P-51D Tamiya 1/32 Scale All metal skin! “Tattie Bus”
Well here she is! This will be my last metal skin build for a while! Such a pain to do this technique lol.
This is the 1/32 scale Tamiya kit, nice kit, few fit issues but nothing really bad. The metal is the difficult part, hand cutting all the panels and adding all the rivet detail is a royal pain.
I am pretty happy with the finished build. Now onto something that requires no metal!
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Dan Lee said on July 18, 2020
WOW!
Rick Schad said on July 18, 2020
Thanks Dan!
Thiago C. M. Pacheco said on July 18, 2020
I’ll second that: WOW!
What a beauty! Your effort sure paid off. Thanks for sharing!
Rick Schad said on July 18, 2020
Thank you Thiago 🙂
Haslam Yeoman said on July 19, 2020
Make that three.
Rick Schad said on July 19, 2020
Thank you sir 😁
DE4EVER said on July 19, 2020
🙂 … Greetings … 🙂 :
Very outstanding work Rick.
Rick Schad said on July 19, 2020
Thank you!
John vd Biggelaar said on July 19, 2020
I do understand that you are happy with the finish of your build, Rick.
It just looks great on every piece of the build.
Well done.
Rick Schad said on July 19, 2020
Thank you John.
Ben Walmsley said on July 19, 2020
Stunning! I can see why you wouldn’t want to do this all the time but I think the result here is well worth all the effort. Congratulations Rick, she’s a beauty!
Rick Schad said on July 19, 2020
Thank you, it’s not fun while you are doing it, it it’s worth it in the end 😁
Spiros Pendedekas said on July 19, 2020
This is a work of art – again – Rick!
Stunning indeed.
You said you would stop (at least taking a long break) metal skinning after the first Starfighter, but you didn’t.
Please don’t stop! These are masterpieces!
Rick Schad said on July 19, 2020
Thanks my friend! I think 3 metal builds in a row is enough for awhile 😁 Next I will be doing a car….NO METAL…lol
Bob Bailey said on July 19, 2020
She’s Stunning…..and the model is great, too. ALL good.
Rick Schad said on July 19, 2020
Thanks for the good vibes Bob!
Ross Paton said on July 19, 2020
Lovely! Being Scottish a Tattie Bus has a particular appeal.
Rick Schad said on July 19, 2020
It’s named after a Scottish friend of mine 😁
Scott Snow said on July 20, 2020
Unbelievably amazing Rick.
Cheers,
Scott
Rick Schad said on July 20, 2020
Thank you Scott!!