N.A. Mustang Mk. XX

[PR19_Kit]

I did wonder about the carb, but as I know nothing about engines whatsoever I stayed stumm 

The original Allison powered P-51As had carb intakes like that, the Merlin powered ones are underneath. Or most of them are anyway.

[DogfighterZen]

Cockpit is done and ready for the canopy. Got some masking tape strips painted with XF-57 Buff as seat belts for the pilot, removed the molded-on gunsight lense and replaced it with a bit of clear plastic from some product packaging.

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 Canopy will now be glued on and the painting masks applied later. After that, PSR on the gaps and seams begins...

[Rick Lowe]

  

[Wardukw]

Exxxxcellent matey 👌 

Also check out Volbeat..Servant of the mind 

[DogfighterZen]

Thanks, gents! 
Last night i still managed to get the canopy and horizontal stabs on and already started on some seam work... Hoping to get the PSR out of the way and maybe get started on the armament today.

4X20mm cannons will do the trick for this one, no rockets, bombs or even drop tanks... maybe i'll use more when i build the Modelsvit or the other RS models kit i have in the stash.
Starting to look like a plane now...

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Getting to a stage where i really wanna see his one finished soon... Can't wait to have it in the cabinet next to the Spiteful Mk.XV... And then, the rest of the "Super Prop" collection is waiting in my stash. Maybe i'll get the Tempest Mk.II going...

Also check out Volbeat..Servant of the mind 

I have and i like most of the songs on that album... 🤘

[Wardukw]

Thanks, gents! 
Last night i still managed to get the canopy and horizontal stabs on and already started on some seam work... Hoping to get the PSR out of the way and maybe get started on the armament today.

4X20mm cannons will do the trick for this one, no rockets, bombs or even drop tanks... maybe i'll use more when i build the Modelsvit or the other RS models kit i have in the stash.
Starting to look like a plane now...

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Getting to a stage where i really wanna see his one finished soon... Can't wait to have it in the cabinet next to the Spiteful Mk.XV... And then, the rest of the "Super Prop" collection is waiting in my stash. Maybe i'll get the Tempest Mk.II going...

Also check out Volbeat..Servant of the mind 

I have and i like most of the songs on that album... 🤘

Yeah ..a damn good album ..definitely  🤘🤘
The rift in alot of those songs is simple but so damn good 

[NARSES2]

Maybe i'll get the Tempest Mk.II going...

Yes please, one of my all time favourite aeroplanes 

[jcf]

Oooh I like that. Kind of Martin Baker meets North American. 

My thoughts exactly, except it looks as if it's Allison powered with the carb intake on top of the cowling.

I did wonder about the carb, but as I know nothing about engines whatsoever I stayed stumm 

Downdraught versus updraught carburetor. Most V-1710 installations had the former, the latter common on the Merlin.
Interestingly the V-1710 used a Bendix-Stromberg pressure carburetor, on the market since 1938, which was not a float-type carburetor and thus not effected by negative G. The Merlin had a float-type carburetor which was the cause of its problems with cutting out in negative G conditions. "Miss Schilling's orifice" was partially successful as a short term solution, it was not installed at the time of the Battle of Britain, contrary to some stories. Rolls-Royce finally adopted the Bendix-Stromberg carburetor on the 60 series engines, after years of working with the RAE and redesigning the float carburetor to try to get it to work under all conditions. All of the Packard built V-1650s had a Bendix-Stromberg carburetor from the start.
Now imagine if R-R and the RAF had adopted the Bendix-Stromberg design back in 1939. During the Battle of Britain the 109s wouldn't have been able to use their "power-dive and runaway" escape tactic because the Spitfires wouldn't have the negative G fuel starvation issues caused by the  use of a float type carburetor.

Ignoring the Bendix-Stromberg seems to contain an element of NIH syndrome.

 

[DogfighterZen]

Yeah ..a damn good album ..definitely  🤘🤘
The rift in alot of those songs is simple but so damn good 

Yep, these guys are good. It's actually one of my brother-in-law's favorite bands.

Maybe i'll get the Tempest Mk.II going...

Yes please, one of my all time favourite aeroplanes 

I know you like the Tempest, Chris. 
I admit i prefer the look of in-line piston engine fighters but the Tempest Mk.II is one of my favorite radial piston engine fighters along with the F4U and P-47. I've built those two already so, next on the list is definitely a Tempest... Can't forget i'm still working on this Mustang and the real world PoAF Alouette helicopter so, it may be a while till i dig the Tempest out of the stash... and i also want to begin work on the Hobby Boss M706 Commando's conversion into the Portuguese Chaimite APC for my dad...   

[PR19_Kit]

Ignoring the Bendix-Stromberg seems to contain an element of NIH syndrome.

 

Situation normal then...................