Pica 1/5th scale P51 D Mustang Build Part 2 continued from part one here again click on pics to enlarge some more than others as I reduced (resized kb) to speed upload Fuel tank cap from bespoke models Adjust wing alignment before drilling for wing bolts and tapping holes for wing bolts Wing fairing 1/16' ply pink foam & filler Glassing Fairing above pre primer fairing, below the indent washers & screws added Result of molding fairing in situ. parcel tape makes removal easy underside wing to fuselage fairing 3D printed 1/5th Gun barrels ready for stripes fuel or bomb carrier fitted, from Fighteraces this comes trimmed grp, 3d printed supports simple molding Nav lights results above Using fuel cap to fill tank Final finishing below in bright sunshine the blue looks li
Pica 1/5th near scale Mustang build part one Back in 2020 the start of Covid lock down I dug the Two 1/5th scale Pica kits I had tucked away in my garage One being the Mustang the other a Spitfire kit bought years earlier, as I had just completed a 1/6th Mick Reeves MK16 spitfire I choose to start the Mustang, some two years later I got to run up the Moki 210 Engine in the garden.. so here are pics taken during my build not blow by blow, Maybe not in the correct order, I spent hours looking at Mustang pics & forums and I came across a complete Mustang Build topic on RCU build by Szempruw link I found this to be of great help during my build, I know much about Spitfires, Hurricanes & Wyverns etc, If you read my blog of models I have built & they have all flown.. Very little Knowledge regards Mustangs I never intended to do as much detail as I have, although the cockpit is very sparse as regards all the levers & trimmings can't be