Mustang (after many years out of the saddle)
Here is my 1/48 Tamiya mustang. This is my first effort after a long time away from the hobby. This kit had been sitting half completed in the back of my cupboard so I decided it was a good place to start. The decals had not aged well and many of them broke apart so I had to use whatever I could salvage. As a consequence, the fuselage roundels are the wrong type. Camo was done freehand. I added some eduard seatbelts but it’s otherwise OOB. plenty of room for improvement but the result is good enough to get excited about making models again!
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Roland Sachsenhofer said on May 24, 2020
This is really clean work and quite a nice result. How nice that modeling-passion has captured you again!
Ben Walmsley said on May 24, 2020
Thanks Roland!
Erik Gjørup said on May 24, 2020
Welcome back to the hobby, and not least welcome here on iModeler. Not bad at all @popeofchilitown, not bad at all! Thank you for sharing.
Ben Walmsley said on May 24, 2020
Thanks very much. It’s a great site…so much inspiration!
Spiros Pendedekas said on May 24, 2020
That’s a really beautiful result, Ben.
“the result is good enough to get excited about making models again!” : your sentence summarizes everything about this magic hobby and this amazing site.
Welcome onboard.
All the best!
Ben Walmsley said on May 24, 2020
Cheers Spiros. Too kind mate.
Haslam Yeoman said on May 24, 2020
Very tidy pony
Ben Walmsley said on May 24, 2020
Cheers Haslam👍
Tom Bebout said on May 24, 2020
Welcome aboard Ben you’ll enjoy it here. Nice job on the pony too
Ben Walmsley said on May 24, 2020
Thanks Tom!
Jack Mugan said on May 24, 2020
Just like riding a bike…….welcome back.
Ben Walmsley said on May 24, 2020
Cheers mate!
John vd Biggelaar said on May 24, 2020
Very impressive to see what you have achieved after so many years.
Really looking forward to see your next results.
Once you have been in contact with this hobby, you will always be attracted to it.
Ben Walmsley said on May 24, 2020
Thanks John, I’ve kept a lot of my stash all these years for just that reason, glad I did!!
Dion Dunn said on May 24, 2020
Welcome back Ben. I’m in a similar stage having been away from the hobby for 30 years, and my first build back was a 1/48 Revel Mustang. I’ve since switched to 1/72 scale because I’m building at a feverish pace and realize I’m going to run out of space with 1/48 scale! LOL
Your effort looks a heck of a lot better than mine!
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Ben Walmsley said on May 24, 2020
Cheers Dion! I don’t know about that though mate, that’s a nice build. I like the weathering, I struggle with that.
Jimmy Zed said on May 24, 2020
Nice first build back. I found after a massive abscence i had discovered a weird thing called ‘patience’ which is probably the best tool in my kit. By the looks of your build it may have helped you also 🙂
Ben Walmsley said on May 24, 2020
Cheers Jimmy. Yeah, I was surprised by that too!
Bob Bailey said on May 24, 2020
Great re-start, Ben. We need you, brother hobby-guy, to help keep the fire glowing for this wonderful hobby we all dig so much.
Good work. All good.
Ben Walmsley said on May 24, 2020
Thank you. My 8 year old son is getting into it too, so fear not, there’s a new generation of modelers on the way.
bob mack said on May 24, 2020
sweet come back
Ben Walmsley said on May 24, 2020
Thank you Bob.
David Mills said on May 24, 2020
Nice work Ben!
Ben Walmsley said on May 24, 2020
Thanks mate!
Michael Turner said on May 26, 2020
Well done!
That’s one of my “I must get around to building it” kits.
I bought some Techmod decals with 6 Polish options, one of which is the aircraft you did with D-day stripes and a Malcolm canopy.
Liked!
Ben Walmsley said on June 1, 2020
Thanks Michael. This aircraft is supposed to have the Malcolm hood but I used the birdcage because it looks good open, I reckon. Aesthetics over accuracy in this case.
Greg Kittinger said on May 27, 2020
Well – I’d be excited to be back to modeling after pulling off that build! Looks great. Welcome back – and to the iModeler family.
Ben Walmsley said on June 1, 2020
Thank you very much Greg!
Lis said on April 20, 2021
It is nice to see the plane model one of the best Polish fighter ace 🙂