P51-Mustang (Foxy Lady #34 White - @RenoAirRace '75)

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September 9, 2022
At the 1975 AirRace in Reno the Foxy Lady #34 appeared in an all-white and without the rear PinUp artwork The whole Airframe was painted gloss white with a red outlining around the ends of the wings, elevators and tailplane The P-51H type propellor was all black and the undercarriage and wheel hubs were gold..
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September 9, 2022
Racing modifications were generally as for the black 1974 Foxy Lady. Namley: Streamlined canopy and spine, clipped wings and tailplane. This aircraft sported extended wing root fillets and the spinner reverted back to the standard nose cone Type of P-51D.
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BAaeline for the model is the Airfix North American P-51D Mustang kit A01004
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Decals are from DrawDecal and the resin parts for the race modification are from HighPlanes.
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For racers the heavy radio set was removed from the compartment behind the pilot.
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Radio set removed,...
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...and covered.
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September 9, 2022
On the instrument panel the gun sight was rmoved and due to the "turtle deck" canopy the original seat configuration was too high and need to be replaced by a shorter one.
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September 16, 2022
Here we have the original Airfix fuselage were I need to do some adjustments,.....
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September 16, 2022
I had to remove parts of the fuselage sides in order to fit the resin upper deck.
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September 16, 2022
Cutting done - turteldeck waiting to be fitted in to the new contour.
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September 16, 2022
Dimensions of the resin part is quite ok whilst surfaces quality is not the best as you can see.
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September 16, 2022
Tryfit of the vacuum formed canopy & resin upper deck & spine.
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September 18, 2022
Looking at the radiator.
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September 18, 2022
Cockpit painted and...
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September 18, 2022
...glued into position.
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September 25, 2022
Wing tips were trimmed on those racer Mustangs, Here I take off the tips of the tailplane.
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September 25, 2022
The "white" Foxy Lady had extended wing root filliets. On one side I already started my scratch work.
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September 25, 2022
Checking out pictures and marking roughly the position in order to get an idea on how to reconstruct the fillets.
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September 25, 2022
Engraving a deep "panel line" to support the stryre piece that is foreseen.
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September 25, 2022
Glued in place and filled with putty.
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September 25, 2022
Sanded in shape,....
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September 25, 2022
...and ready for the other side.
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September 27, 2022
The craft had clipped wings. Further, many panel lines of the plane were filled to reduce aerodynamic drag. I will have to remove the guns and fill the cartrige ejection ports too.
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September 27, 2022
Cutting the wing at the second panel line...
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September 27, 2022
...and replace it with the resin parts.
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September 27, 2022
Ready to move on with filling gaps, panel lines and various ports.
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October 2, 2022
I used brass tube for pitot.
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October 2, 2022
I was getting more & more a fan of Ultimat Primer. This self-levelling primer is a good option prior finishing coat.....
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October 2, 2022
...minor irregularities are covered and smoothened, those with more impact like scratsches, etc...you can easy identify and rework. Panel filling and scratch removal worked out pretty ok this time - the surface is relatively free of irregularities and ready for the white topcoat.
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October 9, 2022
Overall gloss white and some aluminium/silver in the wheel bay
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October 9, 2022
An extra layer of transparent gloss....
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October 9, 2022
.....and starting to do the decals,
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October 21, 2022
Done. A snap shot during last weeks model show in Ried/AUT. I try to add some more soon.
Cheers
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Comentarii

53 9 September 2022, 18:13

Juergen Klinglhuber
Started another double build - Ken Burnstine's Foxy Ladies in the '74 and '75 paint scheme.
This one is Miss Foxy Lady in the 1975 appearance.

9 September 2022, 18:54

Robert Podkoński
Watching, of course, with pleasure and utmost interest!!!

9 September 2022, 20:06

David Culp
Great project! The resin parts and decals look very nice.

9 September 2022, 22:03

Juergen Klinglhuber
Thx Robert & David.

10 September 2022, 17:04

Matthew A
The conversion parts look great - will be intrested in how easy to work with they are

10 September 2022, 19:37

S M
Following!

16 September 2022, 20:19

Juergen Klinglhuber
Hi Matthew and S M. Good to have you here.

16 September 2022, 20:22

Juergen Klinglhuber
Added some new pic today.
@Matthew: the conversion parts are ok. Dimensions a accurate. Surface quality is not the best with respect to roughness and burrs. Sanding is needed. The parts are of polyurethan resin and they are good to cut and sand. They are not so rigid as I have already experienced on other resin parts I was working with.

16 September 2022, 20:28

Juergen Klinglhuber
The original plane and this build has a twin. See: P51-Mustang (Foxy Lady #34 Black - @RenoAirRace '74) | Album by jott (1:72)

16 September 2022, 20:48

Alex K
Following - always good to see racers in the news feed...

