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Hey guys, this baby way made as part of D-Day GB here on BM. The kit is Hasegawa 1/72 and i used some parts from few PE sheets i had left over here + scratchbuilt rest. Used this way to add some details to cockpit and to make all new wheel wells. Also i used quickboost exhausts and CMK wheels, well, just because they were pretty Aaaand i took the flaps from Airfix P-51D mustang it did fit like it was born for it! If anyone is interested, the WIP thread is here http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234962289-p-51b-d-day-marking-combo-172/. The cockpit was made quite quickly, i did not want to spend too much time on it. Next i did some work ont he wheel wells, which were originaly too shallow and (like by most of mustang kits) the back side wall was not correct. So i did a bit to correct it. Decided to fully detail just one side, other one i planned to build with the doors closed. As last i did some work on the drop tanks and fuel pipes. And after some time, using various methods for painting and weathering,here is the result. I m sorry for the photos, took one serie outside and second serie inside, no idea which is better (proly neither of them.. ). Also sorry for so many images, i simply cannt decide which image should i use and which i should not fuel tank detail It is probably my best weathering so far, though there are plenty of messed areas from building and masking :/ Anyway i hope you like it, any comments or tips are welcomed THanks for looking guys

P-51 Mustang Propeller blades Red Roo Models 1:32 There seems to many a variation in the style and shape of propeller blades used on the NA P-51 Mustang. Not all of them are supplied in the various kits currently released. Meaning it’s been the tasks of the modeller to either modify what’s been provided, or buy in aftermarket propellers. To this end, Red Roo Models have released three sets of propeller blades to give the modeller more options on which 1:32 scale P-51 variant they wish to build. Each set includes four individual resin blades for both NAA and CAC built aircraft. The blades are almost ready to use straight out of the packet with only a minimal amount of cleaning up required around the root of each blade. They appear really well moulded with fine leading/trailing edges and tips plus the right amount of twist on each blade. The sets provided for this review include:- CAC P-51 Mustang with HS “Cuffed” paddle blades (RRR32007 CAC P-51 Mustang with HS “Cuffless” chisel tip blades (RRR32008) NAA P-51 Mustang with Aeroproducts blades, (RRR32009 Conclusion This is the first set of Red Roo resin that I’ve been asked to review and I am really impressed with the fine mouldings that they’ve managed to achieve. That and the fact they can be used straight out of the packet without the fuss of removing them from moulding blocks makes them even more desirable. I had to check they were in fact made of resin as they looked like injected moulded styrene but with the extra finesse. Very highly recommended. Review sample courtesy of

New criptic message in the Kitty Hawk Facebook with as subject the North American P-51H/F-51H Mustang. 1/32nd? Most probably: http://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?showtopic=53056&p=614540 Source: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=816112241774397&id=736521713066784 To be followed but I'm not interested in a 1/32nd P-51H. I would have preferred a F-82 Twin Mustang family, in 1/48th of course! V.P.

I've been itching to build these since I bought them 18 months ago The box contains two beautifully moulded kits, offering several build options and decals for six aircraft. For a tiny kit it packs a lot of detail... Like the perfectly formed main gear doors! And choice of normal or Malcolm hood. The two aircraft I'm doing are... Rosey T. And Chuck Yeager's Glamourus Glen. I used one of the Sweet decal options for a Revell Micro Wings Mustang I built last year so I could use the Revell decals for this build.

Built for the Mustang group build. Build thread.

Built for the Mustang group build. Build thread.

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Hey guys, i would like to show you my last finished kit It was built as part of the Mustang STGB, using Revell´s kit, Quickboost wheels and exhausts, mix of PE parts, which i had around and Kits-World decals. The main problem with the Revell´s kit is the canopy as it does not fit at all. So i decided to do a little surgery, cut out the area behind cockpit and altered the area infront of cockpit and used spare Hasegawa canopy. Also i used propeller from Airfix P-51D. Full WIP if anyone is interested is here http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234965165-p-51b-revell-duo-shangri-la-b-racer/ I decided to ignore the wheel wells this time, so i was only focusing the cockpit and the fitting of the Hasegawa canopy. After some work on preshading and "pretoning" the OD (which i almost killed with too thick last layer.. gogo me ), this is the result some details around And all my mustangs so far, happy together Note: I forgot to add the tail wheel doors before taking the shots, but i was too lazy to make new shots after.. Sorry Thanks a lot guys for watching and hope you like her at least a bit Have a nice day

