GB-64 1/48 P-51D ( II ) - One Trick Pony

[rochie]

Cockpit looks great Geo

 

[fubar57]

Thanks all. Panel lines done top side, need a few different grits to finish. Also done are the prop blades. Ignore the droops and gaps, they push fit in just fine. Blade angle will be trial. From what I can make out, the tip end top leans slightly forward past centre, at least every photo I've seen

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Nicely done George.

 

[Wurger]

 

[le_steph40]

 

[Gnomey]

Lovely work so far George!

 

[fubar57]

Them: So, what are you doing now that you're retired
Me: While waiting for glue to dry I drilled out 32 0.9398mm diameter holes. Trust me, they are all the way through

 

[Vic Balshaw]

I also did this and it seemed to take forever. Looks good in the long run.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Airframes]

That's some laborius, repetitive work, but very nicely done.

 

[fubar57]

Thanks guys. Terry, I didn't want to do it but decals go over the vent and I need them to sink in a bit deeper for a wash or perhaps poke them straight through. Anyhoo.......that bloody slot behind the canopy has been on my mind since the last GB. I tried various thicknesses and widths of plastic strip but I wasn't sure I could get the curve right and then at about 0400 this AM came a eureka moment, my thinnest card stock will bend just fine, thank you very much. So a bit of filing and sanding later

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Good enough for me. Never noticed the notch on the lower side until I test fit it all together. I'll see what I can do to even it out

 

[le_steph40]

 

[Wurger]

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Nicely done George. I love those eureka moments, I have then an invariably forget them. Such is life.