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Hi gents,

As I have finally built up enough courage to start multiple builds for the first time (at the moment I'm just finishing a 1/48 Mirage IIIC and building HB's easy assembly 1/48 P-51D), I have also decided to build my first 1/32. Being a sucker for a Mustang, I have chosen Revell's P-51D-5NA for my debut on the 1/32 stage. This will be a practice build for Tamiya's pony waiting in the stash, which would really be a shame to mess up! It would be a shame to mess this one up as well, but not guaranteed!

This time I'm also using aftermarket goodies for the first time - Eduard Look IP and seatbelts - so this should be fun.

I will probably opt for 363 Fighter Sqn., 357 Fighter Group, 8 AF B6-B ''Desert Rat'' (Cpt. Herschel Pascoe), 1944 - OD over grey.

Prior to purchasing the kit I've read good things about it and it should be a fun build. One of the good things is that the wings are full span top and bottom which should ensure correct dihedral with no problem.

I have decided from now on to try and always have one 1/32 on my bench at any time, stretching the build for as long as it takes, as I will be building other smaller ones along the way. We'll see how it goes.


This will be a loooong build so only the most patient will survive!

Anyway, nothing much at the moment except the ''opening credits''...

Thanks for looking guys!


Best,
Nikola

Multi tasking ain't for me....

Hi gents,

Somewhere in the midst of cockpit works...

Best,
Nikola

Sweet, shove over I want front row seats for this!!!

looking good Nikola, eduard dials look excellent

Nice start to the cockpit. That big old hood will show it off nicely too

Nice start ! the seat looks amazing.

Very nice!

Got some leather on...

Hi gents,

I painted the pattern on the to be exposed wooden floor using Tamiya XF-59 Desert Yellow for the base and Vallejo Model Color Red Leather for the pattern.

Next is the Vallejo chipping medium followed by Tamiya Rubber Black.

I hope for the best.

Nikola

Noice!!!!

Nice work so far - very nice!!!

And here's the result:

Very nice!

BigWall wrote: Sun Mar 21, 2021 8:32 amVery nice!

Thanks Joe!

Getting there slowly... Very slowly!

Very nice work.

And that floor -

Stokesy44 wrote: Tue Mar 23, 2021 8:51 am Very nice work.

And that floor -

Thank you Stokesy! Glad you like it.

Best,
Nikola

Office soon to be wrapped up...

First time working with PE seatbelts. Man some of those pieces are small!

The cockpit build looks to be amazing quality. The finished plane should be a winner - well done!!

wow superbly done

RangerNeil wrote: Sat Mar 27, 2021 12:13 am The cockpit build looks to be amazing quality. The finished plane should be a winner - well done!!

Thank you very much Neil! Glad you like it so far.

We'll see how the rest goes. I'll try not to disappoint.

Best,
Nikola

Casper wrote: Sat Mar 27, 2021 12:27 am wow superbly done

Thank you Casper! Appreciated.

Best,
Nikola

Now that looks really good. Cracking work on the kit and the extras. Those belts and the IP look top drawer

Very nice! The instrument panel looks great!

BigWall wrote: Sun Mar 28, 2021 7:07 pm Very nice! The instrument panel looks great!

Thanks Joe!

The IP is Eduard, so I didn't do much there except remove it from the casting and clean it a bit, haha.

Best,
Nikola

Stokesy44 wrote: Sun Mar 28, 2021 5:51 pm Now that looks really good. Cracking work on the kit and the extras. Those belts and the IP look top drawer

Thank you Stokesy! Appreciated!

Best,
Nikola

Hi gents,

The office is finally ready for closing up.

Best,
Nikola

wow Nikola, that's some detailing. excellent
casp

Sweet! Nice work!

Beautiful work - and so much of it will be visible under that hood

Casper wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 8:40 pm wow Nikola, that's some detailing. excellent
casp

Thank you very much Casper! Appreciated!

Best,
Nikola

BigWall wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 9:40 pm Sweet! Nice work!

Thank you Joe!

Best,
Nikola

Stokesy44 wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 10:33 pm Beautiful work - and so much of it will be visible under that hood

Thank you Stokesy! Glad you like it!
Yes, I guess at this scale things remain visible even when closed up.

Best,
Nikola

Nice work..

Absolutely awesome work on the cockpit - the extra detailing and attention to detail like the woodwork really pops out.

Great stuff

digger303 wrote: Wed Apr 07, 2021 12:11 am Nice work..

Thanks Digger!

Best,
Nikola

Tomcat64 wrote: Wed Apr 07, 2021 8:56 am Absolutely awesome work on the cockpit - the extra detailing and attention to detail like the woodwork really pops out.

Great stuff

Thank you Neil! I'm very glad that you like it so far.

Best,
Nikola

Exhausts drilled out. Turned out OK, although still too thick for the scale but I did not dare to use a larger drill. This was pushing it already.

Best,
Nikola

very wise, buggered some things by pushing it like that.

Nice work on the exhausts, these little bits of effort make such a difference

Yes, nice work. I probably would have pushed and messed it up.

well this is just next level!
the detailed weathering in the cockpit is awesome.

looking forward to your progress.

Lovely work drilling out those exhausts and also resisting the urge to go one step too far!

digger303 wrote: Sun Apr 11, 2021 10:39 am very wise, buggered some things by pushing it like that.

Hi Digger,

Yes, I am afraid that I'll mess it up since the plastic is kind of on the softer side.

Best,
Nikola

Hi gents,

Fuselage buttoned up. The fit is very good and it all went together without any fuss, except that the top part of the fuselage required some extra pressure. Good engineering by Radu Brinzan.

Best,
Nikola

Really nice progress there and very well done.

no words.

It's looking really great!

Great work - nice to see it closed up without too much hassle