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Hi 

I would like to share with you our current project. We decided to start a  long time waited for series. Now we have almost all the information and kits to do the North American P51 series.


I am really excited with this proyect since we are receiving a lot of information from reasearches and historian. We will be able to represent many of the RAAF, SAAF and RAF Mustangs with much more reference than I thought.

 

This is the preliminary list.

 

Mark Serial Code Sqd Place Time
1 A-36 Apache HK944 C 1437 Strategic Reconnaissance Flight Foggia, Italy nov-43
2 A-36 Apache EW998 NO A&AEE March 1943
3 I AG645 RZ/W 241 Bottisham November 1942
4 I AL995 S 2 RAF Bottisham March 1943
5 I AG351/G Air Fighting Development Unit (A.F.D.U.) A&AEE 9 February 1942
6 I AM106 A&AEE October 1943
7 I AM106 A&AEE October 1943
8 I AM106 A&AEE October 1943
9 I AG357/G A&AEE March 1943
10 I AM101 R 168 RAF B.21 Ste Honorine de Ducy August 1944
11 I ¿? X ¿? France August 1944
12 I AM177 V 241 Bottisham
13 II FD535 X 268 Gilze Rijen January 1945
14 II FR901 Air Service Training Summer 1943
15 II FR908 S 268 January 1945
16 II FR915 L 268
17 III FB181 SZ-R 316 Andrews Field Spring 1945
18 III FB201 QV-D 19 June 1944
19 III FB226 MT-K 122 Andrews Field October 1944
20 III FB241 GA-Q 112 239 Fighter Bomber Wing, Italy
21 III FB260 LW 239 Fighter Bomber Wing, Italy Falerium, Italy jun-44
22 III FB337 AK-A 213 Italy jul-44
23 III FX893 AAE&E March 1944
24 III FZ103 AAE&E abr-44
25 III FZ152 SS 133 Polish Wing Coolham June 1944
26 III HB876 9G-L 441
27 III KH427 GN-V 249 Befernoi, Italy 1944
28 III KH466 9G-Y 441
29 III KH492 PK-U 315 Andrews Field
30 III KH593 CV-A 3 RAAF Fano Nov/Dic 1944
31 III KH616 CV-J 3 RAAF Fano dic-44
32 IV A68-1 RAAF April 1945
33 IV A68-740 SV-R RAAF Late 1945
34 IV A68-751 SU-V RAAF Labuan Late 1945
35 IV A68-1001 RAAF Fisherman Bend
36 IV KH GL-N 5 SAAF Circa Italy may-45
37 IV KH670 CV-A 3 RAAF Cervia April 1945
38 IV KH690 Y2-B 442 RCAF Hunsdon 1945
39 IV KH710 CV-E 3 RAAF Fano 1945
40 IV KH723 CV-K 3 RAAF
41 IV KH774 GA-S 112 Italy 1945
42 IV KH818 QP-V 19 Circa Italy may-45
43 IV KH826 AK-G 213 Biferno, Italy April 1945
44 IV KM|32 FY-S 611
45 IV KM232 JAS Italy 9-may-45
46 IV KM735 India 1945
47 IV TK859 UK
48 XP-51F FR409 UK
49 XP-51G 43-43336
50 X AM208

 

 

Here are the final photos of the first two Mustangs


1) North American P51 Mustang Mk I AG351/G Air Fighting Development Unit (A.F.D.U.) A&AEE 9 February 1942

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2) North American P51 Mustang Mk I AG357/G A&AEE March 1943

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Both models laying in the display cabinet.

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Cheers
Santiago

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Beautiful Mustangs and a beautifully displayed collection. I like that you have two figures among the airplanes to give an idea of the size of the planes.

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Wow, I  mean wow. What a project. What a display cabinet.

Explain  more?

 

 

Well, this is just a part of our collection. My father, Raul Hrubisko, and I have a goal behing these models.

 

Our intention is to build All the aircraft types that flew with the Royal Air Force, the Fleet Air Arm and all the Commonwealth (Canada, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Rhodesia, etc.) in the time frame between 1936 and 1947, in all major versions (including field modifications, different or special markings, different armaments, different scheme colour camouflage, etc.) which were used in all the operational theatres or in special operations. And to include also Lend-Lease and captured enemy types under British markings. We also try to include in each series the aircraft which were flown by Ango Argentine pilots, most of them had very particular nose arts”   

 

This is a photo of our display cabinets

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and this is a summary of our collection and stash.

