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On 3/4/2024 at 10:27 PM, Dave_E said:

The P-51 was my all time favorite war bird as a kid. I’ll watch. 🍿🥤

4 hours ago, Canute said:

I'm in too.  It's my wife's fave, too. Me, I'm a Spitfire fan. Although I like Jugs and Corsairs, too. 😁

3 hours ago, Egilman said:

A Silverbird.... A legend in it's own time.... Probably the greatest single engine, propeller driven fighter plane ever built...

 

Of course I'm down for this one, wouldn't miss it....

Glad you're all aboard. 

I've been plugging away on the model the past few days but have neglected taking photos in favor of getting a little further along before I bore everyone with non-motivational construction photos. 

Right now, it looks like the wing to fuselage fit might be a little dicey. To get a good silver finish, a good fit will be essential as we all know is the case with shiny metal finishes.

Excellent! Very nice, Baker.

Those exhaust look fantastic. There once was another company that produced very thin, realistic exhaust similar to these for a large variety of different kits. Was the name of that company, Moskit, or something similar? I have not seen their products on the shelves in a number of years and I have wondered what happened to them. 

But I do find lots of cars to model. And tanks, planes, ships, etc. 😀

My granddaughter brought me this gift tonight. 

Does anyone know who made the WnW's decal sheets?

Decals almost always are a gamble unless you are dealing with a specific brand every time. What works with one brand can vary wildly with what works with another. That's a lesson learned the hard way many times for me.

36 minutes ago, ccoyle said:

Hmm . . . card publishers and plastic kit manufacturers seem to have an affinity for the same subjects.

 

I read that after WW2 ended, this particular aircraft was shipped back to the USA, where it served with various air national guard units. In 1957, it was sold as surplus for $775.00. 😐

It remains in flying condition all the way up to the current day. Amazing.

Nearly 20 years ago, I bought the newly released 1:32 Dragon P-51D Mustang kit. Almost immediately after receiving it, I promptly started building and painting the interior assemblies, then for reasons I cannot recall, boxed it all up and set it aside for other projects instead. As I looked through my storage items for a model swap-meet I attended a week ago, I ran across my old kit and decided to go ahead now to finish it. There are internal details that can be exposed by cutting away panels, I plan to finish the model all buttoned up. 

The photos reflect where I am with the kit today after dusting it off and touching up a few things here and there. This will be a "quickie".

OC

You're as good with a brush as most modelers I've seen. I say, go for it. It's useless just sitting on the shelf. Why not enjoy the model and the experience of it all?

Looks perfect

Very nice work Mike

Will love following your build, Tim. After building the same Triumph kit, always regretted not taking time to wire the spokes. In this large scale, the effort will be well worth it.

Wow, Alan...what a magnificent display. This sure will attract a lot of attention from your visitors.

Indeed, your woodgraining is superb.

On 1/28/2024 at 5:07 PM, davec said:

Hi Paul - The guns that come with the kit are extremely well detailed.  The gaspatch ones are even more detailed, but you have to look really closely to appreciate it.  I bought the Vickers gun when I tried to build the model before, so I already had it.  Given how good the kit parts are, I'm not sure I will keep upgrading them, although I would definitely use the gaspatch guns if I was building another company's kit.  I like the HGW fabric belts as an alternative to the photoetch ones that come with the model. I also like the masks - I find making my own masks for windshields and other clear pieces really tedious and high risk for failure.  I end up using some of the photoetch detail parts but not others.  This was my first experience with one of their instrument panels.  I got about three quarters through putting it together and decided it wasn't as nice as the molded one that came with the model.  I used the instrument levers.

I agree 100% with what you say here. Far more often than not, many of the photo etch pieces included with sets intended for a particular model, particularly the WnW's kits, go unused as they are either not as good or no improvement over the kit parts.

19 minutes ago, yvesvidal said:

Absolutely stunning. I just saw one 1966 Buick Riviera at a Classic Cars dealership in Charlotte and thought about your model.

 

Yves

What color was the Riviera you saw, Yves?

1 hour ago, Canute said:

That would be way better. 318 curves is more fun in a Ferrari. The Yank tanks just slow things way down.😄

Is 318 the actual number of curves? I know from experience there are a bunch, but never heard of or thought of counting them.

3 hours ago, Danstream said:

I repeat myself, in these last two pictures of this post, I admire the way light is reflected by the flanks of the car. Smooth and regular reflections that look very realistic.

Cheers,

Dan

 

PS _ By the way, just watched the movie "Ferrari", I liked it a lot, the reconstruction of Italy in 1957 is just amazing, let alone all the beautiful cars portraited in the movie.

Thanks for your kind comments, Dan. I have not watched the movie Ferrari. Will look for it and watch.

4 hours ago, Canute said:

Come on up to western NC and drive the Smokey Mountain Parkway and the Dragon's Tail.😁

Maybe we should take the Ferrari 250 California Spider out of the garage and ride that dragon tail in it, instead? 

2 hours ago, AJohnson said:

Lovely looking finish Craig! 

6 minutes ago, king derelict said:

Excellent work Craig. That’s a real head turner. The chrome really makes it pop and the paint has a lovely depth.

alan

Andrew, Alan

Thanks for following along and for your kind comments.

I should have shown a photo under the hood, too.

2 minutes ago, Jack12477 said:

Nice ! Can we go for a ride ? 

Boy, I wish! Wait till spring and we'll drive it through the mountains.

38 minutes ago, realworkingsailor said:

Nicely done! The paint job and the chrome work turned out amazing!

 

Andy

Thanks Andy. Did you know, if you take your model to a contest, 2/3 of your point score will be for the finish?

39 minutes ago, Canute said:

Craig, your work is always impressive. This is another beauty.  👍

Thanks Ken, I aim to please. 😄

12 minutes ago, Old Collingwood said:

Superb  job  Craig  -  looks  the  real deal.

 

OC.

As always, thanks for the kind words, OC.

The Highway Patrol pulled me over and wrote me a citation for not having my license plates displayed. I corrected that.

I'm going to make these the final shots of my Riviera project.

Thanks to all for following along, the likes, the comments, and your friendship.

12 hours ago, Old Collingwood said:

Check this  out   -    Body kits  for  Smart Cars  -

https://www.matthewhaeck.com/smart-car-body-kits/

 

OC.

Folks, all I can really say is, "it's a good time to be old". The world we once knew and loved is gone. The new one is "clown world".