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  1. ScoobyDoo
    Absolutely fabulous build, I'm involved with a Tamiya Hien group build this year. I will be using your thread as my build guide. One note that isn't mentioned in your thread, you don't need to install the engine in the build, Tamiya has included an optional part on the sprues to install to mount the prop. But they don't mention it in the instructions. If anyone wanted to save the engine for another use this is good to know.
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    I have a friend who rescribes every Hasegawa kit he builds, just out of habit. It likes to give their panel lines more depth. He lightly sands after every build and you'd never know he did this.
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    Cartograf printed 200 decal sheets I had produced for our IPMS Chapters Regional contest. I paid roughly $3.00/ sheet. Which was after I paid for the artwork separately
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    The 1/32 Preddy figure is fabulous too.
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    Are you talking about the flare rack? If so Brett didn't miss it, it was rare on the Mk IX.
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    You should come out for breakfast someday, The Group does it every two or three months.
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    It's not as cool, it's cooler!
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    And I know who produced them, you can trust Mark's research.
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    Not at all. I have an equal number of kits you can buy from me in an even shorter period of time. You can beat your previous record.
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    BTW, very cool follow-up info.
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    I haven't had time to go through my photographs yet, unfortunately they are not digital. I do know where they are, it will take time to find them, hopefully this weekend.
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    OMG Matt, you sure your name isn't Michaelangelo?
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    I'm not sure, the Cavalier Mustangs were assembled in 1968. But the airframes were crated, unused airframes that were built in 1944-1945.
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    This link has it in stock: http://www.warbirdsintlnow.com/back-issues-wbi-mi.html Yeah, I'd appreciate the extra tail if you can find it. I'm going to search for it too.
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    I was happy to stumble on this last night. Where did you find the tail extension? I would like to find one too. I shared the exact same passion for this aircraft when I was a kid. I recall riding my bike across Edmonton only to stare at it through a chain link fence at the Municipal airport on Saturdays. It too was the first Mustang I ever put my eyes on. Little did I know what association I would have with it later in my adult life. I followed it at airshows while I growing up and later while I was in the Airforce. I became friends with Ross at the Alberta Aviation Museum, where the two of us volunteered in the restoration department. The cockpit was modernized and did not look at all like a WWII cockpit. You mentioned Flypast 1985, “What's Up Doc†was on a cover of a magazine last year. There was a special on Mustangs and in this issue there was a new article on the Bolivian Mustangs. I have it, I think it was Warbirds Magazine. There may be a digital version. I think you are correct about the canopy. The floor was definitely sheet metal. It was a bolt on fitted cover. Ross sold his Mustang to the owner in Kissimmee. Who modified it to American Beauty and authenticated it back to WWII standards. I think it was an Oshkosh grand champion or runner up. She is now Lou IV and is in the Mid America Museum in Texas. I was in error in regards to the accident, there was another Mustang painted as Lou IV that had a fatal accident. http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=21107
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    I kind of lost track of Ross, although he was interviewed for an article in a Mustang special published last year. His Mustang was in Kissimmee. The tail was chopped to resemble a wartime Mustang. It was in bad accident and last I heard it was flying again. I looked for it as Oshkosh last year. http://warbirdregistry.org/p51registry/p51-6722581.html
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    It was a glossy light gray. The instrument panel was also light gray with black instruments. Although I think the panel was changed when I worked on it, it was previously black. The floor was unpainted (silver). No radio behind the pilot as the second seat was in that location.
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    That formation was front page of the Edmonton Journal in 1977.
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    Youâ€ll need the tall tail and the larger canopy. You could ask these guys if they will just cast the tail extension for you: http://resin2detail.com/product/32037 There are two 1/48 Scale conversions for a non-turbo version of the Cavalier Mustang, this should give you an idea what to do. https://www.kiwimodelsnz.com/
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    I have interior shots. I did maintenance for Ross. I'll have to dig them up.
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    Ross took me for a flight in it.
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    Wow, that was a well kept secret. B-24s? Although they have made errors in their scales in their catalogues in the past.
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    Yes, the cookie was last to go to avoid unwanted collisions.
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    Very nice, I love inspirational builds!
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    I hope this is close to being released but since we still aren't seeing any sprue shots I feel it is further away than most of us think or hope. I've held off buying any of the big bombers but this kit will definitely be on my must-have lists.
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