Finally after almost a year I’ve managed to get a few flights on this bird and worked out a kink here and there. Changed the wheels to some standard du-bro wheels as the foamies just didn’t offer any cushion at all. Brought the elevater and aileron control throws waaay down from recommended. Then I changed over to a .32 from the old FSR .28 Big difference in flight performance. The old .28 runs phenomenally but the newer engine just has power advantages. Actually a perfect combo now. I also clipped 3-1/2” from each wing panel and made some new wingtips. I did this because the wing is too wide scale wise and it floated too much on landing. I only intended to remove 2-1/2” but oh well. Now it doesn’t float so much and comes in for a nice wheel landing that sticks rather than tend to float and bounce.
Being that EZ marketed this as a “P-51D” they kept things simple though. For example the wings leading edge is straight and has no kick forward at the root like the A,B,C,D,K series. It’s actually like the “light” mustang variations that led to the “H” model. So that being said I decided to go forward and make it look as much like the H as I could. Made some H model gear doors. Then I removed the vertical fin cap and built taller one from balsa again to simulate the H model vertical.
That’s as far as I’ve gotten for now. I decided on the “NACA” mustang scheme with its yellow fin stripe to keep things simple. Previous owner painted the nose so it’s gonna take some work to remove it but it’ll be a decent looking little mustang when all is said and done.
I’ll post more pics as I transform it to the finished scheme.