P-51D Short Fuse Sallee
Richard E. Turner. 356th FS, 354th FG. Eduard Profipack 1/48.
Built out of the box aside from Draw decals.
Paint.
Vallejo metals: aluminum, duraluminium, and steel over Mr Color gloss black Ueno.
Tamiya lacquer silver for wing surfaces.
Tamiya olive drab anti glare.
Tamiya rubber black and white primer for invasion stripes.
Lots of masking and unmasking for stripes, various panels, anti glare and blue band.
Kit went together well for the most part. No real fit issues. Some nice photoetch, most of which you can't see after all is done.
I used the Draw decals set. After the fact I realized that the decal set is made from a reference photo of a restored civilian version of Short Fuse Sallee. Serial number used on the restored aircraft is actually for a later version called just "Short Fuse" after "Sallee" was dropped. Decal already in place by then.
Turner had 3 WW II P-51s.
51-B s/n 43-12434 Short Fuse Sallee
51-D s/n 44-13561 Short Fuse Sallee (the one I should've used)
51-D s/n 44-15622 Short Fuse
Very well done, I like it.
Beautiful pony, Russ @rfking
The NMF turned out perfectly with the various shades.
Fantastic result, Ross! No big deal fore the serial number.
Thank you Spiros
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Very elegant Mustang model Russ.
Good and clean work on the NMF finish, including the various shades
as well as the weathering.
Thanks!
Well done, Russ (@rfking).
FYI He wrote a book "Mustang Pilot". I remember it being quite good. I still have my copy.
Regardless, nice model.
I'll check that out. Thanks!
Excellent Mustang, Russ. Great paintwork.
Really beautiful Mustang, nice work Russ. Natural metal finishes are tuff to pull off nicely, you've done it.
Thanks John and Clint
Mustang Sally is a great song and this is a great Mustang.
Thanks George
Really great looking mustang!
Thanks!
Looks great!
Thanks Greg!
Nice work. I'm sure Richard (he used to show up at Planes of Fame in the 80s and early 90s) would like this.
FWIW, I have tried both lacquer-base black and water-base black for a primer for NMF and my experience is that using Tamiya X-18 semi-gloss black thinned 50-50 with Tamiya acrylic thinner and misted on is the only way to get to an assured "mirror finish" which is crucial, particularly with Vallejo metal paints. For some reason (and I have found the same thing with other colors) doing a lacquer-base acrylic doesn't get there. Not a complaint about this very nice model, just passing on experience. Vallejo is thin enough it shows everything it's on top of.
Thanks! I'll certainly try that on the next one. Also, might give AK extreme metals a shot.
I have most of the Alclad line and it seems pretty high quality. It is similar to the AK Extreme Metal.
Thanks. I'll look at those too
That's a fine looking Mustang!
Beautiful bird! @rfking