P-51D-30NT 45-11518 G-MSTG "Janie", Pics from Colin Ruffles Additional "Janie" Pics from Mark Mills

Okay ladies and gents, the Easter break is over so it's time to get this show on the road. This is my entry for the Korean War Group Build and as the title says it will be the Tamiya 1/48 P-51D Mustang as flown by 77 Squadron RAAF during the initial stages of the war until the squadron re-equipped with Meteors. I am going to model the personal mount of the squadron CO, Wing Commander Lou Spence who was KIA during a raid on storage facilities at Angang-ni, north of Pusan in South Korea, which had been recently captured by Communist forces. Spence was leading four Mustangs in the attack armed with rockets and NAPALM when his aircraft failed to pull out of a steep dive at low altitude and was seen to crash into the centre of the town, exploding on impact. The best boxing of the Tamiya Mustang is definitely the Korean War F-51 one as this contains all the additional mustang parts that don't come with the other boxings, These include both standard and Dallas canopy, cHamilton Standard and Aeroproducts props, as well as all of the ordinance and drop tanks carried by the P-51. Now I admit I might have gone a little overboard on the Utracast resin accessories but in my defence I have been hoarding these for ages and this seems like a goon place to use them. Lastly we have the decals from Aussie Decals and unfortunately the aircraft I'm doing is the bottom one (A68-809) which is the most boring of the lot, oh well.

The next kit I'm going to try not to ruin is this one. I'm also going to try Alcad, although from what I have seen here it can be touchy stuff to use. As you can see I have chopped off some bits and had a bit of a fiddle. Stephen

I was doing an RNZAF Mustang for an Aus/NZ GB, but couldn't decide which of the four squadrons to depict, so did all of them! The kits are all Airfix, 3 F-51s and a P-51 and the decals are by Ventura. NZ2413 is the odd one out from the P-51 box, as it was the only RNZAF Mustang to use the cuffed propellor, and the only one of the four in a painted HSS rather than factory painted/NMF finish (the models are a bit shinier/more distinctive than in the photos). These aircraft were operated by the RNZAF Territorials in the early 1950's and very well looked after, hence little to no weathering, with the checks being the provincial colours of each squadron. 1 Squadron (Auckland) 2 Squadron (Wellington) 3 Squadron (Canterbury) 4 Squadron (Otago) Thanks for looking

Hi All, here are some shots I took at the excellent Palm Springs Museum back in October. More can be found here: http://www.hanger51.org/aircraft-museums/us-museums-collections/palm-springs-air-museum/ F-14A Tomcat by tony_inkster, on Flickr F-14A Tomcat by tony_inkster, on Flickr B-17 Flying Fortress by tony_inkster, on Flickr A-4 Skyhawk by tony_inkster, on Flickr B-25 Mitchell by tony_inkster, on Flickr A-6E Intruder by tony_inkster, on Flickr C-1 Trader by tony_inkster, on Flickr AH-1 Cobra by tony_inkster, on Flickr

Once in a while its a good thing to go to stash and select something on a whim. Take it out and just build it without getting tied up in knots about planning, research, finding etch sets, decals, improvemnets, etc etc. Just reconnect with the fun of building, open the box and crack on! One of my all time favourite aircraft is the P-51, and one of my all time favourite kits is Tamiya's P-51, so out of the stash it came. If you have never built one of these, you are missing a treat. It goes together beautifully and is a pleasure to build. I chose 'Shangri-La' flown by Captain Don Gentile of 336 Fighter Squadon, as I remember buliding Revells 1:32 scale kit of the smae aircraft in the 1970's, and I like the 'boxing parrot' marking. I put the pilot in as I had no etched seat belts and he was a good way of covering that up!. The only aftermarket I added was s pair of True Details resin wheels as I happened to to have a spare set with nice block tread on. Other than that it is an 'out of the box' build. After a simple, straightforward, fun build, 'Shangri-La' is now complete; Did I mention that I like Mustangs? Here are a few more Thanks for looking and happy new year to all. (My top tip for 2014 - Build a Mustang!) John

Modified P-51 Precious Metal. This P-51 is re-engined with a Rolls Royce Griffon to compete in the unlimited class at Reno. It is based at the Kissimmee Air Museum in Florida where it was photographed by Bootneck Mike.

