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Thank you James...Im trying to keep it interesting. Best Geoff

Hi Barney, Thanks for looking in and your kind comment. I can only hope Ill be able to hold your interest. Cheers Geoff

Thanks Moon...Id love to try one of those 3D printers, but Im also a bit of a dinosaur and prefer to build my own stuff. Stay the course here. Theres much more to come...

Hi Moon, Thanks for looking in and your kind compliment. The fairing isnt as complex as it looks. If you look at it its just a ninety-three (93) degree angle. I used the NAA drawings as a reference and made a simple single template from litho plate to check the angle while sanding. The front...

Masking is such a drudgery but you've done a nice on a lot of clear parts. This will be impressive once done. Looking forward to more of this build. Geoff

Hi Phil, Glad you looked in and thank you for your kind comments. This has turned out to be a real heavy lift build and promises to offer more challenges down the road. I must admit, Im loving this more than any build Ive ever done and the size of it is just spectacular. It has tremendous...

The next step is to sand the stacks into the required shape, such that, they fit the fuselage apertures properly without losing all the angles. Its a real witches itch to do. I had to repeat this building process several times to get it to come out properly. It was quite exasperating and I had...

Greetings All In my haste, I neglected to cover the exhaust stack fairings.On this note, Ill cover it now before starting the empennage. Believe me when I say, the empennage is a HUGE job and will take some time. To begin, the exhausts of the Mustang come off of the manifold perpendicular to...

:laugh: Thanks Dave!

Hi Moon Thanks for looking in. I didnt know about the different canopy styles until I started to delve deeper into the Mustang. There have been so many misconceptions and myths in circulation about the Mustang that they have now become fact. Its my intention to dispel the erroneous data and...

Luiz Thank you fr your kind comment. I hope youll enjoy whats coming. Regards Geoff

Hi James, Happy you peeked in and glad youre enjoying it. I hope to provide lots of information regarding the Mustang that folks find helpful and to dispel many of the myths that have grown out of bad information being used for so long a period of time. Again, thanks for visiting... Best Geoff

The resin mold was vac formed twice. First using .020 white ABS stock. This would be used to form the frame of the windscreen. The second piece is the clear PETG overlay that forms the clear panes. The Mustangs windscreen assembly sits flush with the surrounding frame so none was made for the...

The windscreen assembly was poured first using Alumilite Silicone rubber. Pictured is the product used, the reulting mold and the windscreen plug ready for vac forming. The windscreen assembly will be a two part sandwich of inner frame (there is no frame on the outside) and a clear overlay. This...

Greetings All, A bit of a follow on as promised. Ill cover the windscreen assembly in this portion rather than the empennage which, is a massive rebuild effort. youll see what I mean later. As such, the windscreen assembly was good to the print in dimensions. It just wasnt up to snuff in...

Nerdling, Many thanks. Hopefully it will get more interesting as we go forward. Best Geoff

Tamiya 1/48 P-47D Bubble Top - A dio in a box ! Phil, I must echo everyones sentiments. This is just down rigt pretty. Lovely job... Geoff

A very clean build with a very tight finish...very nicely done. Geoff

Matrix A lovely piece of work with wonderful attention to detail and excellent execution. Bravo! Geoff

Luis, Thanks for visiting. Just its size makes it impressive. I hope you'll continue to watch. Cheers Geoff