Subject: Re: f-51 submission for gallery
From: "Steve Bamford" <[email-masked]>
To: "TAC ONE" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 22:37:42 -0800

Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com

Live like there is no tomorrow;
Love like you have never been hurt; and
Dance like no one is watching!

----- Original Message -----
From: "TAC ONE" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2001 1:58 AM
Subject: f-51 submission for gallery

> attached is pictures of my
>
>
> f-51d 1/48 scale
> tamiya
> f-51d mustang korean war kit # 61044
> that i built back in 1998
>
> i used eduard`s
> #48-200 p-51d mustang detail set
>
> true details p-51 mustang wheel set #48008
>
> aero master decals #48-099 mustangs over korea
>
> i used bare metal foil (chrome finished)
>
> on the fuselage
>
> and used model master aluminum paint (not metalizer)
>
> i used testors #1184 zinc chromate paint for the wheel wells
>
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> this is the easiest kit i have built
>
> the idea came up for using metal foil for the fuselage
>
> there was a guy in the hobby shop i go to
> and he was getting aggravated with his decals on his p-51
> because of the paint he was using
> and he wasn't happy with the look of it
>
> me and him got to talking and i thought hmm
> i would like to build one but would love to make it real shiny
>
> so i came up with idea to build the korea f-51
> which has more of a shine to it then ww2 ac
>
> and the guys at shop said the decals would show up bad on
> metal foil
>
> so after them saying that i gust had to do it
>
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> after the paint and foil was done
>
> i sprayed the plane with testors gloss coat let it sit
> for 24 hours
> then put the decals on
> very  lightly used decal set
>
> after using decal set on the aircraft
> i let it sit for about 8 hours
> then cleared it aging
>
> let it sit for rest of night  next day i dry bushed and used a
> #005 drafting pen to high light the panel lines
>
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> use the pictures how you see fit
> and write what you see is fit
>
> o yeah i moved 3 weeks ago and the right gear door
> went to see the all mighty model god
>
> so if you don't see it in the pictures now you know why :)
>
> hope you like it
> Wayne Staples
>
> ps: bare metal foil is a pain to take pictures of
> i took over 100 pictures with my digital camera
> and had to nearly kill the batteries
> to get the flash right
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