Guest Airfixer Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 (edited) [...] That fillet has lead me into stuff about the need to change the fuselage to cope with the more powerful engine [...] Some DFF myth-busting inbound. The DFF's raison d'être. Just in case... Edited February 12, 2018 by Airfixer MikeMaben, David66, LSP_K2 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
109ace Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 And if you thought it was an A or B proposition on the DFF, think again! my head hurts...... David66 and dmthamade 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
109ace Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 I guess this is what happens when they run out? https://www.ebay.com/itm/P-51D-5NA-Mustang-Scale-1-32-Service-offer-built/253374838999?_trkparms=pageci%3A6acfe725-1053-11e8-9b15-74dbd1801621%7Cparentrq%3A8c86f1e31610a861b7fe27c4fff76b24%7Ciid%3A1&_trksid=p2481888.c100675.m4236 David66 and R Palimaka 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Palimaka Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 I guess this is what happens when they run out? https://www.ebay.com/itm/P-51D-5NA-Mustang-Scale-1-32-Service-offer-built/253374838999?_trkparms=pageci%3A6acfe725-1053-11e8-9b15-74dbd1801621%7Cparentrq%3A8c86f1e31610a861b7fe27c4fff76b24%7Ciid%3A1&_trksid=p2481888.c100675.m4236 Haha!!! At least they have a monthly plan where you can pay $43.00/month for a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironman1945 Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Haha!!! At least they have a monthly plan where you can pay $43.00/month for a year. Reading the description, seller is offering the kit built and painted. Taking a chance that its worth the price, I guess. David66 and R Palimaka 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
109ace Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Reading the description, seller is offering the kit built and painted. Taking a chance that its worth the price, I guess. I have a customer who once bought heavily into built models off Ebay. He brought me over a box full of busted up twisted messes of airplane models he'd bought from builders in Europe and China. Some were great. the rest mediocre. He paid me to repair them. The builders can build. But they don't know Jack Squat about shipping. David66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Bellis Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 (edited) ... it's clear that they intend to release a late version in the future. Yeah, in a couple years. Maybe. The parent company Hobbico restructuring might play a role in that. And then there's Revell's history of reverting back to their original, largely-unwanted version after just one release of the standard, normal, most-produced, most-desired variant (Ar 196, Ju 88, He 111, etc.). So, we potentially have that to look forward to as well. Besides, all of their teasers showed us a late, standard, normal P-51Ds prior to them dropping the D-5 bomb on us at the last minute. Everyone that watched in eager anticipation of possibly getting the penultimate P-51D kit from which literally thousands of schemes were possible went in utter disbelief. Anyway, here we have some more fun with a DFF on a P-51D-5: Significance: That P-51D-5 was photographed on July 26, 1944, thus providing evidence that filleted D-5s were already in combat service prior to that date, and therefore prior to the earliest date (August 14, 1944) on the TOs pertaining to fillets that have surfaced so far. D Edited February 13, 2018 by D Bellis David66 and MikeMaben 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Yeah, in a couple years. Maybe. The parent company Hobbico restructuring might play a role in that. And then there's Revell's history of reverting back to their original, largely-unwanted version after just one release of the standard, normal, most-produced, most-desired variant (Ar 196, Ju 88, He 111, etc.). So, we potentially have that to look forward to as well. Besides, all of their teasers showed us a late, standard, normal P-51Ds prior to them dropping the D-5 bomb on us at the last minute. Everyone that watched in eager anticipation of possibly getting the penultimate P-51D kit from which literally thousands of schemes were possible went in utter disbelief. Anyway, here we have some more fun with a DFF on a P-51D-5: Significance: That P-51D-5 was photographed on July 26, 1944, thus providing evidence that filleted D-5s were already in combat service prior to that date, and therefore prior to the earliest date (August 14, 1944) on the TOs pertaining to fillets that have surfaced so far. D I don't know much about this - no invasion stripes? Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom2 Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Then we are two oddities here as I prefer the early filletless version too! I have several sets of decals for this one.... Stefan E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick HMD Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 I must be the odd man out, as in I must be the only guy alive who is glad we finally gut a decent early tailed D without having to go through the whole Tamiya build. ditto, plus one. Sometimes dreams finally do come true. Perfect example here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
109ace Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 My dream will come true when somebody releases a nice P-51 Razorback. Big Chudy, Out2gtcha, David66 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Bellis Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 I don't know much about this - no invasion stripes? Invasion stripes were ordered to be removed from upper surfaces in late June of '44. Some units painted over them, others literally removed them. Later in '44, only the stripes under the aft fuselage were required until they were omitted altogether in early '45. HTH, D David66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Invasion stripes were ordered to be removed from upper surfaces in late June of '44. Some units painted over them, others literally removed them. Later in '44, only the stripes under the aft fuselage were required until they were omitted altogether in early '45. HTH, D Thank you, it does help Richard D Bellis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 My dream will come true when somebody releases a nice P-51 Razorback. I think a LOT of us have dreams about a beautiful new tool "B/C"! Im hoping companies like Revell and someone higher end like Tamiya or KHM still bring us one, so like the D, we have choices of price and complexity. David66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 News Flash ! Photo posted on another forum by well know Mustang enthusiast Craig Quattelbaum of a Revell sprue shot ... :o David66, Out2gtcha, LSP_K2 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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