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N.A. Mustang Mk. XX

Started by DogfighterZen, February 06, 2025, 11:30:31 PM

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DogfighterZen

#30
February 12, 2025, 03:51:50 PM
Quote from: Captain Canada on February 12, 2025, 02:31:06 PMNice work ! Love the Mustang. Then again, who doesn't !

Thank you, Captain!  :thumbsup:
Mustang is one of the most beautiful planes ever... and no matter how many cool stealth fighter designs are created, the Mustang's beauty can't be denied... it will always hold a special place in aviation.
"Sticks and stones may break some bones but a 3.57's gonna blow your damn head off!!"

zenrat

#31
February 13, 2025, 03:18:01 AM
Makes me wish i'd bought some of those HPM race plane kits back when they were all over evil-bay like a rash.
Fred

- Can't be bothered to do the proper research and get it right.

Another ill conceived, lazily thought out, crudely executed and badly painted piece of half arsed what-if modelling muppetry from zenrat industries.

zenrat industries:  We're everywhere...for your convenience..

PR19_Kit

#32
February 13, 2025, 04:45:58 AM
Most stealth fighter designs are just plain ugly to my mind anyway.

With the possible exception of the F-23, that's a beauty!
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

DogfighterZen

#33
February 13, 2025, 02:59:54 PM
Quote from: zenrat on February 13, 2025, 03:18:01 AMMakes me wish i'd bought some of those HPM race plane kits back when they were all over evil-bay like a rash.


Same here... and i remember almost buying one when they were available at the PJ productions website. I had one in the cart along with a bunch of other stuff but then reality kicked in with the available budget for that month and i ended up removing it instead of the PJ 1/72 Mirage III/V kit before the checkout. :-\
Finding one now will probably be difficult and most likely very expensive. They are very good looking planes indeed.

Quote from: PR19_Kit on February 13, 2025, 04:45:58 AMMost stealth fighter designs are just plain ugly to my mind anyway.

With the possible exception of the F-23, that's a beauty!

I'll admit that although i do think that they could look better, i like some of the real ones we've seen so far. There are exceptions for me and, no, Fat Amy(F-35) is not in the same league as the Mustang, but i like the way it looks anyway.  ;D
The YF-22 was horrible compared to the YF-23 but IMO, the F-22 became a good looking machine.
There's no denying the beauty of the YF-23 design but i know that if the wings remained the same size for the extended fuselage of the production model, it would begin to resemble a dart like the F-104... :wacko:
Seriously now, the images of the production model look good and like the F-22, i'm sure the F-23 would've looked even better than the prototype... That's why one of the 4 YF-23 kits in my stash is meant exactly for the purpose of building a production model. ;)

Back to the Mustang, today was pipe drilling day... ;D
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Sorry for the crappy cell phone pics but i was taking them while talking to the guys at my "local" modelling club on messenger. ;D
Yup, definitely an improvement so the work payed off... :mellow:
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Now i can concentrate on finishing the interior bits so i can close the fuselage and move on with the build. Not much to do before that happens, just have to assemble the tailwheel's support structure and glue it in place, same with the cockpit...

 :cheers:

"Sticks and stones may break some bones but a 3.57's gonna blow your damn head off!!"

Rick Lowe

#34
February 13, 2025, 07:57:38 PM
Nicely done.  :thumbsup:  I hate to think how many I would have ruined, trying the same thing...

Hotte

#36
February 14, 2025, 04:22:43 AM
 :thumbsup: Klasse !

Hotte

NARSES2

#37
February 14, 2025, 05:34:17 AM
Quote from: Rick Lowe on February 13, 2025, 07:57:38 PMNicely done.  :thumbsup:  I hate to think how many I would have ruined, trying the same thing...

You and me both. Exceptionaly well done, wish my hands were even marginaly as steady as that nowdays.
Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.

DogfighterZen

#38
February 18, 2025, 04:34:12 AM
Thank you, gentlemen!  :thumbsup:
It was something i just had to do cause those pipes looked awful.
Unfortunately i haven't done anything else since then cause i've been fiddling with detailing the Heller Alouette III's engine.
"Sticks and stones may break some bones but a 3.57's gonna blow your damn head off!!"

DogfighterZen

#39
March 04, 2025, 10:30:16 AM
Well, finally got the pilot assemble in the proper position but it still needs some work. That won't hold up the rest of the build, the pilot should be easy to put in place after the fuselage is closed.

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"Sticks and stones may break some bones but a 3.57's gonna blow your damn head off!!"

kerick

#40
March 04, 2025, 04:48:35 PM
Look'n good!  :thumbsup:
" Somewhere, between half true, and completely crazy, is a rainbow of nice colours "
Tophe the Wise

DogfighterZen

#41
March 18, 2025, 12:21:18 AM
Well, haven't been doing much at the bench lately but finally got the pilot done and started assembling the interior...

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Hoping it won't take another two or three weeks to get some more work done on this... :banghead:
"Sticks and stones may break some bones but a 3.57's gonna blow your damn head off!!"

DogfighterZen

#42
March 25, 2025, 12:05:51 AM
Small update on this one...
Instrument panel and pilot in place and the tail wheel assembly is sorted so i'm finally ready to close the fuselage.

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This kit really needs some attention when assembling the tail wheel because the whole assembly sits on two small round holes present on the side of both fuse halves and that's it. There's no way to put it in place and leave it so, i had to find something to support it.
As always, i had a few bits of scrap sprue on the bench so i just used a round section to serve as an internal support to attach the tailwheel assembly to and make it stronger.
It's possible to insert it into the gear well after the fuselage is closed but i think that makes it much harder to put it in there and have it stay aligned with two milimeters of contact area on the interior so i'm staisfied with this solution and i'll just have to be careful to avoid snapping the tailwheel off.
"Sticks and stones may break some bones but a 3.57's gonna blow your damn head off!!"

Wardukw

#43
March 25, 2025, 01:12:33 AM
Looking good so far Rui 👌
If it aint broke ,,fix it until it is .
Over kill is often very understated .
I know the voices in my head ain't real but they do come up with some great ideas.
Theres few of lifes problems that can't be solved with the proper application of a high explosive projectile .

Old Wombat

#44
March 25, 2025, 05:22:00 AM
 :thumbsup:
Has a life outside of What-If & wishes it would stop interfering!

"The purpose of all War is Peace" - St. Augustine

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