Great looking North American projects. Im a huge fan of the P051B 🙂

The slot and tab method in the tail and along with the one piece horizonal stabs is a different approach. It helps with alignment and allows for more options with the different tails. Although, if you want a rudder off set your going to have to be more creative. In this scale its a NBD. I know Arma has done some partnering with Eduard and wonder if Eduard would scale up their design for their 1/48 scale series. To B or not to B that is the question. Arma is making some good kits.

After shooting the first Quick Boost P-51D seat for the Airfix kit into the 5th Dimension, I was able to order another one from a hobby shop in Poland along with Arma's charming P-39. It took six weeks to make it to my door step but, it here and the detail in this casting is impressive. Still a work in progress.

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This is super detailed, Stephen @stephen-w-towle.
Cockpit and seat looks amazing.

Getting back to the Arma P-51 B/C F-6, I was able to glue the two half's together. It was kind of like packing a suit case stuff with cloths. There is a lot of detail in the cockpit and one must take care in carefully closing both halves. I glued the front half with super-glue and tape and then moving back towards the tail section I used Tamiya thin cement. Each application was quickly followed by tape. I let that set up to sit over night.

The wing to fuselage joint need some sanding and dry fitting. I ended up with a gap at the base of the wing. Were the wing to fuselage meet. Patience is the order of the day. The gap was filled with putty and a little glue.

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What our friend @tcinla wrote, my friend @stephen-w-towle : looking forward to this superb dual build!

Absolutely great progress on both kits, Stephen @stephen-w-towle