My "future" son-in-law bought me an Aifrix 1/72 P-51D Mustang.
I'm not too hot on 1/72 - especially fighters. On the one hand, there's very few pieces and they can be put together pretty speedily. On the other, they're just so small.
Anyway - progress so far.
Box art
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Sprues
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Build
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Primed
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Aluminium
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Ready for some nice blue and red stuff...
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Looking forward to the final result. :bd:
Quote from: JudgeDredd on March 25, 2018, 03:05:31 PM
My "future" son-in-law bought me an Aifrix 1/72 P-51D Mustang.
Butterin' up the old man, huh? >:D
Consider me buttered (that does sound a bit creepy!) - he's a nice guy.
Damn...got some run
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Quote from: JudgeDredd on March 27, 2018, 03:01:52 AM
Consider me buttered (that does sound a bit creepy!) - he's a nice guy.
Seriously, he's got good taste in aircraft.
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on March 30, 2018, 08:38:38 AM
Quote from: JudgeDredd on March 27, 2018, 03:01:52 AM
Consider me buttered (that does sound a bit creepy!) - he's a nice guy.
Seriously, he's got good taste in aircraft.
Yes he does. I need to get me a 1/48 or 1/32 of the P-51
Anyway - almost done. I'm going to dirty her up a bit. Don't ask me what's gone wrong with the undercarriage. I have no excuse except
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Nice!
IIRC, didn't the P-51 necessitate the design of a special 'cut down' version of the 50 Cal MG to fit inside the narrow wing? I seem to recall the guns also had to be laid on their side, instead of upright as on other US A/C.
Quote from: Staggerwing on March 31, 2018, 08:59:27 AM
Nice!
IIRC, didn't the P-51 necessitate the design of a special 'cut down' version of the 50 Cal MG to fit inside the narrow wing? I seem to recall the guns also had to be laid on their side, instead of upright as on other US A/C.
I don't know about that. I do know it was a b*****d to make :buck2:
Nice work, JD! O0
Thank you O0