TEMPESTMK5 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Good morning My 3rd build for this Gb is the 1/72 scale Tamiya P 51 D that I will represent as "Detroit Miss" flown by Lt Urban "Ben" DREW of 375 Fighter Squadron 361 Fighter Group The Tamiya kit Box art The sprues I will use the Tally Ho decals sheet / A True details resin seat A Yahuu models Instrument panel Some books Patrice 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share Posted January 12, 2020 Good evening I started by painting the cockpit interior I painted the seat and placed it on the ''floor'' I placed the stick and instrument panel I also prepared the propeller Patrice 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnson Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 8 hours ago, TEMPESTMK5 said: My 3rd build for this Gb is the 1/72 scale Tamiya P 51 D that I will represent as "Detroit Miss" flown by Lt Urban "Ben" DREW of 375 Fighter Squadron 361 Fighter Group A great choice Patrice. The cockpit looks very good. I must get one of those Yahu IPs, looks amazing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre B Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 (edited) Funny that the next Airfix P-51D in 1/72 will be "Detroit Miss". If you build it they will come... 😇 Cheers / André Edited January 12, 2020 by Andre B 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted January 13, 2020 Author Share Posted January 13, 2020 13 hours ago, Johnson said: A great choice Patrice. The cockpit looks very good. I must get one of those Yahu IPs, looks amazing. Good morning Charlie I think you will be very happy to use the Yahu IPs .. the catalogue is very varied http://www.yahumodels.com/index.php/kategoria-produktu/scale-1-72/a-sets-6/ Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted January 13, 2020 Author Share Posted January 13, 2020 Good evening Today I closed the 2 fuselage halves Patrice 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted January 18, 2020 Author Share Posted January 18, 2020 Good evening Today I cut off the flaps and glued the upper and lower parts of the wings together Patrice 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnson Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 A good step Patrice, one I should have probably done, Mustang flaps always droop on the ground, something to do with the hydraulic pressure dropping I seem to recall. Too late now! Surprising really that all these good kits, Tamiya, Hasegawa, Academy etc didn't give the option of lowered flaps. I think the Airfix new tooling does (buried in the stash somewhere). Cheers, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre B Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 23 hours ago, Johnson said: A good step Patrice, one I should have probably done, Mustang flaps always droop on the ground, something to do with the hydraulic pressure dropping I seem to recall. Too late now! Surprising really that all these good kits, Tamiya, Hasegawa, Academy etc didn't give the option of lowered flaps. I think the Airfix new tooling does (buried in the stash somewhere). Cheers, Mmm... The Academy P-51D kit comes with loose flaps albeit not directly the option of lowered flaps the way the Airfix kit comes with. And the older Heller kit is easilly converted to an aircraft with lowered flaps. I feel the queastion is why Tamiya didn't give that option in 1/72? Cheers / André 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted January 19, 2020 Author Share Posted January 19, 2020 23 hours ago, Johnson said: A good step Patrice, one I should have probably done, Mustang flaps always droop on the ground, something to do with the hydraulic pressure dropping I seem to recall. Too late now! Surprising really that all these good kits, Tamiya, Hasegawa, Academy etc didn't give the option of lowered flaps. I think the Airfix new tooling does (buried in the stash somewhere). Cheers, Good evening Charlie You can always build another kit and cut the flaps .. Yes the Airfix gives the option of lowered flaps .. All the best Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted January 19, 2020 Author Share Posted January 19, 2020 21 minutes ago, Andre B said: Mmm... The Academy P-51D kit comes with loose flaps albeit not directly the option of lowered flaps the way the Airfix kit comes with. And the older Heller kit is easilly converted to an aircraft with lowered flaps. I feel the queastion is why Tamiya didn't give that option in 1/72? Cheers / André Good evening Andre You are rigjht about the old Academy kit .. I think that the Tamiya 1/48 kit gives that option .. All the best Patrice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted January 19, 2020 Author Share Posted January 19, 2020 Good evening Today I placed the wings and control surfaces on the fuselage and I tried to sand the wings Patrice 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnson Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 3 hours ago, TEMPESTMK5 said: You can always build another kit and cut the flaps .. May well do Patrice! I might dig the 1/72 Airfix P-51D out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Coming along well Patrice. North American’s previously unknown Caen plant certainly has impressive production numbers! AW 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted January 20, 2020 Author Share Posted January 20, 2020 7 hours ago, Andwil said: Coming along well Patrice. North American’s previously unknown Caen plant certainly has impressive production numbers! AW Good morning AW Thank you for yopur comment ... I will try to post photos of my Mustangs All the best Patrice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted January 20, 2020 Author Share Posted January 20, 2020 8 hours ago, Johnson said: May well do Patrice! I might dig the 1/72 Airfix P-51D out. Good morning Charlie You still have time before the end of this GB on March 15th .. All the best Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted January 26, 2020 Author Share Posted January 26, 2020 Good evening This week end I started to paint the kit .. Patrice 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre B Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 One wonder if there is a story behind the reason why the top of the rudder wasn't painted red? Cheers / André Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted January 27, 2020 Author Share Posted January 27, 2020 6 hours ago, Andre B said: One wonder if there is a story behind the reason why the top of the rudder wasn't painted red? Cheers / André Good morning André I followed the profile at the beginning of my post I know it's just a profile but apart from a partial photo of this aircraft this is the only source of information I have .. Patrice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted February 2, 2020 Author Share Posted February 2, 2020 Good evening Yesterday I placed the canopy and today I placed the decals Patrice 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnson Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 Looks really nice Patrice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srkirad Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 Decals gave it some more life - paintjob itself is already pretty colorful and vivid, but decals emphasized it yet more! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almac Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 That looks so cool Patrice. It’s a scheme I intend to do at some point. Nice work. Cheers Allan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 Looking really good. AW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 That really looks the biz! Great scheme. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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