Subject: Re: My first submission, sorry for my poor english!
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "Lucio" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 28 May 2011 11:24:42 -0700

Hi,
I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today.  Thanks again for sending it in.

Steve Bamford
ARC Air - Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.arcair.com

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Love like you've never been hurt.
Work like you don't need the money.
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Sing like nobody's listening.
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Lucio 
  To: [email-masked] 
  Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 2:27 PM
  Subject: My first submission, sorry for my poor english!

  "1/48 ICM P-51D Mustang" 

  by "Lucio P."
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  Hi from Italy, this is my first submission to ARC.
  Here my last build the P-51D 44-14561 "Miss Velma" Birticiel's aircraft , 343rd FS of the mighty 55th Fighter Group (Eighth Air Force). 
  The aircraft was a bit worn in late 1944 and it was a special horse because on February 25 Capt. Frank E. Birtciel shared a Me.262 kill!  

  I have improved the ICM kit (a discrete tamiya clone) with true details cockpit and wheels, ultracast exhausts, squadron canopy (the icm was too thick) and cutting edge decals, also some details where scratchbuilded (like the frame of the distinctive multiple mirrors); for the scene I've made the psp with resin materials (for recreating some irregularities). 

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  A friend of mine share me some photos and also after reading with more attenction the volume "The Warlords" (Barry & Ann Money) I think I've commit a mistake to paint OD the wings (as reported in cutting edge decals instructions), seem only the fuselage invasion stripes where overpainted but the wings remained in NM.. sorry for my fault .. too late!

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  I'm pleased to have tested some weathering tecniques shared in this community.
  A special thank to "Gioca" for some good advice in build the interiors, Lucio Z. for scene tips and last but not the least Zio Livio & Zio Flavio for having indroduced myself in the modelling world about twenty year ago, I promise next will be a Monogram! :D

  "Lucio P."

       

       

       

       

  Photos and text © by "Lucio P."