1/48 - North American P-51D Mustang 3D printed kit from ThreeD-Wild Miniatures - structure renders+test print - release in 2024

[Homebee]

ThreeD-Wild Miniatures (link) is to release a (1/48th ?) 3D printed aircraft kit in 2024.

Obviously a single engine fighter aircraft with a propeller. But what ? 

Source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/906471069393540/posts/24651795694434411/

 

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Thanks everyone who gave us help and their suggestions on our previous questions on choosing kits for 1/48 F6F, F4U and P-51, very helpful to us!!

To fellow modelers who did not hear about us: we are a startup company based in the greater Philadelphia area who design/sell 3D-printed model kits. In 2024, we will expand our product line from only naval model kits to more unexplored possibilities. Making something no one has ever made before with high quality is always our goal

We hope our new product under development may be useful or interesting to fellow modelers in this community.

 

 

V.P.

 

Edited February 2, 2024 by Homebee

[TEXANTOMCAT]

Looks like a P-51 to me!

 

TT

[Graham Boak]

Something that no-one has ever made before?  Really?

[GTX]

58 minutes ago, TEXANTOMCAT said:

Looks like a P-51 to me!

 

TT

Agreed.  I suppose it could be one of the rarer developments...

[TEXANTOMCAT]

Hang on a second you don’t reckon it could be a Martin Baker MB-5 do you? 

[John Thompson]

57 minutes ago, TEXANTOMCAT said:

Hang on a second you don’t reckon it could be a Martin Baker MB-5 do you? 

'Twould be nice, but cutaway drawings of the MB.5 show no sign of that third frame from the nose having a slight angle.

https://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/scratch-building-aircraft-design-3d-cad-174/11650928-martin-baker-mb-5-giant-scale-build.html

 

It is, however, present on the most familiar versions of the P-51:

https://conceptbunny.com/north-american-p-51-mustang/

 

John

[SAT69]

2 hours ago, GTX said:

Agreed.  I suppose it could be one of the rarer developments...

I think you may have nailed it. Might it be a racing P-51? Not the more conventional airplanes but a drastically modified version?

[MrB17]

Certainly looks like a P-51, what I find a bit puzzling are the fixed extensions aft of the rudder post. Hmmm…

 

Cheers

 

Jeff

[Homebee]

Pffff. What to say. Nothing.

Source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/906471069393540/posts/24697248963222417/

 

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We would like to thank fellow modelers again in this group, who kindly helped us with their suggestions for us to eventually choose this aircraft as our proof-of-concept model kit in 2024!!

 

 

V.P.

 

[Bozothenutter]

Actually quite interesting!

Hope it'll come with all interior gubbins!

[John Thompson]

It appears to have the same cockpit coaming shape as a P-51D, but the P-51D would have a panel line in the centre of the upper cowling, where this aircraft has apparently got a narrow panel in that location. Unless it's an "artefact" of the rendering process. Did I say that right? 

 

John

[Bozothenutter]

The weird bits could be there as protection for fragile areas. 

There are similar panels on the lower cowling and behind the canopy.

Not sure about the protruding tail though,  as that area looks pretty strong. 

[71chally]

Could it be a 'skeleton' structure to be fitted within an existing kit?

Would seem unlikely due to scale thicknesses etc.

[Bozothenutter]

13 hours ago, 71chally said:

Could it be a 'skeleton' structure to be fitted within an existing kit?

Would seem unlikely due to scale thicknesses etc.

is there a full interior kit, to donate its 'gubbins'?

only one that comes close is the 1/32 ZM Mustang.

Quite like the idea though, there are a few PE kits out there that do the same thing. By LMCTC/MFH/jasmine model

[Homebee]

Source: https://www.facebook.com/threedwild.miniatures/posts/pfbid0F83j1rk86Nm9sbRZ4J6tjimEJ4h4TNvDPoiKFK5yA1i3gsQAw9BYyaJykv5EJc2Ll

 

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Up to this point we are around 20% done for the development of this POC model kit. Anyone interested please keep an eye on us!!

 

 

V.P.