P-51D "Petie" 1:33 Halinski

Johnny · 22-02-2008

The P51-D "Petie" from Halinski is my next plane.
A shot of the front side.

The paper is kind of glossy,so I'm having some troubles focusing on the tiny outlines......
I wanted a soft start so I started with the battery arrangement.

Then I started on the cockpit floor.

This kit seems very nice with the "aluminium" print.
Since this is a big step for me.....to start a Halinski kit without very much experience, I will proceed kind of slow I guess.....

Johnny · 24-02-2008

The start of the P51......
I start with making the internal framing for the cockpit section.
The drawings in the Halinski kits is really good I think.

Here is the first dryfit of the parts I have cut out now.I have some other parts that I'm doing some hardening ties on....I'm soaking the backside of some parts with thinned varnish just to see if that's any good.

I hope to have this frame section done today If I'm lucky...

Johnny · 24-02-2008

The frames of the cockpit section is done.

I'm missing two parts called InP and InL who will go in there somewhere....when I have figured out where to put them

Johnny · 24-02-2008

Now it's time to start on the sidepanels, and now I see more of the halinski details....This is really fun!!

The drawing of the left panel shows that it contains 17 parts....

Of course there was some internal framing

That frame should be covered by another skin...

It doesn't look quite as bad as with the macrolense....

First instrument in place

Johnny · 25-02-2008

One panel done!

Johnny · 27-02-2008

Say hello to John

The pilot of the P51D....sitting on the cockpit floor trying to explain something....

I have just "tack-it'ed" the arms,legs and head because I have to change his arms to the second set to get him placed into the cockpit.

Johnny · 03-03-2008

Here is a small update on the cockpit.
I did the pilots seat

I had to leave out the seatbelts because of the pilot is already equipped with belts...

I also finished the last sidepanel with the throttles

And here is John Connor well seated in the cockpit

Lips McGee · 03-03-2008

Following it closely. Looks awesome so far.

**Bunkerbarge** · 03-03-2008

This one looks absolutely amazing. What is the pilot made of?

Johnny · 03-03-2008

The pilot is made of Resin.I got some figures in 1:32 scale from PJ Productions that will suit my builds just fine.
Check the onboardclimbing one in the me109-G2 thread!

I have been looking for pilots in that scale for a long time.
They also have a lot of figures in 1:72 and 1:48 scale!!