dodgem37 Posted May 16, 2015 Author Share Posted May 16, 2015 Learned a hard lesson since my last post. Just because you can do it, doesn't mean you should do it. What an effort this was. While repairing the governor connection, the junction just above the pencil marks, I accidentally melted the structure. Poor repair. Oh well. Replaced all electrical wiring with mono-filament. Tied in the Magneto mono-filament line. Red is Oil Instrument line. Blue is Oil Separator Instrument line. Still need to finish the Firewall and Oil Tank. Mono-filament lines to the left. Got the links to fit. Lost one in the process. Will repair that one. Copper, blue insulation, & white rod is a newly made, simplified, and referenced Combat Fuel Pressure System Check Valve to Tee. The rod is not glued. Rebuilt the coolant connection at the nose. As good as it's going to get. Still needs a band and fastener. Sure wish I could cut that heat shrink tube straight. I'll try again later. Looking into the hole. Lost a link. Dang! Re-worked the connections in the wheel wells. I like this layout more than the previous rendition. Not very accurate, though. Other side. Did some work on the lower Firewall. Still more to do here. I may have to fake it. I'll see. Thanks for looking in. Sincerely, Mark Mal_Belford, sandokan, plane_mc and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal_Belford Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 GEEEEZ...WOW....You are MADMAN lol, it looks fantastic, i cant wait to se it painted ..... /Mal dodgem37 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted May 16, 2015 Author Share Posted May 16, 2015 Thanks, Mal. I am now ready to move it out of the construction hanger and into the painting chamber. Any further detailing will have to come later. Thanks for stopping by. Sincerely, Mark Mal_Belford 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Brother Bear I'm speechless and in awe ... just brilliant work and the "Gold Standard" without question. Keep 'em coming Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted May 16, 2015 Author Share Posted May 16, 2015 Thank you, Peter. Your comments are most generous. Sincerely, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero77 Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Wow.... That's a cray detailing job ! I've never seen anything like that before, except the scale 1:1 stuff. dodgem37 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Fantastic detailing as always Mark! As clunk says, jaw-dropping stuff. Kev dodgem37 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparzanza Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 To say you have an eye for details would be the understatement of the century... Absolutely stunning so far! dodgem37 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaxos345 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 I am really amazed by all the effort!!! John dodgem37 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted May 17, 2015 Author Share Posted May 17, 2015 Thank you everyone. I appreciate you stopping by and commenting. Sincerely, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totalize Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Oh man. I am kicking myself for missing this one to date. My next build is going to be the Tamiya P-51. Just glad I found your build. Excellent work by the way and it looks like you have top notch references. Love it! dodgem37 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted May 17, 2015 Author Share Posted May 17, 2015 Thank you, Totalize. Glad you found the thread. Welcome aboard! My main reference is: Airplane Parts Catalog, Army Model P-51D, British Model Mustang IV, AN 01-60JE-4, 25 July 1944, Revised 25 October 1944. Sincerely, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 To the top with a cool picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted June 12, 2015 Author Share Posted June 12, 2015 Martin, the picture doesn't show. Sincerely, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Martin, the picture doesn't show. Sincerely, Mark I can see it! Kev dodgem37 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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