GRAPHIC 1. This is a detailed summary of the collection.

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(*) When I mention the country Its refers to the country who developed and built the aircraft.

Finished: Models done.
To rebuild: models done by my father many years ago and there must be done again with the new standar.
To build: kits in our stash

You have also a detail about which type of kit we used.

 

My father has made 44 models per year as an average during the latest 15 years. In others words, he made a model every 8,3 days during the latest 5.475 days. :shock:  :shock: 

My little contribution has been doing all the reaserch behind that models. We are a great team and we really have fun doing it.

 

We have many friends (historians, modellers, etc) around the world (Canada, UK, SouthAfrica, New Zeland, Australia, Rhothesia, Argentina, etc) who has been helping us during all these years to achieved this result. Withouth they supports it would not been possible to do this.


GRAPHIC 3: This is the summary of the collection.
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I hope this help you to understand a bit more about our insame

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Cheers
Santiago

 

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Hi Santiago,

 

Interesting project, lots of modelling work ahead of you.  I hope that you have had a look at a number of the threads here on Britmodeller that have set out some of the detail of the various Mustangs you are planning on modelling, including this very long thread about the Mustang Mk.I/Mk.IA.

 

 

Note this thread does include detail on some of the small differences between the early Mustang Mk.I, including differences between the NA-73 (AG Serials) and NA-83 (AL, AM, AP Serials) Mustang Mk.I and then onto the Mk.IA.  Note, FD serial is Mustang Mk.IA, and there are a couple of threads here on Britmodeler also covering off some details of this version of the Mustang.

 

In relation to some of your subjects:

 

Mustang Mk.IA FD535 'X' No.268 Squadron RAF, early 1945 Gilze-Rijen.  Had left/right oblique camera mounts behind cockpit and vertical camera in rear fuselage just ahead of tail wheel.

Mustang Mk.II FR908 'S' No.268 Squadron RAF, April 1945, B106 Twenthe.  Had left/right oblique camera mounts behind cockpit and vertical camera in rear fuselage just ahead of tail wheel.

Mustang Mk.II FR915 'L' No.268 Squadron RAF, 15 December 1944, Gilze-Rijen.   Had left/right oblique camera mounts behind cockpit and vertical camera in rear fuselage just ahead of tail wheel.

 

Will be following how your build project goes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hello

My father has finished 4 new models. Here are some photos

3) North American P51 Mk I Mustang AM106 used by the RAF at Boscombe Down for the flight testing of underwing drop tanks.
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4) North American P51 Mk I Mustang AM106 used by the RAF at Boscombe Down for the flight testing of underwing 40 mm British S guns.


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5) North American P51 Mk I Mustang AM106 used by the RAF at Boscombe Down for the flight testing of underwing 40 mm Vickers S guns

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6) North American P51A Mk II Mustang FR901 used by the Air Service Training during Summer 1943 fitted with deep-section very-long-range fuel tanks for trials.

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Since it has been really dificult for us to go throught the process of selecting the following Mk I, IA, II and III we moved to the Mk IV in NMF. This will give us time to check some details and information which has been kindly sent by Colin Ford and David William Muir.

 

The next batch are the following aircrafts.

7) North American P51K Mustang KM545 RAF India 1945
😎 North American P51K Mustang KH798 / GL-A 5 SAAF Squadron 
9) North American P51K Mustang KH914 / GL-O 5 SAAF Squadron – Yugoslavia – May 1945 - Mayor H.O.M "Tank" Odendaal


I would like to thanks  Piet-Van-Schalkwyk and Stefaan-Surgeon for the valuable information about the SAAF Mustangs.

 

Cheers
Santiago

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Thank you very much for your comments.

 

My father has finished these 3 Mustang.

 


7) North American Mustang P51K KH798 GL-A 5 SAAF
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😎 North American Mustang P51K KH814 GL-O 5 SAAF    Yugoslavia    may-45 Mayor H.O.M "Tank" Odendaal
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9) North American Mustang P51K KM545 India 1945
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All the Mustang done so far on the display cabinet

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The following batch will include these aircrafts:

10) North American Mustang  P51 Mk IAG645 RZ/W 241 RAF Bottisham    November 1942
11) North American Mustang P51  Mk I AM137 NM-H 268 RAF July 25, 1942
12) North American Mustang P51 Mk IA FD546 G 268 RAF Odiham     9 September 1943    Flg. Off. Eric  Milne Operation Starkey markings

 

Cheers
Santiago

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Hi,

 

My father has finished three more Mustang. Here are the photos.

