Really nice build. One of your best. Here's something to try: put down a layer of pink under yellow. The yellow top coat comes out Really vibrant.

I can’t get this NMF right ! You did a fantastic job .

Pretty cool! I wasn’t aware of your channel until today. Lots of nice tips shared here and lots of good content to add to my library 🙌🏼👍🏼💪🏼

Great vid bud. Little tip I learned from my miniature painting days to get yellow to pop and go down easy. Do a base coat of pink then apply the yellow. Super vibrant and pops

@The Model Guy Great Mustang build - I’ve got 2 Eduard Mustangs that I plan to do as F-51’s. Here’s a tip for filling panel lines: mix some superglue & baby powder/talcum powder to make a paste. The powder slows the drying time of the superglue & when it’s dry makes it easier & quicker to sand smooth. Tip #2: pastel chalks rubbed on sandpaper creates a fine powder. It’s possible to mix them to create custom colours. Dip the point of your brush into dishwash liquid & apply to the area you want streaks or exhaust stains & leave it to dry. This will leave the surface tacky without interfering with the metal lustre then just brush the pastel chalks over the area, building it up in layers till your happy. I’ve used both these techniques on a previous Mustang build , kind of a practice before starting the Eduard kits.

*P-51 is a major aircraft subject of WW2, 👏👏for your beautiful model!*

Painting yellow is always a challenge for me.

I like the video of your P-51 D mustang as well. Yes, I agree that the tutorials can give you such excellent advises as well. One of these helped me to do the Yugoslav Stuka in scale such as 1/72. You can as well see it if you are interested. I used a pencil to do the panel lines, and it turned out nicely as well.

Looks 👍 I found a few bottles of Testers metallic sealer. It works great to seal the AK metal colors without changing their sheen. Hard to find now. Aqua Gloss works pretty good to seal it in as well....

If you are having trouble with yellow you can try a pink undercoat like Mr.Finishing Surfacer 1500 Pink

Outstanding!

It's a great kit, minus slightly too thin legs and too thin sliding canopy frame, but it took me 2 days to get the wings smooth, and then the rest of the detail was soft, so I had a full wing strip down for a third or fourth day of work. This wing thing is a race between getting it consistent before the rest of the detail softens from the multiple resprays... This is the ideal kit to make multiple builds, but not with these wings. Why can't they use some common sense, and provide two set of wings, one smooth? Doing this panel line filling even marginally neat and consistent, over such long stretches, is a pure nightmare, especially because of the gun bays right in the middle of it all, as you experienced. This P-51 would otherwise be one of the more pleasant builds out there.

The thing I've been experimenting with and found a new way that I like better is airbrush pressure. I started off airbrushing in the 25-30psi range pretty much all the time. These days I'm mostly in the 15-20psi range with much thinner paint, and it's a very good experience.

A thought about fuel stains. I love your videos, but why make a fuel stain look like an oil leak? I was a US Air Force Crew Chief so this bugs. A leak from an overfilled fuel cap would have a wet look, almost clear. On flat camouflage it's somewhat shiny, but not brown. AV gas or JP-4 or JP-7 are almost clear. Dust might stick in a dusty environment. Thank you again for so many great tips to try.

One of my favourite modelling channels and I just discovered it a couple days ago. Of course I love the models and all the infos you provide, but also your whole... philosophy? on modelling. Keep pushing yourself, think about what you are doing and why you are doing it and keep progressing and developing. Reminds me of Doog's Models' approach. I would never talk smack about other peoples models, but sometimes I see models from people who are building for years and the models pretty much look like the ones from years ago because they always build it like they learned it when they started. And I think thats kinda sad. Anyway, great content.

Very nice 👍

Very nice build, great job. That scheme is really vibrant and contrasting, using oils really helps detail to pop. Have you tried using a buff colour under yellow? Your tip with the newer Eduard decals looks worth trying although I'm less convinced with removing carrier film with tape. A definite pucker moment!

Amazing work! I’m just getting into models, I see a lot of different tools used but am having a difficult time finding where I can order them, where is a great place to find all the tools needed? Also what model stand are you using for painting?

Wow, what a challenging build in terms of puttying the wings and painting all the markings and keeping the lines parallel. For OPR on gloss, would a thicker oil be easier to work with?

Awesome build! I recently picked up a silhouette machine for making masks. Could you do a quick how to on how you get the raf roundels to line up when applying masks and painting the 3 or 4 different colours? I am struggling with getting them lined up

Fantastic build! I need to get one of these silouete machines. What make and model do you use?

I am trying to finish something….

Have you thought about using a semi-gloss cote? It's what I use for my NMF when I use oils for weathering. It's not so glossy that they'll run off and not so flat that it sticks in place. You also still have a shine as well. I'd post a picture of my P-51 and MiG 17 to show you how it turns out.

Beautiful job, looks like some amazing paint. Where do you get your Mr Color from. Your corsair was outta the park. Great work as always.

Check out Will Pattison's OPR.

Siwek Kazimierz Mustang P-51D III FX 878. Google.

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A little off topic but kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bMuJgr1_z7vVoGg.html is an excellent short 14 minute movie set in Scotland during the Battle of Britain. Great spitfire flying sequence and in the notes is a link to how they made it. A lot of models involved. Great site Rob.

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