DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!..........VH-FCB

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DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!..........VH-FCB

Postby oz rb fan » Mon Jun 25, 2018 11:31 pm

and it starts again........another stang......maybe two :shock: :o :oops:
Image35026632_779136315615076_6186271310323122176_o by paul sabin, on Flickr

it's another airfix P51D but being built as a CAC one so redroo seat going in...and redroo wheels to come....thanks Damo (cap n wannbe) for allowing me to do this....it could well end up alot of stangs to do the history of this plane :shock:
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Re: DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!..........VH-FCB

Postby Graeme H » Tue Jun 26, 2018 7:35 am

Having just done a CAC one recently, but the RAAF version I can understand the attraction, got a couple more on the go

ImageDSCN1286 by qfa_tsv, on Flickr

Meant to add I was there at the start of that Brisbane to Adelaide race that it participated in, and saw it up close and personal, are you going to do your own decals?
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Re: DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!..........VH-FCB

Postby oz rb fan » Fri Jun 29, 2018 2:43 am

very nice Greame ...i do like a nice stang......and now someone has pointed out the problems with an open canopy i guess this one will closed :o :shock: :lol: ........BUT hopefully pretty :lol: :lol:
i hope to get a little bit done this weekend
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Re: DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!..........VH-FCB

Postby BradG » Sat Jun 30, 2018 6:23 pm

You need a 109 to break up all these mustangs lol
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Re: DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!..........VH-FCB

Postby oz rb fan » Sat Jul 07, 2018 2:06 am

thinking a Zero or two.....or maybe another
ki61!!!!!! :o :shock: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Postby Cap'n Wannabe » Sat Jul 07, 2018 11:22 am

Come on Paul....what's taking so long???
Pretending to do it TAC style with the big boys since 1987
Also, we don't need no steenkin' VLATs!
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Re: DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!..........VH-FCB

Postby oz rb fan » Mon Jul 09, 2018 2:50 pm

i've had a bit of personal stuff going on.....but getting back to it today
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Re: DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!..........VH-FCB

Postby oz rb fan » Mon Jul 09, 2018 3:06 pm

so a cold RDO ..so light a fire and do a little modeling :o

the interior of VH_FCB is done(though not converted to two seats) radios removed from the tank and painted in a close colour to CAC green.
Image36787820_791701991025175_7465437855267946496_n by paul sabin, on Flickr
i have done tape belts for it...they look ok
and now the fuselage is closed up and the wing assembled
Image36863501_791702821025092_1007312986466942976_o by paul sabin, on Flickr
and stupid me just started another one it will be a RAF mustang IV
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Postby Cap'n Wannabe » Mon Jul 09, 2018 5:45 pm

I'm guessing the movie camera that sits behind the pilot won't make an appearance in this build...:lol:
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Re: DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!..........VH-FCB

Postby oz rb fan » Mon Jul 09, 2018 10:46 pm

nope....so many itirations of this aiframe from leaving the RAAF till destruction in 2011
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