 

 

10) North American Mustang P51 Mk IAG645 RZ/W 241 RAF Bottisham November 1942

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11) North American Mustang P51 Mk I AM137 NM-H 268 RAF July 25, 1942

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12) North American Mustang P51 Mk IA FD546 G 268 RAF Odiham 9 September 1943 Flg. Off. Eric Milne Operation Starkey markings

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The first 12 Mustangs done !!!

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Cheers
Santiago

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Hi,

 

My father has made a new P51. Here are the photos.  


13) North American P51 F Mustang FR409 in October 1944 at A&AEE

 
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The next batch will include these aircrafts:

14) Mustang Mk I AL973 R - 168 RAF B.21 Ste Honorine de Ducy - August 1944
15) Mustang Mk I AM177 V – 241 Sqdn RAF Bottisham 1942
16) Mustang Mk IA FD535 X – 268 RAF - Gilze Rijen - January 1945

 

Cheers
Santiago

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Hello,

 

Please find attached the photos of the latest models done by my father..


14) Mustang Mk I AL973 R - 168 RAF B.21 Ste Honorine de Ducy - August 1944

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15) Mustang Mk I AM177 V – 241 Sqdn RAF Bottisham 1942
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16) Mustang Mk IA FD535 X – 268 RAF - Gilze Rijen - January 1945

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Other photos

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The next batch of models will be the following:

 

17) North American Mustang P51 II FR908 S 268 RAF squadron January 1945
18) North American A-36 Apache     HK944 C 1437 Strategic Reconnaissance Flight RAF Foggia, Italy nov-43
19) North American A-36 Apache EW998 RAF A&AEE March 1943

 

Cheers
Santiago

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Many thanks JF for your comment. Yes, my father has been building models during many years.

 

These are the latest P51 done by him:

 

17) North American Mustang P51 II FR908 S 268 RAF squadron January 1945
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18) North American A-36 Apache EW998 RAF A&AEE March 1943
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19) North American A-36 Apache HK944 C 1437 Strategic Reconnaissance Flight RAF Foggia, Italy nov-43

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These are the 19 P51 done so far. The final number will be around 55 models.

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We are running out of space in this side of the display cabinet (1 part out of 4).

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Cheers
Santiago

 

 

 

 

 

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Thank you very much Steve. Yes, well done!!!

 

Colin Ford is helping us a lot. We could not do all these models without his support. 

 

My father has finished some more Mustangs.

 

20) North American Mustang P51 KN987, France, August 1944

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21) North American Mustang P51 Mk IV (P51 H)  KN987

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The following on the list are these ones

22) North American Mustang P51 Mk III KH610    GL-C    5 Sqd  SAAF 23/4/1945
23) North American Mustang P51 Mk III KZ187    GL-S    5 Sqd SAAF Cervia, Italy 1944
24) North American Mustang P51 Mk III FX952 541 Sqd RAF

 

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Cheers
Santiago

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This is just fantastic, they deserve a museum for sure.  Thank you so much for posting these as I really have enjoyed seeing these Mustang and all their differences.  I can not figure out the scale of these but assume 1/72?

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Thank you very much Harold!!!.  I am glad you like them.

 

Yes, it is 1/72 scale. 

 

My father has finished two more P51. I really like how they look with the SAAF markings.

 

 

22) North American Mustang P51 Mk III KH610 GL-C 5 Sqd SAAF 23/4/1945
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23) North American Mustang P51 Mk III KZ187 GL-S 5 Sqd SAAF Cervia, Italy 1944
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Cheers
Santiago

 

 

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Hi 

 

My father has finished a new P51.

 

24) North American Mustang P51 Mk III FX952 541 Sqd RAF

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The next batch will include these ones:

25) North American Mustang P51 Mk III FX893 RAF AAE&E March 1944    fitted with Rockets
26) North American Mustang P51 Mk III FZ103 RAF AAE&E April 1944 fitted with Smoke curtain instalation    

 

Even after building 24 models we have not reach half of this series.

 

Cheers
Santiago

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