Accurate Miniatures 1/48 P-51A Mustang- FULL TIMELAPSE BUILD

[@TheWaggishAmerican]

Hope everyone enjoyed the much-belated video. If you have any questions drop a comment. I probably can't help much with questions of paint colors that I didn't already annotate in the video, but anything else I should be able to help with. School ends in a month, more frequent videos late summer/fall. Also I can't recommend highly enough RebelsAtCloudNine's build of the same kit. We wound up working on them around the same time by coincidence and if I were doing it again I would follow the paints he used before I used my own.

[@grownjohnboy]

Nice work. I built this kit as one of the first Mustangs shipped to the RAF AND RCAF. THE MK I was initially used for photo recon. This kit is about the best offering of the all USA design P51.

[@p40f20]

The floor of the cockpit, in Allison powered Mustangs, was the top of the wing. That is why the floor is curved. So your weathering is correct. The flat plywood floor was introduced for the Merlin powered Mustangs.

[@brettpeacock9116]

And it overlaid the curved upper wing surface beneath it, so the well around the Control stick should be interior green!

[@argentinianspotter]

Another nicely done model.

[@TheWaggishAmerican]

Thanks

[@NorthernMuck06]

Looks great! I have the same kit! Can't waint to build it soon

[@TheWaggishAmerican]

Let me know how it turns out!

[@jordyncollier919]

Good to see you back! My school is gonna be out at the end of may, so I'm also excited to do more modelling lol. Just built an Accurate Miniatures 1/48 TBM Avenger, though, and it makes me wish they didnt go out of business.

[@TheWaggishAmerican]

Yeah I have wildly mixed feelings about AM. I know this was the first kit they did, which explains some things, but given the venerated status the company holds this kit was overall a pretty big letdown, both in detail and quality. Ditto their IL-2, the one I have has the worst case of warpage I have ever seen in a kit. Both fuselage halves, still on the sprue, have AT LEAST 25 degrees of axial warping and very notable torsional warping as well. But then I go fondle the SBD box, and that thing is incredible. good detail, clean fits, the works. Mostly ditto the F3F, though the landing gear on that kit is terrible.

[@bobgasm1471]

@@TheWaggishAmerican I have a closet full of Accurate Miniature kits, my favorite.

[@sierrarose6595]

Looks great! Looking forward to the next one!

[@oldschoolamerican748]

Great build!

[@epiceli04]

Return of the king!

[@TheWaggishAmerican]

Whats up man?

[@epiceli04]

@@TheWaggishAmerican Not too much. I haven't been able to build models as much recently because of school, (it's my junior year). also, I have a class in school that's letting me build models there for AP credit, so that nice. in the end it leaves me with less time then normal though.

[@TheWaggishAmerican]

@@epiceli04 That class sounds rad. When I was in HS I did IB Art and my teacher was cool enough to count my models for the class lol. Haven't found anything comparable in uni but I am a member of the wargaming club which is kind of close. Might try and get a model club going as well.

[@6346n]

Allison powered Mustangs did not have the wooden floor. That came with the Merlin powered variants. So your floor treatment is more accurate than you think.

[@victorconstantinescu7364]

Great build👌👍

[@TheWaggishAmerican]

Thanks!

[@jantimmer5558]

This is fantastic🥰🥰

[@TheWaggishAmerican]

thanks!

[@johnbeto7936]

For the slightly lightened XF3/XF5 paint for the wheel wells, how do you slightly lighten the mixture; more thinner or addition of another color; white?

[@TheWaggishAmerican]

@@johnbeto7936 when I say lightened I mean color tone. This can be done with white, but I prefer to use buff because white can wash out and brighten color. Buff lightens the shade but is warmer, which I find helps maintain the hue. This isnt my synthesis, its a concept I stole and am probably explaining poorly, from some forum years ago.

[@johnbeto7936]

@@TheWaggishAmerican Your explanation is fine, and I will try your method soon. Thank you. Nice build!

[@yodagaming8612]

Nice! Next video when?

[@TheWaggishAmerican]

lmao couldn't tell you. No earlier than mid may.

[@lordtyranus9074]

Pretty great build, a bit too "Clean" on the weathering but that's just me. I guess I've gotten used to building so much pacific/CBI aircraft that anything that doesn't have dusty/ sunbleached paint, extreme chipping and exsessive fuel/exhaust streaks looks too factory fresh to me, but anyways glad to see you're back again

[@TheWaggishAmerican]

I wanted to beat it up but it wound up being a bit of a rushjob lol. Plus I need to practice with OD more, I've never really done anything in it.

[@lordtyranus9074]

@@TheWaggishAmerican it's a fun color to play around with, if you do another OD scheme Scale-a-ton made an excellent video on a P-40N that is very helpful

[@fw.t3ddy_1]

Hey your back

[@TheWaggishAmerican]

briefly popping up before I vanish for another few months

[@fw.t3ddy_1]

@@TheWaggishAmerican ok

[@fw.t3ddy_1]

@@TheWaggishAmerican but its good to see you back :D

[@TheWaggishAmerican]

@@fw.t3ddy_1 :)

[@aidanrichards6724]

What did you use to dust the instrument panel? Looks great by the way

[@TheWaggishAmerican]

Vallejo light grey. Its my go too for cockpit drybrushing

[@AreeyaKKC]

There is no wrong shade of OD. There are 1001 variations and nothing is identical. The same aircraft's color can change over time based on its elements and wear and tear. Even sunlight conditions will change olive drab appearance.

[@TheWaggishAmerican]

I know, i just prefer a more brown OD for aircraft. To me eye this looks too much like army OD, especially for a plane that's been fighting long enough to be an ace in the pacific.

[@bobgasm1471]

@@TheWaggishAmerican According to Andersons book Mustangs were delivered to England in natural metal finish, and then they were painted from English paint stores...so the colors used were likely the same as a Spitfire or Hurricane, as for the Pacific theatre.....who really knows for sure.

[@mmuriedas]

Hello more videos please

[@erikliljeberg1796]

I was wondering when a new video would come out and low and bwhold some four says later here you are

[@TheWaggishAmerican]

Good to know people are still wondering where I am lol. Hopefully things will come out more frequently starting mid summer, because from here on out I will be able to have my airbrush with me while I attend university.

[@koscmotorsports-mattkosc7162]

Great build!

[@TheWaggishAmerican]

thank you