F-51D of the South Carolina National Guard

Here is the Tamiya F-51D depicting a Mustang assigned to the SC National Guard circa 1946-7. (The Air National Guard would come with the passing of the National Security Act of 1947 that established the Department of the Air Force.)  This is a great kit with a good fit and a wealth of details. I used no filler. It's painted in Alclad metal lacquers. The decals are from the commemorative decal sheet of the 2016 IPMS/USA National Convention held in Columbia, SC.  

I tried the hair spray technique on the cockpit floor to replicate the black paint wearing off the plywood deck.  

Deck got a coat of interior green, and the green portions were masked. 

More masking to define the plywood deck then a shot of wood brown followed by a coat of hairspray. 

 

Interior black applied to the cockpit and green masking removed. I exposed the wood color with a stiff nylon brush. 

Complete Interior: 

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REFS: 

1. F-51 Mustang Units over Korea; Osprey Frontline olor #1, by Warren Thompson, Osprey Publishing Limited, Oxford England, UK, 1999.

2. "More Mustangs Please" by Oliver Peissi, Scale Aviation & Military Modeler International, Vol 52, Issue 610, New Horizon T/Ai Hobby, Bedfordshire, UK.

3. "Mustang Savy" byDavid Parker, Air Modeller 38 Issue, Oct/Nov 2011, AFV Modeller ltd, Northumberland, UK.

4. "N.A. P-51K Mustang" by Randy Lutz, Scale Aviation International, Vol 7, Issue 9 Sept 200, COMSAM, Bedford, UK.

5. North American P-51D Mustang, AF Ser. No. 44-73699, assigned to the 157th in 1946. https://www.wikiwand.com/en/157th_Tactical_Reconnaissance_Squadron#Media/File:157th_Fighter_Squadron_North_American_P-51D-25-NA_Mustang_44-73699.jpg

RJ