Eduard 1/48 P-51D-5 ProfiPack
Overall this was a very enjoyable build and I'm pretty happy with the way it came out. This was my first attempt to do a natural metal finish using acrylics and, paired with some Vallejo gloss black primer, the Mig Ammo ATOM metallics did a nice job. I was also very pleased with the olive drab areas, and the wavy line was created using masking putty which was a first for me and I was delighted that it all came out so cleanly.
An attempt was made to fill the panel lines on the wings, and I will leave it to the reader's judgement as to how well that went. I also attempted to remove the carrier film from the decals using a couple of methods found online. The first try, on the underside national marking, was more or less successful. However, when I tried repeating that on the other wing marking the film refused to budge and I realised that the application of nothing more than cold water was actually washing the gloss varnish off! This has led me to switch from Ammo Lucky varnish (which I was never all that happy with) to VMS HD varnish which has gone on much better.