Irishman1

I just looked at this and wow!! Great job

Great job on the hinges but man, you really knocked it out of the park on that engine!!!! The belts too!!!

Looks great. It’s nice to see modeling these warbirds in other formats!

Beautiful job!

The solid wire does look good in this scale, I actually debated using wire instead of the anzy line anyway even thinking the solid wire looked more realistic in 1/24 scale too. Looks fantastic

Looks great! Just worn enough

Really cool subject!! Skillfully done

Great looking mustang!! Great weathering tips too. On my airfix 1/24 scale and my upcoming p-47 I use a mix of bare metal foil for some panels and metallic buffing paints for other panels.

Looking great!! I also used the anyz braided lines for spark plug wires and black braided for some oil lines on my 1/24 scale hellcat. I wish I would have used the spark plugs too!! They really pop

Looks great!! Any work beats no work

Peter, completely understand, I’ve undergone over 20 major orthopedic surgeries and always thought modeling is a good therapy to have in all those “down” days.. the frustration of just everyday pain and lack of mobility combined with a “temper” sometimes ended with a model ending with far more pieces than the kit began with.. many kits thrown across the room for premature flight tests. I always come back after a time tho and I’m sure you will too! Hang in there buddy mike (irishman1)

The intake pipes on the rear of the engine are one piece,two into one. The exhaust are all two pieces you have to glue together except for two single straight ones, one on each side. the top picture (someone’s else’s build) shows the one piece intakes and the bottom is mine with the one piece intakes installed with two of the two piece exhaust pipes in place

My new puppy, Sansa with the old big brother, chosen. And a few more engine pics. Need to do some weathering now

We got a new little puppy so my modeling has been slowed down but here’s a little more progress on the engine and oil tank

Beautifully done! Here’s mine, did it around 2000

Beautiful! I’m going to redo my 1/24 airfix 190 after seeing your job here!!! Inspiring

Love the warbird unlimited racers!! Can’t wait to see

Truly amazing craftsmanship here!!! I am so inspired by your skills. Can’t wait for more!!!

Great model snd canto detailing by you! Very inspiring..

Wow!! Those are some gap’s

Great work! Getting ideas to use on my big typhoon!!

I’m going to make a spray booth like this

Here’s the supercharger air plenum with a little grime on it, not sure how much wear this bird will have

More progress on the engine, it’s like a kit all in its own. The exhaust pipes are all in two pieces and need to be filled and sanded before installing. They do fit well though. I’ve dirtied it up a little but will wait until the engines more complete before detailing it out

Fascinating to watch as I remember vac kits when I was young. True skill!