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Old 03-26-2011, 12:34 PM
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Dug out my canopy and placed it on...........man, I am starting to get excited about the paint colour
Cant wait to get it all painted, and clear coated.

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Old 03-31-2011, 07:20 AM
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Has anyone got the serria tail wheel retract unit because when i landed last weel u can here a nocking noise on the video when on the ground taxing back.Had a look at the retracts and the tail wheel is very sloppy its the slider that has play in it,It moves up and down with play and thats whats causing the noise but im abit worried it will ware away ha anyone got this on there mustangs
Old 03-31-2011, 07:44 AM
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Chisep51:
In reply to your earlier post that P-51 pilot has a heavy hard plastic parachute & maywest vest, I have one. Put that set aside & if you still want a seatback parachute & maywest vest go to cotswold collectibles website & do a search for them . They have lots of choices for many characters from ww2 to pick from.


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Old 03-31-2011, 08:04 AM
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those birds and pilots are looking good!

I had trouble with my Seirra tail wheel also...it bent due too a rough landing strip. I replaced it with music wire which is way stronger than what was supplied and now all is good. Make sure the collar lock is there too so it only has the spring play to work against and not more, and also that there is a flat for all screw points to lock into, and thread lock everything! Sounds like the collar lock is missing maybe???

I also slipped a rubber sleeve over top of the spring to make it look more authentic, which I then painted, and it still had spring to it, but a bit less so it works better now actually. Was too springy for me before.
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Old 03-31-2011, 11:29 AM
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just been in the garage for 2 hours sorted the tail wheel out it was loose where the air ram clamp is sorted now just want some good weather

cheers lads
Old 04-05-2011, 09:32 AM
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Had another flight with it the weekend at Barkston Heath war bird day engine rins rich in the air think its negative pressure on the diaphram because its enclosed .Here's a picture of it in flight
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Old 04-05-2011, 10:26 AM
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Hello Alanjets....just beautiful, love the weathering ! Like the real one...congratulations

Regards from Belgium

Erwin & Jonas

Old 04-05-2011, 11:49 AM
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Hi Alan,


Congrats she looks the bizzo great stuff, wish I could have been at Barkston to see her take to the Air.
Sorry that I have not been in touch, been of air for a while.

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Old 04-05-2011, 01:50 PM
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Alanjets, Love that paint scheme. I soldered a copper tube to the front hole of carb and ran tubing inside fuel cel area to get 0% pressure, helped with carb adjustment. Not my idea, found in one of sites.
Rick,
thanks for the tip, that will take lots of weight off that pilot.

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Old 04-05-2011, 02:31 PM
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chisep51:
Your welcome about the pilot weight problem. I am also wanting to know did you try the web site that I told youabout to find a parachute, seatback or backpack type to use. I was able to get one from parted out william bowman character. It fits very well and looks good.


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Old 04-05-2011, 03:55 PM
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Rick,

I love the William Bowman figure, but does he have a plastic parachute also? I am concerned the little fella is not the proper scale, if he wasn't sitting on his parachute, he could barely look out the window. I thought about stuffing his clothes with foam and use the head off one of the correct scale, (but heavy) figures I have collected over the years....don't know what to do.

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Old 04-05-2011, 04:54 PM
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Chisep51:
      No , his seatback parachute is all cloth very light . And very scale @ 1/6 it will fit the P-51 pilot very wellas will the maywest vest .


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Old 04-05-2011, 04:57 PM
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Chisep51:
      Also the william bowman figure is a good 12" tall .



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Old 04-05-2011, 05:09 PM
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Beautiful guys..
Old 04-05-2011, 05:11 PM
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Thanks Rick,

Appreciate the info, I'll order one.

Charlie
Old 04-05-2011, 07:42 PM
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Great info on the pilot
love the inflight picture Alanjets.

Did some more tonight. I have masked off all the roundels, vertical fin markings and the Sqn codes on the fuselage.
Sprayed the grey for the bottom. After this sets up in a few days I will begin the two top colours. I will complete the fuselage first before moving to the wings.

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Old 04-06-2011, 06:01 PM
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Taped the bottom off with 3M foam tape. Should give me a nice feathered edge.
I plan on applying the grey tonight, and the green tomorrow.

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Old 04-06-2011, 10:17 PM
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Appled the grey paint this evening to the top of the fuselage
Green will be next in a couple of days.

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Old 04-08-2011, 05:39 PM
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I have the grey colour masked off. Just waiting for the garage to heat up, then I will paint the green.
After it sets up, I will remove the masks to reveal the fuselage. All marking have been done previously, so it will pretty much be done. There will no doubt be a few areas to touch up.
More pics to follow
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Old 04-08-2011, 07:06 PM
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Green paint is on
Will take the mask off in about an hour, after the paint has a chance to set up.
I am getting excited, its like unwrapping a Christmas present.
Will post some pictures of the unwrapped P-51 Fuselage. [8D]


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Old 04-08-2011, 08:38 PM
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WOW, OMG it turned out beautiful, cant wait to get on with the wings.
Very happy with the way it turned out,

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Old 04-08-2011, 09:06 PM
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Yeah, lookin' good! [sm=thumbs_up.gif]
Old 04-08-2011, 10:15 PM
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Canuck1:
Are you going to add the maple leaf insignea to the tail as in the picture of the real plane.


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Old 04-09-2011, 08:24 AM
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Rick

The maple leaf will be added later. I was going to do it ahead of time but decided it can be added later.
In a few days I will take either my steal wool "0000" grade or an old brilo pad to smooth out any lines and rough areas.

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Old 04-09-2011, 04:01 PM
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my mate has had a few more flights on his. Still ironing out some vibration bugs with the scale exhaust system. Here is a link to some quick flybys (after the spitfire). Taken in my iphone so sorry for no zoom.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTOjeZ6Ofh0[/youtube]

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