This original wing root fairing was damaged, so the lower half was cut away and a new piece made and fit to it. The two parts were butt welded with the torch and then planished out. Several holes in the fairing were also filled by gas welding and then planished. The whole fairing was fit to the airplane, then sanded and polished. All shaping and planishing were done with the TM Tech Air Power Hammer.

This is the finished fairing, fastened in place on the P51. The aluminum alloy was 5052, half hard, .050” (same as the original).

On the opposite side of the airplane the wing root fairing was missing, so a new fairing was made, using the TM Technologies Air Power Hammer.

The wing root fairing was made in two sections and then welded together using the oxy-acetylene torch.

The fairing after it was welded, planished, and fit.

Here is the C-Frame Air Power Hammer planishing one of the wing root fairings.

Close-up look at the wing root fairing having its oxy-acetylene butt welds worked out.

The finished fairing polished and installed on the D model P51.