Clunkmeister

If I remember correctly, the turret area was where the issues arose on the AM kit. It’s been a few years, so my total recall is a bit fuzzy

We have some AM, too.

If it’s anything like the Accurate Miniatures kit, and it looks similar, closing the fuselage will be an ‘adventure’.

It is there Peter, just faint. It’s on the block as well. A Malcolm hood would be cool but there’s nothing out there

Canopy is vac of course. Yay! I love resin. I hate vac. But this ain’t so bad because we get a bucking board/template for the canopy. Plus a spare canopy in case I bork up the first one. Onward

The scoop is a drop fit.

Just more fitting of the major parts. Everything actually fits well, very well, considering it’s probably THE kit that started the trend to high scale fidelity 1/32 models.

Awesome Jeroen! Awesome!

Well, this is my Service to all my friends in the modeling community. I am building a resin P-51B and upon the final matte coat, just know that a state of the art, 100% accurate injected kit will hit the market.

Happy Birthday Cees! Happy happy happy!

Yup, I’ve been playing with it off and on for a year. I finally have the fuselage fitting pretty decent. Not that I really tried hard.

Ancient if I had to put a finger on it. like Father Time....

Just like old times

This is kinda what I have in mind.

What’s amazing is that the whole mess almost even fits!

Yeah I know, not another boring Mustang build, but I’ve been putzing away at this for awhile now, scraping, sanding, fitting, and just generally making a mess. I refuse to let this one linger on the SOD, especially since I have just about every bit of AM needed to finish her off in grand style. It’s time to show off the masterpiece of one of the true pioneers of accurate 1/32 resin kits.

Hey Dave! In a couple months I’ll be all over it. I’ve been cutting out parts, but hey, I love carving resin. I’ll have a build thread up and running soon.

John, that looks awesome! If you’d like, sure! I’m pretty much past the interior, but I’d love to see. Mine was the -1H version so it only had one pilot seat, one set of controls, and the big radar where the copilot seat goes. Plus no top turret, aftermarket radio room, and the big ol’ gun under the floor Hoorah!

Peter you know me way too well! I love Kent’s build and it surely 8nspired me, but I’m a “ready for flight” kind of builder, so it will have some open crew hatches and windows of course, but that’s it. I’m torn in regards to schemes. Standard USN, or an RCAF or RCN bird to be different. I’ve had the big Cat completely mocked up, and it’s not really much bigger than my Felixstowe at all. Bulkier and taller, but not really bigger. The interior is 80% of this build. Too bad it’ll almost all be invisible when complete.

Radu’s magic rivet tool is the tool version of Mr. Leveling Thinner. One of those rare products that improves your game 100 fold. Also, look at his scribers. Pure bliss on a handle. These things just work, and work well. No muss, no fuss.

Yeah I saw that too. Kent is a true master. His weathering skills are decidedly several grades above mine, but I manage.

Ha! Yup, I told Brian that if Texas was selected for 2020, the Cat it would be. I’m a victim of foot-in-mouth disease and a man of my word, so now I need to follow through. I think I have a bit of a head start on the Cat, though. I’ve been slowly cleaning, scraping, and rebagging parts over the last year or so, just when I had some time to kill, plus I mocked up the externals to get an idea on size. The main fiberglass airframe is nice and light, but the complete resin interior is heavy. Then hang the solid resin tail feathers off the tail end and I can see the need for a huge block of lead in the nose. As for the Kingfisher, I’ve built plenty of Kitty Hawk kits, so there will be no real surprise here. The only real need is for some extra detail in the pit and the beaching gear needs busying up.

Yup, it’ll be a few pounds for sure. The noseweight alone will be plenty. I’m not sure it would be quite so bad if not for the solid resin tail feathers. There’s been precious few builds of this kit, although a few are now being completed.

Very nice recovery on the gaps. Now break out Radu’s riveter and have fun.

So I have some big plans. My PBJ-1H is starting to get close to needing paint, and as soon as I’m happy with it, we start on two specific builds. As I’ll have a lot of Navy blue and light grey on hand, I think some more Navy aircraft are in store. The Kitty Hawk OS2U Kingfisher, and then the HPH PBY-5 Catalina. It’s gonna be a busy two years, as I want the PBY ready in plenty of time for the 2020 US Nats. Hopefully the OS2U for next year’s Nats in Chattanooga? I got a definite promise from Ernie Gee that if I would build the kit and send him my original gear to use as masters, he would make them in bronze/brass, or whatever he uses. That was my one sticking point on that kit, and now it appears that barrier is lifted. Gonna be a fun time here on LSM.