Ali62

Thank you for the shout out Mark, it is appreciated, here is a direct link https://aerocraftmodels.bigcartel.com/product/phantom-undercarriage-set-for-revell-phantom

Hi Dennis thank you for the heads up, the instructions will be up on the website soon, apologies for the delay, but most customers elsewhere in the world will not have to wait as the mail will take longer than me to get the instructions up

Peter that is absolutely fabulous, it makes me and I am sure many others feel like total armatures that knock around a few bits of plastic out of a box, with maybe a few odds and sods of aftermarket bits. well done it is a fantastic model.

Fantastic work Anthony, been catching up over the last little while, it sure is a ONE OF KIND, super detailed project. Thank you for the kind words on the canopies, hope that they work out well for you, also thank you to Rick for sending them to you. If you do not mind here is a direct link to the canopy set https://aerocraftmodels.bigcartel.com/product/mcdonnell-douglas-phantom-replacement-canopy-set-for-tamiya-kits cheers Ali

Well I hope all these work out for you guys, I would be interested to hear how they work on the models when you get them. I think they should fit the Revell P-51B kit with a little bit of work, the centre section MALCOLM hood, should work but the rear and screen would need to be worked in a little I feel. Not sure where you will end up ironman1945 as you have already done a fair bit of work……. As for the shipping to the U.S. apologies for that but I think some of it was driven by hikes in the US Mail system, the reason I say that, is that the USA used to be the cheapest country to ship items to out side of the EU, it is now the most expensive place in the world to ship to from the U.K. It is cheaper (not by much) to send to Peru, Australia etc, that are further away……the mind boggles. Ali

All of the sections will glue together with very little or no problems, obviously you will not require the hydraulic / pneumatic canopy openers, you may need to trim the canopy insert framing a little on the hinge points, but I do not think you will need to. I would suggest dry fitting all of the sections together and then to possibly glue them altogether and once they are nicely aligned then attach the whole canopy section as one, JUST an idea. some have asked if I could cast the canopy sections all as a one piece, well this could be done, not impossible but it would make the casting very tricky as well as de-moulding and lots of bubbles would be potentially trapped. hope this helps, cheers Ali

Thank you guys for the orders so far, always appreciated. Thank you Tolga. I have looked at the cowling as a whole unit, some changes are needed, to improve the look, but I think I will post some pictures and ideas that guys can use, as to make a new resin part will just involve tricky cutting and further work, but some careful re-scribing and small changes will help the look a lot. From your comments above would you just like to see some replacement exhaust stacks? If so perhaps I will look at those when I get a chance. cheers Ali

Thank you, I appreciate it

Have a look at the new post these are now available, you will see the various options, if you need any other alternatives let me know and I will see if I can tailor your needs for these sets. cheers Ali

Hi Guys At long last these are available to order, see the links below https://aerocraftmodels.bigcartel.com/product/p-51b-mustang-replacement-malcolm-hood-closed-position https://aerocraftmodels.bigcartel.com/product/p-51b-mustang-replacement-malcolm-hood-open-position https://aerocraftmodels.bigcartel.com/product/p-51-screen-and-rear-doghouse-section-for-trumpeter-1-32-kit cheers Ali

Great I am glad that you like them

Why? On the other hand I do not even have the new Tamiya kit?

Two new sets both for the Fokker DR.1 in 1/24 scale, see the links below https://aerocraftmodels.bigcartel.com/product/fokker-dr-i-triplane-brass-undercarriage-struts-for-the-1-24-meng-kits https://aerocraftmodels.bigcartel.com/product/fokker-dr-i-triplane-brass-wing-struts-for-the-1-24-meng-kits

Hi Roy and Mark Well some good news, it has been brewing for a while and even before your suggestion of the rear side window section this was underway. Making this set has been very challenging and I have spent hours of honing and polishing (multiply that by at least 10 times)and a lot of money on prints, moulds and test resin runs. At long last I think I am almost there, I need a little more time polishing some of the sections and then to make a further test mould or two. On a time line I expect to release the sets (yes there will be more than one) around mid July, this is due mainly to a 2 week holiday coming up at the end of June/ July, all within the U.K. The sets will be all for the Trumpeter kit BUT as always with some work it could be adapted to the Revell kit, but then you will be on your own, same applies to the Hobbycraft kits. The screen has been just slightly improved from the kit part, and there is a new one piece ‘doghouse’ the rear spine section with the side windows included, then there is two options on the blown bubble section, one for a closed position, and the other for it being open. This had to be done as there was no way to make one section to be fitted in both positions. so the sets will be as follows Option 1 screen, closed bubble section and rear section Option 2 screen, open bubble section, and rear section Option 3. screen and rear section for those that want to use the early fold down mid section canopy I hope to have some pictures and more information soon. cheers Ali

Hi Guys Today I have three new sets available, the main one for LSP is the B-25 set for the HK Models kit. Thank you to Gary Needham for sending me the required kit parts, and ancillary parts to develop the new set. https://aerocraftmodels.bigcartel.com/product/north-s-american-b-25-mitchell-brass-undercarriage-set-for-the-hong-kong-models-kits https://aerocraftmodels.bigcartel.com/product/lockheed-martin-f-22-raptor-brass-undercarriage-set https://aerocraftmodels.bigcartel.com/product/fma-ia-58-pucara-brass-undercarriage-set