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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 .

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That's pretty much everything that I was able to find, that's why I'm asking for help

Nice tutorials , thank you for sharing.

Holy shihtzu , most impressive and creative work. Way beyond the general modelling abilities, pure art , I dare to say.

Thank you again guys. Yes, that is correct. I had to deal with some family business back in Europe, so the build was interrupted , but truly it falls together like a Lego. if I can do it , anybody can and with much better result.

You are welcome John. I would say 'off white' that is used on modern era airframes. Also there were new parachutes and harness used and naturally the switch console for the weapons, utilizing tires with the post war standard thread. Basically they stripped them to the bare airframe and started all over in their own way. Trans Florida Aviation facility at Sarasota (1961)

You are most welcome guys. Few more shots of langnase mustang.

Ok, finally I got to my old stashed pictures Mainly Turbo prop , but here's a nice shot of F-51 panel

Nice!

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Original Werk Numbers 44-11558 = N6175C 44-72844 = N5076K 44-73027 44-73260 = N5075K 44-73411 = N 551D, N550D 44-73454 = N2051D 44-73584 = N51Q 44-73656 = N5073K 44-73843 = N351D 44-74427 44-74441 44-74453 44-74458 - 44-74459 44-74469 = N7723C 44-74831 44-74854 44-84658 = N7724C 45-11381 = N5471V 45-11489 = N5421V and the new ones assigned by USAF 67-14862 - 67-14866 67-22579 - 67-22582 68-15795 - 68-15796 (used by USAF and US Navy) 72-1536 - 72-1541 A number of contracts were issued to deliver Cavalier Mustangs to various military users. Due to the fact that such conversions were based on airframes that were s.o.c. (struck off charge) by the USAF some 25 years earlier, new FY-serials had to be issued. Military Cavaliers can be found in the '67-, '68, and '72-serial ranges. Countries to receive military Cavaliers were Bolivia, El Salvador and Indonesia. Besides that, many military Mustangs were upgraded with kits supplied by Cavalier, i.e. the aircraft stayed in their countries and saw 'local' rebuild / upgrade with the help of Cavalier representatives. Customers were: Dominican Republic, Guatemala, El Salvador, Indonesia, Bolivia, and probably others.

OK, I am going to hang it in here, because there is soooo much you guys might want from Roy's Barracuda Studios to produce in the near future. So , here we go your wish list starts in 3....2....1......

Turbo Mustang with white gear bays. And the Man himself, check out the perfect surface of his product and the ordnance control panel, which was also featured on every "armed" F-51II

A bit of history by Curtis Fowles, MustangsMustangs In 1957, the last of the active duty F-51s were withdrawn from ANG service. This released many F-51s to the civilian market. David Lindsay, a newspaper publisher, formed Trans Florida Aviation with the intent of refurbishing the ex-military P-51s into well-equiped civilian business aircraft. Lindsay purchased surplus P-51s (mostly P-51D) and began a restoration process. They would strip out all the military equipment, add a second seat behind the pilot, add extra fuel capacity (some models), update the avionics, install a tall tail similar to the NACA P-51s, plush out the interior to provide the most comfort possible and finish the job with a civilian paint scheme. Lindsay flew 44-13257, with the NACA tail, and was pleased how it handled. He got the FAA STC for the tail mod so the taller vertical stabilizer could be added to the civilian Cavaliers. One of the P-51s main attributes was its great range. The first P-51 conversion, named Cavalier, was in 1958. Orders trickled in for the first few years. The models offered were all relative to the range of the aircraft. The model numbers (all prefixed by "Cavalier") were 750, 1200, 1500, 2000 and 2500. The longest range Cavalier, the Cavalier 2500, included 110 gallon wingtip fuel tanks. Remember, with the second seat, the fuselage fuel tank was removed and the main wing tanks would yield about 180 gallons usable. Trans-Florida was renamed Cavalier Aircraft Corporation and purchased the rights of the P-51 design from North American Aviation. The first contract with the U.S. Government was to IRAN 36 F-51 from the Dominican Air Force (FAD). These were not Cavalier conversions but were P-51s that were repaired and upgraded. Then in 1967, the USAF contracted with Cavalier to produce the F-51D for export to South America under the Military Assistance Program (MAP). These aircraft were given new serial numbers starting with the first, 67-14862 and named "Mustang II". In 1967 a total of 9 were built. These aircraft went to El Salvador. Changes to the Mustang II were made for increased loads. The wing was strengthened to carry a total of 4,000 lbs of ordance and additional weapon hard points were installed, up to six under each wing. A rear seat was installed in these models, for observers. A new Merlin V-1650-724 was installed and these Cavaliers also received the taller tail modification. In 1968, two of the new Mustang IIs went to the U.S. Army as chase planes for the Cheyene (AH-54) helicopter program. These were serialed 68-15795 and 68-15796. More orders placed in 1972 for 6 aircraft under MAP for export to Indonesia. The Mustang IIs did not have wingtip fuel tanks.With new ideas of how to keep the P-51 Mustang alive and in service, David Lindsay wanted to try replacing the long-standing workhorse Merlin V-12 with a turboprop. Lindsay perferred the Lycoming T-55 but had difficulties obtaining a copy. They were able to get a Rolls Royce Dart 510 Turboprop and installed it in civilian P-51 N6167U. This mod was not funded by the USAF, but by Cavalier. The new modification was called the Turbo Mustang III. Cavalier tried to get the USAF and other air forces interested in the project but no sales were made. Later, Cavalier sold the project to Piper and it later became the PA-48 Enforcer. The Enforcer had little in common with the original P-51. The USAF, under pressure from Congress, did order two prototype PA-48 from Piper. No other orders were place and the project died. The two PA-48 Enforcers do exist today at USAF Museums. Many Cavalier Mustangs are still airworthy today.

Trans Florida Aviation established by David Lindsay was refurbishing ex-military P-51s to the Cavalier F-51 II standard. During the process the airframes were overhauled and to my best knowledge a protective off-white coat was used instead of well known zinc chromate . Here is an example of 44-75007N F-51 Cavalier instrument panel. Noteworthy is the extra padding, car like pocket on the right with console and overall use of the white colour. And nice video showing white gear bay covers , partially white interior bits as well.

Nice! Great call John, naturally I will follow with interest. I answered your PM. Gonna open Cavalier related topic in the research section soon, that way I won't mess with your build. Cheers Martin

Needless to say his shipping to Canada is very reasonable.

Thank you for sharing Maru, that looks ultra realistic.

Looks like Roy started utilizing 3D printing technology. Now if he would ever release the Fw-190 wheels in 1/24 scale together with the covers ….

Always nice to see kiwi corsairs, well done John ! 👍