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Step by Step P-51B 1/48

Step by Step for P-51B 1/48.

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    STEP BY STEP
    STEP STEP
    BY
    built by Jan Baranec
    1/48
    P-51B
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    STEP BY STEP
    I used the dashboard from the LÖÖK product line, catalog number
    644268.
    Right cockpit sidewall. Details are painted with a brush, edges are
    painted in a lighter shade.
    Left cockpit sidewall, painted using the same process.
    While it is more work to paint such a part, the one piece seat just
    sticks to the cockpit after painting. I painted the seat belts and
    padding with a brush.
    The Royal Class P-51B/C 1/48 package includes a 3D printed
    seat, which itself includes the pilot's harness.
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    STEP BY STEP
    Assembled and painted cockpit. I decided to
    sand the floor paint to show the wooden base.
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    STEP BY STEP
    Assembled cockpit glued into one part of the fuselage.
    Main landing gear bay assembled, painted and
    weathered. The bay is different from the one
    on the P-51D kit, it is redesigned, including the
    landing gear leg seating pin.
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    STEP BY STEP
    After gluing the fuselage together, I scribed the rivets that were partly erased and the necessary maintenance doors for the particular version.
    A view of the assembled cockpit. You can see the seat very well. I finished the rivets on the engine cowling and made
    an imitation of the quick release screws.
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    STEP BY STEP
    I also finished the rivets on the bottom of the fuselage.
    The part representing the machine gun
    barrels is very well molded with the
    wing halves.
    To mask the undercarriage bays I cut
    masks from kabuki tape according to
    the undercarriage doors.
    Assembled model before the first spraying.
    The plastic made radiator is already better
    compared to the P-51D. Just paint it and the
    result is satisfactory.
    View of the built-up LÖÖK instrument panel in the cockpit.
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    STEP BY STEP
    Sprayed with gloss black Gunze GX2.
    Spraying with metallic
    paints from the Super
    Metallic range, specifically
    SM01 base spray, then SM01
    with a drop of black and
    then differentiating the pa-
    nels with SM03 and SM05.
    I sprayed the silver painted
    areas that were puttied and
    the tail moving areas with
    Gunze C8 paint.
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    STEP BY STEP
    Spraying of engine covers
    with blue Gunze C65.
    I sprayed the US national insignia emblems using masks from
    EX1038 set.
    Preparation for spraying the invasion stripes.
    White masking.
    Black Gunze C33.
    Spraying with white Gunze C69.
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    STEP BY STEP
    Final look after unmasking.
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    STEP BY STEP
    To show the trim around the fuselage markings, I masked
    the markings with an overlap.
    I applied the decals according to the procedure
    in Info 02/2024, using the peel-off method.
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    STEP BY STEP
    I represented the streaks using Abteilung oil paints.
    The abrasions
    are rendered with
    a brush and a dab
    of Vallejo metallic
    paint.
    I sprayed the exhaust streaks with Gunze
    C101 Smoke diluted paint.
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    STEP BY STEP
    The spatter from the undercarriages is created using diluted Oilbrusher
    paint from Ammo.
    Assembled, painted and decaled small parts.
    Landing gear door with weathering.
    Painted and weathered exhausts from the Brassin set (cat.no.648992).
    I used masks from
    EX1036 set to paint
    the cockpit canopy
    – both outside and
    inside areas.
    Assembled and weathered pro-
    peller assembly. According to the
    period photos I have also recreated
    the scuffs on the spinner cone.
    Assembled and patinated Brassin wheels (cat.no. 648988).
    Assembled and painted landing gear legs.
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