MikeMaben Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 I have these ... hth Gazzas, airscale, sandokan and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerhard Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 I give up, will building 40 piece puzzles be an adequate replacement hobby? fab and airscale 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airscale Posted April 21, 2018 Author Share Posted April 21, 2018 I have these ... hth thanks Mike - they are really, really useful - most useful in fact as a sense of proportion.. I can see my seat back is off - the frame is too 'big bore' so I will have to make another:) thanks again Peter Gerhard, Uilleann and MikeMaben 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerhard Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 thanks Mike - they are really, really useful - most useful in fact as a sense of proportion.. I can see my seat back is off - the frame is too 'big bore' so I will have to make another:) thanks again Peter Oh Oh, BIG mouth!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Nice tutorial, Peter. Lots of steps to get to fruition, as well as patience to problem-solve. Good show. 'I have these ...' You just happen to have a P-51 seat lying around in your driveway? Sincerely, Mark Greg W, Uilleann, airscale and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maxim Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Marvelous work on the seat. Scratchbuilding at it's best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brahman104 Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Hi Craig - well the trick with those, and in fact both areas where holes are needed is to tape the template for the hole to the litho (if you don't have one, make one...) and then run round and round it with a sharp pin. This scores the metal quite deeply and you should keep going until you can see the outline of the scoring from underneath.. Then carefully use a blade to run along any straight areas and one or other side will start to give... once a side gives and becomes weak, I just hold the bit i want to break out and carefully wiggle the sheet around it - ultimately metal fatigue takes over and the part starts to break free. It can take time, so don't rush, and be gentle as as you say you can easily kink the corners or somewhere you don't want to bend.. ..if the hole you want is too small to hold between you fingers, I try and hold it in a hold'n'fold right along one of the scored edges, and then just push at it right at that edge with a tool and it too will soon start to break free Thank you as always for taking the time educate me Peter! As always I think I tend to forget just how much time you invest in every little part, especially as all of them are always to such a high standard Your latest post is a fantastic tutorial on your metal forming, with the spectacular result you've got. I can only imagine just how long it took to get the brass rod to hold the shape you wanted! Craig airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylenlord Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Hi Peter, Amazing work on the seat! I have a question pertaining to the dorsal fin. The main fin is offset to account for engine torque, but is the dorsal fin off center as well? It would seem that would put the dorsal fin pretty far over towards the nose, but then again having a “kink†where the two meet might look off too. Thanks Kyle airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 You just happen to have a P-51 seat lying around in your driveway? Well sure , it was my Mom's ! airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NukerDan Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 Hi Peter, Don't know if they'd be any help to you, but there's at least one shot of a P-51C cockpit and several very good ones of a P-51B cockpit in this album on the Scale Model Historians FB page. https://www.facebook.com/groups/683219335188246/permalink/1029350000575176/ MikeMaben and airscale 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnarO Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 (edited) Hi Peter You've got this, which slightly differ from the information you have already. This is from the P-51 B/C Parts list. There were probably more than one version of the seat, the parts list have two. If you look at the P-51 D/K Parts list, you'll find this: Cheers Edited April 22, 2018 by GunnarO airscale, daHeld, MikeMaben and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 Hi Peter, Don't know if they'd be any help to you, but there's at least one shot of a P-51C cockpit and several very good ones of a P-51B cockpit in this album on the Scale Model Historians FB page. https://www.facebook.com/groups/683219335188246/permalink/1029350000575176/ Hey Dan, we need to get Randy to start a Flickr account. He's got boatloads of great detail pics of lots of aircraft that he posts on FB.. He said he's thinking about a webpage so let's hope. airscale and NukerDan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Totally different level stuff going on here! I can only watch in wonder. airscale and daHeld 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Wolf Buddee Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Totally different level stuff going on here! I can only watch in wonder. Yup, my thoughts exactly John! Cheers, Wolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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