Kit Number: 402 The North American P-51 Mustang Blown to 75&

[BillParker]

Paul K. Guillow, Inc. Balsa Wood Airplanes The North American P-51 Mustang

Kit Number: 402 Wing Span: 24.75" Scale: 1/16: Plan Blown to 75" Wingspan...




Build Photos:

http://www.parkerinfo.com/ap53.htm


Enjoy!

bp

[Arlo DiPasquale]

nice plane!!

[BillParker]

Thanx, Arlo!

I think I'm going to do the Spitfire next...


bp

[Xanadu]

You have to be running out of storage space pretty soon.......these are not exactly small enough for easy storing.

[BillParker]

Storage hasn't really been a problem at all.

I can keep 2 big ones on the ceiling in my garage at a time.



I have a couple of neighbors who are keeping 3 planes each currently, and both are hoping for a fourth plane.

The P-51 above will go to one of those guys, and the P-38 above will hang in an associate's office space.

The current build is the PT-17 and will go across the street to a little boy's bedroom ceiling, and the next plane, the Spitfire will go over to the "Airtight Garage of Dr. Timothy Cornelius." (another neighbor)

So, for the forseable future I have homes for these things before they're even built.

Just having too much fun here!

bp

[Bill Gaylord]

Nice P51. I've been thinking about enlarging that plan forever. I built the 16" plane, and gave it to my dentist as a display plane. The 16" built-up warbird plans are just asking to be blown up into easy building larger electric rc conversions. A bit of reshaping to the fuse formers even makes them more scale.

I enlarged the Chipmunk in that series, primarily since there are basically no park-sized Chipmunk kits, and whatever models are out there are usually the Art Scholl Super Chipmunk. I'm a purist and like the vintage version.

The 200% Guillows Chipmunk turned out to be a good flyer, and is in the back seat of the car right now.
http://www.wattflyer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8635&page=2&highlight=chipmunk

[BillParker]

The

P-51 above is this kit:



Wing Span: 24.75" 200% = 49.5" 300% = 74.25"

I blew the plans to 300%

The 16" version (17" actual) is this one:



Wing Span: 17" 200% = 34" 300% = 51" 400% = 68" 500% = 85"

Blown to 200% is doable, but to make it big like I like em would require 500% and be too big for that style of construction. Just not enough parts. Planes come out lumpy... Like the 500 series P-40 we blew up.



Your Chipmunk is gorgeous by the way...


bp