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                                                                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