Antonio Argudo Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Superb update Peter, this footage shots are good material for the dog's house even though they show D models cheers Out2gtcha, airscale, sandokan and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorbenD Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 As ever, all rather spiffing Peter - glad to see you’ve managed to get some quality modelling time to crack on. Wonderful stuff! Torben airscale and Trak-Tor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayW Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 One of the most complex areas of the P-51. You are doing some heavy lifting here - so far it looks great Peter. If you cannot find drawings, let me know. I can help, since i have been here before. airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggTim Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 (edited) 19 hours ago, airscale said: .I have started to tap in the indentation with the ball end of my ball pein hammer.. TTFN Peter Ok, I don't see how in the blazes of creation you made this part so perfect. I am dumbfounded even after seeing the steps behind it. Edited January 14, 2019 by BiggTim daHeld, D.B. Andrus, airscale and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 Wow. Just WOW Peter. airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KUROK Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 In general, as the war progressed they began doing less and less interior primer. They determined the estimated service life to be so short in combat that corrosion was not going to be a concern! JayW and airscale 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airscale Posted January 20, 2019 Author Share Posted January 20, 2019 evening ladies & thank you :) have been sorting out more of the basic structural elements so ultimately I have the airframe ready to skin in one (long) go, rather then the Spitfire where I did it bits at a time and had trouble protecting finished work as I did some pretty violent things like those I am doing now... starting with the tailwheel well - I started byu cutting just the doors out, but soon realised I could not detail the inside through the small aperture - I won't go mad in here, but I will replicate most of what I can see - here is the real (current) Lopes Hope.. ..I started by cutting out the section between two fuselage stations in between the whole structure and getting rid of all the solid foam inside - painted it black so none of this is seen... ..then from many scaled plan parts I assembled the main structure from litho, with brass strengthening where the wheel leg will mount... ..added some details and skinned the sides of it so it can drop in as a complete pod... ..this was then added and CA'd into position ready for the fuselage section to be added back & filling.. ..and after cleaning up, the basics are in there I can come back to later.. ..I also added the airscoop and got the shapes in this area where I was happy with them.. ..the next bit of surgery was around the wing fillets - they seem quite complex on a P51 with the top edge sitting over the flaps and a lower fairing cut away right back to the fuselage wall.. ..the moulded fillet is a bit ugly and will need quite a bit of work.. ..I made a slit in the fuselage and added a brass template from a scaled plan - I also faked a flap from bent litho so I could get the dimensions right... ..then lots of filling & shaping and trying hard to work around and not damage the skinned part of the airscoop... ..and finally after a shot of primer to see whats what, the basics seem to be coming together... ..the skin panels that have to go over that lot are quite distinctive so looking forward to that when the time comes :) TTFN Peter Ralph-D, Gazzas, Starfighter and 18 others 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 My goodness Peter...…….I don't know what to say except come out to NZ, I have some sheet allu skinning on a real aeroplane I could get you to do! Amazing and inspiring all at once, thanks for updating us! Cheers Anthony KiwiZac, airscale and daHeld 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 No superlatives left Peter. Amazing, astonishing, astounding, inspiring work par usual! daHeld and airscale 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rigor Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 Geez you make it all look to easy. Nice work as always airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Are you kidding me? Kev airscale and Uilleann 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 If anyone needs me, I'll be going back to LEGO. This stuff is just too cool. Matt daHeld and airscale 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Great show, Peter. Sincerely, Mark airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 you make it look so easy, wonderful work Peter airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggTim Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 I've used up everything good I can say. All I have left now is cuss words, and I can't use those here. airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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