P-51D 110gal & 165gal Fuel Tanks (648531 & 648532) 1:48

[Mike]

P-51D 110gal & 165gal Fuel Tanks (648531 & 648532)

1:48 Eduard Brassin

 

 

Mustangs used a few types of drop tanks when they were accompanying the bombers or ranging far and wide during the latter stages of WWII, and although some were made of compressed paper, others were stamped metal.  We’ve got two highly detailed resin sets here.  As is now usual with Eduard's smaller resin sets, they arrive in the new shallow Brassin cardboard box, with the resin parts safely cocooned in bags, and the instructions folded around acting as padding.

 

 

P-51D 110gal Fuel Tanks (648531)

This set contains two tanks (one for each wing.  Shocker!), plus four anti-sway panels all in resin, with a small fret of Photo-Etch (PE) circular valves to replace the moulded-in resin representations that may or may not get obliterated during the removal of the casting blocks.  Eduard even include a scrap diagram with distances in case you completely sand them away, allowing you to replace them easily.  The tanks fit onto the kit pylons with a brace on each side that fits into a slot in the tank, plus a short piece of 0.6mm wire from your own stocks to portray the feed tube.  A small sets of decals are included for stencilling, and you can see the paint and decaling instructions on the front of the booklet, using Gunze codes for the paints, as usual.

 

 

 

 

 

P-51D 165gal Fuel Tanks (648532)

Ostensibly the same in terms of construction as the set above, only larger to accommodate the increase fuel load and with different seam lines.  There are no drain valves on the bottoms of these tanks though, so no PE parts are needed.  The seam runs vertically around the tanks too, and has a different layout of the stencils, which is visible on the front of the instructions again.  You’ll need some 0.4mm wire to play the part of the hose too, so remember to get something in stock before you begin.

 

 

 

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