P-51P-208A

[Tophe]

Thanks!
The new sanding is done, and the construction goes on:

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Going on: sanding, cutting, putty again...

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Sanding was the end of hardwork, now building is fast...

[Dizzyfugu]

Are the forward/backward wings intentional or just artistic expression? 

[Tophe]

1/ You are right, the port wing is inverted (front/rear upside/down)
2/ This was not intentional but a mistake of mine
3/ I will not change it: for me, this is funny/crazy, very what-if
4/ You and me have not the same principles for what-if spirit, you are rather realist while I am a complete dreamer/mad-one...

PS. Do you know how the supercritical profile was invented? An almost normal profile was tested in wind-tunnel and brought unexpectedly wonderful results, then doing it again provide no good results, and again: bad, so the wind-tunnel technician was questioned "what happened the fist time??" and he shyly admitted "I made a mistake, sorry, mounting upside down", this was checked and confirmed, and optimized into a new great standard! wrong/crazy may be good...

[Scotaidh]

1/ You are right, the port wing is inverted (front/rear upside/down)
2/ This was not intentional but a mistake of mine
3/ I will not change it: for me, this is funny/crazy, very what-if
4/ You and me have not the same principles for what-if spirit, you are rather realist while I am a complete dreamer/mad-one...

PS. Do you know how the supercritical profile was invented? An almost normal profile was tested in wind-tunnel and brought unexpectedly wonderful results, then doing it again provide no good results, and again: bad, so the wind-tunnel technician was questioned "what happened the fist time??" and he shyly admitted "I made a mistake, sorry, mounting upside down", this was checked and confirmed, and optimized into a new great standard! wrong/crazy may be good...

I didn't know that about the supercritical wing.    Thanks!  Also - and forgive me for this - it took me a while to warm up to your style of building.  However, now that I'm used to how you do things, I look forward to seeing 'what you're doing this time' because it always very different and very original - and there's far too little of that in this world. 

Also, you've given me some ideas - shaken my mind loose from my normal ruts, so to speak - and that is a priceless gift. 

Thank-you! 

[Tophe]

Thanks a lot for these nice words...
Just remember that the serious way is sane, mine is crazy...

Now, for finishing this model: I have not yet glued the booms but I think I will start the painting before, it will be fragile after gluing.

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First layer of sky-blue paint on the underside:

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"Seriously", the P-51P-208 is taking shape now...

Yes, yes, this was/is/would-be a Mustang, just a little special...

[ericr]

PS. Do you know how the supercritical profile was invented? An almost normal profile was tested in wind-tunnel and brought unexpectedly wonderful results, then doing it again provide no good results, and again: bad, so the wind-tunnel technician was questioned "what happened the fist time??" and he shyly admitted "I made a mistake, sorry, mounting upside down", this was checked and confirmed, and optimized into a new great standard! wrong/crazy may be good...

a very nice story indeed ! 

[TheChronicOne]

Agree on all counts.

[PR19_Kit]

1/ You are right, the port wing is inverted (front/rear upside/down)
2/ This was not intentional but a mistake of mine

That just improves its asymmetry, doesn't it? 

[Tophe]

That just improves its asymmetry, doesn't it? 

I fear this is not improvement but directing to a crash... in real life, but on my shelf there is no danger.

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When I touched the model, the booms broke down, felling apart from the wing...
I must confess I made a mistake: I cut the sprues too short to become booms (I should not have taken the P-51 sprues but from some other kit) : so not enough distance between propeller and tailplanes, too fragile wing-booms attachment. I tried to reinforce this attachment (see below) but this is very ugly, I hope it will be invisible from the normal angles of view, standing...

[Tophe]

Finished!