1/72 Revell P-51 

by Tristan Slegers

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This is the first model I am showing on the web. I buiIt this Mustang from a Revell kit, and decided to make it "out of the box" but war-weary using the following method:

First of all, I applied a plain metallic tone. Before applying the well-known "olive drab", I greased the entire plane with butter using my finger. Thanks to that, the green color was easy to chip.

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I used Tamiya acrilic colors, starting with a dark shade, then I mixed it with white and yellow tones in order to lighten the center of the panels.

The quality of this kit is not very high -given its low price, I didn't expect anything else (5.99€)- but I prefer to focus on the painting than on details, which you can barely see when the model is finished, and I am pretty satisfied with the final result!

Tristan

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Photos and text © by Tristan Slegers