P51-Mustang (Foxy Lady #34 Black - @RenoAirRace '74)
Cockpit painted and glued in postion. Ready to close the fuselage.
Same process as with the white one - cutting the vacu canopy in shape and cutting away fuselage sections to make up space for the resin replacement - a "turtel" upper deck with spine.
Unfortunattly I figured out late that in the resin kit I used here there was a second pilot seat and radio-set cover included instead of the expected clipped wing-tips.
So a little unexpected scratch work was needed.
Sanding the clipped wing in shape
On lower wing side I needed grinder support to get the thing in shape.
Removed the guns and started to fill ports and panel lines
Assembly work finished & pitot istalled - ready for the paint-shop.
White primer from Ultimate is applied to identify issues on the surface. On this one I need rework here and there - e.g. the resin cockpit surface do not properly transit into the fuselage. Attitional sanding and somemore putty is needed. After that the bird will be ready for the black top-coat.
Starting to turn it black
Done.
Painting the wheel bay
Adding a layer of gloss only
Started to add the decals
Before I can complete the model....
I have to do some more adjustments....
....on the black '74 the nose cone was modified....
...from the original MustangP51-D shape into something more "dart"-like.
Done also with the Black 34 of Mr. Burnstines Racer Mustangs.
Comments
24 16 September 2022, 20:37
Juergen KlinglhuberStarted also number two of my civilian Mustangs. One of the first "modified" Mustangs at Reno Air Race. The 1974 Miss Foxy Lady from Kenny Bernstine. I build the plane model twin from 1975 in parallel. See P51-Mustang (Foxy Lady #34 White - @RenoAirRace '75) | Album by jott (1:72)
16 September 2022, 20:47
Alex KYour hard work with these Foxy Ladies will result into spectacular models, for sure... 👍
2 October 2022, 18:08
Juergen KlinglhuberHope to get it ready for the show in Ried next week end. A few step to go,....
9 October 2022, 20:30
Juergen KlinglhuberBefore loading up some Pic of the finalized model I add some of the most recent activities - the modificaztion on the spinner.
21 October 2022, 05:46
Juergen KlinglhuberFinished No 2. Done with the Racer Projects. Some more pics of the finsihed one will follow asap.
25 October 2022, 19:56
Juergen KlinglhuberTaking a look at the time line of the thread I figured out - taking pictures can sometime take quite a while 😉
From October to March..well, i forgott about it .but finally: New and final pic's are attached now.
12 March 2023, 11:00
S MNew pictures are great. Shows more details from the model. Beautiful airplane!👍
12 March 2023, 21:27
Robert PodkońskiFantastic work! Makes me think about building one of these racers too... (so many models so little time 😉
13 March 2023, 18:24
JohnGreat build ! These air racers are a thing of beauty. On a side note, this year is the last Reno air race at its current location, after 6 decades. A search is on for a new location.
14 March 2023, 04:31
Juergen KlinglhuberThank you gents for your nice comments.
@john - thx for the note. unfortunatlly bad news,...Some may argue against airshows and races (for various (and sometimes valid) reasons) - but I would miss this events. Hope they find a new place.
14 March 2023, 07:31
