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 dodgem37, williamj, Landrotten Highlander 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 LSP_Kevin, Starfighter, williamj and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Palimaka Posted November 23, 2020 Author Share Posted November 23, 2020 A couple more: Starfighter, Shoggz, Greg W and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparzanza Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 Two 1/24 Airfix Mustangs so close to the finishline on this site! I like it. R Palimaka and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamj Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 Really wonderful job on a very challenging kit...nicely done R Palimaka and Martinnfb 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Palimaka Posted January 24, 2021 Author Share Posted January 24, 2021 11 hours ago, Sparzanza said: Two 1/24 Airfix Mustangs so close to the finishline on this site! I like it. I like it too! Kinda cool they're both Canadian subjects. I've been busy the last two months with a couple of big related projects. They're mostly finished so I can concentrate on getting this over the finish line...although I'm not challenging you to a race, lol! 10 hours ago, williamj said: Really wonderful job on a very challenging kit...nicely done Thank you William! I appreciate that very much coming from you. It's not an easy kit, but I've enjoyed every minute. Loving the subject aircraft helps. Richard williamj and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Palimaka Posted April 8, 2021 Author Share Posted April 8, 2021 OK, four and a half years should have been long enough to finish this. This wont be a very exciting update, sorry, but it makes me feel like I'm near the end. We are now in a stay-at-home posture in Ontario, and so I'll be working from home for the next 28 days. I'd like to finish it this weekend, and have been slowly attending to all the fiddly bits to attach once the weathering and final coats are applied. First, all the lights that will go on once things are cured and dry. The navigation lights were a case of "whittling down a tree to make toothpicks." I used two suitably coloured toothbrushes and tried to stretch them like sprue. The plastic in them is very different and once heated they wanted to snap back like rubber. I had to hold them until they cooled, and then they were rock hard. Then it was carving and polishing and a coat of Tamiya clear red and green. The tail light was just a piece of clear sprue polished and coated with Future, and this'll be cut off and attached. The underwing signal lights were tiny discs of clear vacuform sheets stamped out with a leather punch ( I'm too cheap to buy a punch and die set ). They were again painted with Tamiya clear colours and dropped in to the kit holes, which were backed with white plastic card. The bezel surrounding each light was from a Eduard photo-etch set. The light positions on the kit are actually too small and close together on the wing, but not by much though. I decided to leave them as is. And no one will know...except anyone reading this. Finally the landing light. I got a little obsessive and rebuilt the kit light with a lens, the power cable, a small roller on the bottom and the forks that extend into the wheel well. Sorry, the photo is not very clear. LSP_Kevin, Derek B, MikeMaben and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Palimaka Posted April 8, 2021 Author Share Posted April 8, 2021 The most frustrating part of the whole build was the sliding portion of the canopy. I've rebuilt it several times now. I wanted to eliminate the step at the bottom of the kit clear part, which fit into the skirt around the bottom. The front frame on the kit part also didn't sit properly against the opening of the bubble, leaving small gaps on the side and top. I sanded the entire step off the bubble, which required adding a strip on the inside of the skirt to hold it. Once I was happy with that the bubble had to be polished and dipped in Future. Once the bubble was attached I had to build the framing at the front, once again out of plastic card shaped to the opening. The rivet pattern was redone using a riveting tool. It's not perfect, but it's better. I wish there was a replacement aftermarket canopy available... Reskinned: Primed and rivets applied...one more light sanding to level things out. Better, good enough...don't want to jinx things by doing anything else. Also had to create a set of rails to replace the "working" versions in the kit. Evergreen "I" beams sanded and drilled. themongoose, Landrotten Highlander, Alain Gadbois and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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