This is another one
of those neat Tamiya kits that builds up adequately straight from the box.As I
was building the ICM P-51B simutaneously, I chose to use the Verlinden Cockpit I
had in that model, it being much less crisp. The only addition to OLE II was a
set of Eduard seat belts.
Tamiya Khaki Drab was used on the
topsides-it was lightened with Tamiya X-1 White to produce several varying
shades of the fading OD surfaces. Thinned with the Tamiya acrylic thinning agent
it produced a smoother egg-shell type finish that's much easier to gloss up than
something dead flat. The kit decals were used, but the theatre striping was
masked and sprayed. Undersides are ModelMaster Neutral Grey-and here again
I added some Testor's Gloss (c. 1/4-1/3) and thinned with MM thinner.
Admittedly, this method does affect the tonal quality of the paint, but its
negliable and very often adds to the faded paint look on well-worn combat
schemes.
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Three selections are
offered on the Tamiya decal sheet: Capt.Don Gentile's "Shangri-La'',
358, 336 FS,4th FG; Lt. William Hovde's 'OLE II',358th FS,355th FG;
and 5-QG, 339th FS, 504th FG. I had an AeroMaster "Debden
Ponies" sheet which I used on my ICM model, but OLE II looked OK to
me!
This is the sixth Tamiya
model that I've done, all in the WW II fighter series. And only yesterday I got
another Spit Vb; more fun ahead!
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The pictures you
see were taken indoors (Long winters here!) with an Olympus 720-Zoom digital
camera. It's preferable to shoot outside in indirect sunlight, and Spring is
here again!
Bob
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