Ace-Garageguy

Wow. What a beautiful model.

Nice reference shots, with info on wing finish... https://www.ipmsstockholm.se/home/north-american-p-51d-mustang-in-detail-revisited-part-2-wings-and-tails/ ...and more discussion of the puttied-and-painted wings (my take being that late war production aircraft, or combat damaged-and-repaired aircraft likely dispensed with the time-consuming wing finish operations) https://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?/topic/82849-mustang-wing-panel-linesfrom-the-preeminent-mustang-restorers-point-of-view/page/7/

You can still find it, but most of those who have it want lotsa money. This one rattlecan is $60, but Testors metalizers were the only game in town for metal aircraft modelers for decades. https://www.ebay.com/itm/374450594973?epid=1700131514&hash=item572efea49d:g:IkUAAOSwRr5jvEfj&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoHwyo9ls990MKHsly6tGmxxvOjIDaIbHrt0Iv6ZIGR51MFFiXmI9lx2FIzXfX9GcliIAMjS3ladiYVm3UoqSKrIeocL6ui2NJ6VGiHP0gLBfh7VwmDJwMURVajRkhwvEMAOTfIcEQ1XLgltkNxW9kQPg0K%2BUB1Jg5m5GJOms5XQa6GWJfcIaIUmskNINTq5KDiRLqAwPWVsMQUu5VQS8KgQ%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR9zoyoa4YQ

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Depends on the look you're going for. Bare metal would be best represented by old Testors "aluminum plate" buffing metalizer if you have any. The cowl, below:

"Appreciated" is not always the reaction to advice offered in the spirit of helping fellow modelers, no matter how knowledgeable it may be; it can also get one labeled as a show-off narcissist "know-it-all".

I think I have raccoons in the attic, and most assuredly bats in the belfry.

Hmmmmm. I guess my several 1/24 P-51s, P-40, two P-47s, several Spitfires (one on floats), Stuka, Harrier, Zero, two Hueys, Hellcat, Hurricane, Bf-109, FW-190, Hughes 500, and several WW I aircraft (all injection molded styrene, not balsa kits) are figments of my imagination. EDIT: There are two of the DH Beavers on eBay right now. There is also this kit, which I don't have:

Rotate your tires, rotate your stock, and rotate your crops: always good advice

Manger references in that context smack of religion, in clear violation of the rules, and I'm telling MOMMY!!!!!!!.

Found this one:

Always good to see somebody building something cool from an old and much maligned kit. She's looking great.

Thanks for the heads-up.

Always good to see somebody building something cool from an old and much maligned kit. She's looking great.

Exactly. I'm closing out my part of a multi-year '66 Chevelle SS pro-touring build. My last big job is header fabrication, as due to the engine location, nothing off-the-shelf will work. But there are still countless details and loose ends to tie up to get her to work, to start, to run, to drive like a "real" car. You know.

Did. Since I started actually getting to know them prior to getting involved, it hasn't been a problem. What a concept.

There used to be a lot more kinds of fenders than genders, too.

Looks like beautifully clean, first-rate, professional work. Always great to see something that's so well done.

People believe what they want to believe, or what their peers believe, or what they're told endlessly TO believe ("a lie told often enough becomes truth"), but they very rarely know enough or make the effort to find out the truth for themselves...and they hate anyone who challenges their cherished delusions.

Lack rhymes with quack, and there sho' be a lot of mindless quackin' goin' on along with all the rebleatin'.