Tamiya P-51D The Hun Hunter: 4/27/16: DONE AND IN THE BOOKS

[Martinnfb]

I WOULD SAY CHEAP DRUGS

[Guest Peterpools]

Martin

Got ya

Peter

[Martinnfb]

Oh well, I couldn't hide it forever . Peter if you want I have a set of barracuda tires that I won't be needing for a while. Just send me your address and no one gets hurt.

Cheers

M.

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[MustangManiac]

Martin,

 

Is that the D model of "Man O' War" that you posted like these B model pictures?

 

 

 

Cheers,

Brady

[Martinnfb]

Yes Brady,

there were few ManO'Wars out there. For example 4415625 of 355th FS and

With Kinnard as pilot.

 

And here is again the one from the picture before also 355FS

 

Edited December 16, 2015 by Martinnfb

[Martinnfb]

way too many and all in 355

 

Edited December 17, 2015 by Martinnfb

[Martinnfb]

Back to the Hun Hunter. Here is nicer picture where is the angled white nose transition is quite visible.

Edited December 16, 2015 by Martinnfb

[Martinnfb]

Also , Im not sure if you guys know about Maj. Lee G Mendenhall's ( 354thFS ) P-51D 44-13571 WR-X “Texas terror IVâ€.

Edited December 16, 2015 by Martinnfb

[Martinnfb]

And one more showing the soiled belly of an ETO warrior Tika IV of 361st

Edited December 16, 2015 by Martinnfb

[MustangManiac]

Nice pictures of all of them Martin. Thanks for sharing. I want to do Man O' War myself with the Zebra stripes later on. But I'll be quiet about that now, this is about Hun Hunter. 

 

Brady

[Wolf Buddee]

Great start Peter! Are you using BaracudaCast's resin and photo-etch instrument panel? It's a big improvement over the kit IP.

 

Cheers,

Wolf

[Guest Peterpools]

Hi Wolf

Much appreciated and for the most part, the entire front offcie is all Barracuda where possible. Unfortunately, Roy's IP is for the later D Mustangs and my build being a Dash 5 is the earliest production run, retaining the IP from the late B&C Mustangs. Just looking for a sweet, enhanced OB build; third Tamiya kit in a row now ... gee, what a great rut to be stuck in.

Peter

Edited December 18, 2015 by Peterpools

[Michael]

Great contribution with the pics, Martin...thank you!

 

Peter, your work is stellar as always...man, you are on a roll! Looking forward to more updates!

[Guest Peterpools]

Michael

So very much appreciated

Peter

[Guest Peterpools]

 

UPDATE: 12/23/15: THE FRONT OFFICE

For the past few weeks. I've been slowly working on the front office, adding a number of Barracuda cockpit sets, as I've done on all my previous Mustang builds. Some care needed to be taken as the sets are designed for the later D versions and The Hun Hunter is the earliest of the D production versions, especially with the IP, gunsight and seat all being different. The front office after priming with MIG Gray Primer was painted overall Model Air Interior Green, the floor board are black paint over wood, which sits on top of the wing, as the yellow chromate can be seen in the well with the joy stick.

Tamiya painting instructions are inaccurate as to the back radio/ battery area which none is green zinc chromate and the one rib is interior green, The interior fuel cells sit on top of a wood board for some vibration control and then the aluminum structure.

I decided to go with Tamiya's IP as one of the choices is for the Dash 5 version and had to pass up Barracuda's set, as it is meant for the later versions. I also decided to just go with the early seat alone and RB wonderful seatbelt set.

Presently, I'm finishing up the various plumbing and miscellaneous parts for the engine area and then I'll be able to button up the fuselage.

Thanks for checking in

Peter