wingman777 Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 Months ago I'd started work on the Doyusha P-51 and after further review of the kit decided to scrap it for the Hasegawa "stang provided by Dog & Butterfly. Shortly after that 1/1 scale life projects got in the way and it was pushed aside. This is the perfect time to pull that out and get it moving again. In our last episode our hero was dangling from a cliff with one hand on the roof edge and the other was holding 4 1/32 P-51 kits in various stages of completion so stay tuned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingman777 Posted February 8, 2010 Author Share Posted February 8, 2010 I've been trying to get some images out here but the memory card on the camera is maxed out. I'm going to clear some room on it today and should have something to post this week. Oh, about the "hero dangling from a cliff" bit...pure bullhockey. I grimace now when I read it. I was just trying to be humorous and psyche myself up to get over builders block and make some real progress. I hope you guys can look past all that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruzlkampf Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Bahahahaha! I kinda got a kick outta the visual I got of you with that 'deer caught in the headlights' furtive look whilst grabbing for air (and the last root on the edge of the cliff) before doing a 'Wile E. Coyote free-fall' as the Road Runner flips out it's tongue. But, I'm a sicko and not well at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingman777 Posted February 10, 2010 Author Share Posted February 10, 2010 Yo Russ! yep...thats the classic visual I had in mind too. It sure feels that way sometimes and thanks for chiming in. I did some model painting yesterday so I'm getting there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingman777 Posted February 14, 2010 Author Share Posted February 14, 2010 Rewinding the clock to where I started with this build, the Doyusha 'stang has great box art and decals but the kit is usually the last choice of P-51 builders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingman777 Posted February 14, 2010 Author Share Posted February 14, 2010 One serious weakness of the kit is the landing gear bay area...it's about an 1/8th of an inch deep and detail is very bogus. You'd either have to bore it out and replace it or bury it........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingman777 Posted February 14, 2010 Author Share Posted February 14, 2010 ...and it's easy to see which choice I made. This is going to be another "flying model" with motorized prop. The landing gear covers matched up well which I've learned isn't always the case. The underside of the wings had rocket rails so I ground them off and sanded it smooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingman777 Posted February 14, 2010 Author Share Posted February 14, 2010 The cockpit and radio compartment are very toy-like and will be replaced with spare parts from an old Hasegawa Mustang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingman777 Posted February 14, 2010 Author Share Posted February 14, 2010 Surgery begins... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingman777 Posted February 14, 2010 Author Share Posted February 14, 2010 canopy frame added..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingman777 Posted February 14, 2010 Author Share Posted February 14, 2010 wings were assembled and compered to the Hasegawa wings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingman777 Posted February 14, 2010 Author Share Posted February 14, 2010 ...and finally I added the new cockpit and wings to the fuselage yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingman777 Posted February 14, 2010 Author Share Posted February 14, 2010 There are still some tweaks and painting to do before I can call this area finished but this is the current level of progress. It's getting there and I'm starting to think it'll end up looking ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingman777 Posted February 14, 2010 Author Share Posted February 14, 2010 I cropped the tail feathers cause I"m turning this one into the earlier "finless" version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingman777 Posted February 14, 2010 Author Share Posted February 14, 2010 The air intake was kind of funky with a radiator grill that was too visible two upright splitter bars but there should only be one so I drilled this areal out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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