P51 project.... can anyone identfy the manufacturer

[Brent]

Ok so 2 possibly 3 years ago my friend bought this mustang off ebay. it was advertised as a 90 size model and wanted alitle bit of work. He drove all the way to hull I do believe and collected it.

Upon getting it home he discovered it wanted more work then he had planned or even liked to do. So after a chat and a long passion for large warbirds I thought its just the type of project im looking for. With abit of bashing here and there im sure I could end up with a nice scaleish mustang which im sure I will.

However im wanting to find some history about this artf so I can infact find more out about all up weights and a replacement canopy and cowl and so forth.

cant quite remember the wingspan but im sure its 71 inch fuselage is made from fiberglass as you can tell with the state its in. It does have all the airlerons flaps and elevator and rudder and so forth but im striping the model back to bare wood and gel coat and need to carry out the main repairs.

The wings airlerons and flaps are on the same level which isn't scale... usualy the airlerons step out at the hinge line and not hinged at the same point as the flaps if that makes sense.

The cockpit was origionaly just flat and not open. I have cut this out to eventualy build a nice scale cockpit to hopefully fit a full size pilot in there.

As you can see its had a ruff life and has been beaten up badly with all the filler. this is to be removed and glass cloth put in place internaly and then fill the what will then be a dent with gell coat and flatten off.

So who out there can help identify the maker? ps the engine in the pic is an st3000 I was planning on fiting but decided another model needed it more then the stang. When and I emphasize the word when lol it is completed il be putting a petrol engine in though not sure yet as to what size.

As you can tell from these last 2 pictures its been shot at by the gerrys.... I haven't a clue why theres so many holes.. one was obiously for the switch lol.

and for those of you who are wondering why im bothering with all the damage it has.. I enjoy repairing models that other people would normaly throw away or burn. When I was growing up I couldn't afford new planes or kits I relied on saving all my pocket money up for a year to buy a cheap little kit. id also be gifted models that had been crashed by some of the club members. They would say to me theres a good wing there for ya and a good tailplane maybe you can use them to repair another model. and over my childhood I learned how to rebuild and repair a model.

Even to this day I love buying a damaged model or inheriting one that would usually be put in the burning bin. I just love bringing life back to something someone would deem as a right off.

So who made this artf?

Also anyone selling any damaged warbirds of similar size? anything considered just not foamys and needs to be in south Yorkshire for collection.