Capt. Freddie Ohr's P-51D Mustang.
This one's been a long time coming. The AeroMaster decals must be 20 years old at least & they've been on my 'must do' list for as long. The kit is the Airfix 1/48th. first variant, which I have done once before & I enjoyed it just as much the second time around. There are several colour photos of this aircraft in various references & they all show a pretty clean 'plane; possibly because the pilot was C.O of the unit? With this build I tried to portray the wings in a puttied/lacquered finish, which turned out to be quite hard to do to my satisfaction. I used Vallejo & AK metallics with a touch of medium sea grey mixed in for the wing surfaces to represent the lacquered finish. The yellow is Model Master chrome yellow. The fuselage was finished with a coat of Future & the wings with my home brew eggshell clear. I have added hydraulic lines, but otherwise it is out of the box.
I love that colour scheme
Thanks George. Yellow is not the easiest colour to apply, but I think the result is worth the effort.
Nice one! Good to see some 15th AF stuff!
Have the same old Aeromaster sheet still lying around somewhere
Thanks Reinhard. The decals worked like a charm. Even after all this time.
Very nice! Looks great.
Thanks Robert.
Nice one Tony. I've got 2 of the Airfix kits as well as the Eduard one in the stash. hoping to get to them this year.
Thanks Dale. Enjoy your Mustangs: the hardest part is deciding which colour schemes to do!
This is a nice looking Mustang Tony. I have several of these 1/48 Airfix and some of the older Tamiya kits in the stash. So far I don't have any of the new tool Eduard kits. From what I have read they are very nice too. Like Dale stated, I also have plans for some Mustang builds later this year.
I really like what you have done here. The yellow sets it apart from the others. Very nice !
Thanks Louis. I've just bought the Eduard early -D kit & it looks superb. That's not to take anything away from the Airfix kit though & I can see myself buying the Mk.IV release with the Aero products prop.
Tony, Really nice work. I have photos of this aircraft in a few of my reference books, and must say you've captured its look very well. Well done !
Thanks Terry. This scheme was love at first sight, but I was a bit slow to get started!
If it wasn't for the Eduard kit, the Airfix kit would be Best P-51D in 1/48 Scale. As it is, it's Best Affordable P-51D in 1/48 Scale, and as you have demonstrated, a real honey of a kit.
Beautiful work, great result.
Many thanks Tom.
Great build and great colour scheme.
Thanks Haslam.
Really nice, matey - did that same aircraft in 2018 from the Tamiya kit...
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SWEET !
Thanks Louis; there's something about yellow tails that's hard to resist!
Your Mustang looks fantastic Tony!
The colour scheme is very attractive.
I recon the Airfix Mustang kit is great too.
Hi Michael! Thanks for the compliments. There's still a few more Mustangs left to do & I have a stack of decals as well.
Great looking Pony, and I'll pile-on saying I love the scheme! Well done.
Thanks Greg. Maybe I'll look out for a red tail next time or perhaps a yellow nose?