flyboy12

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I was wondering the same thing tony. I'm building a 1/5 scale TF 51 and was wanting to get a sliding canopy for it. Hopefully someone out there will start making this stuff soon.
Frank

tony-howard

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It's a real shame they're gone. Their canopy made a real improvement in the overall scale appearance of the Top Flite GS Mustang.

Before the AeroTech canopy came on the market I was interested in making a better canopy. My vacuum former is slightly too small so I took a stock TF canopy to a commercial vacuum forming company here locally. I told them I'd supply a new canopy form with approximately the size and shape and asked them to estimate the cost of pulling them. $40 each in groups of 20. And that was several years ago.

That was the end any interest at the time.

IneptCorpse

Please feel free to add me to the Brotherhood. I am redoing an old .40size P-51 and would love to have it included once it is complete. Not sure which scheme I am going with but it will be fully sheeted, seams sealed, covered and painted.

Indy Park Flyer

Count me in as well. I am a huge mustang fan. I just bought my first RC mustang, a Modeltech ARF with the "Short Fuse Sallee" covering scheme. It will have retracts and other small details such as a pilot to improve the scale look. The directions call for a .46 but a club member who had one in the past recommended a .60 so I will be using either a TT .61 or an Evolution.61 depending on what I can find used or afford when I'm at that stage of the build.

lancairmustang

Anyone got any new build threads for the TF GS mustang? Like the arf or anything

flyboy12

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Wish someone would do one on a sliding canopy for the TF Mustang. I've got a pilot with the turning head and would really like to have that feature on my P-51

tom2bell

Would like to join my aeroworks P51D I love to fly this plane over 200 flights
Tom Bell

Capt G

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Pic from today's successful 2nd flight. No issues!

flyboy12

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Really good looking bird there Capt G

ThunderBoat42

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+1 on that. Nice Capt.

chris923

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Scale P-51 Exhaust for G62

lancairmustang

Kinda got some sick news, a friend of mine at my field that works at our local airport works with a guy who builds models, like we are talking big warbirds and stuff for fun, and is one of the best scale detailers in around my area. He has never flown any of his models and he loves what he does so much that he either gives his planes away, or sells them for literally nothing and makes no money at all on them. He has a TFGS corsair, P-47, and GS Mustang. Now I have the 47 but my dream plane is the giant mustang in the Tuskegee airmen scheme. But this guy might give me both of his planes, the giant corsair, and P-51 for close to nothing because I'm youth and he likes to support the youngsters. Now I have flown both planes numerous amounts of times but have never owned either of them. That be kinda sick if I got them, especially for free!!!
Trevor

lancairmustang

Oh hand by the way, here is my Hangar PTS mustang. I got her in 2011, and she has crashed 4 times. All 4 times there was nothing left of her, but I managed to repair her to looking like new!! She's 75% epoxy. But she still goes like hell, she's had quite the life, hope you like the video, she goes like hell!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=imw8oAbdigg

lancairmustang

Anyone got some pictures or questions or anything they would like to share regarding this topic!! Glad I started this.

AMA 74894

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Only that I've got a DLE 55 sitting on the shelf (it's after easter, so it's OK for me to admit this SIN )
I'm SERIOUSLY thinking about doing a big P-51D, as a sort of a tribute to my Dad who was a Crew Chief for a couple mustangs during WWII.
full blown scale ... it would obviously be a labor of love, and would take considerable time to build...
(on the other hand, I AM a builder... and sort of itching for a project... )
about the only part I'm undecided on... KIT (and if so, which? Nosen? TopFlite?? Ziroli?)
or Scratch built... OOOO decisions, decisions...

Capt G

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some pics of flight #5. This is a good flying plane!

lancairmustang

Honestly all of the kits manufacturers listed above are all good. If you have a DLE 55 sitting on the shelf, no plane to put the engine in, go with topflite. Toplfite models are such beautiful models. The Topflite Giant P-51D is an awesome flying airplane. Most common engines in it are the US 41cc (if you want no power at all, this is the engine for you!), DA 50 (great running engine, little pricey, well its a DA engine lol, but it delievers awesome power, and if you need help or maintenance, send it in Desert Aircraft has awesome customer service), and finally the DLE 55. Awesome engine, a lot cheaper then a DA, and runs just as good. Ive flown multiple Topflite Mustangs with this engine on the nose, and she pulls hard! Awesome power for this plane, so if you have that engine sitting on the shelf, put her on a Topflite Mustang and youll be happy. As for ARF, or kit, depends on you. If you like to build a plane from a set of plans, and enjoy putting it all together, go right on ahead. As for me, I don't like building so I get the arf. Awesome flying bird, if she is setup as per manual. Theres so many Big Beautiful Doll airplanes out there so if you wanted something different, you could buy the arf, strip the covering and start all over to what scheme you want. That's what I would do, not too much of a hassel as building. Hope you consider Topflite because you wont be upset!
Trevor

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Nice!

chris923

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If your going to build, build a Ziroli and up a DA85 in it!

lancairmustang

True true he could do that, but he already has a DLE 55 on the shelf, and that would be a better fit in a topflite rather than ziroli. I agree a da 85 would be a great engine in the ziroli mustang. Topflite is a better manufacturer in my opinion, awesome models
trevor

flyboy12

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I've got a zeroli knock off with a ZDZ80 RV in it and that big bird hauls

lancairmustang

Yea I'll bet she does!

acdii

Ziroli plans and full wood kit from Nationalbalsa. That would be a good builders kit. I haven't seen the Top Flite kit personally, but have seen the plans for Ziroli, I have the B-25 and P-61 plans, and man are they BIG! I also have the full kit for the P-61 and the wood is very nice.

Ralph White

Here's a couple pictures of my TF 1/5 scale P-51 ARF. I converted the ARF to a "C" model. Colors are that of Lt. Zackmann's "Dody". Pilot is Best Pilot's "Bob Sweeney". DLE 55RE. Wing has not be detailed out yet but fuse is done. Have 10 flights on her as of this date.

Ralph White
Neoga, IL

lancairmustang

Nice P-51! Some guy might give me his Giant P-51 for free! Then another guy might give me his Giant P-40 free too! Both topflite models. But boy my luck is changing!!!