ruzlkampf Posted May 26, 2009 Author Share Posted May 26, 2009 Whoop-de-dooo, My 'Mickey Mouse' watch says "got to take a pizza break"....so I'm thinking it's progress pics time! Did a bit more re-aligning & re-defining on the front of the 'stang, and a shaved some ribbing on the elevators. They seemed a bit 'pronounced'? Check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruzlkampf Posted May 26, 2009 Author Share Posted May 26, 2009 Here they are temporarily attached to the fuse to see what they look like. Putty on the intake is now dry,...so it's time to start hacking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruzlkampf Posted May 26, 2009 Author Share Posted May 26, 2009 Close-up views of the two things I'll be working on today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruzlkampf Posted May 26, 2009 Author Share Posted May 26, 2009 Roughed out new intake, ready for final sanding/polish. I smoothed out the 'step' as much as I could without going thru the plastic, and the intake isn't as oval as I'd wish....but there wasn't any more plastic there either. I bumped it all the way out to the milliput. To get it perfect, I'd have to chop this whole intake off and with a different scratched 'base'. Close enough for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruzlkampf Posted May 26, 2009 Author Share Posted May 26, 2009 This shows the wider area further back from the intake. There was an air-cleaner of sorts that was accessed from the top here. I guess they had to take the cowling off in previous versions, and this made maintenance a bit easier? Whatever,..it looks different on the A-36 and P-51A...and has a different profile from the top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruzlkampf Posted May 26, 2009 Author Share Posted May 26, 2009 Until I get this primered, it's kinda hard to show things well. OK, yeah and my pics are crappy too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruzlkampf Posted May 26, 2009 Author Share Posted May 26, 2009 Lemme step back and show it from a different angle. Just starting to get motivated today, so I'll probably have more progress pics by tonight. See ya'll then, eh?! Later, Russ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruzlkampf Posted May 26, 2009 Author Share Posted May 26, 2009 Mmmmm, pizza is good. OK, after polishing off 'breakfast', I got a bit more done on the model. Whupped a little paint that semi-matched the color of the plastic to see what I had. Hmm, still needs a little work...but it's close, real close to what I'm trying to get. Pics of the P-51A from the top to see what this intake looks like are pretty rare, so this is a close approximation. From the starboard side; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruzlkampf Posted May 26, 2009 Author Share Posted May 26, 2009 Different view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruzlkampf Posted May 26, 2009 Author Share Posted May 26, 2009 View from the port side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruzlkampf Posted May 26, 2009 Author Share Posted May 26, 2009 Meh, still not near perfect....but getting close. Wish I coulda got that intake a bit more oval. Drat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruzlkampf Posted May 26, 2009 Author Share Posted May 26, 2009 I'm going to divert my attention to the wings now. Need to relocate the landing lights, re-do those gun holes, and look at some new ammo bay covers. Oh yeah, I whittled down the rudder tip a bit to give it a less 'squared off look'. Last pic of the night. Time to whomp on the wing for awhile. More pics as things progress! Later, Russ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 excellent as always, and fun to watch and read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruzlkampf Posted May 29, 2009 Author Share Posted May 29, 2009 This is only a test....in case of a real emergency, Russ would be running amok waving arms and screaming deliriously. (OK, maybe this IS an emergency? ) Just checking out some photo editing stuff, and banging my head on the table basically. Still managing to get sumthin done on this model between tubs of ice cream and putting a dent in my new keyboard with my forehead. Just a practice posting of pics here. Gahhhh!!!!, That took about 5 minutes of key hitting and salty cussing to get positioned right. Still too small too. Bahhhh, back to the tutorials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vvwse4 Posted May 30, 2009 Share Posted May 30, 2009 Hi Rus, Well look at the bright side of it, you do have a state of the art computer, and a headache....... I have too fill my computer with coals too make stream and after a while it works. Hope these pics are not too late and that they are a bit usefull, had trouble starting my scanner, I know dates from the iceages. Cheers Rick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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