Peterpools

Gaz Way to go Keep 'em comin Peter

Mark Awesome Got for it Keep 'em comin Peter

Mark GO FOR IT! Keep 'em comin Peter

Thanks Rob Maybe down the road but for now the kit just sucked the energy and desire out of me. It's at least not in the landfill but resting on the SOD. Keep 'em comin Peter

I SURRENDER and just can't go on with this kit any longer. I've spent days being frustrated and can't understand the manufacturers logic in what and how to do it. The wheel wells were the last straw as the gear walls are shown to be assembled and glued to the lower wing and then all the internals are added to the underside of the upper wing. Part fit especially with the wheel wells for me were terrible and beyond frustrating. Whether my thinking is correct or not, I just can't find the energy or desire to continue. Yes I know it is a limited production kit and it requires better skills then mine. I've thrown in the towel, I'll take my loses and that's that. I've been through way too much this past year medically to stress out over a kit. Keep 'em comin Peter

Thanks Smitty, I guess I was out to lunch. Keep 'em comin Peter

BUTTONING UP THE FUSELAGE 9/19/21 I test fitted by tapping the two fuselage halves – fit was pretty good. After removing the Tamiya tape, I carefully cleaned up and removed any traces of paint from the cockpit bulkhead edges and cleaned out the corresponding channels on the fuselage walls. Now with the front office in place, the fuselage halves refused to close up as before. The front and rear bulkheads were too wide, requiring a fair amount of sanding. When I was almost able to close up the fuselage without squeezing the halves together, I glued both halves together, leaving a small gap on the bottom that I’ll deal with after the wings are on. No way was this a building error, the bulkheads were just too wide and didn’t fit. While the turtle deck behind the cockpit is to be added later, I wanted to at least do a test fit and make sure there wasn’t going to be any issues. The turtle deck is either part E14 or F-14 depending on the color scheme/aircraft being modeled. I was planning doing scheme A and still am, which the instructions called out for part E14 (E&F have question marks (?) shown) and to make matters worse, there is no Fret E with the kit and none shown on the fret schematic in the instructions as well; I went with F14 but then why even show a part that isn’t supplied? After all this, why wasn’t surprised it didn’t fit, a bit too long and will need some TLC to fit to fit into place. I’m glad I looked ahead for a change and now know what I need to do. Next up: The Wings Thanks for checking in Peter

Scalemates has this posted: https://www.scalemates.com/kits/zoukei-mura-tba-p-51-b-c--1189357 Anyone have any info? Keep 'em comin Peter

Carl Much appreciated Yup, exactly the same but carefully look at how the wheel wells go together and figure out which is the top and bottom of some of the parts and how the ends glue together. The problem is you're looking from the top down, then from the bottom up, front to back and then the other way. Not to mention the fit isn't all that good. H21 and H33 are key walls and in the first few drawings, you only see the backs and not the front, which is the important face. The instructions are just not user friendly at all. I have both gear wells assembled, not crazy about the fit and hopefully what I did works. Keep 'em comin Peter

Harv Sure hope they are better. Keep 'em comin Peter

Thanks Rob ... so very much appreciated. I just never understood why companies bring out products with all sorts of issues and terrible instructions and never seem to correct anything. Sometimes all the technology used is great but the execution leaves a lot to be desired. Fuselage is together and moving forward with a ton of sanding and fussing needed. Keep 'em comin Peter

Rob Very said news and thank goodness you and your family are safe. My heart goes out to those that have lost everything. Peter

John Right on the money. They just seem to spend so much time and energy on colorful instructions that are both confusing and of little valve. Keep 'em comin Peter

Thanks Martin, completely agree. Way too much time and effort on good looking and very confusing instructions. Even being a limited run kit, just indicating top and bottom on a few key parts would have been a huge help. I'm struggling, annoyed and getting really cranky but finally have managed to finish putting together the left main gear walls correctly (🤞). Keep 'em comin Peter

Phil Interesting idea. Does the small size of the MG's really merit the expense or are they workable? Keep 'em comin Peter

Gaz Thank you for the info on IMC kits ... they have some very interesting subjects and some that have caught my eye. Keep 'em comin Peter

Terrific build and always appreciate seeing wok in the other scales Keep 'em comin Peter

Gaz Some amazing progress and dealing with all that PE is nerve racking for sure but you have it well under control. The assemblies all look like you're mighty close to the paint shop and that's always been my favorite part of any build. Keep 'em comin Peter

Carl Nice work on figuring out all the needed work to get the rear portion of the cockpit ready for the Aires part. Looks mighty good. Keep 'em comin Peter

Phil Right with you for sure. I think all that SH did was change the nose assembly by adding a new fret and the changes to the instructions. Speaking of the instructions, I'm working on the wings and the main gear wheel wells and the instructions are a jumble of drawings over three pages and figuring out which parts go where and what the part orientation is driving me insane and nearly to the point of putting the kit back in the box. How did you figure this mess out, as it's simply the worst I've ever seen. Granted SH isn't Tamiya but give me a break, parts aren't keyed and the fit is poor at best and it's easy to get the parts all screwed up. At this rate, I might even sell the Whirlwind as this is ridiculous. Keep 'em comin Peter

Kai Completely agree Keep 'em comin Peter

Mark Holy smokes, it's HUGE! Keep 'em comin Peter

Thanks Mark I'm 10890 so I still have a way to go. Looking forward to your impressions Keep 'em comin Peter

Mark Terrific news - what was your order number? Looking forward to your impressions on the kit Keep 'em comin Peter

John Looking so good. Nice to see the P-39 go together perfectly and corrected. Keep 'em comin Peter