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Wow! That is such a good looking car; both the real thing and your well-constructed model. Your color mix is particularly nice. Very well done.

Mustangs had the top sides of their wings painted with a silver dope at production, which was worked over the surface to fill and smooth any rivets and any non-removable panel lines, in accordance with the laminar flow properties of the wing design. It was for aerodynamics, and the stuff dulled almost immediately once subjected to the sunlight and weather. It is well documented, and often overlooked in P-51 builds, as people get excited about re-creating shiny metal panels!

You can use pretty much any silver you may have IF you top it with some Testors Dulcote or Flat Clear to flatten it. Otherwise, Testors makes a Flat Aluminum in the little square bottles that is fine, and Krylon Dull Aluminum is a good spray paint in the large cans. Really plenty to choose from. If you already have your Tamiya silver and Krylon Chrome, just get some compatible clear flat, and you're good to go!

Super nice build. Very attractive color scheme, and the engine is wicked! Well done.

Beautiful work, and tons of fun; a real grinner!

Fantastic build. Love the engineering and concept behind this. Cool color, too!

That's a good looking racer! Well done.

Sweeet! While both look SO good, the color combo on the gold/red car is especially tasty to me. What gold paint did you use? I'm assuming the red is candy just sprayed over the gold color? Your experiment was a resounding success!

This really turned out superbly. Great and unusual color, super clean build. Very well done!

Very nice paint work; really has a muscle car vibe!

Looking forward to this one! Love the Mustangs. Is this the newer tooled Airfix, or the "classic"? Don't forget some Flat Aluminum or Dull Silver for the wing tops!

Looks doable!

Very nice. Love these bodies as well, and haven't seen a color yet that doesn't look just fine on one; just a great looking automobile.

Both beauties! Love those gold foil decals, especially on the red car. Well done.

Looks positively wicked in black with red markings! Nice job.

Looks like a fun project, love the color!

Beautiful! Very nice job done on this one.

Excellent work; really fun watching it come together. Interesting approach.

Stunning blue color, and the slots are perfect here! Nice job.

I'll be watching with much interest, as I have that SMER kit in the stash, and was just looking it over a couple weeks ago. l was wondering if there might be an appropriate wheel to replace the kit's wheels with. I know nothing about these cars, I just love the style. This car makes me smile just looking at it. What a great time in automotive history.

Good work. Looks like you're on target for your reference!

Looking good. I like the contrast of the roof insert with the paint color.

Some markings could bring it alive, but then again, there's nothing wrong with the 50s vibe of sleek silver rocketry. This has that Cosmostrator feel, or the ark from When Worlds Collide. There are tons of these old classics on the Tubi channel, and I try to watch them all. I love a rocket cockpit with 14 ft. ceilings!

Cool.

You have posted some absolutely beautiful builds, but this may be my favorite so far! The color, the style of the body, the right-on-stock "sit" of the model, the interior colors, and on and on... What a gem this is. You must have a treasure trove of classic kits and/or reproductions! Sometimes a model shows up here that honestly makes me say "I've got to find one of those", and so now I've got to find one of those. Thanks!