aeroplanegrippers "The Deacon"

[Dirkpitt289]

Sweet

[Chris]

Nice work on the stripes.

[aeroplanegripper]

Hello everyone and fellow P-51 builders,
After a long and enjoyable day I have finished the Hasegawa P-51B of the 334th FS of the 4th FG. This morning I added the decals and apart from one letter J that disentegrated all went on reasonably well, especially the nose art ,considering their age not bad.
Here is a side view:


I then attched the very fiddly undercart and the drop tanks, keeping as close to as I could from the original photo, I have published earlier in the thread. I then applied the Xtracrlix flat mixed with a little water to flatten the sheen, I then put in the whip aerial (a tooth brush britsle) and the prop. Then last but not least affixed the canopy.







Its been great fun doing this GB and I have enjoyed watching the progress of us all and the range of kits and subjects being done. Now on to the Lancaster for the 617 GB! Thanks for looking and all the encouragement and kind words.

[Old_Tonto]

That is lovely work. I will bookmark this as the invasion stripes & national markings are a great example of masking.

Bravo on a great build.

[Dirkpitt289]

Stunning build Mark. Stunning

[ShaunW]

That looks really nice, great work with those invasion stripes.

[Clashcityrocker]

You should be pleased with that, it looks great.

Nigel

[Sissel]

That's really beautiful! Need to make an aircraft in D-day stripes. Believe it or not, I've never made one.

[Loftleidir]

Superb build Mark, looks cool with the D-day stripes ! cheers, Ragnar

[aeroplanegripper]

Thank you OT, Dirk, Shaun, Nigel, Sissel and Ragnar.

[jssel]

Well done. Very nice work.