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T-51D "Sentinel" Trainer

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John Howling Mouse

#60
March 05, 2005, 06:54:20 PM
I also learned tonight that my masking tape will pull away that red 3M glazing putty I'm so fond of.  Just enough of the external layer that I get to slap on yet another coat and re-sand (yaaaaay   <_< )
Styrene in my blood and an impressive void in my cranium.

The Rat

#61
March 05, 2005, 10:21:51 PM
There is why I always have the barest cockpits on the block - I'm too scared to build like that!

Great work. Intimidating, but great!  :cheers:  
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nev

#62
March 06, 2005, 05:14:00 AM
QuoteGreat work. Intimidating, but great!
What he said!  B)  
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Patrick H

#63
March 06, 2005, 11:07:50 AM
Amazing, simply amazing.

:cheers:

Patrick
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John Howling Mouse

#64
March 06, 2005, 12:34:11 PM
Fuselage is together, wings are attached. Even without elevators, engine, complete tail, the prototype has completed its first check-out flight in the living room...

:rolleyes:  
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Tophe

#65
March 06, 2005, 09:45:20 PM
Great! :wub:  
[the word "realistic" hurts my heart...]

nev

#66
March 07, 2005, 12:05:54 AM
Keep going Baz, you're just rounding the last bend, coming into the final straight....
Between almost-true and completely-crazy, there is a rainbow of nice shades - Tophe


Sales of Airfix kits plummeted in the 1980s, and GCSEs had to be made easier as a result - James May

retro_seventies

#67
March 08, 2005, 05:33:05 PM
fascinating stuff baz, can't begin to tell you how much i'm enjoying this series of pictures!
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John Howling Mouse

#68
March 12, 2005, 04:23:47 PM
Thanks, guys!  I'm at that truly boring stage of puttying, sanding, and repeat.
Trying to be very Zen about it.
As is zzz-Z-Z-Zen...   :zzz:  :zzz:  :zzz:  
Styrene in my blood and an impressive void in my cranium.

Captain Canada

#69
March 12, 2005, 05:44:05 PM
Beauty Baz !

Keep 'er going, eh !

:wub:  
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nev

#70
March 13, 2005, 05:28:34 AM
So this was the one that started as the P-51D, right?

You've done so much chopping and hacking lately I can't keep track  :wacko:  :blink:  
Between almost-true and completely-crazy, there is a rainbow of nice shades - Tophe


Sales of Airfix kits plummeted in the 1980s, and GCSEs had to be made easier as a result - James May

John Howling Mouse

#71
March 13, 2005, 08:19:59 AM
QuoteSo this was the one that started as the P-51D, right?

You've done so much chopping and hacking lately I can't keep track  :wacko:  :blink:
Yeah, I think you're right.  I know what you mean: last night, I was dry-fitting pieces that will make up a new tailfin, wondering why they just didn't seem to fit or look correct.

I suddenly realized I was attempting to dry-test-fit the Morsair's squared off tail components to the T-51 Mustang derivative.

Yoinks!

:dum:  :dum:  :dum:  
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John Howling Mouse

#72
March 19, 2005, 06:52:07 AM
Didn't like some of the flaws that were still quite evident in the finish so...here we go again...

My favorite part of modeling: MORE putty, sanding, and repeat...

:zzz:  :zzz:  :zzz:  
Styrene in my blood and an impressive void in my cranium.

Jeffry Fontaine

#73
March 19, 2005, 12:03:03 PM Last Edit: February 08, 2009, 02:43:29 PM by Jeffry Fontaine
Barry, sorry to see you had minor set back on the project, but please keep us posted with the progress reports and images.  Personally I like the looks of the conversion so far, with the exception of the "T" tail, I would have stuck with the conventional tail set up, just to keep it more in line with the P-51 Mustang lineage.  Now that you are almost done with the assembly, what do you plan to do for painting on this project?  Have you made a final decision on the colors and markings?  Will it be an armed trainer, or will you just put some drop tanks on it?  How about wing tanks like the Cavalier Mustangs?  Looking better with every new image you provide.  
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Ollie

#74
March 19, 2005, 02:53:28 PM
Whoa, it's sure starting to look like a plane!

Is it Motomaster putty I see?
:wub:  
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