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chriswil42

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Re: Korean War Photo Recce Mustang
« Reply #15 on: July 10, 2022, 12:52:45 PM »
Looking very nice Bill.
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Re: Korean War Photo Recce Mustang
« Reply #16 on: July 13, 2022, 09:34:08 AM »
Work done now includes the various Alclad finished panels. Looking closely at Korean War Mustangs none appear to have really highly polished or new natural metal presumably because they had been either in storage or with the second line units stateside until the war started, therefore no Polished Aluminium Alclad paint has been used.

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Re: Korean War Photo Recce Mustang
« Reply #17 on: July 13, 2022, 10:08:13 AM »
Looking good Bill
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Re: Korean War Photo Recce Mustang
« Reply #18 on: July 13, 2022, 10:51:24 AM »
No doubt this looks even better in reality. I think it's great when panels are painted different shades of aluminium/silver as all one shade makes models look like toys. Well done Bill.

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Re: Korean War Photo Recce Mustang
« Reply #19 on: July 16, 2022, 04:13:24 PM »
Looking good Bill.
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Re: Korean War Photo Recce Mustang
« Reply #20 on: July 25, 2022, 02:51:17 PM »
And now on to the Decalling.

Almost a DISASTER!!!

Having a applied MicroSet to the port fuselage to apply the Star/Bar and Code, the ALCLAD finish just dissolved and turned into a metallic grey mush! Fortunately I was able to clean it up and then alply a coat of varnish. This worked but of course it meant that the 'raw natural aluminium look' was lost.

The rest of the decals went on with no trouble although there are an awful lot of maintenance stencils which are not in any logical order on the decal sheet.

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Re: Korean War Photo Recce Mustang
« Reply #21 on: July 26, 2022, 12:41:17 PM »
Eyecatching markings.

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Re: Korean War Photo Recce Mustang
« Reply #22 on: July 29, 2022, 03:12:29 PM »
Nicely recovered. The decals are looking great.
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Re: Korean War Photo Recce Mustang
« Reply #23 on: July 30, 2022, 05:22:50 PM »
Now adding the details, care needed within the undercarriage as it is quite flimsy,

Bob C

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Re: Korean War Photo Recce Mustang
« Reply #24 on: August 08, 2022, 12:49:38 PM »
It's looking really good Bill.

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Re: Korean War Photo Recce Mustang
« Reply #25 on: August 13, 2022, 09:14:35 AM »
Now complete although it will eventually be mounted on a base with unit badge and details of its history.
Learnt quite a lot from this build. 1. Eduard give far too much etch brass in their 'pro' kits. 2. Alclad and Microset do not mix. 3. Although the square tipped prop looks to be cropped it's not. Only 1 inch smaller in diameter than the earlier version.

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Re: Korean War Photo Recce Mustang
« Reply #26 on: August 13, 2022, 10:45:51 AM »
Now complete although it will eventually be mounted on a base with unit badge and details of its history.
Learnt quite a lot from this build. 1. Eduard give far too much etch brass in their 'pro' kits. 2. Alclad and Microset do not mix. 3. Although the square tipped prop looks to be cropped it's not. Only 1 inch smaller in diameter than the earlier version.
Like being back at school.
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Re: Korean War Photo Recce Mustang
« Reply #27 on: August 13, 2022, 02:02:47 PM »
Exquisite Bill.
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Re: Korean War Photo Recce Mustang
« Reply #28 on: August 13, 2022, 03:07:30 PM »
Well done Bill now have you handed in your homework ?
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Re: Korean War Photo Recce Mustang
« Reply #29 on: August 18, 2022, 06:18:08 PM »
Brilliant Bill.

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