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Great…. Carlos gonna keep us in suspense on marking choice. Looking forward to more. I have a P-51 Mustang in my stash. I planned on starting it some point this summer as a dual build.

I am still looking for decals belonging to a particular Mustang belonging to one “Punchy” Powell; The West by Gawd Virginia was his stead.

Looked everywhere these past few years and not had any luck finding it in 1/48 scale. I know I posted something a year or so ago looking for that decal set at another sub thread.

speedgraflex wrote: ↑Fri Apr 11, 2025 4:45 pm Nice one. This is a kit a purchased a fiddled a bit with before the Eduard versions came out. It is always a pleasure to see a P-51D build and doubly so when it’s built by you.

Thanks Bruce. I haven’t built a P-51D since I was in High School, so it’s been awhile. Yeah, I’d like to get the Eduard D-5 kit if I can find one at work….

cbaltrin wrote: ↑Sat Apr 12, 2025 5:40 am Looks fun Carlos. Those Otaki kits were great fun back in the day. 109G was my fave.

Chris this is a fun kit so far. No fussing with anything crazy… I have the AMT/Otaki Gustav in my stash and keep putting it aside. Maybe one of these days soon I’ll pull the trigger and go for it.

BlackSheep214 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 12, 2025 8:41 am Great…. Carlos gonna keep us in suspense on marking choice. Looking forward to more. I have a P-51 Mustang in my stash. I planned on starting it some point this summer as a dual build.

I am still looking for decals belonging to a particular Mustang belonging to one “Punchy” Powell; The West by Gawd Virginia was his stead.

Looked everywhere these past few years and not had any luck finding it in 1/48 scale. I know I posted something a year or so ago looking for that decal set at another sub thread.

Yeah, I’m keeping it a secret until the decals that I ordered arrive.

I have never heard of the P-51 that you’re looking to build. But then again, there were literally hundreds upon hundreds of markings in real life and the decal companies can’t cover them all…

Ok, I know the Fighter Group, but again it’s not a name I’m familiar with compared to Meyer or Preddy.

Todays update- between yesterday and today, I was able to get the panel lines that I had filled with Mr Surfacer 500 sanded smooth by wet sanding using sanding sticks starting at 180 grit and working up to 1000 grit

Wing underside before and after





wing topside before and after

I started doing some airbrushing today and getting the interior colors applied

Hey a 'Stang - nice!

Great start Carlos - you did a good job with those wings.

Thanks Stuart! I’m making good progress on this so far…