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| Shangri-La, and the missing aerial Okay, I've searched the forum, and I can't find any indication that this has already been brought up, and it makes me wonder: Am I off my rocker for thinking Gentile's P-51B "Shangri-La" ought to have the aerial? (I apologize if this issue has been fully hashed out here, or across the pond, already.) I haven't seen any pictures where the aerial is missing from the actual aircraft, and I've seen plenty with the aerial prominently standing at attention, including a shot of the airframe post-crash. And yet, Corgi's example is notably bare (and clearly intentionally so) on this count.  | |||||||||||||
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04-02-2008, 09:35 PM | # 2 Quick Link (permalink) | |||||||||||||
| Re: Shangri-La, and the missing aerial The P-51B with Malcomb hood had a thin metal whip antenna. The bird-cage canopy had a mast. Corgi left the mast off. | |||||||||||||
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04-02-2008, 09:42 PM | # 3 Quick Link (permalink) | |||||||||||||
| Re: Shangri-La, and the missing aerial My post crash shots show a very thin arial too. | |||||||||||||
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| Re: Shangri-La, and the missing aerial America's Hundred Thousand shows three types of antenna on the P-51B. A conventional mast and a thiner rod mast on the birdcage canopy. A thin whip antenna mounted farther aft at an angle on Malcomb hood. Shangri-La had the thiner rod, so I guess Corgi decided it was too small a diameter to see in scale. I never noticed the two different masts on the birdcage before. | |||||||||||||
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| Re: Shangri-La, and the missing aerial didnt Shangri-La also have the white stripes on the wings and tailplane? | |||||||||||||
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04-02-2008, 11:03 PM | # 6 Quick Link (permalink) | ||||||||||||||
| Re: Shangri-La, and the missing aerial
Crash photo I have of it has the white stripes on the wing.  | ||||||||||||||
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04-02-2008, 11:11 PM | # 7 Quick Link (permalink) | |||||||||||||
| Re: Shangri-La, and the missing aerial The Pooch missed out here. Just have to get yourself one of these instead. Photo Album | |||||||||||||
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04-03-2008, 02:31 AM | # 8 Quick Link (permalink) | ||||||||||||||
| Re: Shangri-La, and the missing aerial
Ouch, thats a nasty pic. Did they clip his wings after this??? | ||||||||||||||
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04-03-2008, 03:06 AM | # 9 Quick Link (permalink) | ||||||||||||||
| Re: Shangri-La, and the missing aerial
He did do a job on this one, and real lucky to have lived through it too. | ||||||||||||||
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04-03-2008, 03:58 AM | # 10 Quick Link (permalink) | |||||||||||||
| Re: Shangri-La, and the missing aerial Why not use a thicker piece of brass or steel wire? EDM or drill a small hole, glue the wire piece in and paint it. Could do something similar with the Malcomb hood versions also... | |||||||||||||
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