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| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 900 - P-51 Mustang | Reference | 08-Jun-18 08:25 |  | | Views : 549 | | Delving a bit deeper revealed just s slight difference. As will be seen on the next post. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 900 - P-51 Mustang | Reference | 08-Jun-18 08:24 |  | | Views : 540 | | I enlarged a set of 3-views to scale and was surprised to find that Guillow's fuselage matches the 3-views fairly close |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 400 - P-51 Mustang | Build | 07-Jun-18 01:05 |  | | Views : 1198 | | Hey, not too bad, eh? I tried a combination of small panels, butt panels, overlapping panels, single and double rivet patterns. All came out really nice. Total application time for all of the small section panels and rivets, about 15 minutes. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 400 - P-51 Mustang | Build | 07-Jun-18 01:03 |  | | Views : 1175 | | This time I purchased a set of "pounce wheels" from MicroMark to be used to reproduce rivets on the backside for the rivet patterns to be seen on the front side. I only needed to run down the pounce wheel along a straight edge. No mind-numbing tapping of the hammer over tens of thousands of faux rivets. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 400 - P-51 Mustang | Build | 07-Jun-18 01:00 |  | | Views : 726 | | From this roll, I cut up some sample strips. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 400 - P-51 Mustang | Reference | 07-Jun-18 00:58 |  | | Views : 670 | | I'm sure you all have read various means of achieving a natural metal finish. Silver or chrome spray paint, plumber's duct tape, a special product called "Flight Metal" which advertises as being the "cat's meow" for natural metal finishes, and more. IA friend suggested trying what is called "Chrome Vinyl." He says its just as flexible as Flight Metal, comes in three-foot wide rolls and cut to however length to suit the requirements. I ordered a 10-foot roll. That should be enough for a 27" w/s Guillow's model, eh? |
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| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 400 - P-51 Mustang | Reference | 07-Jun-18 00:53 |  | | Views : 934 | | Before any serious build takes place, I decided to construct a "practice fuselage" to which I could explore different finishing techniques and determine which is best suited for my needs. In this case, I fabricated a scrap proof-of-concept fuselage section out of scrap balsa. I finished the ends with wood filler, lightly sanded, more wood filler, sanded again, followed by primer and sanding again for a glass-smooth finish. I purposely left the center section bare balsa sanded smooth. I wanted to compare what affects the underlying surfaces would have on the finish. I read about, and was told repeatedly that an absolutely smooth surface is essential for an equally impressive finish regardless of whether its natural metal or painted surfaces. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 400 - P-51 Mustang | Reference | 07-Jun-18 00:47 |  | | Views : 650 | | Finally, get as much reference material as possible whether its the Internet, magazines, personal photos, anything will help |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 400 - P-51 Mustang | Reference | 07-Jun-18 00:46 |  | | Views : 717 | | This picture clearly illustrates the type of highly polished finish I had in mind. This photo also shows to good effect how the fuselage is left in its all-polished metal but the wings were puttied and painted silver. A fact not many people are aware. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 400 - P-51 Mustang | Reference | 07-Jun-18 00:44 |  | | Views : 652 | | Big Beautiful Doll was flown by John Landers |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows Series 400 - P-51 Mustang | Reference | 07-Jun-18 00:42 |  | | Views : 694 | | Before any reasonably series build is to take place, it wouldn't be a bad idea to do some research, even if the subject matter is the famous (& common) P-51 Mustang. My goal is to finish the model in highly polished natrual metal & done up as Big Beautiful Doll. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #19, Fairey Fulmar Mk 1 | Parked | 15-Jun-17 14:53 |  | | Views : 685 | | Close up of hinge attachment points to underside dive brakes. There are lots more pictures including cockpit interiors if anyone's interested. Only wish I knew how to change the title from Fairey Fulmar to Dave Diels's F-100. |
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