Guest Peterpools Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 John Right with you, as my last Tamiya Mustang, I spent a billion hours puttying and sanding the wings. Even after two complete putty and sanding adventures, some of the rivets showed through the primer. Hoping your trailblazing a new path for us Mustang addicts. Keep 'em comin Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 John Right with you, as my last Tamiya Mustang, I spent a billion hours puttying and sanding the wings. Even after two complete putty and sanding adventures, some of the rivets showed through the primer. Hoping your trailblazing a new path for us Mustang addicts. Keep 'em comin Peter Yep. I had the same experience when I tried it and it had a pretty high cuss-factor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 Amazing, while the rest of us think about it you get stuck in and do it, keep up the good work. Cheers Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 Amazing, while the rest of us think about it you get stuck in and do it, keep up the good work. Cheers Dennis Thanks Dennis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 (edited) Okay guys, as I proceed with this I find that it is not necessary to completely remove the cockpit floor/wheel well roof area from the Revell wings. I had cut the whole floor/roof part out but now I see you will just need to remove the area in this photo that is cross hatched. I'll have to cut the needed portion of that piece off and re-attach it to the wing section. Not a big deal. Stay tuned. Edited May 14, 2018 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 I'll have to either fill the cuts I made with putty or just lay some very thin plastic strips over the gaps. Not a big deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Great progress John! Glad to see you forging ahead on this and showing us what changes/tweaks are needed. Carl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Great progress John! Glad to see you forging ahead on this and showing us what changes/tweaks are needed. Carl Thanks Carl. I'm pretty sure there will be more "adjustments" to the model. However, I don't think any of them will be a big problem for anyone with some modeling skills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 John Nice work and I had all the faith in you being able to make the wing swap work. Keep 'em coming Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 John Nice work and I had all the faith in you being able to make the wing swap work. Keep 'em coming Peter Thanks Peter. I'm getting close to the point where anymore necessary cuts are needed. We will see! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 John, That is some great stuff! Yer making it look easy. Gaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 John, That is some great stuff! Yer making it look easy. Gaz Thanks Gaz. So far it HAS been easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airscale Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 Hi John - watching with interest as I will have to do this at some point on my 1/18 P51C The aircraft I am modelling is has just been restored and Aircorps Aviation posted some interesting pics I hope you don't mind me adding.. I guess they left the factory super smooth but maybe over time the filler degraded where panels but up against each other and maybe flexed in flight and that fuelled the debate about whether lines are visible or not. I don't know, and when I do mine I will likely fill like in the images, I just wish I had a pair of wings to graft on Interesting experiment & looks like it's a winner TTFNPeter Out2gtcha and CANicoll 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 (edited) Interesting as long as this doesn't cause things to diverge from the original WIP thread. Edited May 15, 2018 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonH Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 Looking good John. Interesting to see how close the fit is between these two different kits. When you have finished this one, you will have to do another one that shows the Tamiya wings on the Revell fuselage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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