Mormon Mustang

philp · Post by **philp** » February 18th, 2015, 4:45 am

Ok, going to be a late start on this.

Have the Academy kit of the P-51D in 72nd scale. This was based on a story originally published over at Whatifmodelers where the Louisiana Purchase didn't happen leaving North America divided into several nations. One of the nations is Utah, settled my the followers of the Joseph Smith. In my version they supported the Allied cause during WWII and received support from the United States (which occupy the north eastern part of what they currently have) including P-51 Mustangs.

My Mustang is currently based in the St. George area to help protect the southern borders.

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-wurL ... -001-2.png;

I am out of town until Friday night but hope to be able to put this together before the end of the month.

VickersVandal · Post by **VickersVandal** » February 18th, 2015, 8:35 am

Funky concept. Pardon my ignorance but is that a beehive in the insignia?

iggie · Post by **iggie** » February 18th, 2015, 9:46 am

That's a nice looking colour scheme, look forward to seeing the completion of this

DH-Drover · Post by **DH-Drover** » February 18th, 2015, 11:21 am

Yes it is. Deseret,the honey bee

Dai

Martin R · Post by **Martin R** » February 18th, 2015, 11:30 am

Interesting backstory! Looking forward to see how this turns out.

regards,

Martin

TobyC · Post by **TobyC** » February 18th, 2015, 11:33 am

Interesting theme. Looks good.

Post by **PaulBradley** » February 18th, 2015, 1:15 pm

"Protecting the southern borders"? What - against us nasty Arizonans?!

philp · Post by **philp** » February 18th, 2015, 8:35 pm

VickersVandal wrote:Funky concept. Pardon my ignorance but is that a beehive in the insignia?

Yes it is. Utah is the Beehive State. A lot of honey is produced here.

Besides, the markings wouldn't look near as interesting with green Jello in the middle.

philp · Post by **philp** » February 18th, 2015, 8:38 pm

PaulBradley wrote:"Protecting the southern borders"? What - against us nasty Arizonans?!

Actually, if I recall correctly, Arizona and New Mexico were part of Mexico in this scenario. Can't remember if California was also or if it was a separate country.

philp · Post by **philp** » February 18th, 2015, 8:54 pm

Martin R wrote:Interesting backstory! Looking forward to see how this turns out.

regards,

Martin

Thanks Martin.

I found the original thread and here are a couple of the map versions. Maps

As you can see here they called it Deseret and it doesn't extend all the way down to St. George but in my version the country is pretty much the size it is today. The name has really been something I have gone back and forth over. Would they have named the country, Utah, Deseret or Zion? Would it be the UAF, DAF, ZAF or even the LDSAF? But easier to take a USAF decal and just get rid of the S for the UAF so that is what I am going to try.

despondman · Post by **despondman** » February 18th, 2015, 9:17 pm

Like the idea and colour scheme.

Post by **PaulBradley** » February 19th, 2015, 1:34 am

philp wrote:
PaulBradley wrote:"Protecting the southern borders"? What - against us nasty Arizonans?!
Actually, if I recall correctly, Arizona and New Mexico were part of Mexico in this scenario. Can't remember if California was also or if it was a separate country.

Given the influx of Californians into Arizona in recent years, you could also claim California annexed it....

philp · Post by **philp** » February 21st, 2015, 9:00 am

Ok, finally back home and did get just over an hour at the bench tonight.

The initial shot.

Couple interior shots.

And got the fuselage closed up and the wing put together.

Tomorrow I can see if I need any putty work and should be able to get the wings and stabilizers added.

Martin R · Post by **Martin R** » February 21st, 2015, 9:28 am

You're going great guns on this.

Looks like some nice detail in the 'pit.

regards,

Martin

philp · Post by **philp** » February 22nd, 2015, 7:36 am

So this morning I put just a touch of Tamiya putty on some seams but did put Mr Surfacer over most of the fuselage seams. The wing seam needed regluing at the roots but that went well.

This evening I sanded down the seams and it doesn't look too bad, at least for me. So attached the wings and stabilizers. Wing fit was pretty good except at the front of the port wing which had a decent gap. There was just a minor gap on the starboard wing so a little more putty and will see if I can make that look ok tomorrow.

Plus another shot of the interior.

One thing I am worried about is the front end piece (which you can just see to the left of the fuselage in the first pic). For my paint scheme the spinner will be yellow (or possibly red) but the front needs to be in the camo. I can glue it on with the spinner separate but then the prop will be loose or I will have to glue it (which in my experience is never a good plan, someone always wants to spin it).

Any ideas?

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