bouncebounce crunch Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 TON ,Your model looks excellent, as usual a joy to watch builds like this, and sorry for having a whinge on your build thread. 20 Aussie dollars equals16 euros or 13 pounds. bbc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ton van Munsteren Posted December 31, 2012 Author Share Posted December 31, 2012 Linds, Thanks and yes the most difficult thing (and fun thing) of designing a model, is not making the drawing in cad, but designing a model than can be build and fly well. It looks some times so easy on paper but it will never work with balsa or ply. What I like the most on RMCE is that all the talented designers design and build there models here to show everyone that is can be done and that its fun to do. But that you need to know what your doing and have to have experience with building models before you can design your own. bbc, Thanks and woooo that is very expencive. Ton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ton van Munsteren Posted January 2, 2013 Author Share Posted January 2, 2013 Some pics from the wing; Sorry went a little to fast building did forget to make some more pics before sheeting. Trailing edge Ton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Fenton Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 I just love the fit of those parts Ton, lovely neat building Cheers Danny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ton van Munsteren Posted January 6, 2013 Author Share Posted January 6, 2013 Danny, Thanks and must admit that its most rewarding knowing now that they do fit correct. The build was going a little to quick and had to much fun, that I forgot to make as many pics as I normally do, so here are the last build pics. The cooler underneath the Mustang wing Ton Edited By Ton van Munsteren on 06/01/2013 15:21:19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Concorde Speedbird Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Lovely! What scheme are you going for? My favourite is 'Fragile but Agile', all stripy! Keep up the good work! CS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ton van Munsteren Posted January 8, 2013 Author Share Posted January 8, 2013 CS, That really is a great looking Mustang and to be honest the hardest part was to selecting the colour scheme because there are so many. But for me one thing was for sure no aluminium coloured version. Have done several models with aluminium tape finish but the problem with that is that they get damaged to quick, specially when landing without a landing gear. The P51 selected is this version : This is what I made of it : Hope you all like it. Ton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Bennett Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 very nice. very very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Fenton Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Cracking job Ton, looks wonderful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Concorde Speedbird Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 That looks superb! Great job, hopefully it will fly as well as it looks! CS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ton van Munsteren Posted January 13, 2013 Author Share Posted January 13, 2013 Tony / Danny Thanks for the compliment. CS, Thanks and the Mustang is flying for some time now and is doing great, Iam really happy with it. My college pilot who did the flying for the flying shots was surprice at how well the Mustang is flying. Here some more pics of the Mustang and hoping to see the Mustang very soon in the RCME. Sandpaper for a good handgrip. Ton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ady Hayward Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 A lovely model Ton and beautifully crafted. The flying shots are great. Ady Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwin van der Maat Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Good evening Ton, what a cute model (if though it is a fighter) and very nice flying pictures. Best regards, Edwin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bart83 Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Great looking model Ton !! Nice scheme you picked for this bird. Really like this small warbirds like the RBC warbirds. I'm thinking on designing a warbird this scale some time . . . Thirst have build one on your desings to learn more about construction methods and airfoils used etc. I think a zero would be nice addition to the range with the posibility to build it a a rufe . . . . mmmm suddenly another idea comes to mind. . . . . a Voight OSU2 Kingfisher .. . . decisions decisions Cheers, Bart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Concorde Speedbird Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Lovely! If this is an RCME plan, at some point I may well consider this, convert it to 20-25 two stroke power maybe. Great job! CS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Torres Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Hi Ton, I got this plane at RBC kits and im at the moment building it. I have give it to you for designing a plane that is very easy to build! I have a question though, I was thinking ofputing on a functional rudder, but the elevators are in the way. Do tou think it's better to trim a bit of the elvator to make room for rudder movements or should i move the vertical stibilizer towards the nose to make room for rudder movement (and also more scale look)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ton van Munsteren Posted March 8, 2013 Author Share Posted March 8, 2013 Hi Jan, Great to know your building the Mustang and enjoying it. For me the best option would be to trim the elevator because that would only be a few mm. Here is a pic just made of my Mustang which shows that the movement is about 20mm both sides. The rudder is lose because its fixed with mylar hinges, but not controlled although it could easily be. Please do post some pics if possible would love to see the progress of your model. Ton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Torres Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Im doing a build thread at rc groups http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1832645 would be really great to get some expert input since this is only my 2nd plane that i built. I did a much smaller and less complicated prior to this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Torres Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Hi Ton, can you please explain how you did the finnish on the plane? did you glass it? did you airbrush the paint? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ton van Munsteren Posted March 13, 2013 Author Share Posted March 13, 2013 Jan, The finish is done with glass 25gr with Polyurethane. Than paint is done with regular house paint, with the final colours from the small Revell paint can's. Ton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 Nice Mustang Ton,read your magazine article this is going on my to do list Martian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Concorde Speedbird Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 I saw the plan in the mag, it is nice, and a good article too. I do think the shaping is a tiny bit out, the canopy is too tall and nose doesn't look quite right to my eye, but I know how tricky it must be so I still respect your effort. Also, the pictured model doesn't have the lip at the centre of the wing, but it is shown on the plan. And this niggled me that the rudder is not in line with the fuselage, as shown in your photo here. But I am probably delving too deep since it isn't a competition machine but a nice little fighter. Please ignore me at your will, I know you have spent a lot of time desgning this model so it probably isn't nice when some mad person obsessed with a white triangle comes and nit-picks all over it, you have done far better than I could do. CS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ton van Munsteren Posted May 2, 2013 Author Share Posted May 2, 2013 Martian, Thanks and Iam hoping that the list is not to long, looking forward seeing your build pics of the Mustang some day. CS, Thanks and yes please do tell what you like and don't like on the Mustang. Yes the canopy is probable not the best to scale, its taken from an older RBC kit and was good enough for me. Making a new and better mould was possible from a 3D drawing but was a lot of extra work, sometimes you have to make choices. The Nose on my model is not 100% good to shape because that was cut from foam and I do hate cutting and shaping foam, because I can never get it right . The Nose on the drawing is reasonable good to scale and so will be the vacuum part. If all has gone well RBC did use my 3D file to cut a mould which should be much better than my foam version. The Lip on the wings centre was totally forgotten by me on my model, sorry for that. Yes correct the rudder is to short but that was done on purpose, because I damaged the rudder on my Hawk75 on landing which hooked in the grass and got damaged. That made me think to make the rudder on the Mustang a little shorter so the rudder could never be damaged on landing. Although now I think its not necessary because the landing is on the cooler so the rudder will not touch the grass on landing. For the basic of the Mustang I used a 3view from the In Action series (Sqaudron/signal) which is not bad at all, but did make some modification to make sure the Mustang is a great flyer because that what its all about for me with this model. Cheers Ton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Concorde Speedbird Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 I did think the plan looked more to scale than the model, so maybe it is just that. I am no good with foam, I much prefer planing and sanding balsa! I must admit I am very impressed by your CAD work, it is something I have never been able to do even with fairly simple things, so to see you come out with aeroplanes is very impressive! Keep up the good work! CS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Elliot Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Hi Ton Thanks for creating this great little model for us all. I can't wait to get my teeth into the build I've started cutting out my kit of parts from the free plan, but can't seem to find the FH pattern ( the part that the front hatch sits on) . It is marked on the fuselage side view but unless I'm mistaken its outline shape isnt there. Any ideas? Regards Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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