Anthony in NZ Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 oh my word that looks stunning! I....must....resist....doing a 1/24 Mustang! But you are making this difficult for me, LOL Keep up the amazing work, almost there Martinnfb and R Palimaka 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Palimaka Posted January 28, 2020 Author Share Posted January 28, 2020 5 hours ago, Antonio Argudo said: oh man, that is a superb canadian Mustang, love the scheme, glad you are so near the finish line, keep pushing mate! cheers Thank you Antonio, it means a lot coming from you. Richard Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Palimaka Posted January 28, 2020 Author Share Posted January 28, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Anthony in NZ said: oh my word that looks stunning! I....must....resist....doing a 1/24 Mustang! But you are making this difficult for me, LOL Keep up the amazing work, almost there Thanks Anthony! Yes, getting there! And I think I'll just leave these here... Edited January 28, 2020 by R Palimaka Anthony in NZ and Martinnfb 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Lol you are truly evil Martinnfb and R Palimaka 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 That looks great, Richard! Kev R Palimaka and Martinnfb 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Beautiful looking Mustang! This one is quite an eye catcher and I hope I can see it in person someday! Can I say that every aircraft looks great in Canadian markings? Alain Martinnfb, R Palimaka and Uncarina 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Dog Flying Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Richard: That is one lovely Mustang!!!! I just wish that I could finish my Big Mustang in Dennis Bradley's markings BA*U. R Palimaka 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Palimaka Posted January 29, 2020 Author Share Posted January 29, 2020 3 hours ago, Alain Gadbois said: Beautiful looking Mustang! This one is quite an eye catcher and I hope I can see it in person someday! Can I say that every aircraft looks great in Canadian markings? Alain Thank you Alain! I'm hoping to finish it before the HeritageCon in Hamilton at the end of March, and might bring it to a couple shows after that. Would be nice to meet you! Richard PS: And yes, Canadian markings look great on anything! Alain Gadbois 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Palimaka Posted January 29, 2020 Author Share Posted January 29, 2020 2 hours ago, Old Dog Flying said: Richard: That is one lovely Mustang!!!! I just wish that I could finish my Big Mustang in Dennis Bradley's markings BA*U. Thanks Barney! BA-U was my favourite restored Mustang. Love the 424 Squadron scheme. Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Palimaka Posted January 29, 2020 Author Share Posted January 29, 2020 21 hours ago, LSP_Kevin said: That looks great, Richard! Kev Thanks Kev! Inching to the finish line! Richard LSP_Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red Dog Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 beautiful Mustang Richard. You're almost there R Palimaka 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Palimaka Posted January 30, 2020 Author Share Posted January 30, 2020 6 hours ago, red Dog said: beautiful Mustang Richard. You're almost there Thank you! If I could get a solid couple of days at the work desk I could finish this. Soon. Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelinsydney Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Wow!! Amazing build, I have been on and off with my Mustang for about 3 years now and am in the throes of H K’s 1/32 Lancaster!! In an earlier thread Richard you said you’d be willing to share your templates of the wheel bay etc? I persisted with thin card & rod (very fiddly) but my rendition isn’t a patch on yours & will probably re-do it soon. If possible I would really appreciate if you could forward a copy of your template? Much appreciated and I will keep an eye out for any of your future builds. Regards Michael R Palimaka 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Palimaka Posted April 19, 2020 Author Share Posted April 19, 2020 (edited) Thanks Michael! I've been at it for over three years as well, but it's so close to the end. I've run into a couple of frustrating little puzzles that have paused the build temporarily. I'll sort them out this week. As for the wheel bay, a better solution if you prefer, would be the 3D printed parts from Model Monkey. They are spectacular, and are designed to fit the Airfix Mustang. The detail is far better than I could ever have done, and will save so much time and cussing. You may have to wait a bit for them, but they would be worth it. https://www.model-monkey.com/product-page/1-24-p-51d-p-51k-and-mustang-mk-iv-wheel-well-inserts-for-airfix-kits In the meantime, here is the rough drawing I did. They are just hand-drawn and I've put a scale on them so you can confirm the dimensions if you print them out. I can send it to you in an attachment to your email. You can send me a message here at LSP. All of that stuff above in place: Richard Edited April 20, 2020 by R Palimaka Landrotten Highlander, MikeMaben, dodgem37 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Palimaka Posted November 23, 2020 Author Share Posted November 23, 2020 Well, exiled to Page 21 of Works in Progress. Guess it's time to resurrect this one now that colder weather is here and get started again. There isn't really a lot left to do, although some of what's ahead is a bit delicate, and some tedious. The big barrier has been the sliding portion of the canopy which has fought me. I have assembled a huge arsenal of different glues and adhesives to try to see if I can tame it. More later. In the meantime I took better photos of where I'm at right now. Hope it won't be too repetitive, but these have less cluttered backgrounds. Thanks Richard Uncarina, dodgem37, Landrotten Highlander and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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