Hobby Boss Easy Assembly 1/48 P-51-D, ''Yellow Nose'' - Work in progress

Thanks, Nikola. I actually did find decals for Carr's airplane. I'll be ordering them very soon.

fotofrank

Nikola, this "Yellow Nose" Mustang, is it Bruce Carr's airplane, Angels' Playmate? I'm curious because I've been looking for 1/48 scale decals of his airplane for a long time. I knew Col. Carr and I've wanted to build a model of his Mustang as a tribute.

 

Hi Fotofrank,

Unfortunately no. One option is for Betty Lee III flown by 2nd Lt William Kemp and the other for Lt Col Glenn Eagleston's plane.

Best, 

Nikola

Nikola, this "Yellow Nose" Mustang, is it Bruce Carr's airplane, Angels' Playmate? I'm curious because I've been looking for 1/48 scale decals of his airplane for a long time. I knew Col. Carr and I've wanted to build a model of his Mustang as a tribute.

fox

Lookin good!

Jim 

Stay Safe.

 

Thanks Jim! Appreciated.

Best,

Nikola

gregbale

Two more 'fixes' needed, if they bother you.

Thanks for the tips!

I don't think that I will bother with all that, except maybe the scissors. 

Again, this is more of a painting excercise. :)

I'll see.

Best,

Nikola

Nikola

I just realized that HB made one major f'up with the landing gear - the torque scissors are at the front! Pic below. I'll see how it can be fixed... Or just leave them as they are.

Forgot to mention that. I just (carefully) clipped mine off with a nail trimmer, and glued them on on the proper side.

Two more 'fixes' needed, if they bother you.

HB didn't mold any trace of the prominent cooling exhaust vent on the underside of the fuselage, just forward of the tailwheel. It's highly noticeable in photographs. I added mine with a folded piece of pie-tin aluminum, but there's no great harm if you simply wish to ignore it, or just scribe an outline as though it's 'shut tight.'

The other missing item is another minor one -- no holes under the wings behind the MGs, for the ejection of cartridges. I must confess, I didn't notice this one until my NMF had been carefully applied...so I just cut little black decal rectangles, and 'faked' it. If you should wish to drill or file them out, any Mustang drawing will show the location.

The good news is that HB did a nice job with the perforated breather plates on either side of the nose...which is the first time I can recall having seen a manufacturer do this, even in larger scales!

Cheers

Hi gents,

I just realized that HB made one major f'up with the landing gear - the torque scissors are at the front! Pic below.

I'll see how it can be fixed... Or just leave them as they are.

Best,

Nikola

JohnnyK

Nice build so far.

I really like the Hobby Boss Easy Assemble kits. Their P-38 was really easy to build. 

 

Hi Johnny, 

Thanks!

Good to hear about your experience with their P-38. I have one in the stash and thought it to be my next quick build.

Best, 

Nikola

gregbale

That was a common feature on several more modern fighter designs of the war. The Mustang's vertical stabilizer had an incidence of 1° left built in to help offset the torque from the powerful Merlin engine.

 

Ah, gotcha! Thanks for the info! Makes sense. I did doubt that it was a mistake but didn't know the real reason.

Best,

Nikola

Nice build so far.

I really like the Hobby Boss Easy Assemble kits. Their P-38 was really easy to build. 

Nice work! I built one of these as an F-6 photo Mustang recently, and thoroughly enjoyed it.

Nikola

One very strange thing is that the vertical stabilizer is off center line for some reason (pics below).

That was a common feature on several more modern fighter designs of the war. The Mustang's vertical stabilizer had an incidence of 1° left built in to help offset the torque from the powerful Merlin engine.

Lookin good! 

Jim 

Stay Safe.