A.Wolf Grant Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Sweet. Grant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Looking good Keep 'em coming Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xmh53wrench Posted January 14, 2013 Author Share Posted January 14, 2013 Well I have been chipping away at building and shaping the engine cowling still. There is going to have to be some modifications to the heat shield around the exhaust to get the exhaust stacks to poke out correctly, and I will have to extend that back to fill the hole directly behind the stacks on the fuselage. That filler will stay with the fuselage so the engine cowling will slip off past the stacks. (Actually the stacks need to be moved a bit forward yet. Lots of finessing, and I finally fabbed and installed the intake scoop. I am going to use the kits intake tube as a starting point for fabbing one, will just be on top of the engine instead of below it. .....Clear as mud.... Applied a bunch more putty right now to the cowling and finally gooped it on the main fuselage, turtle deck and rad exhaust fairings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xmh53wrench Posted January 17, 2013 Author Share Posted January 17, 2013 Well its all in primer finally. Still a ways to go, lots of sanding and filling of small imperfections, but at least the basic shape is done. Set it aside to get good and dry. I am liking this primer so far, but then extra patience always makes things better. Next up the canopy and maybe start detailing the engine finally. I am hoping once the engine is in place it will pull the engine cowling in tight and close up the gaps. And I need to start thinking of modifying one of these Airfix stands to the plane is in a hard left bank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Looking good Lou! You can really see how different this is from a stock P-51 now. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.Wolf Grant Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Ah, man those camera angles really do it for me - it looks superb. The props & spinner are just fantastic - the time invested in those has been well spent Louie. The belt is still moving along nicely. Grant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xmh53wrench Posted January 27, 2013 Author Share Posted January 27, 2013 Well.....I could handle it no longer..... That sway-backed looking engine cowling. The actual aircraft has a definate hump to the top of the cowling for the intake ducting and valvecovers. So I sanded down the top of my cowling and added two layers of .060" and after drying time, have filed and sanded to a much better shape. I have also recieved a Harrier pilot, and am in the process of "fitting" him to the cockpit, and I positioned the windscreen in order to do a little filling around it as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xmh53wrench Posted January 28, 2013 Author Share Posted January 28, 2013 (edited) Well I dont know if "re-do" counts as progress, but it is something. Btw, I did actually sand and put a few coats of Krylon Gloss Black as the Alclad base on the prop and spinner. Doesnt look half bad, should be interesting getting the Alclad even on all those surfaces. Well I did more sanding and shaping and slung some putty at it. More sanding, more shaping, and a bunch more primer.....much better. I also puttied around the windscreen, and its ready for some primer as well. Thanks for looking in. Edited January 28, 2013 by xmh53wrench MARCELO CAMPOS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Lou Looking real good. Keep 'em coming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARCELO CAMPOS Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Hi Louie, It's amazing.....Keep the good working!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanIFlyIt Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Looking good! Are you doing the new paint scheme? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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