JayW Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 This has been so fun to watch. Cannot wait to see the finished product! airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark64 Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 Well sometimes you just stand there with your mouth open, this one of those moments for me. SO AMAZING. airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richdlc Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 a beautiful masterpiece mate, awesome airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brahman104 Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 If the tail wheel was fitted I'd almost swear I was looking at my Oshkosh pics again! Amazing work Peter Craig airscale and JayW 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Incredible work - again! airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 freaking gorgeous! airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Absolutely spectacular! I hope you can take pictures in a realistic setting outdoors, it will appear like the real thing! Alain airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayW Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 (edited) So I have a question for you Peter. When I was in the middle of my 1/18 effort Miss Velma, I like you was faced with scratch building the tail gear. I went round and round with the P-51 SIG folks and I think we all agreed that war time Mustangs almost invariably used the fabric boot on the tail gear. However I just could not figure out how to fabricate a convincing looking boot, so I did a major punt and just built up the gear itself leaving off the boot (I believe most of today's warbird P-51's do not sport the boot). What are your intentions here? Edited December 10, 2019 by JayW airscale and daHeld 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airscale Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 Hi all, Not been around much lately as I have a nasty shoulder injury that means I can't really do much, plus I am off to Thailand in a week so likely not back in the groove until early Feb ..that said, I do want to wish everyone Season's Greetings and thank you all for tuning in and contributing to my build log this year all the best everyone & enjoy tonight! Peter GMK, JayW, BlackCanopy and 16 others 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayW Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 I say Peter - that picture shows without words why the P-51 was (IMHO) the boss single engine aircraft of its time. Just dripping with speed and lethality. "B", "B" with Malcolm hood, or "D" - doesn't matter. They were the ultimate air superiority aircraft. It's great that you are recreating one with such skill and accuracy. Happy New Year! And mend up soon! KUROK and airscale 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackCanopy Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 February approaching. Here's hoping your shoulder has improved Pete, I'm in dire need for some Lopes Hope' shots... Cheers, Joerg Out2gtcha, JayW and airscale 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airscale Posted February 2, 2020 Author Share Posted February 2, 2020 well good evening everyone it's been a while, but having got Xmas, a vacation in Thailand and a shoulder injury out of the way, I finally got back to the bench... so where were we... Tailwheel... for some reason I have been putting this off, but it is finally time to make myself do it. I expect it's because it's a complex bunch of assemblies - predominately this one - this is the main bracket the tailwheel fork goes into - here nicely rendered by someone in 3D (I did try that, but it would have taken less time to make it ).. ..there are no drawings of the fork actually holding the wheel, but there are these for this assembly so I scaled them and coloured the main features to help me start a replica.. ..I started with the two spigot parts from bits of tube and the 'Y' shaped bit in plastic card.. ..this was then assembled and P40 filler added to block it out a bit.. ..some shaping .. ..and a coat of primer - it's a long way from being right, but it's a start... ..also Tim Perry kindly prined the 3D wheel design I did.. ..in other news, the model has a name now - I painted the nose art using a mask Radu Brinzan prepped for me.. .and Don Lopez's name & kill markings added under the windshield.. ..and the fuselage stars n bars - this is the second attempt after the first peeled while unmasking.. ..it is getting harder to work with on my increasingly messy bench... ..hope everyone is well TTFN Peter R Palimaka, Madmax, Antonio Argudo and 27 others 30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CZPetrP Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 Amazing work, Peter airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antonio Argudo Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 1 hour ago, airscale said: ..hope everyone is well TTFN Peter God bless you are back Peter, missing the progres on this build the lettering came out perfectly, nice 3d resin wheels too! seems like the tail wheel had a protection canvas, some nice reference pics from laurent Boulestin, keep the good, cheers zaxos345, Out2gtcha, airscale and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Stupendous update my friend! Looking utterly smashing. Its really looking the part with paint and roundels/name on. Cant wait to see her up on her legs. airscale and daHeld 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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