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They started as such, however under the South American sun they faded super fast.

It would. be nice to see back the P-47N wheels together with the prop. blades , also the corrected F-4 nose and the Nachtjager Corsair conversion set :). all 1/32 naturally

Whee indeed

Nobody? Ok What about the F4U-2? Radar pod, radar screen, flash dampeners and Roy's you uncle.

Few shots showing Peter in his natural habitat

Fuerza Aérea Salvadoreña only one two seater was supplied to FAS, it was TF-51D FAS400

Ok, back to the Cavalier P-51D MK2 story

Sweet!

Hey Tim, RP 3 are made by Special Hobby in 1/32. Here are few pics., not sure if helpful.

Truly daring and impressively executed. Almost intimidating. Cheers Martin PS: Anybody wants to join my knitting club

And here they are now

Nice pictures John, thanks for sharing. The first one is ex-RAAF CA-18 Mustang Mk.22 with the Rolls-Royce Dart 510 installed. A project of Australian gentleman Hockney Treloar. It never made it and was later sold to US and reverted to Merlin engine. The second one is Piper PA-48 (N481PE), note the framed windscreen, ten hard point and the probe on the left fuel tank. Probably at Pima, during its restoration process.

And One more thing, that people didn't notice. Piper Enforcer N201PE had a frameless windshield.

There's little confusion about the Piper Enforcer to be clarified. Langnase Turbo Mustang III (N6167U) with the RR Dart engine, later renamed "Enforcer" was in 1970 sold to Piper Aircraft. D.Lindsay closed Cavalier year later and was involved in the development of the concept with Piper, which leased a Lycomings t55 from the Air Force and built 2 Enforcers, a single seater PE-1 (N201PE) and two seater PE-2(N202PE). Two seater crashed and single seater didn't get the COIN contract. Seems like the Turbo Mustang III ( N6167U) was used to construct the PE-1. One more thing , later two Piper Enforcers PA-48 (N481PE)and (N482PE) were built in 1984. These were completely different and new aeroplanes sharing very little with P-51. Both survived one is in PimaASM Tucson, second at AFTM Edwards. So here are two beautiful pictures of PE-1

Guys, please let us stick with the research topic and keep the chit-chat for the general discussion .

Beautiful and precise work combined with a great attention to detail. 👍

44-13257, NACA 108, beautifully restored to flying condition. Needless to say that the healthy amount of flying P-51s are actually Cavaliers. 1944: Manufactured as a P-51D-5A AF S/N 44-13257 (NAA S/N 109-26890) 1944 Dec, Modified by NAA for high speed research. 1944: NACA, NACA 108 - dive tests until 1949 1957: Nov, sold surplus, N4222A, Charles Snydor 1959: May, N4222A, Trans-Florida Aviation, Sarasota, Fl 1959-67: Stored 1967: Dec 07, N4222A, Remanufactured, Cavalier Mustang II prototype. 1968: Weapons testing at Apalachicola, FL. 1968-71: Chase plane for "Enforcer" project. 1972: N51DL, Lindsay Newspapers Inc, Sarasota FL 1980: N51DL, Lindair Inc, Sarasota FL

It is slowing down for a reason. Time to step up the game. Market is ruthlessly saturated and frankly speaking, as of now I have multiple copies of almost everything 1/32 and 1/24 WW2 from Barracuda. I wanna see some marketing activities, what to expect in the near future, what is in the works? priming the clientele, that is a huge part of it. Demand research, that's a second and equally important part of the story. FB, blogging , on-line presence etc. In another words, sell it to me. Edit: And I just read what Ernie posted above LOL 🤦‍♂️

Stuff I need has been taken care of by the new, young, European companies. Personally I would rather support local market, but it seems to be shrinking somehow.

Is Roy a member here? A direct feedback like this topic means pure gold for the business. Eduard does it, Special Hobby does it and they listening and actively adjusting their product to the customer's buzz. And GROWING exponentially .