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1/48 Tamiya P-51B

December 1, 2015 · in Aviation · · 9 · 2.2K

1/48 P-51B

"Princess Elizabeth" P-51B HO-W 42-106449 was the personal mount of Lt. William T. Whisner of the 487th FS, 352nd FG in the spring of 1944. Lt. Whisner shared a victory over an Bf109 with Major George Preddy on 30 May 1944. This was Whisner's last combat of his first tour. "Princess Elizabeth" was lost with another pilot at the controls on D-Day 6 June 1944.

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  1. Beautifully finished and photographed (as always)...great build. 🙂

  2. Ayhan, lovely build , as usual! Whisner retired as a Brigadier General, post war. Quite a career!

  3. Gorgeous Mustang - great job on the NMF!

  4. Hello Ayhan...Nice job on your build of that P-51D. Very well done.

  5. Dear Ayhan, how on earth do you output such an incredible amount of excellent models in such a high frequency? You must be a modelling factory ...

  6. Nice Mustang Ayhan, I like it very much!. A classic warbird with a classic paint scheme. Well done !

  7. A true classic, well done, Ayhan.

  8. Great MUSTANG i like you build

  9. That's just superb, One of my favourite 'razorback' Mustang schemes. Great model, Ayhan.

    Ian.

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