Jason If you let me know which folders you are having trouble with, I'll gladly make copies for you. And thank you for your kind comments about my website. If only I had a little more time to keep it up to date. Having said that, my P-51 project has been dead in the water since last October. I'm cur...

Jason, I am fascinated by your project. You probably have the NAA drawings, but if not I could probably help you there. I have NAA drawings of all the P51 varients on DVD. I'm building a 1:5th scale static replica, and you can contact me via my website http://www.spitfireinmyworkshop.net Good luck w...

Good to hear Sarik, Mike. That's the firm recommended by Eddie Stocker, so now I'm certain I'm in good hands. I gave Sarik a call a month or so ago to discuss this and they were very helpful. I'll certainly keep you informed of progress.
David

Hi, Phil I have a company recommended by Eddie and Judy Stocker at DB Sport and Scale, but I'm more than happy to be quided by your experience. Mike's point is a good one. Blowing the thing would clearly circumvent any issues of this kind, but I can't see how I could do that in this case: The early ...

Mike, can you advise where the frame blowing method is described, so I can check it out? And how would you be sure that the finished article conforms to the true contours of the original in the longitudinal and transverse planes?
David

Thanks, Phil I can see that it makes sense to go the extra mile. Who knows, some of the guys on this forum might even want a 1/5th scale P-51D hood!! I recall in my own local model shop recently, someone talking about pulling a rubber balloon over the master before mould making, but I can't imaging ...

Phil, thank you... You're a star!! I think I can handle this OK, and have taken the notes and pictures to read and ingest. One thing occurs: You say that the mould you made was for production runs. What are the key shortcuts if I just want to make one pattern, or tool? I have no need for more than o...

Phil This looks exactly what I'm looking for! I discussed the cnc route with Arthur Bentley (the aviation draughstman) this morning and he is snowed under with work so I'd have to wait a long while for a cad model, but he did send me a full set of sections for the P51-D hood. So at least I now have ...

Hi, Stuart and Josh Josh, the cnc approach looks spot on for the sliding hood and for the Hamilton Standard cuffed prop blades! Arthur Bentley might well be able to do the CAD work for me. Thank you. Stuart, do you mean Devcon Flexane? Plenty about that on the net. Again this looks very promising. D...

Hi, everyone As a new member I feel something of an imposter, since I build static scale models with all the aerodynamic qualities of a brick. However, I do build big and some of you may have seen my ca. 1/5th scale Spitfire which is on permanent display at the RAF Museum at Hendon. My current proje...