Vic Balshaw
Major General
Can't believe what I'm seeing, the problem with the canopy is unbelievable. 
GB-64 1/72 P-51Mk III Poland Mustang- One Trick Pony
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Crimea_River
Marshal
Very true. Looks like some cutting up front would have been needed but I'm not sure I would have cut the back part.
Actually neither cutting at the front nor at back will work correctly. The main problem with the cockpit is the fuselage. It is too short at about 2,5-3mm. Just the 1-1,5mm of the incorrection is at the cockpit area while the 1,5-2mm at the fuselage back. The cockpit conopy lenght is about 26mm what is correct for the 1/72 scale but the cutout at the fuselage for it is about 24-25mm. If the fuselage would be lengthened there the cockpit "glass" fitted without any problem.
Nicely done so far!
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As wojtek says, the problem is that the cabin is 26mm wide while the cabin hole is 24mm, so the entire fuselage should be cut and the 2.5mm that are missing according to the measurements added, but since I'm too lazy to do that, I dedicated myself to adjusting the 26mm to 24.8mm and cutting the minimum so that it would fit without it being open on any side.
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Good work so far!
Jock Tamson
Staff Sergeant
Wow 
good job 
good job 
Well done Sergio
Crimea_River
Marshal
You did a good job fitting the canopy.
fubar57
General
Excellent
not bad at all....
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Thank you all, the truth is that after the time I have been away from modeling and the injury that I still carry, although it has improved a lot, I am happy with what I have so far and seeing that you also see it even more so to continue...
Now the next hurdle, the exhaust pipes...
As we can see in the photos, the one that came with the plane and the one that comes with the kit are very different, so I will have to work on them to make them look somewhat alike.
So let's work on them
Now the next hurdle, the exhaust pipes...
As we can see in the photos, the one that came with the plane and the one that comes with the kit are very different, so I will have to work on them to make them look somewhat alike.
So let's work on them
Crimea_River
Marshal
The ones on the a/c are known as "shrouded" exhausts. A better photo:
