Really cool build! I didn’t know the Germans captured a P-51. Thanks for sharing. Take care! Drew

@TheWaggishAmerican

26 күн бұрын

They captured quite a few, and got a surprising number flying again. Some were captured intact (emergency landing or pilot landed on a germa airfield by mistake), some where cobbled together with parts that got pulled out of field landed aircraft. They might even have gotten a defector one- I know one of the rosarious P-38s came from a defector

finally a P-51 on the good guys side...

Very interesting idea. Great build as always

Nice!

Good morning sir.

The perfect way to start the day with a new P-51 video :) I really like your painting process with this project, it was really fun to see. I've built 2 of these and I know exactly what you mean with the control stick and the landing gear. I hope that Airfix is making this on now with their new grey styrene. It doesn't fuse together quite the same as the blue grey, but it's a lot stronger.

@TheWaggishAmerican

26 күн бұрын

Thats a great point. The feagile details have been done in kits like tamiya or academy without nearly as many issues; a huge contributor is that super soft light grey plastic. I dont think I have seen any of the newer plastic in person yet but I have high hopes.

Very nice build..............................P-51s do not have wood floors. Also they have aluminum props with the section near the hub was black do to a high altitude boot to help with ram air in to the air intake. Over all very Wag-a-Licious.

@TheWaggishAmerican

21 күн бұрын

I believe you are incorrect. Allison P51s did not have a wood floor- the cockpits with curved floors are metal. P-51D (flat floor) were wooden with an antiskid coating. Glad to hear you enjoyed it otherwise.

@BennyCFD

21 күн бұрын

@@TheWaggishAmerican As far as the model goes you did a great job. Well Allison never manufactured the P-51 or any other WW II aircraft it was North American, And two I've actually been in the cockpit of a P-51D and they weren't wood.

@TheWaggishAmerican

19 күн бұрын

​@@BennyCFDallison refers to models with an allison engine, which the early models had. Restored and especially modernized / flight worthy examples are not great references. Google P51 cockpit wood floor and youll see a lot of discussion around this topic.

I'm not a fan of these Airfix kits maybe it is because I haven't made any... may one day... one day...... also FIRRRSSSTTT!!

@TheWaggishAmerican

26 күн бұрын

I like a lot abou airfix but especially this period they have some quirks. Builds are usually clean and surface detail is great if you like washes, but esp in 72nd scale a lot of kits have parts that are very easy to break in handling or even taking off the sprue.

@charlieboye2009

26 күн бұрын

@@TheWaggishAmerican I used to build a lot of Hasegawa Airliners in the 1980's. The original kits in the series were quite sturdy, but in the 1990's the quality started to drop. I did watch a video of a recent build by a Japanese modeler and he was complaining about the kit. Their 777 kit was a big letdown for me, but after building it, it did do its job. Airfix now, are riding high off the youtube buzz. I'm blue in the face watching spitfire builds, and it all because of the starter sets. You can try a Heller kit, these tend have a bit more chunkier plastic, they need a bit more work, have raised panel lines and stuff, but with some effort can turn out amazing. Or you can and drive yourself crazy by building the Monogram F-4 phantom Snap Tite kit, Its a toy, that you can build as model, if you dare that is....😁😁