18 September 2022, 16:35

Juergen Klinglhuber
Hi Alex, welcome on board.

27 September 2022, 17:18

Juergen Klinglhuber
New pictures - I have scrached the extended wing root fillets, removed the guns, clipped the wings and gab-filled most of the panel lines and ports that were covered for aerodynamic reasons.

27 September 2022, 17:22

Juergen Klinglhuber
Primer is on.

2 October 2022, 08:17

Robert Podkoński
Fantastic work so far, Juergen! Keep it up!

2 October 2022, 09:26

Alex K
I agree with Robert...

2 October 2022, 18:06

Juergen Klinglhuber
Thx Robert & Alex.

2 October 2022, 20:10

Juergen Klinglhuber
I see the finish line,...only a few more steps to take.

9 October 2022, 20:29

S M
Decals looks nice! I'm eager to see it crossing the finish line ;D

10 October 2022, 17:08

Juergen Klinglhuber
Hi S M. It crossed the line - finally. DONE with this one.
I not yet some nice pictures but enclosed a snap shot that I took last weekend during the model show in Ried.

21 October 2022, 05:52

Robert Podkoński
Beautiful! (Makes me want to assemble my "Miss Ashley II"...) Fantastic work, Juergen!

21 October 2022, 05:59

Alex K
Nice presentation! 👍

21 October 2022, 18:11

John
Absolutely STUNNING !

21 October 2022, 18:15

S M
Nice and clean!👍 Well done! The tiny canopy makes the plane appear comically bigger than it is 😄

21 October 2022, 21:39

Juergen Klinglhuber
Hi all - thx for your likes and nice comments.
I build the two Mustangs because I found a picture on the web and found the plane looking great. I was concentrating on picture reseach all the weeks before and was not paying attention to the owner & pilot. I did this when the model was almost finished and 2 day's before the show and...OMG - what a story behind this person. Anyone awear of Kenneth Burnstine?

24 October 2022, 06:06

Vincent
Very impressive moddeling skills. Great work on all the modifications!!!

24 October 2022, 07:41

Juergen Klinglhuber
.Many thanks Vincent.

25 October 2022, 20:15

Juergen Klinglhuber
Ok - here is the story I found: Ken in a nutshell.
Graduated at Northwestern University. Joint US Marines 1954. Served in Korea until 1955. Then sent to Marine Aircraft Group 11 in Atsugi, Japan. There he was given counterintelligence credentials.
Started pilot training at Navy flight school Pensacola, Florida. Ultimately discharged from Navy reserves and finished at a private flight school in Alabama.
He set up his own Airline in Fort Lauderdale, His Florida Air International, was involved in drugs and arms smuggling. He gained quite some money and beside other investments he financed the construction of the "landmark" KenAnn Building in Wilton Manors in the 60's. Early 1974 a lion escaped his property in Fort Lauderdale and attacked a child.
Later that year Burnstine won the Reno Air Race in an modified P-51 Mustang (the black Miss Foxy Lady).
A few month later he was arrested and charged for drug smuggling. At the time of his death in 1976 he was cooperating with federal prosecutors. He mysteriously crashed the Mustang with which he had won the 1974 Reno Air Race in the Mojave Desert. Was it his own fault? Did someone manipulate the craft? Even more mysterious the fact that there where barely mortal remains found beside a hand (with a thumbprint)....no bones, no skull, etc.....he disappeared. Rumors have it that this was stage-managed to eighter flee the police and/or the drug mafia.....and...people reported of a rarley and odd encounter: down in the everglades a one-armed pilot was running a small private business in the late 70's.

27 October 2022, 19:35

John
I looked into this a bit myself. Wouldn't this make a good movie!

28 October 2022, 01:09

Alex K
This thread just became even more interesting! 👍 👍 - thanks for the story (and the build!), Juergen!

28 October 2022, 06:13

Robert Podkoński
Interesting story. Thanks for sharing, Juergen!

28 October 2022, 06:48

Vincent
What did I just read. This a really strange an interesting story.

28 October 2022, 07:57

S M
Exiting story! Happy Halloween! 🎃

28 October 2022, 17:41

Neil
Juergen, obviously a great build and WOW! What a story indeed! I too looked it all up and read in disbelief also. It's almost too ridiculous to be believed! 😆

28 October 2022, 18:37

Juergen Klinglhuber
Thx for your likes and comments.
John - you are right. Need to activate someone in Hollywood 🙂

2 November 2022, 16:26

Juergen Klinglhuber
And after quite a while - also for the "White" Foxy Lady some final Pictures. cheers

17 March 2023, 19:16

Alex K
Nice to see more of her! 👍

17 March 2023, 20:00

Juergen Klinglhuber
Thx Alex. Thx mates for xour likes.

18 March 2023, 06:34