Originally released in the 1960s and available (yet again) this year it has been superseded by the beautiful offering from Sweet. I'll be building this OOB but using decals from the Sweet kit for 43-6819 flown by Capt. Duane W “Bee” Beeson. The Revell kit comes with decals (rather nice quality as well!) for Yeager's "Glamorous Glen" and I'm saving those for one of the Sweet kits.

I have already pledged to build the 1/32 Revell Me-110 and have started on it (pictures to come), but when I went to go get paints at my local hobby shop, I ended up with 2 kits that called my name. The kit that I am doing here is the 1960s Revell 1/32 P-51 Mustang. I remember this as a kid and was irritated when I couldn't afford it at the time. So my plan is to build this as a working model with the two electric motors, one to spin the prop and the other to raise and lower the landing gear. There is also some levers designed to drop the bombs too. Thinking I have nothing better to do and somehow believing I am not really complicating things all that much, I plan to ditch some of the innards of this kit, as it leaves a lot to be desired, and see if I can adapt some aftermarket kits: Aires (gunbay), Barracuda (cockpit upgrade and instrument panel), CMK (interior detail set) and Eduard (fabric seatbelts). I have no idea if this will work. I thought about getting the wheel bay set, but if I do then I don't think the feature of raising and lowering the gear will work. The aftermarket is on order and should be arriving next week. In the mean time, I will begin work on the stand holding the electronics and see if I can renew my Future supply as there is a lot of clear to dip. Here is the cover and the sprue shots. The sprue colors are a little garish, will have to do something about that. I have started on the control box and got the gears and the first motor installed. Next is doing the wiring inside of the box. The instructions have you just trap the wires, but I am going to break out the soldering gun for the wiring. Back to the Me-110 and may have to steal a little time for the Mosquito.

Many countries used the Mustang after world war 2, even the USA. I bought an Airfix quick build P-51D but want to do it in a post-WW2 scheme with standard decals that I dont have to order or make. Please, any suggestions would be welcome. Btw I was thinking Navy (US or UK) and COIN aircraft (US or UK). Thanks

1/72nd North American P-51H Mustang USAF & ANG Source: http://modelweb.modelforum.cz/2013/08/16/novinky-rs-models-na-srpen-2013/?lang=CS - ref. 92144 - P-51H Mustang USAF ref.92148 - P-51H Mustang ANG V.P.

Source: http://www.hpmhobbies.com/high-planes-p-51a-mustang-precious-metal-ii-racer-kit-1-48/ 1/48th P-51A Mustang "Precious Metal II" racer kit by High Planes - ref. HPR048015. It's basically the 1/48th ICM's P-51A kit with High Planes resin parts and decals. V.P.

What we have here is my fourth build since my thirty year break. There does seem to be quite a few of us like that. Must be the water. Or the pies more likely in my case. So, after fighting with my 1/72 SHAR build (and winning), and with time being at a bit of a premium, an OOB build of the very nice new Airfix F-51 Mustang was in order. It's a shame they weren't this good when I was at school. Even so, I like to try something new in these 'return to modelling' builds, so an NMF was just the ticket. I thought I'd try the Alclad2 stuff everyone bangs on about, so this is just a simple Alclad2 Aluminium, with some Tamiya metallic acrylics over the top in places. It also appears that Mustangs do appear to be a bit popular this week, so sorry for posting another one. Not sure what my next build will be, maybe another cleaner NMF on an F-100D, but here are the pictures of this one. Setup01 by IrritableRabbit, on Flickr Setup03 by IrritableRabbit, on Flickr Setup02 by IrritableRabbit, on Flickr Setup06 by IrritableRabbit, on Flickr Setup04 by IrritableRabbit, on Flickr Setup07 by IrritableRabbit, on Flickr

The following two planes where built for "The Battle for the Third Reich" Group Build, they where done totally out of box and I am fully aware that the grey on top is too dark, I was following Vallejo's colours for it. Live and learn eh? Please be gentle as this is my first RFI thread North American P-51 B Mustang III No. 316 (Polish) Squadron, Royal Air Force Friston, UK, August 1944 and No. 112 Squadron, Royal Air Force, Tantarella, Italy, 1944. Kit: Revell 04133 and Revell 04137 Scale: 1:72 Paint: Vallejo Model Air and Model Color Extras: Lots of swearing... and shamelessly stealing Mish's format Build thread: Linky Clicky Here... Thank you for looking, Kind Regards, Dazz

