Anyone remember a 7/10 scale P-51 with a Ranger engine?

[mike furline]

Anyone remember a 7/10 scale P-51 B/C with a 12cyl. Ranger engine in it?
I saw it at Oshkosh 15-20 years ago maybe??? Is it still around, any performance stats on it, pics?

Regards,
Mike

[P51Mstg]

I've got some slides of it somewhere. It was 1984 or later, Maybe 86 or so, Silver with 352nd blue nose. Of all things, I just saw it for sale at BARNSTORMERS, TRADEAPLANE, OR CONTROLLER. COM. Hadn't thought about it in years until I saw it for sale.

Mark H

[Brett]

I understand the owner stopped taking it to airshows because he was sick of being asked what the serial number of the carb was

Just to keep this on-topic, is this the aircraft you were thinking of?

http://www.aviationclassifieds.com/viewads.php?ads_id=1118&mainmenu_id=

Cheers,

Brett

[P51Mstg]

Thats not the one. It was a B Model (or C however you want to look at it). I looked at the 3 sites I mentioned above and didn't see it. I also looked at EBAY closed auctions, wasn't there either.

I recall that it was a really nice looking airplane.

Mark H

[Steve T]

Hi--

I remember this one. One of the mags had a short blurb on it with a couple photos. I recall the text saying the fellow who built the aircraft had first acquired a Ranger V12, and mulling over what to do with such an engine, decided a near-fullsize P-51B was the answer. ("Far on the other side of common sense", or something like that, was the comment!) The other detail I recall distinctly was that the replica was 9/10, not 7/10 scale.

It's possible I still have the magazine in question...will have to take a look in my basement. (Yikes...)

S.

[bdk]

Wasn't it on the cover of Sport Aviation?

[Chad Veich]

Seems I remember an add for plans in the back of the EAA magazine many years ago for a Ranger powered, B model Mustang.

[ZRX61]

I understand the owner stopped taking it to airshows because he was sick of being asked what the serial number of the carb was

PMSL!!

[Kyleb]

Wasn't it on the cover of Sport Aviation?

Yep. I stumbled across that issue in my Sport Aviation collection the other day.

[ZRX61]

I remember seeing a scale version at some UK airshow many years ago & the owner was a bit miffed when his offer of a flight to a very well known UK collector was met with "No thanks, it smells of coffin" LOL!

[airnutz]

Wasn't it on the cover of Sport Aviation?

Yep. I stumbled across that issue in my Sport Aviation collection the other day.

Kyleb, is its' N# N51BM?

[P51Mstg]

I don't think so on the N51BM, I found a pic of it on the web and I remember the airplane as a lot bigger.

Mark H

[airnutz]

I don't think so on the N51BM, I found a pic of it on the web and I remember the airplane as a lot bigger.

Mark H

Oakey dokey Mark...is that link available? I understand in the thread we're
talking a 9/10's replica with a V-12 Ranger. I was curious as to the N number of the
one on the magazine for clarification. Good luck on finding the slides!

[P51Mstg]

I Googled N51BM and came up with this. I recall the airplane as being much better proportioned and a lot bigger than the 2/3 P-51s (larger than a Stewart S-51 by a good deal)

http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/009244.html

Mark H

[P51Mstg]

If it helps, I'm pretty sure it was there the same year (1986) as the "Prowler", which was a metal Spit/P-40 combo which was a pretty nice looking plane.

http://www.prowleraviation.com/the_comp ... rticle.pdf

Mark H