Search found 52 matches

by Geo
Sat Dec 24, 2016 5:40 am
Forum: Customs & Mods
Topic: Rebuild of BBI P-51...
Replies: 69
Views: 37099

Re: Rebuild of BBI P-51...

A-10LOADER wrote:Amazing stuff here !! Fabulous work Geoff.

Steve

Steve,

Thank you! I

'm happy to see your big cat on LSP. The guys will get a charge out of it.

Happy holidays Bud

Geoff
by Geo
Sat Dec 24, 2016 5:36 am
Forum: Customs & Mods
Topic: Rebuild of BBI P-51...
Replies: 69
Views: 37099

Re: Rebuild of BBI P-51...

Happy Holidays All...

G
by Geo
Mon Dec 05, 2016 4:49 pm
Forum: Customs & Mods
Topic: Rebuild of BBI P-51...
Replies: 69
Views: 37099

Re: Rebuild of BBI P-51...

I know its not as much fun looking at pieces of an airplane, but to get to the airplane, you have to make the parts... http://i439.photobucket.com/albums/qq112/ironwing_photo/IMG_1518.jpg The going is slow, but Im getting there... http://i439.photobucket.com/albums/qq112/ironwing_photo/IMG_1515.jpg ...
by Geo
Mon Dec 05, 2016 4:40 pm
Forum: Customs & Mods
Topic: Rebuild of BBI P-51...
Replies: 69
Views: 37099

Re: Rebuild of BBI P-51...

Greetings All, Work continues on the Mustangs empennage. The going is slow. Making the fin and nose fairing took quite a long time. I had to anneal the aluminum sheet to get it soft enough to make the required bends. The compound curve force the aluminum to do some pretty wild stuff. On the real pro...
by Geo
Sun Oct 09, 2016 7:26 pm
Forum: Customs & Mods
Topic: Rebuild of BBI P-51...
Replies: 69
Views: 37099

Re: Rebuild of BBI P-51...

Image
by Geo
Sun Oct 09, 2016 7:24 pm
Forum: Customs & Mods
Topic: Rebuild of BBI P-51...
Replies: 69
Views: 37099

Re: Rebuild of BBI P-51...

greetings all A bit more progress... Began work on the tail fairings Fabbed the upper fuselage skin and installed it. It has to be in place beforethe tail fairings can go on. http://i439.photobucket.com/albums/qq112/ironwing_photo/IMG_1437.jpg Work was also started on the center upper fairing. This ...
by Geo
Wed Oct 05, 2016 6:30 pm
Forum: Customs & Mods
Topic: Rebuild of BBI P-51...
Replies: 69
Views: 37099

Re: Rebuild of BBI P-51...

Thats pretty much the current state of the Mustang....Ill be back.

Hope everyone is well.

Geoff
by Geo
Wed Oct 05, 2016 6:27 pm
Forum: Customs & Mods
Topic: Rebuild of BBI P-51...
Replies: 69
Views: 37099

Re: Rebuild of BBI P-51...

I took a major way in which the Mustang would be finished. Rather than the early gray over green, I decided to finish it natural metal. Ive never found paint to look much like aluminum. Even the metalizer paints always look like paint to me. In light of this, I decided to use printers litho plate. H...
by Geo
Wed Oct 05, 2016 4:31 pm
Forum: Customs & Mods
Topic: Rebuild of BBI P-51...
Replies: 69
Views: 37099

Re: Rebuild of BBI P-51...

I dont know what happened...half of the photos I posted arent here. Ill repost

?
by Geo
Wed Oct 05, 2016 4:26 pm
Forum: Customs & Mods
Topic: Rebuild of BBI P-51...
Replies: 69
Views: 37099

Re: Rebuild of BBI P-51...

Steve, Way glad youre still here and that you looked in. I hope youre well. What I do isnt skill...its tenacity and not having enough sense to quit. I make mistakes, lots of them...some really nuclear stupid. Just the same, thank you very much. I was out past Willow Grove couple of days ago...depres...
by Geo
Wed Oct 05, 2016 3:28 pm
Forum: Customs & Mods
Topic: Rebuild of BBI P-51...
Replies: 69
Views: 37099

Re: Rebuild of BBI P-51...

Greetings All, Its clearly been a long time since I last posted. The Mustang sat for quite a while. I just got lazy...no other excuse. Now that retirement has befallen me (yeah, Im that old) I have time now to work in earnest. Much has changed in my approach and how I want this to end up. Hence, muc...
by Geo
Thu Aug 27, 2015 5:48 am
Forum: Customs & Mods
Topic: Rebuild of BBI P-51...
Replies: 69
Views: 37099

Re: Rebuild of BBI P-51...

Skorzny

Thank you. Its been quite a while since iv worked on it. Just now getting her going again. Thanks for looking in...

G
by Geo
Fri Aug 22, 2014 4:34 pm
Forum: Customs & Mods
Topic: JSI Tomcat - Super Detailing???
Replies: 646
Views: 312787

Re: JSI Tomcat - Super Detailing???

Steve,

Wild masking job there man. I know that took time and patience. I really like what youre doing here and I know how long it takes to get things done. If you need some help with resin parts, drop a note, happy to help.

Hope all is well...

