1/32 Tamiya P-51D 'Diablo'

[David Mooney]

Hello all,

Happy Easter :-)

This one of those kits you just have to love building as it's such a joy without any issues and the engineering makes everything easy.

Just take the ability to screw the undercarriage in and the cover to fit perfectly (with magnets)...brilliant work by Tamiya.
Special motion to Red Fox Studio as their instrument panel tops the kit off giving extra detail inside the cockpit.
'Diablo' decals were Kits-World and were nice and thin, all the other insignia were from my own DM-Scale Models P-51D Mask set.
All comments welcome.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Parabat]

Super result, that is very impressive. 

[Farmerboy]

Superb, any chance of a cockpit shot? 

[David Mooney]

5 minutes ago, Farmerboy said:

Superb, any chance of a cockpit shot? 

 

Yes, here's a couple pre-assembly and post assembly of the two halves

 

 

 

 

 

[AeroNauticalEngineer]

Beautifully detailed, those instrument panels are excellent

[Farmerboy]

Wowser wowser!!

[Zigomar]

Lovely Pony!

[Keeff]

Outstanding work .... a fantastic finish, and that cockpit is really good! 

 

Keith ☺️ 

[Epeeman]

Beautiful rendition of the P51 - fantastic cockpit too.

 

Regards

 

Dave

[wellsprop]

Very impressive! 

[Robin-42]

I had forgotten how good the engineering is on this kit. There is no hint the engine panels come off! Great build.

[Autle]

Really impressive especially the way it can posed flying or parked. Great details and painting as well.

[Alan P]

That really looks superb, really well done. I didn't know it had retractable gear, or is that your own modification? 

 

Alan

[speedy]

Just brilliant.

[David Mooney]

13 hours ago, Alan P said:

That really looks superb, really well done. I didn't know it had retractable gear, or is that your own modification? 

 

Alan

Thanks Alan, the kit comes with a blank double door piece which is screwed into place where the u/c legs are, its a great idea. The rear tail u/c section has an extra structure which relaces the wheel bay and held in place with magnets...as i said, this is easily one of the best kits on the market. 

 

Thanks everyone for the kind comments on this build