Absolutely fantastic work. Thanks for sharing.

Nice job as usual.  I've always seen that plane several times before but didn't know the story.  Thanks for posting.

Nice work, Joe.  Have you tried the Accurate Miniatures P-51B kit?  Not as easy to build but still a nice kit and it does have the correct floor.

Probably my single favorite pilot and plane of the entire conflict...and you did your usual magnificent job portraying it. Truly inspirational work!

Cheers

Great job!

Gorgeous work, Joe. Love me those B/C models. Well done.

BK

Aggieman

Absolutely fantastic work. Thanks for sharing.

 

Thank you!

keavdog

Nice job as usual.  I've always seen that plane several times before but didn't know the story.  Thanks for posting.

 

Thanks!  Indeed, Howard was the quintessential bad a@@....

Flight Line Media

Wow, great work!

 

Thank you Andrew

jeaton01

Nice work, Joe.  Have you tried the Accurate Miniatures P-51B kit?  Not as easy to build but still a nice kit and it does have the correct floor.

 

Thanks Jeaton.  I have not. Actually I forgot about that one. I suppose I just assumed Tamiya is the gold standard.  We are still way overdue for a new one.  I'm surprised Eduard hasn't stepped up yet.  Their D is excellent.       

gregbale

Probably my single favorite pilot and plane of the entire conflict...and you did your usual magnificent job portraying it. Truly inspirational work!

Cheers

 

Thanks Greg.  Indeed, like Neel Kearby's P-47, I read about him and had to do Ding Hao.  I tend to get inspired by the stories of these pilots.  There will never be men like this again.  We owe them a great deal of gratitude.     

rocketman2000

Great job!

 

 

BrandonK

Gorgeous work, Joe. Love me those B/C models. Well done.

BK

 

Thanks Brandon.  I hope you get that bench up and running soon.  

This thread reminds me of the old Monogram 1:48 Ding Hao back in the day.  It was the first model I had built that was cast with detail on both the inside and outside of the fuselage!

rocketman2000

This thread reminds me of the old Monogram 1:48 Ding Hao back in the day.  It was the first model I had built that was cast with detail on both the inside and outside of the fuselage!

For those of us of a 'certain vintage,' I'm pretty sure that was probably our first encounter with both 'Ding Hao' and the Mustang in general...certainly the piano-hinged canopy model B/C.

As a huge James Howard fan, it pleased me that Monogram kept reissuing those same markings virtually from beginning to end.

THAT is a thing of beauty!  Fabulous, fabulous, fabulous. I need to read up on James Howard -- impressive to say the least. 

Fantastic as usual!!! 

Weirdly I've never built any version of P-51 but a D. I really need to branch out into a B, C, or K.  

Hoss WA

THAT is a thing of beauty!  Fabulous, fabulous, fabulous. I need to read up on James Howard -- impressive to say the least. 

 

Thank Hoss

Gamera

Fantastic as usual!!! 

Weirdly I've never built any version of P-51 but a D. I really need to branch out into a B, C, or K.  

 

Thanks!  You'll love the Tamiya B.  Dated but still an excellent kit.  

A beautiful finish on this one, too, LD!  I'm with you about the -B versus the -D.  I like the lines of the razorback, I think it looks more like a racer.

And when I think of Major Howard, I remember reading how he had to crank the seat all the way back, to be able to cram himself into the cockpit.

lawdog114

...How I deal with this lousy fitting area...

Do you mean the vent on the underside of the fuselage?  If you do, it's funny, but on the ICM kit, which I believe is derived from Tamiya's, the same area is a pain to deal with.  The fuselage floor piece doesn't fit properly, which creates gaps at the vent area.  When I built that one, I actually crawled under a P-51B at a local airshow to get a good look at that area.

Beautiful pony LD! Brilliant work. Well done man.

Best,

Nikola

the Baron

A beautiful finish on this one, too, LD!  I'm with you about the -B versus the -D.  I like the lines of the razorback, I think it looks more like a racer.

And when I think of Major Howard, I remember reading how he had to crank the seat all the way back, to be able to cram himself into the cockpit.

 

 

lawdog114

...How I deal with this lousy fitting area...

 

 

Do you mean the vent on the underside of the fuselage?  If you do, it's funny, but on the ICM kit, which I believe is derived from Tamiya's, the same area is a pain to deal with.  The fuselage floor piece doesn't fit properly, which creates gaps at the vent area.  When I built that one, I actually crawled under a P-51B at a local airshow to get a good look at that area.

 

Thanks Baron.  Howard was a true bd a@@. Indeed, that area.  The worst area on these kits. I've never done the ICM one, but like you said, it's my understanding it's basically a copy of the Tamiya kit.  Surprised they let you do that.....lol.      

Nikola

Beautiful pony LD! Brilliant work. Well done man.

 

Best,

Nikola

 

Thanks Nikola