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Guillows Series 400 - P-51 Mustang by David Duckett. Viewed 1072 times. Build Thread Next Prev Click image to return. Image Comments David Duckett 05-Jul-10 18:02 Prussian blue (L) and Cobalt blue (R), the actual color will be mostly Prussian with just a touch of Cobalt. JohnG. 06-Jul-10 03:56 Gonna be slick...as usual!!! Ken Miller 06-Jul-10 08:47 David, beautiful work as we all have come to expect and your builds are a tutorial for me. I am starting the same P-51 and hoping that I can come somewhere near duplicating your work if my eyes and hands hold out. I had a few questions if you have time. I noticed that you did not plank the underside of the wings and wondered why as it appears everything else is planked. I have watched and viewed all of your builds and assume you covered with heavy silkspan before primer. Also did you use a different primer since it appears to have a sheen to it and I have not noticed this in your previous builds. Did you cast the exhaust stacks? Thanks and again your work is beautiful. David Duckett 06-Jul-10 09:50 Thanks, Ken. There's no structural reason to leave the bottom unplanked, the main reason is that it's flat. That, plus I was a bit tired of adding little pieces of wood to fill in holes. Adding the extra stringers really strengthens the wing and maintains the shape. Sanding with a T-Bar sander insures the surface is flat and when covered it looks fine. And...I don't plan on hanging any ordanance on the wings so they don't need to be any stronger. Except for the very bottom of the fuselage, it's covered with heavy grade silkspan, as is the entire wing. I did not cover the tail feathers which are solid but rather used a combination of filler and dope to prepare the surfaces for painting. The stacks are indeed cast (good eye!). At this point the sheen is the result of many coats of Liquitex and it's the same gray, more or less, that I mix for these primer coats. The sheen is also influenced by having several coats of clear nitrate dope under the acrylic paint. The next photos will show what adding silver to this base color does. And thank you, again. moostang51 06-Jul-10 14:42 Are you perhaps a "mixologist"? Very nice DD. Please sign in to comment on this image.