Big Mac Junior

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June 6, 2013
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June 6, 2013
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June 6, 2013
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June 6, 2013
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June 6, 2013
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June 6, 2013
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June 11, 2013
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June 15, 2013
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June 22, 2013
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June 22, 2013
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June 23, 2013
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September 4, 2013
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September 4, 2013
The Eduard piece for the oil radiator (designed for the Revell kit) is wrong in shape and size.
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October 29, 2013
Canvas boot for the tail gear
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October 29, 2013
Zipper for the canvas boot
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January 23, 2014
Oil radiator, front
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January 23, 2014
Oil radiator, rear
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April 26, 2014
Mustang smile, made from aluminum sheet
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May 8, 2014
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June 6, 2014
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June 8, 2014
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October 17, 2014
Correcting shape issues.
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October 26, 2014
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October 26, 2014
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October 26, 2014
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November 1, 2014
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November 1, 2014
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November 4, 2014
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November 5, 2014
Aires bay coaxed into the Revell wing
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November 7, 2014
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November 12, 2014
Trumpeter windshield mated to the Revell fuselage
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November 13, 2014
This is how she'll look like
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November 14, 2014
New flaps
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November 14, 2014
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November 14, 2014
Top half wings. Styrene strips were used to blank off the flaps
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November 28, 2014
One of the flaps. Done
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December 11, 2014
Cockpit version number 2 (the Aires resin bent like a banana, not taking chances)
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December 12, 2014
Ribs that might be visible
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December 26, 2014
Material added for the "Malcolm" hood to fit perfectly, just like on real Mustangs that were fitted with it.
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December 31, 2014
Glass armor from behind the windshield
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January 5, 2015
Oxygen hose from stretched sprue and sewing thread
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January 6, 2015
Hydraulic hand pump
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January 10, 2015
Turnover truss
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January 11, 2015
Perfect fit
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January 11, 2015
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January 18, 2015
Backrest cushion made from Milliput
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January 19, 2015
Map case too fat
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January 19, 2015
Map case corrected, flight report holder added
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January 21, 2015
Undercarriage control lever
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January 21, 2015
Emergency canopy release
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January 22, 2015
The new throttle quadrant where it should be
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January 22, 2015
Leather items
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January 23, 2015
Cockpit floor
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January 24, 2015
Warm air tubing
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January 25, 2015
Leather cover version 2
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January 31, 2015
Aires radio undersized, compared to accurate size and shape. Dynamotor to the right
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February 8, 2015
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February 9, 2015
SCR-522 unit with its battery
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February 13, 2015
Fuselage fuel tank dimensions corrected
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February 14, 2015
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February 19, 2015
New floor
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February 22, 2015
Console relocated
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March 2, 2015
New, improved floor sections
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April 28, 2015
Floor fuel gauges
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April 28, 2015
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April 29, 2015
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April 29, 2015
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May 1, 2015
Surface control lock
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May 4, 2015
ID lights control
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May 4, 2015
Radio rack
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May 7, 2015
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May 18, 2015
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May 23, 2015
Right hand cockpit wall
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June 8, 2015
Tiny levers
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June 13, 2015
Dynamotor and rack
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June 17, 2015
Left cockpit wall
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June 24, 2015
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June 25, 2015
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June 25, 2015
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June 26, 2015
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July 3, 2015
Seat support, work in progress
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July 7, 2015
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July 17, 2015
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July 22, 2015
Headrest, bag contains first aid kit
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September 25, 2017
Tail wheel bay
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September 25, 2017
Surgical rod for the main gear

Comments

6 June 2013, 11:16

Clifford Keesler
looks really nice so far,I love P-51s,was beginning to think I was the only guy out here that built Revell kits.

19 July 2013, 04:25

Arne Greve
This plane was my 2nd Kit in 1:32 I have build. This is almost 20 years ago. When I see the problem with the kit, I remember, I had them too. It seems, Revell doesn´t changed the problem in the last 20 years.

19 July 2013, 10:44

Flemming Forsberg
looks nice, i will follow you and learn, i like your clean way to show your progress, i will think about that, i just put all upp, like a bad newspapir lol, thumbs upp dude

19 July 2013, 11:26

Florin Moldovan
The Revell kit, in spite of its age, is shape-wise better than the Trumpeter kit, and as the Rutman resin Razorback is out of my reach, this is the only way for me to go. Hope you enjoy, I'm having a blast with this one!

19 July 2013, 14:10

Phil Marchese
I m not liking the drawing. There are several Mustang drawing showing that drastic drop in top profile amid the exhaust stacks. Go back to some good inflight pictures with a fairly clean profile and make your own call. The kit spinner plate stood up is propaply right. Since it is circular if its breaeth is right so is its height and if the thrust line is right...

17 October 2014, 22:55

Florin Moldovan
The line drawings are from Airframe & Miniature no.6, The North American P-51 Early Mustang by Richard A. Franks, enlarged to 1:32nd. Please take a really good look at them and tell me if there is something wrong.

18 October 2014, 05:18

Wim van der Luijt
Very nice build so far, I'm going to follow this one.

18 October 2014, 08:58

Kerry COX
I remember the "Phantom Mustang" when it was re released in the late 90's and nothing had changed to improve the tooling, and It looks the same here with rivets that look like bolts. You have done an excellent job in taming this Mustang.

1 November 2014, 17:15

Florin Moldovan
Thank you, stay tuned for more!

1 November 2014, 17:31

Lucian Millo
Great job! Florine

12 November 2014, 14:11

Florin Moldovan
Thanks, Pal!

12 November 2014, 16:24

Kerry COX
And the caterpillar turned into a beautiful butterfly. Its really turning out that way Florin. Well done mate. 🙂

12 November 2014, 19:44

Florin Moldovan
Thanks! The chrysalis is just starting to crack open.

13 November 2014, 05:33

Kerry COX
Exactly what is expected mate 🙂

13 November 2014, 08:02

Marc Schimmler
Very nice work here!!!!

28 November 2014, 12:43

Alexander Perov
looking at the photo you can see that the model itself is just bad especially for this scale and to collect just out of the box beautiful model will not work and have a lot of work good luck

11 January 2015, 10:22

Florin Moldovan
We are in 2015. It is such a pity that the best plastic injection kit for the P-51 B/C available in 1:32nd was first issued in 1969!
It has minor shape issues and it lacks details, but it is not that bad, you have something to work with.

11 January 2015, 11:12

Bart Goesaert
nice progress on this one...

18 May 2015, 13:47

Florin Moldovan
Thank you! There is still much to be done, but slowly getting there.

18 May 2015, 14:11

Album info

The Revell kit, the cockpit and the landing gear bay from Aires, Scale Aircraft Conversions' metal gear, and from Quickboost the exhausts, underwing pylons and propeller blades, the Eduard set for the Revell kit, and from HGW the seatbelts. It will depict Capt John Brown Jr's bird, using Lifelike Decals set 32-015.

P-51B Mustang

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