williamj Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 (edited) Was talking to a good friend who had built the early Tam. Stang and he informed me that the spare tail he had would probably fit the Revell. Thanks again Martin. He sent it to me and here is how you do it. Start off by cutting out the tail wheel housing on the Revell,make sure the bottom section of the Tam. is not glued,want to spread that a bit for the wheel housing. Of course you will have to remove the Tam. housing as well..just follow the panel lines on both.(Martin had already done this for me) Like so Then cut off "flush" the rear locating tabs on the Revell and transfer them forward to the Fus. section.I added some very thin sheet on either side as in the photo to get a lock. Like so And you'll end up with something looking like this Now what I found interesting is that the tail planes fit like a glove,almost as if Revell had copied the Tam. kit to the micron..you don't even have to remove the Revell locking tabs. Also gave the Tam.tail a coat of primer and sanded it back to remove all of the small rivets,sanded the Revell rudder raised fabric detail off as well as we'll be building a RCAF Mustang. And this what it all looks like. ready to go...so if you have a spare Tam. tail,or know someone who built an early version..well,I can tell you it looks better than we expected. In this pic it looks like a gap is there..it's hanging loose but if you gently press down and forward it is snug...even the horizontal center panel line has the correct jog in it. Am very impressed with this new Mustang from Revell,so reminds me of what Hasegawa would have produced (should have) if they had been on the ball. But then again ..don't believe it would be as inexpensive as the Revell offering..got mine at a suprisingly good price. Cheers fer now...Sincerely William. Let's keep it fun. Edited February 19, 2018 by williamj Jack, MikeMaben, coogrfan and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imatt88 Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Sweet! williamj 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Good how-to William! Ive got the Tamiya kit, and have indeed thought about this. CANicoll and williamj 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Thanks William, have you checked how the Tamiya canopy fits? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 This is model making , Thank you William . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamj Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 Thanks William, have you checked how the Tamiya canopy fits? Haven't done that..will be using what is in The Revell box.I'll get back to you. Kagemusha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 I haver some left, many many of them LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Wow, good to know, never thought of that option, thanks for the "tutorial", now i'm sure i'll have to get more than the one already waiting. Guess i can lose the "squadron" of Hasegawa Mustangs in the stash, in order to buy the revell kit (and maybe future ones) :hmmm: williamj 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Palimaka Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Curious as to why you sanded off the fabric details on the Revell rudder. Were Revell's details too prominent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamj Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 (edited) Curious as to why you sanded off the fabric details on the Revell rudder. Were Revell's details too prominent?RCAF Mustangs had a smooth finish on the rudder.no big ribs showing,Cheers Edited February 19, 2018 by williamj R Palimaka 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Palimaka Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 (edited) I would agree that the fabric finish was pretty taut and fairly smooth. I suppose all it depends on how much you want to represent the rib tapes on your model and that's fair at 1/32 scale. Edited February 19, 2018 by R Palimaka williamj 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhorina Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 And here I thought of taking the Revell wing and putting it on the Tamiya fuselage. Only to save not having to spend days preparing the Tamiya wing. Nothing to fill on the Revell wing. Right? Might try adding early Revell P-51 interior parts to the later mark Tamiya interior also. Just some thoughts. Mike Horina williamj 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamj Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 I would agree that the fabric finish was pretty taut and fairly smooth. I suppose all it depends on how much you want to represent the rib tapes on your model and that's fair at 1/32 scale.That's my thinking as well...later I might take some older thick decal film and lay some stips before the speed silver goes on.the only real thing that has me concerned is the weird radio set up in the back you can see that in the second pic Gigant and Kagemusha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Hey Bill, found some pix of 'big radio' RCAF mustangs. It looks like they put a plain flat shelf on top of whatever is down below -???- and sat the radio on top of that. Far enuff forward to clear the bubble. Also : for those that want a fillet tail now but don't have a spare Tamiya tail, the Hasegawa tail looks (to me) to fit too. The big panel lines on the Hasegawa kit that everybody wondered about ? , the verticle one is right at the empenage seperation for a perfect cut line. Glue some internal support strips (like Bill's) and it should work the same as a Tamiya tail. Hope these help Bill. williamj 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Palimaka Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 (edited) I have all the maintenance and engineering manuals for RCAF Mustangs. There is a chart and drawings for that particular setup of signals equipment (there were several), with drawings of the shelf and frames. I can scan the drawings and send that to you by email. Here is an overview of the set-up, there are several more pages of drawings for each set and the shelves. Basically the SCR-695 was stacked on top of the VHF radio, with the ARN-6 radio compass receiver behind that. You will also need a new panel for the starboard side of the cockpit, it's one big panel that incorporates a lot of the smaller consoles and controls. Combined control panel. The panel in place in the cockpit of RCAF 9298 at the Canadian Aviation and Space Museum. Not a great photo, I was on a ladder, but shows the interior colours and some of the remaining controls and instruments left in place. The interior was stripped of some of the equipment, but colours left intact. The exterior is another story. Edited February 20, 2018 by R Palimaka williamj 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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