Hasegawa 1/32 N.A. P-51D "Cripes A' Mighty" IV SN 44-14906.

[Stikpusher]

Now that is a new perspective.

[KSaarni]

Have been almost a week off the SPAM world, but have read and followed the posts!

Bruce, the "series" of this build starts to be more and more an artistic approach to the build in a great visual way!

Resulting of course in the fact, that I believe many of us don't even want you to finalize the build...

But instead hoping that you continue adding, updating, changing, thinking, planning the build for years to come! :-)

Seriously, your build really spoils us here!
So different and beautiful approach!

- Kari

[speedgraflex]

Carlos and Kari,

What a privilege to have your perspectives here on the forum pages. I look forward to seeing your finished projects so very much. I am grateful you and others have stayed the course with me here for 44 pages, seriously, much research and learning as well here amongst those pages, certainly of many suggestions and support from comrades and fellow fighters in the war of art making and creating. Carlos—I really like your tow cables for example! And Kari I am glad you are back from vacation and thank you for all of your incredible heavy metal finishes and UV glue ray guns. What a crew!

And to all other responders and visitors thank you as well. 44 pages of fine scale research and here is the cockpit... I wasn’t sure last night if I was seeing things when it comes to page count but I have made it my mission to build like all of us here—I believe our mission statement is “to build our own way,” buck trends and simultaneously support the past—our heritage.

Well, Monday has arrived! Let’s all enjoy this merry month of May... the last few weeks of May, at any rate.

[speedgraflex]

I just read John’s latest post, and I will respond, but I need to add a few notes here first: this will give me a shot at the flooring; I want to take Carlos’s initial advice to make the foot covers black but I think I will build the depth with card then paint then add strips of sandpaper to create a black paint mixed with sand composition.

Actual:



I hope all of this makes sense... I’m makin this up as I go.



I started working on how to support the internal fuel tanks aft of the cockpit:

[Stikpusher]

All it has to do is make sense in your head, and from there, you translate that concept into miniature reality.

“You’ll be ok Mr Grafton”

[KennyX]

This here is just absolutely lovely, Bruce. It’s lovely indeed. And I’m also looking forward to seeing how you bring that fuel tank idea to life.

[speedgraflex]

Thanks, Gents. Carlos—“Flight of the Intruder?”



Mr Finisher 1500 / Barracuda Resin Seat



Tryin to figure out a way to support these tanks.

[Stuart]

Yes indeed - flight of intruder - great film that.

That cockpit is going to look superb Bruce - that great is great!

[speedgraflex]

Yes indeed - flight of intruder - great film that.

That cockpit is going to look superb Bruce - that great is great!

Cheers and thanks, Stuart. I was starting to get whatever our equivalent is of stir crazy when you just overthink to the tenth power... maybe I am alone in this? I dunno. But my brain was smoking the track and doing loop de loops and I saw your reply and just sat down and relaxed. So! Thank you ever so much.

Greetings this evening from Los Angeles!



... and that is truly held together with spit and blu-tak and shredded clumps of takeaway napkins. Very fine modeling equipment.

[Stuart]

Greetings from a very early UK! (School run time groan )

That's a nice looking 'stang Bruce - Your additions seen to fit well under the bubble.