Memorial Day Parade

[alloutdoors]

My son took part in our towns Memorial Day parade yesterday evening, pedaling his P-51 Mustang that I built for him. This was a project I started quite a while ago but he wasn't really big enough to pedal it at the time so it got shelved for a while. I probably should have finished it last year but that didn't end up happening after his baby sister was born. This year I set the parade as a target date to have all the trim work and painting done. I was putting the last decals on the night before the parade, but I got it finished. Thankfully the weather cleared just in time for the parade.

Here's a couple photos from where we lined up at the start.

[tommyc50]

wow so cool

[Marion]

Damn that thing is sweet! Was that a kit build or did you make that from scratch?

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[alloutdoors]

6 minutes ago, The Jerkman said:

Damn that thing is sweet! Was that a kit build or did you make that from scratch?

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It's a bit of both. You can buy just the blueprints, buy a complete kit, or anything in between. Depending on the model of plane they break it up into as many as eight kits. For example, if you are set up with a decent set of woodworking tools you could fabricate all the plywood parts yourself from the blueprints and order the metal parts in the kits if you aren't equipped to cut sheet metal or weld. That's pretty much the route I went.

[wooly]

That's awesome!

Good idea getting the kit that included the original "Top Gun" shades!

[grampy]

Nice job! The plane and your son look sooo cool!

[alloutdoors]

That's awesome!
Good idea getting the kit that included the original "Top Gun" shades!

Haha, the shades were a $7 Amazon buy.

Forgot to add before, this is the site with the plane and kits: http://www.pedalplanekits.com

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[fasteddie]

I would give the plane a 3 thumbs up but I only have 2 . Neat plane !

 

[Marion]

I would give the plane a 3 thumbs up but I only have 2 . Neat plane !
 

You have 2 big toes. Those are like super fat thumbs

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