Administrators Clunkmeister Posted August 16, 2018 Author Administrators Posted August 16, 2018 Smitty, it looks like he wing walked it down the runway, alternating between the nose and the wingtips. Not bad as far as ground loops go. I’ve seen worse. But still a good view of the underside. 1
Grunhertz Posted August 16, 2018 Posted August 16, 2018 Any landing you can walk away from.......... 2
Wumm Posted August 16, 2018 Posted August 16, 2018 13 hours ago, Peterpools said: Ernie Hope you have a good respirator or will be doing the major sanding and clean up outside. On all my resin projects or AM sets, that's what I've gone with. Should have been doing this years ago. Peter Yep... safety protocols Buddy! Mask, gloves, and always sand / file / cut under water in an old icecream tub or takeaway container. I made this promise to my Oncologist before she'd let me back into the hobby. Resin is super toxic and carcinogenic. And none of those hokey paper masks either... go for a proper one with filters. 5
Peterpools Posted August 17, 2018 Posted August 17, 2018 Nothing like a taildragger to make crosswind landings a bit of an adventure. Peter 3
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted August 17, 2018 Author Administrators Posted August 17, 2018 58 minutes ago, Peterpools said: Nothing like a taildragger to make crosswind landings a bit of an adventure. Peter Haha, YUP. Screeeeeeeeeech, clunk, crunch! 1
smitty44 Posted August 17, 2018 Posted August 17, 2018 4 minutes ago, Martinnfb said: sacrilage ! Poor Mug 9 just sitting there all by itself... 3
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted August 17, 2018 Author Administrators Posted August 17, 2018 Ok guys. A bit of an update for y’all. One thing on resin kits is that before we can even “build” the model, we need to get the airframe to fit properly. so we sand and fit, scrape, file, sand, and fit some more. Don’t worry about going too far, we can fill small gaps with styrene. But we need it close. Here’s where I’m at right now. The wing bottom needs plenty of major material removed. It’s a byproduct of resin casting before all the high tech fancy equipment they use today. So let’s sand... 4
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted August 17, 2018 Author Administrators Posted August 17, 2018 It doesn’t look like much right now, but Jerry Rutman’s P-51B kit gives you a dead on the nuts accurate P-51B shape. If you sand it and fit it carefully, you can build a perfect shelf model. How far you take it from there is totally up to you. I intend to go as far as my ability allows. This P-51B will be good, assuming I don’t bork up the castings, which are made of unobtainium. 3
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted August 17, 2018 Author Administrators Posted August 17, 2018 Here’s a bit of one of the wing roots. Don’t worry about sand scratches. They’ll be filled, sanded, primed, then scribed. 5
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted August 17, 2018 Author Administrators Posted August 17, 2018 Martin, that doesn’t look hideous, oh yee of cut and paste technology. MuG-9 is saying finish me please. Right now it’s only a MuG-7 3/4 Anyone who doesn’t know Martin, know this: He’s the crazy Slovak kit-stitcher. He can kitbash a 1/32 Tamiya F-16 into a Cessna 310. 2
Jeff Posted August 17, 2018 Posted August 17, 2018 Wow, Ernie, that is lookin really good..... I would say your skills will turn out a top notch bird, I watching too....... cheers Mate Jeff 3
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted August 17, 2018 Administrators Posted August 17, 2018 Oh man... that looks like a whole lot of work! You're a better man than I am. Godspeed! 4
Members Mikester Posted August 18, 2018 Members Posted August 18, 2018 On 8/12/2018 at 10:10 AM, JohnB said: I still am hoping we get a new plastic one before I get too old to build!! We work closely with HKM, if there's news on a P-51B you'll hear it here first! 5
Bomber_County Posted August 18, 2018 Posted August 18, 2018 Ernie didn’t you want to do a Tuskegee P51........this pic is Captain William Mattison Operations Officer of the 100th FS 332nd Fighter Group Italy. 4
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted August 18, 2018 Author Administrators Posted August 18, 2018 Thanks Phil. Yeah, there’s plenty of oh so cool P-51B schemes out there, but with the big show in Chattanooga next year, and with the Tuskegee group possibly sending a delegation, I think it’s only fitting. Plus, like all WW2 vets, we’re rapidly losing them all to time. Thanks for the pic. Just as Martin does, it’s true inspiration. 2
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted August 18, 2018 Author Administrators Posted August 18, 2018 7 hours ago, Martinnfb said: 1
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted August 18, 2018 Author Administrators Posted August 18, 2018 2 hours ago, Martinnfb said: Ooooh. Dead stick or low power landing. Nice job. Lots of detail 1
Peterpools Posted August 18, 2018 Posted August 18, 2018 ERnie Looking mighty good ... nothing like a P-51 basking in the sun to get the old heart pumping. Keep 'em comin Peter 2
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted August 19, 2018 Author Administrators Posted August 19, 2018 5 hours ago, Peterpools said: ERnie Looking mighty good ... nothing like a P-51 basking in the sun to get the old heart pumping. Keep 'em comin Peter Thanks, Peter, but judging by everyone else’s way forward to a B/C, I might have the easiest way forward here. 2
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