From: "Steve Bamford ARC" To: "Felice De Leo" References: <000b01c3e727$b7669500$d5b3abd4@aa> Subject: Re: 1/72 F-51D SAAF mustang, Korea 1952. Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 21:28:06 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0182_01C3FCAF.722353A0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Unsent: 1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0182_01C3FCAF.722353A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Felice De Leo, Thanks for sending in your P-51 article. I'm catching up on a backlog = of e-mails....sorry for the slow response. 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: Felice De Leo=20 To: Steve Bamford ARC=20 Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 3:53 AM Subject: FW: 1/72 F-51D SAAF mustang, Korea 1952. Hallo Steve, best regards from Sicily at first. =20 F-51D SAAF MUSTANG, KOREA 1952. 1/72 scale Academy By FELICE DE LEO (the Black Sheep) =20 =20 Here is my F-51 D Mustang in South African Air Force colors. It was employed by Allied in Korea circa 1952.The idea was suggested = to me with decals sent to me by my dear friend Tony Dill that lives in = Boston South Africa Rep. and by an article on the Italian Model Wing = modelling magazine. I used the Academy kit, unfortunetely the item has some deep scratches = on the right wing and plastic retreats on the fuselage.with cyanocrylate = glue, Polywatch paste and Tremillimetri polish paste I reducted the = problem. After a long series of incident (in my town it's very hard to find = modelling accessories as thinner or colors)and after I lost "on the way" = my double action airbrush , finally I finished the model as you can see. I weathered the model with oil colors and pastels (without airbrush.). The real machine it's very dirty on the photos, because the first hot = sun of springtime 1952 melted the snow on the body aircraft. Happy modelling, by Felix. Referenceres: AEREI MODELLISMO: 3/1990 - 5/1992 12/1996 MODEL WINGS : 4 + 12 AIRCRAFT, DE AGOSTINI SQUADRON S. P-51 MUSTANG IN ACTION PROFILE PUBBLICATIONS P-51 MUSTANG INTERNET: WWW.IPMSSAZA.ORG WWW.AIRCRAFTRESOURCECENTER.COM DECAL: SCENICS S.A., CODE MP 6747 "S.A. AIR FORCE" =20 =20 =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0182_01C3FCAF.722353A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hi Felice De Leo,
Thanks for sending = in=20 your P-51 article. I'm catching up on a backlog of = e-mails....sorry=20 for the slow response. I'll e-mail you when your article goes on=20 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 Felice De Leo=20
To: Steve Bamford ARC

Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 = 3:53=20 AM

Subject: FW: 1/72 F-51D SAAF = mustang,=20 Korea 1952.

Hallo Steve, best regards from Sicily = at=20 first.

=20
F-51D=20 SAAF MUSTANG, KOREA =20 1952.

1/72=20 scale Academy

By=20 FELICE DE LEO

(the=20 Black Sheep)

Here=20 is my F-51 D Mustang in South African Air Force = colors.

It=20 was employed by Allied in Korea circa 1952.The idea was suggested to me with decals sent to me by my dear friend Tony = Dill that=20 lives in Boston South Africa Rep. and by an article on the = Italian Model Wing modelling = magazine.

I=20 used the Academy kit, unfortunetely the item has some deep scratches = on the=20 right wing and plastic retreats on the fuselage.with cyanocrylate = glue,=20 Polywatch paste and Tremillimetri =20 polish paste I reducted the problem.

After=20 a long series of incident (in my town it=92s very hard to find = modelling=20 accessories as thinner or colors)and after I lost =93on the way=94 my = double=20 action airbrush , finally I finished the model as you can=20 see.

I=20 weathered the model with oil colors and pastels (without=20 airbrush=85).

The=20 real machine it=92s very dirty on the photos, because the first hot = sun of springtime 1952 melted the = snow on the=20 body aircraft.

Happy=20 modelling, by Felix.

Referenceres:

AEREI = MODELLISMO: 3/1990 -=20 5/1992 12/1996

MODEL=20 WINGS =20 : 4 + 12

AIRCRAFT,=20 DE AGOSTINI

SQUADRON=20 S. P-51 MUSTANG IN ACTION

PROFILE=20 PUBBLICATIONS P-51 MUSTANG

INTERNET:=20 WWW.IPMSSAZA.ORG

&n= bsp; =20 WWW.AIRCRAFTRESOURCECENTER.COM

DECAL: SCENICS = S.A., CODE=20 MP 6747 "S.A. AIR FORCE"

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