Prop Duster

I had a look through several web pages, as I am sure you have done as well, There are a couple of color photos of an Texas Air National Guard F-51 with red wing tips. But there is no date given. There are several black and white photos that show both a "dark--red?" wing tip and others with a natural metal wing tips. A review of the Texas Air National Guard historys seems to indicate at least two guard squadrons (photo example here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mdebock/9135693279, also at Google-images at: texas air national guard P-51D aircraft circa 1948-1955, provides several F-

My fuzzy memory is that it is an oil tank and from the factory was zink chormate, as were the engine frames. but given the pace of the war it would not be too surprising the see mataince/upgrades change the "OEM-ness" of any given part. Your best bet would be to model and known photographed engine or go for the factory fresh look (imho )would be really cool p.s. the attached is from some long ago page found on the inner-web. I have no idea if it is copy right protected of not- so if an copyright holder requests I will remove it, as soon as possible.

May I just say WOW!? Very impressive.

I would guess they are IFF (Identification friend Foe) lights here is a reference you may use to confirm Warbird Information Exchange • View topic - P-40 Experts - Need some info on lighting 4th picture down and supporting text. HTH

I wold think the white first then the yellow then the decals. Looks to be a great build.

Very interesting looking airplane and kit.

Dacciar, Outstanding work. As others have said, I too personally am less bothered by the specific section used. But enjoy seeing the high quality of your work. That said. I understand the valid reasons for the various sections of the forum. Though their descriptive language can sometimes be confusing for some trying to decide which part of the forum to use.

looking very good.

Good looking model. Don't forget to take more picturs. 'cause as we all know " if there are no pictures it didn't really happen"😁

Nice looking addition to the kit.

Added info from Dec.2015 news letter Seats/Armor Plate/Weight & Balance, Center of Gravity (C/G) The final assembly of all the seat elevation parts is now complete. We have replaced the original steel armor plates with the exact same dimensions using 1/4” aluminum plate . We originally made a decision to wait until we were doing the ‘weight and balance’ of the aircraft to see where we needed to add or subtract weight. The position of the original steel armor plates was so close to the neutral C/G point that it would not make any substantial difference in the center of grav

This may help and check out the whole rebuild of this fine aircraft. 1- site of reconstruction XP-82 Twin Mustang Project: HOME 2- Seats from: April XP-82 Twin Mustang Restoration Update We assembled the pilot and co-pilot fold-back seats. (Each seat can fold back and the rudder pedals disconnect to slide forward so either pilot could sleep on long missions.) These went together quite quickly as we have had all of the parts detailed and waiting for assembly for a few months.

looks like you have a good grip on what you are tring to acomplish with this build.

maybe following the original way to create the color, add just a speck of black to your yellow until you like what you see?

Great Job and welcome to the forum