oppenheimer Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 (edited) Hello everyone, i decided to come back to the forum and try to picture a new WIP for this ugly but good looking airplane. This is what i am after, i will finish it as in the picture, bare metal. This was the one and only prototype built before they came out with a kind of SEA scheme, that i dont like by the way, and i dont want to do a WHAT IF airplane. I am using Tamiya's P-51D and the only resin kit available in the market for a 1/32 scale from RESIN 2 DETAIL. I am going to talk about the conversion set, there is no need to talk about the model itself, because we already know the quality of tamiyas models. this is what you get inside the box, plenty of pieces in white resin the detail in the pieces is good, some pieces came twisted, but nothing that some hot water can take care of. The nose section is a huge chunck or resin, very heavy, i will need to drill the center of it to remove some resin to lightened the nose section, te detail in the nose is basic as just panel lines, i will need to improve some of the details by adding some fasteners and some PE clamps for the engine cowling doors. One important thing is that the resin kit comes without any instructions at all, so you have to figure it out where to cut the model pieces , this guys promised a PDF file with instructions, but so far nothing, so i will have to use common sence on this build. Here you see in black what needs to be removed from the original pieces in order to make room for the new ones So lets start, as always , we start with the cockpit, the rear fuselage fuel tank needs to go away and make room for the new radio compartment here it is Edited June 26, 2017 by oppenheimer dutik, Joel_W, Shawn M and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark31 Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 going to follow have the same set over here Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Neat! Will follow along Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Neat! Will follow along Me too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MustangManiac Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 Cool I'll be another follower! I have this set myself too. Cheers, Brady Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brahman104 Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 Always a fan of your work Jorge...... I'll be following along Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Palimaka Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 Someone had to be first. I'll definitely be following this one through. The bare metal should be very interesting too! Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oppenheimer Posted June 27, 2017 Author Share Posted June 27, 2017 I have this set already sitting for 2 months in a drawer waiting for someone to be the guinea pig of this conversion, but looks like no one want to be, so here i am taking my chances Lee White and Joel_W 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karimb Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 Thought if buying the set but undecided. Aircraft is darn cool though so i will follow gingerly! K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel_W Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 Jorge, Welcome back to the forum, I'm glad you decided it was time once again. I'll be following along with great interest, since I knew next to nothing about this aircraft (just googled it), and it looks like quite a major conversion that only the very skilled like you, should even contemplate. Joel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyWan Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 I have this set already sitting for 2 months in a drawer waiting for someone to be the guinea pig of this conversion, but looks like no one want to be, so here i am taking my chances I've been waiting for exactly that. Good thing you've started yours. Watching with interest! Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kike_gt Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 So you started and didn't let me know!? I'll be fallowing along! let's pray for it to get to the finish line!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radders Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 Watching!! I really want to build this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutik Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 Interesting subject Watching you! - dutik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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