Eduard P-51B Details

[John1]

Eduard just released a video on FB showcasing the one-part wheel well assembly.  The amount of detail the incorporated into this part is amazing.   Coming in July! 
 

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1HnRGdqpFZ/?mibextid=wwXIfr

[DugyB]

1 hour ago, John1 said:

Eduard just released a video on FB showcasing the one-part wheel well assembly.  The amount of detail the incorporated into this part is amazing.   Coming in July! 
 

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1HnRGdqpFZ/?mibextid=wwXIfr

The big question, will that fit into a Tamiya kit , that’s stunning detail … 🫡

[Martinnfb]

Husky represents the rest of you.

 

[phasephantomphixer]

1 hour ago, Martinnfb said:

Husky represents the rest of you.

 

Sheesh, that's complete opposite of my female Boxer! She'll stop nibbling if you walk into the kitchen! 

[quang]

One part assembly… 🤢 Where’s the fun and how on earth can one paint that? 🤔

[Gazzas]

That is an amazing part...   I guess it'll look great in silver rattlecan.  The question is:  Did all of that tubing go in before or after yellow, or zinc cromate was applied.

 

I've stood under the wheel well of a F4 phantom before...   very unexciting...   everything was painted white.

[Rick Griewski]

I guess I will be dribbling the chromate behind the tubing.   Maybe we will get a spiderweb of tubes to plop in after the primer. What ever I will be ready with $$

[John1]

6 hours ago, quang said:

One part assembly… 🤢 Where’s the fun and how on earth can one paint that? 🤔

Complainers gonna compain.    Maybe someone will come to the rescue with an aftermarket wheel well devoid of all detail?   Or you could carefully cut out all the hydraulic / electrical lines and then equally carefully, reinstall all hundred of them after painting.  That way you get extra "fun" and ease of painting! 

[Tolga ULGUR]

It looks great. However, there was one thing I was worried about from the beginning: the upper cowling. To prevent the details from getting lost, it would have been much better if the upper cowling had been designed as a separate piece, like in Tamiya's Mustangs.

 

[cbk57]

I know that some mustangs had the upper wing surface in bare metal and the stringers were in primer yellow.  That would be very hard to replicate with all the piping etc in place.  It is a question of how important that is to you.  I will work it out to one degree or another.  Maybe just not worry about it as it is all under the plane.  When I modeled the Tamiya Mustang doing an early D, I masked all the stringer detail and painted accordingly.  I did not install any of the piping etc.  So what to do here, we shall see.  

[Hans]

The detail is jaw-dropping (or intimidating) and perhaps a challenge to paint, but I don't think it's something that a fine brush and an optivisor can't fix. 

[quang]

51 minutes ago, John1 said:

Complainers gonna compain.    Maybe someone will come to the rescue with an aftermarket wheel well devoid of all detail?   Or you could carefully cut out all the hydraulic / electrical lines and then equally carefully, reinstall all hundred of them after painting.  That way you get extra "fun" and ease of painting! 

I’ve never been known to complain nor do I automatically rely on aftermarket. I did ask just for practical reason. 😇

[csavaglio]

I don't recall how the B wheel wells were finished... I know the D had a mix of chromate and aluminum with the main spar chromate being the big one.

 

All that detail looks like a challenge and a lot of brush painting, but no worse than any other resin bay and prob easier since the detail will be crisper than say, a black box resin wheel well.  AK markers or similar will make a lot of it less painful.

 

All the detail in one big part looks like the way all the 3d printers have gone, prob cause it's easier to print one part than break it out as lots of fitting parts on their own supports. It also saves resin, since you're only printing one raft and support structure. Look at the radials with everything printed together including wiring. 

 

Looking forward to it. 

[Out2gtcha]

2 hours ago, John1 said:

Complainers gonna compain.    Maybe someone will come to the rescue with an aftermarket wheel well devoid of all detail?   Or you could carefully cut out all the hydraulic / electrical lines and then equally carefully, reinstall all hundred of them after painting.  That way you get extra "fun" and ease of painting! 

 

1 hour ago, quang said:

I’ve never been known to complain nor do I automatically rely on aftermarket. I did ask just for practical reason. 😇

 

It seems less of a complaint and more of legitimate question when I do get to looking at the well.

Looks like it's one of those parts that indeed will possibly have to be mostly detailed prior to installation. Not insurmountable, but will definitely take some out of the box thinking for finishing.

[DugyB]

For me I won’t worry about it, won’t be seen once it’s on its legs in the display cabinet. I’ll just do the best I can …. 🫡

Edited April 30 by DugyB