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Re: Hasegawa 1/32 North American P-51D Mustang.
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2018 11:07 am
by speedgraflex
Looks like I may have misinterpreted the covers in the photo; makes sense that these are flush, though, to reduce drag.
Re: Hasegawa 1/32 North American P-51D Mustang.
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2018 11:20 am
by speedgraflex
Re: Hasegawa 1/32 North American P-51D Mustang.
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2018 4:18 pm
by Stikpusher
Tiny metal rivets? That’s insane!!!

Re: Hasegawa 1/32 North American P-51D Mustang.
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2018 11:23 pm
by speedgraflex
Re: Hasegawa 1/32 North American P-51D Mustang.
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2018 11:25 pm
by Stikpusher
Re: Hasegawa 1/32 North American P-51D Mustang.
Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2018 9:05 am
by KSaarni
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Re: Hasegawa 1/32 North American P-51D Mustang.
Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2018 3:18 pm
by speedgraflex
Re: Hasegawa 1/32 North American P-51D Mustang.
Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2018 5:38 pm
by kahunaminor
Nice steady progress. That exhaust stub will take some delicate finessing but I am confident you are all over it.
Regards,
Re: Hasegawa 1/32 North American P-51D Mustang.
Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2018 8:38 pm
by speedgraflex
kahunaminor wrote:Nice steady progress. That exhaust stub will take some delicate finessing but I am confident you are all over it.
Regards,
Thanks, mate. Here is where the exhaust nozzle repair stands as of this evening:

Re: Hasegawa 1/32 North American P-51D Mustang.
Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2018 9:42 am
by jkim
Did you blow out an exhaust while drilling? I've done that too. The repairs look fine. I think that was the better way to do it rather than trying to drill through Milliput.
That prop shaft looks straight and true... what was the reason for replacing it?