From: "Steve Bamford ARC" To: "Simon Wallis" References: <000001c3b445$2a0687c0$bac8fea9@IBMA31p> Subject: Re: ARC Gallery Contribution: P-51D Mustang Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 16:42:41 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/related; type="multipart/alternative"; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_008E_01C3C198.26844BE0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Unsent: 1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_008E_01C3C198.26844BE0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_008F_01C3C198.26844BE0" ------=_NextPart_001_008F_01C3C198.26844BE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Simon, Thanks for sending in your P-51 article. Articles usually take 3 to 4 = weeks to get on ARC from the time they are sent to me. I'll e-mail you = when your article goes on ARC. Steve Bamford Aircraft Resource Center http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com =20 Live like there is no tomorrow; Love like you've never been hurt. Work like you don't need the money. Dance like nobody's watching. Sing like nobody's listening. Live like it's Heaven on Earth. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Simon Wallis=20 To: sheb@telus.net=20 Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 9:45 AM Subject: ARC Gallery Contribution: P-51D Mustang Gallery Template #02 1/48 Tamiya P-51D Mustang "Petie 2nd" by Simon Wallis -------------------- Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo 01.jpg = here =20 Kit and construction After watching my father build scale aircraft, this is the first kit = I've built myself - never having had the required patience as a kid. The = 1/48 Tamiya Mustang is a great kit to start off learning modeling skills = with. Beginners will love the easy-of-build and experts will like the = fair/good detail. The Tamiya Mustang kit was flawless and foolproof - a = total contrast to the well detailed but very problematic Hasegawa P-38J = Lightning build I did afterwards! One example was that parts with = left/right equivalents can be snipped off their sprues but will only = attach to the fuselage one way. Fit is exemplary and no filler was = required. The kit was built fully out of the box. Painting I was attracted by the bare metal and blue nose on the 8th Airforce = "Petie 2nd" aircraft flown by John Meyer and included in the Tamiya kit. = I've since read that bare metal schemes are challenging: I am glad that = no-one told me because I just got on with it and had no problems. I used = an undercoat of Games Workshop gloss back (just because it was the = cheapest gloss black aerosol in my hobby shop) with Alclad II Chrome = overcoat. I did some mild weathering of the wings and fuselage using a = 50/50 mix of black and burnt Sienna artists oil paints which attack the = Alclad for a slightly tarnished effect. As well as the articles of ARC, = Tamiya Model Magazine International Issue 99 has some handy = illustrations of applying and weathering Alclad II to its best potential = on an RAF Mustang III. Since I did this kit I have learned a lot. Tips for others would be: = 1) Spend time to polish the primer coat before spraying Alclad. It makes = a massive difference. If you polish through the primer, just give it a = second light prime coat. 2) Try out the superb Alclad Grey Primer and = Gloss Black. No - I'm not on their payroll! Ventilate your work area = well (my hound, Henry, was banished well out of the way when I used this = stuff) and think seriously about wearing protective gloves with the = paint and when clearing your airbrush. Your either need to use a = cellulose thinner or, like me, a nasty Xylene based fluid. 3) Don't mask = the Chrome for more than a few minutes - even with high quality masking = materials, like Tamiya tape or liquid latex - or else you get patchy = chrome colour when you lift the mask. You can get away with it, if the = Alclad has dried overnight and the mask is only for a couple of minutes. = Otherwise the paint is quite robust to normal handling. Although this P-51D is far short of the results posted by many other = ARC contributors, it was a fun introduction to our hobby. Thanks for all = the great advice and inspiration provided by Steve and others on ARC. Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo 02.jpg = here =20 Photos and text =A9 2003 by Simon Wallis =20 ------=_NextPart_001_008F_01C3C198.26844BE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi Simon,
Thanks for sending in your = P-51=20 article. Articles usually take 3 to 4 weeks to get on ARC from the time = they are=20 sent to me.  I'll e-mail you when your article goes on = ARC.
 
Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.aircraftresourc= ecenter.com
 
Live=20 like there is no tomorrow;
Love like you've never been hurt.
Work = like you=20 don't need the money.
Dance like nobody's watching.
Sing like = nobody's=20 listening.
Live like it's Heaven on Earth.
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Simon=20 Wallis
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, = 2003 9:45=20 AM
Subject: ARC Gallery = Contribution: P-51D=20 Mustang

Gallery Template=20 #02

1/48=20 Tamiya P-51D Mustang “Petie = 2nd”

by Simon=20 Wallis
--------------------

Steve=20 Bamford will insert full sized = version of=20 photo 01.jpg = here

Kit=20 and construction

After = watching=20 my father build scale aircraft, this is the first kit I’ve built = myself –=20 never having had the required patience as a kid. The 1/48 Tamiya Mustang is a great kit to start off = learning=20 modeling skills with. Beginners will love the easy-of-build and = experts will=20 like the fair/good detail. The Tamiya = Mustang kit=20 was flawless and foolproof - a total contrast to the well detailed but = very=20 problematic Hasegawa P-38J Lightning build = I did=20 afterwards! One example was that parts with left/right equivalents can = be=20 snipped off their sprues but will only = attach to the=20 fuselage one way. Fit is exemplary and no filler was required. The kit = was=20 built fully out of the box.

Painting

I was = attracted=20 by the bare metal and blue nose on the 8th Airforce “Petie 2nd”=20 aircraft flown by John Meyer and included in the Tamiya kit. I’ve since read that bare = metal schemes are=20 challenging: I am glad that no-one told me because I just got on with = it and=20 had no problems. I used an undercoat of Games Workshop gloss back = (just=20 because it was the cheapest gloss black aerosol in my hobby shop) with = Alclad II Chrome overcoat. I did some mild = weathering of=20 the wings and fuselage using a 50/50 mix of black and burnt Sienna = artists oil paints which attack the Alclad for a slightly tarnished effect. As well = as the=20 articles of ARC, Tamiya Model Magazine = International=20 Issue 99 has some handy illustrations of applying and weathering Alclad II to its best potential on an RAF = Mustang=20 III.

Since = I did this=20 kit I have learned a lot. Tips for others would be: 1) Spend time to = polish=20 the primer coat before spraying Alclad. It = makes a=20 massive difference. If you polish through the primer, just give it a = second=20 light prime coat. 2) Try out the superb Alclad Grey=20 Primer and Gloss Black. No – I’m not on their payroll! = Ventilate your work=20 area well (my hound, Henry, was banished well out of the way when I = used this=20 stuff) and think seriously about wearing protective gloves with the = paint and=20 when clearing your airbrush. Your either = need to use=20 a cellulose thinner or, like me, a nasty Xylene=20 based fluid. 3) Don’t mask the Chrome for more than a few = minutes – even with=20 high quality masking materials, like Tamiya tape or=20 liquid latex – or else you get patchy chrome colour=20 when you lift the mask. You can get away with it, if the Alclad has dried overnight and the mask is only = for a=20 couple of minutes. Otherwise the paint is quite robust to normal=20 handling.

Although this=20 P-51D is far short of the results posted by many other ARC = contributors, it=20 was a fun introduction to our hobby. Thanks for all the great advice = and=20 inspiration provided by Steve and others on = ARC.

Steve=20 Bamford will insert full sized = version of=20 photo 02.jpg = here

Photos = and text =A9=20 2003 by Simon Wallis

 

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