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Painting a Warbird, Part 2

Painting a Warbird
Painting a Warbird, Part 1 In this article, Lane Crabtree gave an overview of his CARF Models P-51 painting project and detailed how he primed the aircraft and painted the silver and olive drab layers. This week, he begins by masking the canopy. The canopy is one thing you cannot afford to mess up, so mask it carefully. I used the fuselage as a resting place to do the masking. The canopy frame needs silver...

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