Tuesday 27 March 2018

Airfix 1/48 P-51D Mustang

The model is finally up to the spraying stage so tonight I gave it a basecoat of Tamiya X-18 semi-gloss black to prepare it for the Alclad paint that I will be using later. Current wisdom states that you should use gloss black for Alclad finishes but I didn't have any in stock so X-18 is as near-as-dammit, also some folk don't like primer coats but I'm glad I did prime the model as it has shown up some areas that need attention before the final finishing coat goes on;


I've never airbrushed Alclad before so I shall practice on an test subject first rather than risk buggering up the P-51.
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  1. FalkeEins3 April 2018 at 23:27

    ..no, I've never airbrushed Alclad before either, thinking (again) about attempting it on my Airfix P-51, although might just resort to my usual Halfords Aluminium...

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    1. Andy King4 April 2018 at 14:51

      I've since learned that you need to paint any other areas first BEFORE spraying Alclad as masking tape affects it quite badly

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