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Have there been any attempts to correct the canopy? Its been a while but I was thinking that was also pretty off if you are doing a later Invader....

Excellent start there - what a monster of a kit to do as a first large plane but lookin good!

pods look great - Fireball does (did?) some really good heli stuff

oooh nice - I have wanted to do Pale Rider myself Pics are scarce - found this one somewheres out there hope OK to post - doesnt help a lot other than confirm the name was on both sides of the a/c

They look very nice - you probably figured this question might be coming but any chance those Beau engines/cowlings might get scaled up a bit, to say 1/32?

Yes this set is amazing - makes me want to get the kit even more lol Yes P-47 would be good also, but also some older 1/32 would be amazing like 1/32 F4F Wildcat for the Trumpeter kit

I really tried to convince myself to try to get a few more WNW but I did a sanity check and reviewed my stash earlier in the afternoon and came to the realization that I have way too much already

Man you said it - great times for large scale models all of a sudden (I would add the dual Apache kits and Mi28N, Kotare Spit, Aviattic Pfalz the list goes on....) but agreed still would really love a really good P-51B in 1/32

Wow amazing Christmas surprise if it does make it out so soon!

amazing - so excited to see this confirmed!

Wow that is amazing - really well done! As someone currently printing a large multipart figure on their own Saturn, the work to do that is not to be underestimated - the amount of clean-up, prepping, etc. for the parts can be a huge effort but you seem to have knocked it out of the park with this one - congrats on such a well done project!

wanted one for years so fingers are crossed

I think we are darn close though not able to check currently - I took the base measurement for 1/32 from the diameter of the flange on the Vector 1/32 R-2800 as it seemed the most accurate and best looking (vs. the Hasegawa or Trumpeter engines.) I think it was right at 7mm or .275"

Ha - well I can't wait for two or more new-tool P-51B 1/32 kits to show up any time please....

Just slowly plodding along - far short of the folks 3d modelling entire aircraft but I think I have this part about as far as I am going to take it - again its pretty small but should print OK

Gotcha - thanks! I should be able to scale it off the drawings from Jay but just lacking a front-on drawing so was hoping

That is really cool to see - thank you for sharing! Do you have the entire brush assembly? If so, any chance for additional pictures and maybe dimensions? Thanks!

that pit is looking fine indeed - great work!

Well again not a lot of plastic being touched but I am trying a different kind of model - trying to make the Curtiss Electric prop system as from the drawings/pics - not done a whole lot of 3D modelling at least not in many years - mostly just chopping or slightly modifying models from others. But I guess I will see how it goes! The Brush Housing is started. Not sure how much detail to put on this as the whole thing will be like 10mm wide in 1/32....

Just fantastic - kudos on such a fine build and finish! I recall from the build thread you used chipping fluid? Curious what brand that was and how the chipping is performed (do you sort of scratch/pick at the locations you want chipped?)

well I am also excited to see it - though I may be late that month with the house payment. And it might be ramen noodles for the month lol Assuming we do see it come to production - feels like it has been a while since HPH has released a new kit (I could be wrong?)

holy smokes that is some great info there - thanks will be reviewing! Question - when I click to make the images bigger I get an imgur error though - is there some way to link to your imgur gallery maybe?

On a Wildcat but I think the same unit? Sure wish had bluprint or plan drawings for it and also the CE Prop Gov as most of that bit in 1/32 seems to be the type used with Ham Standard props (has a disk on the side)

Hi Jay - that is some fantastic information there! I think I will attempt to replicate the ignition system you show there! If you had any more pics of that from the Dotte Mae restoration or their facebook page you mention (sadly I do not Face book) that would be great. Regarding the brush housing and prop gov - I believe this pic I found shows those components?

Hi Jay W - certainly - I have done some investigations but not 100 percent on what would be correct. The Barracuda-Cals instructions say that "Sleepy Jean III" is P-47D-28-RA serial number 42-28641. I had assumed the R-2800 in this would have the "turtleback" distributer/magnetos on each side so no mag on the center top of the front housing of the engine. Just a prop governor though in between the distributer/mags - on the smaller front plate top of the front housing like in the linked photo. The harness/injection ring I am unsure of. I had thought that earlier engines would typically have the "tubular" ring and later engines would have the "flat" ring like I 3D printed above but not sure. Any input is most appreciated!