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Tuskegee over Italy

Some time ago, I got this decal set of the Tuskegee Airmen in Italy from a company call: Three Guys Replicas.
The set contain 6 set of decals for 6 different planes.






The 6 options that the set provided are
1 P-39
1 P-40
2 P-51B
2 P-51D

For this project I just got 4 of the 6 possible planes.

For my P-39 I went for the Academy one:


and also for my P-40:


For my P-51B, I went for the Revell:


for the P-51D in 1/72 scale without a doubt is the Airfix:



Here are the finished planes.
P-39

























The P-40


























The P-51B






















P-51D




































Thanks I hope you enjoyed and I know they are from perfect but I really enjoyed.

Great work antonio, a nice set of warbirds

Very nice builds

I really like these builds. But I would offer one suggestion if I may. It's actually quite easy to use masking tape to mask off your canopies and spray them either with an airbrush or even rattle cans. It will clean up those lines considerably. Tamiya's 1/4 inch masking tape is perfect for it. Use a toothpick in all of the panel lines to seal the edges. You will actually see the panel lines through the tape. Then use a fresh blade to cut the lines. It sounds hard. But it isn't. Paint a coat of matt black or whatever your cockpit interior is first and then spray the frame color. It makes a huge difference in the final product. When it comes to aircraft, the eyes tend to go to the canopy first. This is especially true with jet aircraft. A canopy can make or break a build. Other than that though everything else you've done is very nice. There are numerous tutorials on the internet on masking canopies. I hope to see more of your work in the future.

I didn't realize how small these are in my initial comments. Sorry about that. But I think you could probably use masking tape here too. Either way, great job over all!!!

strawnobi wrote:I really like these builds. But I would offer one suggestion if I may. It's actually quite easy to use masking tape to mask off your canopies and spray them either with an airbrush or even rattle cans. It will clean up those lines considerably. Tamiya's 1/4 inch masking tape is perfect for it. Use a toothpick in all of the panel lines to seal the edges. You will actually see the panel lines through the tape. Then use a fresh blade to cut the lines. It sounds hard. But it isn't. Paint a coat of matt black or whatever your cockpit interior is first and then spray the frame color. It makes a huge difference in the final product. When it comes to aircraft, the eyes tend to go to the canopy first. This is especially true with jet aircraft. A canopy can make or break a build. Other than that though everything else you've done is very nice. There are numerous tutorials on the internet on masking canopies. I hope to see more of your work in the future.

Some great planes here, my favourite is the P51
Good advice given above that I will use too...would have forgot to paint the interior colour first, then the frame colour
Many kits or aftermarket have masks that fit without cutting

NorthernModeller wrote:Very nice builds

Paul wrote:Great work antonio, a nice set of warbirds

Guys thanks for your comments.
I am happy with the paint and the build but the main let down were the canopies, P-51B and P-39 where the worst and P-40 i had somewhat success, the P-51D is ok.
Anyway some lesson learned in the process

Very nice collection, great choice of subject. Well done.

strawnobi wrote:I really like these builds. But I would offer one suggestion if I may. It's actually quite easy to use masking tape to mask off your canopies and spray them either with an airbrush or even rattle cans. It will clean up those lines considerably. Tamiya's 1/4 inch masking tape is perfect for it. Use a toothpick in all of the panel lines to seal the edges. You will actually see the panel lines through the tape. Then use a fresh blade to cut the lines. It sounds hard. But it isn't. Paint a coat of matt black or whatever your cockpit interior is first and then spray the frame color. It makes a huge difference in the final product. When it comes to aircraft, the eyes tend to go to the canopy first. This is especially true with jet aircraft. A canopy can make or break a build. Other than that though everything else you've done is very nice. There are numerous tutorials on the internet on masking canopies. I hope to see more of your work in the future.

strawnobi wrote:I didn't realize how small these are in my initial comments. Sorry about that. But I think you could probably use masking tape here too. Either way, great job over all!!!

Thanks for the Feedback, most of the time I use all the above techniques.
However this time i try different techniques and unfortunately the results where really poor

Thanks