Subject: Re: P-51B Monogram 1/48
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "David Galli" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:34:21 -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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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: David Galli 
  To: [email-masked] 
  Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 8:53 PM
  Subject: P-51B Monogram 1/48

  P-51B Monogram 1/48 Ding Hao!

  by David Galli
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  This is the old Monogram P-51B Ding Hao 1/48 kit. It's a very nice kit, but it comes with raised panel lines, so I had to re-scribe them all. I had to make a lot of modifications on this kit. Some of them are:

  -Cut off the flaps to reposition them down.

  -Re-scribe all panel lines.

  -I modified the cockpit radio.

  -Scratch made seat belts.

  -I cut the canopy in six parts, because it comes to leave it closed.

  -The shocks from landing gear were replaced for hypodermic needles as well as the cannons.

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  I painted the model with Model Master paints, using pre-shading and post-shading techniques. For the upper side I used a mix of Olive Drab, Military Brown and some drops of Black and Red.  The lower fuselage was painted with Neutral Grey. I decided to use the kit's decals to make the Ding Hao version. Weathering was made with acrylic washes, and with chalk pastels to represent smoke.

          
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  Hope you enjoy it.

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  Photos and text © by David Galli