Antonio Argudo Posted January 15, 2020 Author Share Posted January 15, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Uncarina said: Antonio, Exquisite work so far! Regarding the Terrell simulations, which I love having as a resource, weren’t the early seats more of a bucket design, while the later seats had more of a minimalist design? I’ve always been curious about this in his D-5 vs. D-30 simulations, which have them switched. Cheers, Tom thanks Tom, yes there were 2 type of seats used on the "D" model the Warren Mcarthur model and the Schick Johnson, I can quote some explanation from John Terrell himself written in the Mustang SIG forum time ago: The more I have looked at photos, the more it seems that the metal SJ seat only became prevalent, or at least more prevalent, in later D-models, past the D-15-NA era blocks. It seems that P-51D-5-NA's and D-10-NA's, if at least mostly, were fitted with WM seats. I don't recall seeing much, if any, photos showing WWII-era P-51B's or C's fitted with anything other than a WM seat, though a few of the P-51B/C's flying today are fitted with a metal SJ seat to the stock seat posts, while others have a WM seat (of which there are multiple types) installed to the stock seat posts. You really start to see metal-SJ seats on P-51D-20-NA's, D-25-NA's, and D-30-NA's, though I believe you can also find WM seats mounted to these blocks as well. If I were to model a P-51D-5 to D-15, I'd be more inclined to model it with a WM seat, and if I were to model a P-51D-20 to D-30, I'd be more inclined to model it with a SJ seat (without looking at actual photos of the individual aircraft before starting). and some reference pictures, first the Warren Mcarthur seat a view of a P-51 D-5NA cockpit with the WM seat Secondly the Schick Johnson seat SJ seat visible in the 339th FG D-20 picture Edited January 15, 2020 by Antonio Argudo AlbertD, Out2gtcha, Uncarina and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Thanks, that's useful info on the seats. Antonio Argudo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Antonio, Thanks! Just the clarification that I and my planned D-15 build needed. Cheers, Tom Antonio Argudo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antonio Argudo Posted January 15, 2020 Author Share Posted January 15, 2020 6 hours ago, MikeC said: Thanks, that's useful info on the seats. 1 hour ago, Uncarina said: Antonio, Thanks! Just the clarification that I and my planned D-15 build needed. Cheers, Tom Thanks Mike and Tom, glad that this stuff is useful, John is a devoted Mustang expert, cheers talking about seats, yesterday I decided to change the back cushion color in to yellow, also wanted to use the Barracuda decal for it cheers TAG, Kagemusha, R Palimaka and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett M Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Oh that's pretty looking. Nicely done! Antonio Argudo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 This is out-of-sight! Sincerely, Mark Antonio Argudo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antonio Argudo Posted January 16, 2020 Author Share Posted January 16, 2020 10 hours ago, dodgem37 said: This is out-of-sight! Sincerely, Mark Thank you Mark, I can't say less about your work, truly inspirational mate! cheers been working on the right cockpit sidewall, again Terrell's sims as a guide, used Barracudas cockpit resin and placards decals, added some white punched decals to represent the NAA inspection stickers also, cheers John1, AlbertD, TorbenD and 12 others 14 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterOlsen Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Hi Antonio, nice cockpit, I'm enjoying your progress. Cheers, Pete Antonio Argudo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 That's spectacular. 'I can't say less about your work, truly inspirational mate!' Thank you, Brother. I was in Madrid, Malaga, and Sevilla with side trips to Cordoba and Granada over the Winter Holiday. Love Spain. Sincerely, Mark Antonio Argudo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale32 Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Wow! Cheers Bevan Antonio Argudo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antonio Argudo Posted January 19, 2020 Author Share Posted January 19, 2020 On 1/16/2020 at 9:12 AM, PeterOlsen said: Hi Antonio, nice cockpit, I'm enjoying your progress. Cheers, Pete thanks Peter, glad that you like it and are follow it, cheers On 1/16/2020 at 10:16 AM, dodgem37 said: That's spectacular. 'I can't say less about your work, truly inspirational mate!' Thank you, Brother. I was in Madrid, Malaga, and Sevilla with side trips to Cordoba and Granada over the Winter Holiday. Love Spain. Sincerely, Mark Thanks Mark, glad to hear that you had fun in my country, I'm sure you enjoyed tapas and the sun of the south cheers On 1/16/2020 at 11:28 AM, Scale32 said: Wow! Cheers Bevan Thanks Bevan So, the other sidewall is done now, hoping to close that fuselage halves pretty soon and move to the wheel bays which will be the next big task, thanks for looking, cheers Trak-Tor, Greg W, AlbertD and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Antonio, Vivid, beautiful, and authentic! I saved every photo. For the right side, the reference photos appear to show that the oxygen hose clips to the sidewall further forward than what Tamiya has rendered. Cheers, Tom Antonio Argudo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antonio Argudo Posted January 20, 2020 Author Share Posted January 20, 2020 (edited) Thanks Tom, good eye mate, yes, it looks also like there is a strap in which the hose is clipped, I should revise that, thanks and cheers! Edited January 20, 2020 by Antonio Argudo AlbertD, Madmax, Greg W and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Antonio, Truly my pleasure to contribute in any way to your great work! Cheers, Tom Antonio Argudo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 A clothes pin stuck on with chewing gum. The epitome of a field modification. American ingenuity, you gotta love it. Great photo. Sincerely, Mark Uncarina and Antonio Argudo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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