Mustang – Thoroughbred Stallion of the Air Fonthill Media The Mustang started life in response to a need for the USA to supply fighters to the RAF. Initially powered by an Allison V-1710 engine with a single stage supercharger, performance low down was good, but at higher altitudes was unsatisfactory. Early combat with the RAF was predominantly in the ground attack role making use of it’s low level capability, but there was a need for an escort fighter that could perform at high altitudes. The rest as we know is history. When the Mustang met the Merlin, a true thoroughbred was born. The Mustang became infamous for its ability to take the air offence deep into German territory when escorting the USAF bomber streams during daylight raids due to its superb range and endurance. Written by Steve Pace who has been writing aviation material for 40 years and a former Boeing employee working on the 707 & 727 production lines, this up to date record of the Mustang delivers an indepth record and understanding of the aircraft from before its conception to the current day where some still survive and partake in airshow and racing circuits. With over 200 pages and 200 images of which over 60 are in colour, the book is broken down into logical chapters. It comes in hardback form approximately A4 in size with high quality matt finish pages. Starting with a historical over view of the A-36, F-6 and P-51 leading into developmental highlights throughout its life cycle, a great amount of detail supported with good quality black and white images lays the foundation for the rest of the book. It links political and historical events around the world that drove the development of the aircraft as well as summarising the key technical progressions that allowed it to stay in the front lines for so long, indeed long after World War II. From there, the focus turns to World War II. Starting with its role within the US Army Air Force, again delving deep into it’s technical evolvement unearthing many experimental trials and prototypes to evaluate new ways of getting the most from the aircraft. Whilst the most notable event being the transition from the Allison to the Merlin powerplant, other developments included ski’s and weapons carriage. The same format follows in subsequent chapters looking at the Mustang in RAF, RAAF and other foreign service. A break in the flow of the book has 32 pages with colour images going right back to 1940 in prototype form right up to current restored aircraft. These pages are printed on gloss paper. Special dedication to each main subgroup is given, the A-36, P-51, F-6/RF-51 and of course F-82 twin Mustang with chapters on each. Mention also goes to late derivatives such as the Piper Enforcer, famously being powered by a turboprop. Service and development after the war gives particular focus on operations during the Korean War where the Mustang played a key role in ground attack operations against the North Korean troops trying to push forwards. Again, the long range and good payload of the Mustang compared to the jets of the era made it highly effective in this role which enabled it to return to front line service. A full 21 pages are dedicated to the structures and systems employed and evolved in the aircraft including drawings of fuel layouts, supercharger design, gun exploded diagrams and many more. This section is particularly valuable for modellers due to the close up photographs and diagrams to assist scratch building. In the appendices at the rear of the book are no less than 20 combat accounts from various pilots who flew on such operations. This makes for excellent reading and inspiration to get a feel for what the aircraft was like when it mattered. Conclusion This is a very detailed book, perhaps the definitive book covering the complete lifespan of the Mustang up to the present day. Due to the way the chapters are organised and written, there are however duplications of information to the point of having the same photo and text captions 3 times throughout the book referring to the XP-51G. As such, the book could probably have less pages without losing on value if one was to be critical. It provides a good mix of factual information in written form and pictorial references that makes it an ideal modelling reference book. If you’re Mustang fan and want some ideas and inspiration for your builds, you will find everything you need in this. Review sample Courtesy of

Hello and good morning, This is my first post and I am relatively new to the forum. My name is Ed and I recently got back into modeling when during a house move my fiancée discovered a few unbuilt kits sitting in a box left over from my childhood. She persuaded me I should have a go at building them - Now I've rediscover the model making bug and thought I'd share my pretty amateurish results with you all. I'm a member of a motoring forum and through a mutual member both here and there, decided I should post up my efforts. Hope you like. All comments appreciated. Regards, Ed Finial result - Display cabinet. Ikea cabinet with 3 additional shelves with individual shelf lighting (Christmas pressie) P-40 Kitty Hawk FW190 Mosquito P-38 P-51 Duck (0n water)

I am looking to build a specific RAAF Mustang with the new Airfix kit, namely A68-766 in 1946. According to the source I have Mustangs with serials in the range A68-600 to 813 were P-51D's. Is anyone able to confirm (or not) that I am safe making use of the kit's provided cuffed HS propeller. I cannot find any photographs of the said aircraft, but I have found some artwork which would indicate a cuffed propeller is OK. Many thanks in advance. Cheers Simon