! Glad you like it.

Best,
Nikola

Post by **Nikola** » Fri May 13, 2022 10:29 am

digger303 wrote: Fri Apr 29, 2022 11:28 pm Nose work is very well done, not easy to do.

Thanks Digger! It was a challenge, not gonna lie, but it was very fun as well.

Best,
Nikola

Post by **Nikola** » Sun May 15, 2022 9:11 am

Nikola wrote: Fri May 13, 2022 9:59 am Hi gents,

Gloss coat on.
Exhausts painted with the first and main weathering pass complete.

Apologies for s%#ty photos.

Finally on to the decals

Best,
Nikola

Close enough for now:

Post by **digger303** » Sun May 15, 2022 11:14 am

I can't get that pinky tan colour on my exhausts.....not cracked it all.
Great close up pic's.....lovely
You must be getting close to finished .

Post by **cor** » Sun May 15, 2022 2:02 pm

oohh la laaa!!

Post by **Nikola** » Wed May 18, 2022 9:05 pm

Some tyre works (aluminium not treated and weathered yet):

Post by **aur0ra145** » Wed May 18, 2022 11:50 pm

That's a nice looking wheel!

Post by **digger303** » Thu May 19, 2022 12:32 am

aur0ra145 wrote: Wed May 18, 2022 11:50 pm That's a nice looking wheel!

Post by **Stokesy44** » Thu May 19, 2022 8:36 am

Wheely good stuff

Post by **Tomcat64** » Thu May 19, 2022 10:29 am

Just caught up with this one - that's some absolutely stunning work & weathering

Post by **Garion77** » Thu May 19, 2022 6:59 pm

Really nice progress Nikola ! hadn't check in for a while and really nice work.

Post by **Nikola** » Wed May 25, 2022 12:55 pm

Decals - check!

Not super easy to soften. Great print and in register but kind of on a thicker side.
I used both Vallejo decal softener and Humbrol Decalfix to do the persuasion.

There is some minor silvering to fix.

We will see how it all looks after a clear coat.

Best,
Nikola

Post by **digger303** » Wed May 25, 2022 1:21 pm

Looking good. How do you like working with that jig. Is it the be all end all and can't be better ?

Post by **Tomcat64** » Wed May 25, 2022 2:27 pm

And as always the decals bring it to another level of life

Post by **Nikola** » Thu May 26, 2022 3:07 pm

digger303 wrote: Wed May 25, 2022 1:21 pm Looking good. How do you like working with that jig. Is it the be all end all and can't be better ?

A very useful thing, the jig. Very glad I got it.

Post by **Nikola** » Thu May 26, 2022 3:08 pm

Tomcat64 wrote: Wed May 25, 2022 2:27 pm And as always the decals bring it to another level of life

Definitely!

Post by **Nikola** » Thu Jun 02, 2022 10:18 am

Hi gents,

Weathering has begun!

First was the colour modulation (which I should have done before decals but life ain't complicated enough so I like to spice it up a bit

)

Lesson learned.

Next are washes, post-shading, oils, pencils...

Post by **digger303** » Thu Jun 02, 2022 11:31 am

Like what I see so far....very nice

Post by **Nikola** » Wed Jun 22, 2022 9:00 am

Hi gents,

Panel lines finished.
Started some streaking, stains, leaks,...

Best,
Nikola

Post by **digger303** » Wed Jun 22, 2022 10:13 am

It's going well and good to see the build progressing.
Nice stash of some great subjects.

Post by **Nikola** » Sun Jun 26, 2022 4:54 pm

Oil leaks done...

Post by **Nikola** » Sun Jun 26, 2022 5:14 pm

Prop ready...

Post by **Nikola** » Sun Jun 26, 2022 9:47 pm

I just realized that I made a mistake on the prop - the cuffs were apparently made from rubber so there wouldn't be any bare metal visible due to scratches in that area.

Will have to fix that.

Post by **aur0ra145** » Sun Jun 26, 2022 9:49 pm

Prop looks good!

Post by **Nikola** » Wed Jun 29, 2022 9:56 am

Nikola wrote: Sun Jun 26, 2022 9:47 pm
Will have to fix that.

Fixed

Post by **Parker** » Wed Jun 29, 2022 10:36 am

Lovely build, Nikola.

Post by **digger303** » Wed Jun 29, 2022 11:19 am

Well done with the prop.....not easy to get the nose right

Post by **Nikola** » Sun Jul 17, 2022 4:54 pm

She's got wheels.

Post by **BigWall** » Thu Jul 21, 2022 1:43 am

It's looking good!

Post by **Parker** » Fri Jul 22, 2022 3:11 am

lovely build, Nikola.

Post by **Nikola** » Mon Aug 29, 2022 10:39 am

A few more details before the final reveal:

Post by **digger303** » Mon Aug 29, 2022 11:23 am

I see you've been beavering away at all the small details. The more I look the more I notice.

Post by **Stokesy44** » Mon Aug 29, 2022 12:13 pm

Beautiful work. Love all the subtleties in the paint and weathering

Post by **BigWall** » Tue Aug 30, 2022 4:09 am

Very nice! I'm looking forward to the final reveal

Post by **Tomcat64** » Tue Aug 30, 2022 3:01 pm

That's superb work - like the guys already said I'm really looking forward to the final reveal for this one

Post by **Nikola** » Thu Sep 01, 2022 10:26 am

Stokesy44 wrote: Mon Aug 29, 2022 12:13 pm Beautiful work. Love all the subtleties in the paint and weathering

Thank you Stokesy. Appreciated.

Best,
Nikola

Post by **Nikola** » Thu Sep 01, 2022 10:28 am

Tomcat64 wrote: Tue Aug 30, 2022 3:01 pm That's superb work - like the guys already said I'm really looking forward to the final reveal for this one

Thanks Tomcat. Appreciated.
Me too, haha. I began in January 2021. It's been a looong journey.

Best,
Nikola

Post by **Nikola** » Thu Sep 01, 2022 10:28 am

BigWall wrote: Tue Aug 30, 2022 4:09 am Very nice! I'm looking forward to the final reveal

Thanks Joe. Glad you like it so far.

Best,
Nikola

Post by **Nikola** » Sat Sep 10, 2022 3:07 pm

Next step - some slight chipping, scuffs, maybe some dirt and RFI beauty shots

Post by **ForeverPlasticKits** » Sat Sep 10, 2022 5:56 pm

It's really look fantastic! And also so realistic!

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Sat Sep 10, 2022 8:34 pm

Superb

Post by **digger303** » Sun Sep 11, 2022 2:17 am

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Sat Sep 10, 2022 8:34 pm Superb

What he said.