This past week my Wife and I celebrated our 32nd wedding anniversary! I was able to spend the early part of the fourth and final week finishing the few remaining details to complete this build. The few details I did were adding the canopy and the propeller, adding the navigation/recognition lights, and the whip style antenna to the dorsal.
I enjoyed this build and am happy with the final results. I would recommend this kit to anyone who is looking to build the RAF version of the Mustang. Thank you all for following this build of the 1/48 Tamiya RAF Mustang III.
HAPPY MODELING!
You can see all the photos and details from start to finish in the build log at: 1/48 Tamiya RAF Mustang III
NEXT UP – The next build is a commission build. I have a client who requests/schedules a build every year. He was a Harrier pilot for VMA-214 also known as the “Blacksheep”. For this build he has requested a build of the famous F4U Corsair the Blacksheep flew and it be set in a diorama of a Pacific Island Airfield. The F4U I will be using is the 1/48 Tamiya F4U-1A Corsair which will be mounted in a custom display case that will feature a typical island airfield with a Marston tarmac, a row of palm trees to line the back of the display, a background behind the trees of a beach/ocean view, and mounts that the client can attach the squadron patch and his name tag. I will also be using Eduard photo etch details to add to the realism.
Stay tuned for another interesting build that will be displayed in a realistic diorama!