John Meyer Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 This model depicts P-51H-5-NA 44-64415 in service with the National Advisory Council for Aeronautics (N.A.C.A.) Ames Aeronautical Laboratory at Moffett Field, California, ca. 1957. This is the excellent Modelsvit kit. The gunsight was omitted, as were the wing guns and tailwhell bay doors. The only correction needed was to close the main landing gear doors, as these were always closed on the P-51H after every gear extension. (Modelsvit has erroneously designed them to be positioned open.) I used a few of the decals from the Caracal P-51H sheet: the data stencil and the NACA emblem on the fin, and the red emergency arrows, which are unfortunately printed upsided down. Caracal’s research for this airplane is a little iffy, as it doesn’t include the NACA-130 markings for the wings. Not that that mattered much, as I cut masks and painted all these markings anyway. P-51H wings were primed in zinc chromate and painted with aluminum lacquer, so I depicted wear and tear in the wing root areas. The wings are finished in Alclad High Speed Aluminum. The fuselage is MRP White and Dark Aluminum. This airplane survives is (was?) owned by Bill Whittington, and until recently was flown in RAF markings as N49WB, but was deregistered in 2018. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 Very nice one, John! Very realistic metal finish and scuffing. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 Beautiful work. Nice to read a positive review of a new kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 Sorry, no pics visible, only 14 instances of the by now well-known "spacer.png". Google? 😉 Kind regards, Joachim 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k5054nz Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 Me too unfortunately, I'm very keen to see the build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Brantley Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 11 hours ago, Spitfire31 said: Sorry, no pics visible, only 14 instances of the by now well-known "spacer.png". Google? 😉 Kind regards, Joachim Me too. ☹️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 They were there yesterday, as I saw them and left positive comments on the build, but now I see the same thing! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Meyer Posted December 21, 2020 Author Share Posted December 21, 2020 (edited) Yeah - I could see them yesterday but not now. I'll redo the post using Flickr. Maybe Google doesn't like being linked. OR: you can look here directly. https://photos.app.goo.gl/Bo1HdSMDfXcTtuUA9 Edited December 21, 2020 by John Meyer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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