1/48 Airfix P-51D
I finished my 1/48 Airfix P-51D. I did not have a D in my collection. It has been years since I built a 1/48 kit. Painted with Various shades of Alclad (fuselage:Duraluminum, Stainless Steel and White Aluminum and wings in Aluminum.) I used Gunze Mr Color for a custom mixed blue to represent the darker blue used by the 352nd in the later days of the war. It is OOB except for the markings which are from a Eagle Strike sheet depicting a Aircraft flown by Lt. Karl Waldron from Minnesota of the 487th FS at Bodney. Lt. Col Karl Waldron was later KIA in Vietnam on Feb 14, 1968 while piloting a AC-47D “Spooky” gunship of the 14th Air Commando Squadron flying out of Phan Rang Airbase. Now back to 1/72!
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Spiros Pendedekas said on August 3, 2020
Very nice Mustang, Geoffrey.
Great scheme choice, too!
Robert Royes said on August 3, 2020
One pretty Pony! It was good to include the pilots history.
Pedro L. Rocha said on August 3, 2020
What a wonderful looking pony
Wayne Landis said on August 4, 2020
Nice job! I really like the Airfix kit and the price is right.
Tony Prince said on August 4, 2020
A beautiful job on your Airfix kit. Especially on the Alclad finish.
John vd Biggelaar said on August 4, 2020
A fantastic build, Geoffrey.
Will take this one as an example for my current Airfix P51 build.
Ramon R. Lomeli said on August 4, 2020
Gorgeous looking Mustang, nice work dude!
Greg Kittinger said on August 4, 2020
A very lovely Mustang!
Stan Traas said on August 5, 2020
Great job, Geoffrey. Not easy to make an Airfix kit look this good. Perfectly done seams under that Allclad!