Subject: Re: P-51D Mustang (1)
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "Ermanno Bonafin" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 20:26:49 -0700

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

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

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Love like you've never been hurt.
Work like you don't need the money.
Dance like nobody's watching.
Sing like nobody's listening.
Live like it's Heaven on Earth.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ermanno Bonafin 
  To: [email-masked] 
  Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2007 7:13 PM
  Subject: P-51D Mustang (1)

  Gallery Template #05

  "1/48 P-51D Mustang" 

  by "Ermanno Bonafin"
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  The marking of my Mustang are of the Lt. John C. Meyer, 352nd Fighter Group, the famous Blue-Nosed Bastard of Bodney.       The model are painted with various shades of Alclad II over Alclad gray primer and the nose in Gunze H15 directly over the aluminum without any problem. Interior with Model Master Acryl #4736.
  Wings should be painted in gloss silver, like was made in the assembly line, but I don't would add too much contrast between the fuselage in Alclad and a solid color of the wings so I choose to paint the wings in ALC106 with a little polish.

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  The decals adhesion was very good, but for avoid any silvering letters and numbers was cut out and the small stencils glued with clear varnish.                                                                I add the Eduard interior set #FE216 and some improvement on the landing gear like attachment point for tow bars and brake line.                                                                               The drop tanks received fuel and air pipe connection, and the sway braces under the pylons was detailed with adjustment bolts.The six muzzle of the .50 caliber machine guns was made with Minimeca tube diameter 1,1 and 0,8.                        Interior was detailed with small painted cooper wire, and the canopy reinforcement bar was drilled as the real plane. Each twelve exhausts pipe was hollowed ad painted in Alclad ALC113 ad rusted with Tamiya weathering set.

          
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  My best regards.

  Ermanno

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