Geoff
by Geo
Wed Jul 02, 2014 11:38 am
Forum: Customs & Mods
Topic: Rebuild of BBI P-51...
Replies: 69
Views: 37099

Re: Rebuild of BBI P-51...

Test fit of the wing on the "new" Mustang... http://i439.photobucket.com/albums/qq112/ironwing_photo/IMG_0705.jpg http://i439.photobucket.com/albums/qq112/ironwing_photo/IMG_0711.jpg http://i439.photobucket.com/albums/qq112/ironwing_photo/IMG_0708.jpg The dihedral you see in this shot is only caused...
by Geo
Wed Jul 02, 2014 11:21 am
Forum: Customs & Mods
Topic: Rebuild of BBI P-51...
Replies: 69
Views: 37099

Re: Rebuild of BBI P-51...

The all up fuselage before addition of the surface details. Again, this wont be done until the fuselage sections are mated permanently. http://i439.photobucket.com/albums/qq112/ironwing_photo/IMG_0635.jpg http://i439.photobucket.com/albums/qq112/ironwing_photo/IMG_0725-1.jpg http://i439.photobucket....
by Geo
Wed Jul 02, 2014 10:36 am
Forum: Customs & Mods
Topic: Rebuild of BBI P-51...
Replies: 69
Views: 37099

Re: Rebuild of BBI P-51...

Heres where it all ends up...The fasteners details have been added to the now permanently affixed tail fairings. All that remains now is to permanently attach the trim tabs but that wont happen till final assembly is begun. The fasteners will be plugged in using .030" rod stock http://i439.photobuck...
by Geo
Wed Jul 02, 2014 9:47 am
Forum: Customs & Mods
Topic: Rebuild of BBI P-51...
Replies: 69
Views: 37099

Re: Rebuild of BBI P-51...

Greetings All Summer has arrived and properly disrupted my building, but i saved up some stuff to post. What is that thing with the bent wings? Please...take that outa here. Thats hideous. Ok, heres the rest of the empennage. This part of the project took months to complete, and there were times i q...
by Geo
Fri May 30, 2014 8:48 pm
Forum: Customs & Mods
Topic: Rebuild of BBI P-51...
Replies: 69
Views: 37099

Re: Rebuild of BBI P-51...

At this juncture, the fairings are fitted to the tail. http://i439.photobucket.com/albums/qq112/ironwing_photo/IMG_0460.jpg http://i439.photobucket.com/albums/qq112/ironwing_photo/IMG_0444.jpg The fairings will not be attached permanently until the control surfaces are completed. Thats it for now. H...
by Geo
Fri May 30, 2014 8:16 pm
Forum: Customs & Mods
Topic: Rebuild of BBI P-51...
Replies: 69
Views: 37099

Re: Rebuild of BBI P-51...

All the components are now in place. It must now be finished sanded, primed, and readied for molding. This was the make or brake aspect of this project. If the fairings couldnt be made, the project would stop here. Its a drawn out process. Tamiya primer wa sused throughout with wet sanding between c...
by Geo
Fri May 30, 2014 7:28 pm
Forum: Customs & Mods
Topic: Rebuild of BBI P-51...
Replies: 69
Views: 37099

Re: Rebuild of BBI P-51...

All, The Empennage, as you can see from the last photo, at that point, was ready to have the horizontals attached in order to make the Empennage ready for the next step. As you can see, the aft end is free of all detail, especially the tail fairings. The tail fairings of the D-5 are different becaus...
by Geo
Fri May 30, 2014 8:18 am
Forum: Customs & Mods
Topic: Rebuild of BBI P-51...
Replies: 69
Views: 37099

Re: Rebuild of BBI P-51...

Heres a rare one...saw it out in California at Paso Robles AP

Image

Image
by Geo
Fri May 30, 2014 8:15 am
Forum: Customs & Mods
Topic: Rebuild of BBI P-51...
Replies: 69
Views: 37099

Re: Rebuild of BBI P-51...

pickelhaube wrote:Now that one is news to me. I have not seen a B/C with the tail fillet.

You do learn something every day !!
I try to...
by Geo
Thu May 29, 2014 1:38 am
Forum: Customs & Mods
Topic: Rebuild of BBI P-51...
Replies: 69
Views: 37099

Re: Rebuild of BBI P-51...

Maybe i am not the only one but since i was a little kid I always thought the P51 D was with a mandatory tail filet : I was really surprised to discover anly a few years ago some picture of the firsts series : P51D - 5 : http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/images/p51late_03.jpg And then i was wishing for ...
by Geo
Thu May 29, 2014 1:24 am
Forum: Customs & Mods
Topic: Rebuild of BBI P-51...
Replies: 69
Views: 37099

Re: Rebuild of BBI P-51...

A-10LOADER wrote:AMAZING stuff Geoff, simply amazing !!

Steve
Steve,

Thanks much, bit its no more amazing than you big Cat. How did the canopy come out?

Geoff
by Geo
Thu May 29, 2014 1:22 am
Forum: Customs & Mods
Topic: Rebuild of BBI P-51...
Replies: 69
Views: 37099

Re: Rebuild of BBI P-51...

supersonicfifi wrote:Image

how good looking is that ?
In my book, there is nothing prettier...don't tell my wife I said that. :-)