Daz's Tuskegee film star **FINISHED**

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Daz's Tuskegee film star **FINISHED**

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OK, so I only have the one Mustang in the stash, and it's this one:

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I want to roughly stay with the kit's decal scheme, but I'll be doing it as an aircraft from this film:

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I haven't seen the film in a loooong time, so I'll be watching it religiously!

I'll get started on the kit next week. This might lead to me doing another one....!
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You'll enjoy the new tool P51 Daren if you've not done one before, and I'll almost guarantee you getting another :-D
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Made a wee start this morning - pics later....
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There you go, teasing us again.... :grin: :ha:
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It wouldn't be one of my builds without a bit of teasing! :ha:
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OK, so where we have some progress shots....!

Nice box art!
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Mustang bits:
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Painting some of the bits:
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Prop and cockpit components assembled:
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Cockpit installed:
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Putting the fuselage together:
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So far, so good!
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DazDaMan wrote:It wouldn't be one of my builds without a bit of teasing! :ha:
Ain't that the truth! :grin:

Great progress as well now we can see it :ha:
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Wings went together like that!
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And then the fuselage went on like that!
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So far, this is a fab little kit, on a par with the new-tool Typhoon, Hurricane and Spit 22 that I've built before. Very impressed!
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iggie wrote:You'll enjoy the new tool P51 Daren if you've not done one before, and I'll almost guarantee you getting another :-D
DazDaMan wrote:So far, this is a fab little kit, on a par with the new-tool Typhoon, Hurricane and Spit 22 that I've built before. Very impressed!
See: Told Ya!! :-D :-D
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It's definitely tempting to get another! :mrgreen:
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So, I've installed the flaps in the wings and put on the first coat of aluminium.

I might have this finished by tomorrow at this rate!
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This was how the Mustang looked this morning:
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And this is how it looks now:
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I'll go over the red bits again before giving them a tidy-up. Then it's on to the fiddly bits....!
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Positively rocking along! :-D

I foresee a few less Spits in the build pile for a while..... 8-)
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Probably!

I've got the Italeri P-51A on order for my other build, and I imagine I'll do another D-model at some point...!
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Quick work and looking good. :)
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