who ever thought of flat on a NMF!
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who ever thought of flat on a NMF!
Big10
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Yea, gave it a go and turned out okay.
who ever thought of flat on a NMF!
centaur567
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WOW!!! What a beaut. Gary S.
Big10
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Thanks!!
John tell me something, when you get the pigment applied how do you seal it, when I worked with the MM Metallizers I always had issues with the pigment coming off if you just looked at it wrong.
Big10
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Most of the time I don't seal it and have to be mindful of that.
This time I did the metallizer, gloss coat, and then flat coat. Seemed to work out ok. The flat coat was thinned well so maybe thats why it does not appear to be so flat.
Must be my fried chicken grease covered fingers then.
I can't wait to get my shop up and running, really want to try this technique.
I can't wait to get my shop up and running, really want to try this technique.
Skinny_Mike
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Whoa! That's fantastic looking Mustang!
centaur567
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I just ordered Tamiya's 1/48th scale Korean War F_51D from Amazon. I have read that post war F-51's were painted all over silver. Is this true? Gary S.
RichB
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NMF wouldn't be out of the question. This one appears to have a NMF fuselage and painted wing. The slight tonal difference is visible by the pilot's right arm.
Postwar they were often painted with an aluminum lacquer as an anti-corrosion measure. I have read that it was applied without primer base. A giveaway for painting are the panels around the exhaust shroud, on NMF aircraft they are much darker and no tonal differences between panels as seen on NMF aircraft.
The leading edge of this aircraft appears to have the paint worn off. The recommended way to mount the aircraft was from the front, step on the tire, then the wedge on the front of the strut and then over the leading edge.
In this picture you can see the tonal difference between the NMF area of the flap that is usually under the upper wing surface and the rest of the aircraft.
This picture appears to have either a freshly painted/cleaned or NMF panel with the aircraft nickname applied.
Cheers,
RichB
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centaur567
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Here's a picture of the real aircraft that's on the box art. Looks painted to me. Should make painting easier. Also, it looks like the anti-glare black extends back to the antenna post or is that a shadow? Looks pretty clean too. Thanks for the photo's, including the interior shots, this build has great references. Gary S.
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I'm not sure where that came from climbing onto the wing from the wheel. The aircraft was usually mounted from the rear, behind the wing as it has a reinforced area to step on and a handhold to assist (only on the port side). Ground crews usually mounted both sides. By the way, excellent F-6D photo which didn't get an RF-035 code.
From the post-war manual. Wartime manuals had the same instructions.
It does go back to the antenna post. Larger image of the same photo...
centaur567
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Didn't mean to hijack this thread and I want to thank you guys for all the info. It's really going to come in handy. Big 10 has built a beautiful model and I hope this puts it back into the spotlight. These planes look like they were rode hard and put up wet. My model should be here tomorrow, but it's going to be a Christmas present to me of course. This thread is now in my favorites for future reference. Gary S.
Avoiding damage to the edge of the flap or fillet is explained in this cartoon, from the TO.
There is this handwritten note about entering from the the front. It is for flight and ground crew to avoid the leading edge before the first spar. Now you have me looking in my 'archives' for photos of the Mustangs scrambling as I can't see any graceful way to climb on the wing over the wheel area and avoid the thin metal leading edge (except for the cast steel gun muzzle area). I LOVE learning something new! I will post what I find.
Found it! Thanks @RichB!
@centaur567, I think we are all here to learn. I've learned loads from you and now Rich as well, all the more for my TMI reputation!
There is this handwritten note about entering from the the front. It is for flight and ground crew to avoid the leading edge before the first spar. Now you have me looking in my 'archives' for photos of the Mustangs scrambling as I can't see any graceful way to climb on the wing over the wheel area and avoid the thin metal leading edge (except for the cast steel gun muzzle area). I LOVE learning something new! I will post what I find.
Found it! Thanks @RichB!
@centaur567, I think we are all here to learn. I've learned loads from you and now Rich as well, all the more for my TMI reputation!
