[Elmer]

Originally Posted by Celtic

...Pappy, we've had this discussion before...and I just wonder if they got out of the business from sheer embarrassment...

Thanks for posting the pictures, Celt. Looks like a nice model. Are the rivets/fasteners pad printed a la HM's Spitfire, or are they engraved?

For what it is worth (and probably not much) I posted in another thread a recent e-mail reply I received to an enquiry about future AeroArt models. The company rep replied that they are working on toolings and want to release aluminum models (1:48 scale).

[theodore]

Originally Posted by Cruver Collecter

Landing gear fixed in the down position on this one, wires continue to be a mystery.

Perhaps this is a quality control 'snafu'; the designers were thinking that they would have an optional position landing gear, but forgot to remove those wired hinges!!

[Celtic]

Originally Posted by theodore

Folks, my best 'guess' for those strange, hinged wires behind the landing gear recesses is that those wires are used to hold the landing gear in a retracted position. I saw plenty of P-51's come in for repairs at the warbird museum when I worked there about 11 years ago and I cannot remember ever seeing any wires/rods behind those recesses and I had the privelege of seeing many P-51D's up close and personal.

...and when the hydraulic pressure bleeds off, the gear slowly lowers...so did the designers of the model visited a rebuild shop, and seeing a brace to keep the gear from falling all the way down, include it in the model thinking it was part of an operational aircraft? The mind boggles!

[Celtic]

Originally Posted by Elmer

Thanks for posting the pictures, Celt. Looks like a nice model. Are the rivets/fasteners pad printed a la HM's Spitfire, or are they engraved?

For what it is worth (and probably not much) I posted in another thread a recent e-mail reply I received to an enquiry about future AeroArt models. The company rep replied that they are working on toolings and want to release aluminum models (1:48 scale).

The rivets are both printed and engraved. About that second paragraph, why would they do that?
(1) Why 1/72
(2) Why aluminum
(3) You mean they are still there, have a cust rep, and actually reply to emails? Wow!

[Cruver Collecter]

Originally Posted by Celtic

The rivets are both printed and engraved. About that second paragraph, why would they do that?
(1) Why 1/72
(2) Why aluminum
(3) You mean they are still there, have a cust rep, and actually reply to emails? Wow!

Nice to see there is another company out there with real customer service.

[Elmer]

Originally Posted by Celtic

The rivets are both printed and engraved. About that second paragraph, why would they do that?
(1) Why 1/72
(2) Why aluminum
(3) You mean they are still there, have a cust rep, and actually reply to emails? Wow!

Check out this thread:

AUTOart (AEROart) 1:48 P-51, Spitfire Mk.V, Me109E, Zero

I can't answer your questions, but I did pot the e-mail reply that was sent to me in the above thread. Perhaps it will shed some light on your questions.

[1250ships]

Thanks for all the responses to my query on the Aero Art P-51D. All in all sounds like they are not worth picking up- too many things wrong with them- unless I really love one of the liveries.