dodgem37 Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 Looks good, Peter. Great show. Sincerely, Mark airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airscale Posted September 8, 2019 Author Share Posted September 8, 2019 thanks folks & good evening.. :) ..bit more done over the weekend.. I was pleased to see the glazing survived under it's protective film, but it was time to take that off and add the frames, these are PE and have been amended from the drawings to allow for the fuselage curvature - the drawings are flat as you look at it side on.. ..here the frames have been added and a tape template to start to derive the top panel.. ..with that panel and the lower surround with the grab handle cover done, it was time for another fuselage panel... ..after both sides were done, I couldn't do the next panel until the exhaust panels were in to set the firewall line.. I added the exhaust mounts first.. ..then annealed the PE nickel silver panels that surround the exhaust - these have all the fasteners etc etched in, but as you can see discolour badly when annealed - it all sanded out though.. ..then after much careful measuring & pre-shaping the panels were added.. ..then the main side fuselage panel could be added - here it is finished and a tape hinge added so as the adhesive goes off I can just swing it right into position - you can also see a tube section for the flare pistol and the bottom was annealed to conform to the fuselage as the wing fillets will go over the lower section.. ..too big to really photograph on my bench, so a few shots as the evening sun was going down... ..all the skinning needs tidying up & finishing, but it is getting there panel by panel.. TTFN Peter Out2gtcha, Uilleann, patricksparks and 16 others 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 Oh yeah! airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorbenD Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 Coming on a pace now Peter - is it too much to ask if this might make it to Telford in November? Wonderful work as ever. Torben airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 (edited) Nice continuation at the wing/fuselage connection. Sincerely, Mark Edited September 8, 2019 by dodgem37 airscale and daHeld 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayW Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 (edited) A fine job on those exhaust slot cowling panels (an understatement). I have many questions (exhaust stacks, wing/fuselage fillet fairings), but I think I am just going to wait and see. I have faith in you Peter. Edited September 10, 2019 by JayW daHeld and airscale 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 A true work of art. I can't say it often enough, I am lost for words every time I open your thread, Peter. Just jaw-droppingly good. daHeld and airscale 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airscale Posted September 14, 2019 Author Share Posted September 14, 2019 evening all On 9/8/2019 at 7:19 PM, TorbenD said: Coming on a pace now Peter - is it too much to ask if this might make it to Telford in November? Wonderful work as ever. Torben Hi Torben - unlikely for Telford, it certainly won't be finished by then but will be pretty close, so I will probably bring it next year Looking forward to catching up again and thanks again for doing the font for the masks for the 'Lopes Hope' nose art - though I doubt it will see any paint this side of Christmas another step forward and in some ways another escape from the devil of modelling- transparencies... they are my nemesis and I am literally on the verge of a cardiac arrest every time I go near them on the model.. ..not many WIP pics, but here is the original... ..I started by putting down a false cowling panel so all the panels around the cockpit will butt up against it and I will get a clean sequence of joins.. then added the strip that goes around the rear of the windshield where it meets the canopy windows.. ..once that was down I added the top framing which was made up from strips of tape on the model and then made up in litho.. the strip was attatched with CA, but all the rest with contact adhesive very, very carefully ..the bottom of the frames around the armoured glass is really hard to get right, and I haven't but it is the best I can do - I started with some ali/tin sort of soft metal sheet I have and teased it into position before marking it out... ..and then no more WIP pics until I had all the panels down -sorry about that ..so I am relieved it is done and will now tape it up to protect it while I sort out the cowling panels.. TTFN Peter Starfighter, MikeMaben, chuck540z3 and 21 others 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 WOW! I know I keep using that word but Im out of superlatives Ralph-D and airscale 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayW Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 (edited) You have captured the look of the B-model windshield/canopy perfectly far as I can tell. That is no small feat! Congrats. Edited September 15, 2019 by JayW airscale and daHeld 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph-D Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 14 hours ago, Out2gtcha said: WOW! I know I keep using that word but Im out of superlatives The superlative is: This build is the benchmark for any new P-51B or P-51C in 1/32 or 1/24 daHeld and airscale 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 Sexy. Nice problem-solving. Sincerely, Mark airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 It's just so beautiful Peter! Cheers: Kent airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamj Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 Out2gtcha and airscale 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airscale Posted September 16, 2019 Author Share Posted September 16, 2019 evening boys & girls ..time for a nose job... ..this is one of the two detatchable panels that sit on top of the engine.. ..step 1 was to prepare the surface so it's nice & smooth and to mark the centreline.. ..then a sheet of soft aluminium was prepared by adding the row of rivets that go along the seam where the two panels meet and the fastener positions that run along the centreline on each side... then this was taped to the centreline... ..you can see rivets along the bottom scrap edge where I ballsed this up once already.. ..then the sheet is burnished down to the cowling with balsa blocks and in some areas around the nose where the curves are most acute, with a ball pein hammer... ..masking tape is used to hold the panel taught where it should be as the surface is worked from the straight edge centreline, to the outer curves.. ..soon the panel is roughly done and the borders appear as raised edges.. ..the masking tape is removed to see whats what.. ..the panel is then trimmed & fixed with contact adhesive, using the centreline tape to as a hinge to keep it's relative position and the overlaps start to get filed / sanded away.. ..with both sides done and the surface sanded smooth to remove irregularities (like glue highspots), the rivet detail was gone over again.. ..with the fastener details defining the lateral rivet detail position, tamiya tape was laid out to set out the spacing - interestingly these rows of rivets are perpendicular to the A/C datum, not the cowling which is tilted slightly downwards... ...also the hatches had been let into the structure by taping them down and tracing the outline with a new scalpel blade with the waste later removed.. ..once complete another burnish to get everything nice & recessed and a wire wool clean up.. ..lower cowl next... TTFN Peter Kais, Out2gtcha, williamj and 23 others 26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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