Looking great, my friend @eb801!
Nice to resume work on this wonderful model.

I agree with Spiros and Tom opinions, your work is heading for a great looking model for sure Eric.
Since I skipped a few updates, let me just add that I also think that their P-51s are super kits, but their “buildability” is inferior to this one on account of the wing to fuselage join, it needs some tweaks like Tom described in his build reviews

Thanks John, Tom, Pedro, and Spiros for your comments. This really is a sweet kit and it does fit slightly nicer than Eduard's P-51D series. But no complaints in that department either. Ran out of paint so let's see if the postman delivers supplies by the end of this week.

Eric, @eb801
Your FW looks very good with the paint masks removed. The panel line / rivet surface details in the plastic are highly visible. We are looking forward to the next steps. Well done !

I have not had much spare time available lately for building, but I do plan on posting a few updates on the Pro Modeler Kurt Tank "Moskito" very soon. Thank you again for all of your help with that one.

Great painting, my friend @eb801!
Love the shades!

Erik: I was going to paint all the top surfaces with a solid coat of RLM75 and then mask off and spray the areas that needed the darker RLM74 over the top of it. Since I was experimenting with Mig paints and Vallejo, I was concerned that I would loose the preshading effects with the overcoat of RLM74. It made for twice as much work but slow and easy masking does seem to return better results and I believe it's more accurate looking.

John: This is the first time I have ever thinned Mig or Vallejo airbrush paints. Since I wanted to get the preshading to show through, I thinned each RLM color with Mig acrylic thinner- about 60% paint/40% thinner - plus a couple of drops of Taimya retarder, mixed directly in the airbrush cup. Worked like a champ!

I just sprayed the whole thing with Future and in a few days will finish off the camo.

I was a bit taken aback by the violet-ness of the Ammo Mig RLM75 compared to the Model Master paints I've used in the past which no longer exists. I suppose Ammo know what they are doing when it comes to correct colors - or do they? What's the word on them, guys?

I suspect that actual stencils were used when these planes were painted at the factory during the time frame this plane was manufactured.