Accurate Miniatures 1/48 P-51A Mustang- FULL TIMELAPSE BUILD

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3 жыл бұрын

A complete timelapse build of my most recent finished project, the Accurate Miniatures 1/48th scale P-51A Mustang.
If for whatever reason you want a wallpaper of this build, it is available for free from www.flickr.com/photos/1585117...
Overall, I found this kit to be something of a mixed bag. It wasn't exactly the legendary status I had always expected for my first Accurate Miniatures scale kit, but it was servicable. The only serious issues I had were the fit issue I address in the video ahead of the wing root and a serious (slightly under a millimeter) issue with the center canopy, where the exterior was that far off from side to side. I wound up aligning it with the 'camera' side (left) so it looks normal on my shelf, but looking at the right side clearly shows this error.
This is my first second video using Davinci, and I'm starting to get a bit more of a hang of it. The next build video should see the return of voice recordings, as my current objective is to learn to record it clean from my nice new microphone and then figure out how to do proper syncing.
If you want to complete your collection, this kit is kind of a must, but I would love to see another company take a new stab at it. A Tamiya P-51A and/or an A-36, perhaps adapted from their P-51B molds, would be something I would be very excited to see.

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@TheWaggishAmerican 3 жыл бұрын

Hope everyone enjoyed the much-belated video. If you have any questions drop a comment. I probably can't help much with questions of paint colors that I didn't already annotate in the video, but anything else I should be able to help with. School ends in a month, more frequent videos late summer/fall. Also I can't recommend highly enough RebelsAtCloudNine's build of the same kit. We wound up working on them around the same time by coincidence and if I were doing it again I would follow the paints he used before I used my own.

@p40f20 3 жыл бұрын

The floor of the cockpit, in Allison powered Mustangs, was the top of the wing. That is why the floor is curved. So your weathering is correct. The flat plywood floor was introduced for the Merlin powered Mustangs.

@brettpeacock9116 2 жыл бұрын

And it overlaid the curved upper wing surface beneath it, so the well around the Control stick should be interior green!

@sierrarose6595 3 жыл бұрын

Looks great! Looking forward to the next one!

@oldschoolamerican748 2 жыл бұрын

Great build!

@argentinianspotter 3 жыл бұрын

Another nicely done model.

@TheWaggishAmerican 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@victorconstantinescu7364 3 жыл бұрын

Great build👌👍

@TheWaggishAmerican 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@NorthernMuck06 3 жыл бұрын

Looks great! I have the same kit! Can't waint to build it soon

@TheWaggishAmerican 3 жыл бұрын

Let me know how it turns out!

@jordyncollier919 3 жыл бұрын

Good to see you back! My school is gonna be out at the end of may, so I'm also excited to do more modelling lol. Just built an Accurate Miniatures 1/48 TBM Avenger, though, and it makes me wish they didnt go out of business.

@TheWaggishAmerican 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I have wildly mixed feelings about AM. I know this was the first kit they did, which explains some things, but given the venerated status the company holds this kit was overall a pretty big letdown, both in detail and quality. Ditto their IL-2, the one I have has the worst case of warpage I have ever seen in a kit. Both fuselage halves, still on the sprue, have AT LEAST 25 degrees of axial warping and very notable torsional warping as well. But then I go fondle the SBD box, and that thing is incredible. good detail, clean fits, the works. Mostly ditto the F3F, though the landing gear on that kit is terrible.

@epiceli04 3 жыл бұрын

Return of the king!

@TheWaggishAmerican 3 жыл бұрын

Whats up man?

@epiceli04 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheWaggishAmerican Not too much. I haven't been able to build models as much recently because of school, (it's my junior year). also, I have a class in school that's letting me build models there for AP credit, so that nice. in the end it leaves me with less time then normal though.

@TheWaggishAmerican 3 жыл бұрын

@@epiceli04 That class sounds rad. When I was in HS I did IB Art and my teacher was cool enough to count my models for the class lol. Haven't found anything comparable in uni but I am a member of the wargaming club which is kind of close. Might try and get a model club going as well.

@jantimmer5558 3 жыл бұрын

This is fantastic🥰🥰

@TheWaggishAmerican 3 жыл бұрын

thanks!

@6346n Жыл бұрын

Allison powered Mustangs did not have the wooden floor. That came with the Merlin powered variants. So your floor treatment is more accurate than you think.

@yodagaming8612 3 жыл бұрын

Nice! Next video when?

@TheWaggishAmerican 3 жыл бұрын

lmao couldn't tell you. No earlier than mid may.

@aidanrichards6724 3 жыл бұрын

What did you use to dust the instrument panel? Looks great by the way

@TheWaggishAmerican 3 жыл бұрын

Vallejo light grey. Its my go too for cockpit drybrushing

@mmuriedas 3 жыл бұрын

Hello more videos please

@lordtyranus9074 3 жыл бұрын

Pretty great build, a bit too "Clean" on the weathering but that's just me. I guess I've gotten used to building so much pacific/CBI aircraft that anything that doesn't have dusty/ sunbleached paint, extreme chipping and exsessive fuel/exhaust streaks looks too factory fresh to me, but anyways glad to see you're back again

@TheWaggishAmerican 3 жыл бұрын

I wanted to beat it up but it wound up being a bit of a rushjob lol. Plus I need to practice with OD more, I've never really done anything in it.

@lordtyranus9074 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheWaggishAmerican it's a fun color to play around with, if you do another OD scheme Scale-a-ton made an excellent video on a P-40N that is very helpful

@AreeyaKKC 3 жыл бұрын

There is no wrong shade of OD. There are 1001 variations and nothing is identical. The same aircraft's color can change over time based on its elements and wear and tear. Even sunlight conditions will change olive drab appearance.

@TheWaggishAmerican 3 жыл бұрын

I know, i just prefer a more brown OD for aircraft. To me eye this looks too much like army OD, especially for a plane that's been fighting long enough to be an ace in the pacific.

@bobgasm1471 Жыл бұрын

@@TheWaggishAmerican According to Andersons book Mustangs were delivered to England in natural metal finish, and then they were painted from English paint stores...so the colors used were likely the same as a Spitfire or Hurricane, as for the Pacific theatre.....who really knows for sure.

@fw.t3ddy_1 3 жыл бұрын

Hey your back

@TheWaggishAmerican 3 жыл бұрын

briefly popping up before I vanish for another few months

@fw.t3ddy_1 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheWaggishAmerican ok

@fw.t3ddy_1 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheWaggishAmerican but its good to see you back :D

@TheWaggishAmerican 3 жыл бұрын

@@fw.t3ddy_1 :)

@erikliljeberg1796 3 жыл бұрын

I was wondering when a new video would come out and low and bwhold some four says later here you are

@TheWaggishAmerican 3 жыл бұрын

Good to know people are still wondering where I am lol. Hopefully things will come out more frequently starting mid summer, because from here on out I will be able to have my airbrush with me while I attend university.