Ok Typhoon is glossed up after decals, lots of decals. Definitely not one of my best but a good 4 footer.  Flat coat and final bits upcoming.

Bruce, know that feeling with cockpit. You should have no issues with filling that though.

That doesn't look to bad to me TJ.

Bruce & TJ: Those look good guys!!!

BTW: I am on holiday/vacation and the Wi-Fi is really irregular here. I've been locked out the past couple days. So if I'm offline the next week or so I can't help it. Sorry...

Hopefully be back to work on the Corsair when I get home.

Well I'm calling this done.  On a scale of 1 to 10. I'm giving myself a 6 on this. Its looks ok but not great.

Bish thanks for hosting another great GB. Please use the 2nd pic.  

Looks pretty darn good to me TJ! Nice work!!!

Eurofighter looks alright because RAF roundels always look good. 

Sharper photos and some croping of that open space would make for a better  presentation I think ...

regards,

Jack

Looks good to me TJ. Thanks for taking part, will get the front page updated.

Might be just me and the tumbleweeds here now, this one falling back to page nine of threads...

Have got a general photo of the wing struts fleshed out with plastic (last update they were just brass rods).   Also pictured alongside, the start of detailing the resin engine. Decided to rework the center where the pushrods insert as drilling 0.2mm holes would quickly result in a broken drill bit.

Anyhow, here's some progress on the front of the engine, last image shows the front of the engine complete:

Now I get to tackle the back of the engine.  Each cylinder has a pair of piping, so times 14 cylinders, that makes 28 pieces total. 

regards,

Jack

Good to see you still plugging away jack, looking good. Lovely detail on that engine.

Beautiful engine, Jack.

That is incredible looking engine Jack!

That looks fantastic Jack!!!

I was going to get back on the Corsair upon getting back home from holiday but so far it's been so hot I haven't gotten anything done....

Amazing work on the engine there Jack. Hard to believe it is in 72nd

Bish, John, Griffen, Cliff, and Lost - thank you for dropping in to check out the engine.  Someone on another forum asked how I made the rocker covers atop the pushrods, so put together a simple diagram:

regards,

Jack

Engine piping update ...

First steps invloved cleaning up the pairs of holes at the rear of each cylinder.  Hollow aluminum rods of 0.6mm diameter are used for the detailing.  Those areas requiring any bending of pipes were done with lead free wire.

The large collector pipes were made from brass, but really difficult to bend/curve without dimpling - at least that happended on the inner sides so won't be visible.  Little balls of green putty aid the attachment points, giving plenty time for final positioning.

Last detail was adding a couple brass sleeves to accept the exhaust pipes extending along the fuselage sides - a lot of test fitting here...

Above is a test shot to see how well the engine sits with those long fuselage exhausts - it worked out quite satisfactory!

regards,

Jack

Nice!  Way above my pay grade.

Yeah, that looks friggin' AMAZING Jack!!! 

Ye, what they said. Bloody hell Jack, thats stunning.

Thanks John, TJ, Cliff, and Bish - yea, it's getting there. 

All the major scratchbuilding is done.  Got the pitot tube made, just have to glue it to the wing strut.  Now just a few little details to finish up. 

I have ordered another PE fret for the stitching because the Eduard set really isn't a good match, also looks a bit oversize. PART, from Poland, looks to be what I need for the Sisken.  They call it Lacing - no wonder I didn't find that first time I was shopping around:

regards,

Jack

Bloody Norah Jack! That work is a-mazing! And in 1/72 scale as well - not sure what superlative to use at this point...

Looking forward to seeing the next steps

Yeah wow, that'd be pretty awesome detail in 1/48th- in 1/72nd it's astounding! 

Thank you Lost and Cliff.

Still waiting for the last details to arrive through the post office.  In the meantime, I rebuilt some of the forward landing gear as I thought some things could be better.  I'll touch more on that with pictures when all construction is complete.

regards,

Jack

The last update I made mention that "I wont this build completed by the end of the year", I never said which year.... Been crazy with my not so new job, havent had much time at the desk to work on any projects.

So here is my completed P-51D Mustang, 85 Sqn RAAF, Japan 1948.

I would like to extend my thanks again to Bish for hosting another fantatic group build,

well done Sir, If I wore a hat I would take it off for you.

Great work for the others that I havent had a chance to comment on your builds as of yet.

Catch ya soooooooooooooonish

Thanks, I'm pleased to have it off my desk.

Oh wow, beautiful job there! 

damouav, thank you you for sharing your mustang, it turned out a treat!

regards,

Jack