I guess I would have expected to see anti-glare on the wings. But no?
Paul I would have thought so as well however I have not seen one example of it out of many photos. On the b17’s they had it on the engine nacelles but not the wings either.
Now that I think about it, sun reflection off of a curved nacelle would be problematic versus reflection off a flat wing surface???
I like it! Well done!
On the P-38 there was anti-glare paint on the nose and the two front inner surfaces of the engine nacelles. The wings are below the pilots line of sight and peripheral vision, thus don’t need anti-glare protection. The same can be said for the P-51.
Also any black you see on the wings of some aircraft close to the fuselage and next to the cockpit are purely for anti-slip purposes. Because once again, that is below the pilots line of sight.
Also any black you see on the wings of some aircraft close to the fuselage and next to the cockpit are purely for anti-slip purposes. Because once again, that is below the pilots line of sight.
Thank you, Dean.I like it! Well done!
Good afternoon, all. I have a finished my P51D. Picking up where I left off yesterday, I assembled the landing gears with painting. Decaled the nose and set the
prop.
The prop tips in yellow called for 2.1mm of paint, well not by my hand so I found a shallow paint holder and poured 2.5 mm of paint then just dipped the tips into it. I thought that a clever solution.
The rest are various views.
Finally, a side by side, both at 1:48.
I settled on closed cockpit no pilot so one can see into all the controls.
This was an enjoyable fill in while waiting on my main project (La Requin) to arrive which is scheduled to get here this later this week!
Thank you all for joining me on this build, as I have said before being able to share the experience with you all is more than half the fun.
I'll be back in the wooden ship section soon, take care.
prop.
The prop tips in yellow called for 2.1mm of paint, well not by my hand so I found a shallow paint holder and poured 2.5 mm of paint then just dipped the tips into it. I thought that a clever solution.
The rest are various views.
Finally, a side by side, both at 1:48.
I settled on closed cockpit no pilot so one can see into all the controls.
This was an enjoyable fill in while waiting on my main project (La Requin) to arrive which is scheduled to get here this later this week!
Thank you all for joining me on this build, as I have said before being able to share the experience with you all is more than half the fun.
I'll be back in the wooden ship section soon, take care.
Beautifully done!
Pretty nifty, Daniel! Congratulations. But now its time for some old-fashioned wooden ship building...
Thanks, Rob, glad you came along for the ride.
Thanks Paul, see you soon in the old shipyard!
Beautiful work Daniel. Thanks for sharing your work with us.
Bill
Bill
Thanks for coming along with me Bill.
Very nice Daniel, congratulations on finishing! Now you have an escort for the B-17, however you need at least 3 more 
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Thanks Dean, you never know how many more planes may come down the flight line.Very nice Daniel, congratulations on finishing! Now you have an escort for the B-17, however you need at least 3 more
What a great finish. Your detailing is incredible.
Jan
Jan
Thank you, Jan, see you back on the wood ship forums soon.
I'll be looking foward to that. BTW a model B25-C Michell arrived as a BD present yesterday. I've not done any plastic modeling in years. We shall see
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I'll be looking forward to that as well. I chose to go with the modern glues as opposed to the old Testers gooey tube glues. It would be well worth your time to watch a few You Tube videos on modern plastic super thin liquid glues, to me they are fantastic.I'll be looking foward to that. BTW model B25-C Michell arrived as a BD present yesterday. I've not done any plastic modeling in years. We shall see
That is great advice. My past experience was Testors bottle glue and the gooey tube glue. No matter how careful I was there was always overglue somwhere on the model.
Jan