North American P-51 Mustang fighter
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First completion of the year, essentially started before the Christmas holiday but just now completed. This is the old Accurate Miniatures kit of the A-36 Apache from which the now defunct company produced various versions of early P-51's. [...]
1/72 Academy, I modified a few things, brass wire and tube to prop', landing light, guns, finished in MM, Humbrol and Tamiya enamels with Future and Matt Cote over Aussie and kit decals.
1/72 Hasegawa, I modified the prop' with brass tube, added some Academy bombs, finished in MM, Humbrol and Tamiya enamels with MM 10000 and 30000 acrylics over kit and Aussie decals.
Here's a few pictures of my Accurate Miniatures early P-51A Mustang that I built a few years ago.
I've always been a big fan of early / pre war colors on both the US Army Air Corps / Army Air Force, and US Navy "Yellow Wings" [...]
This is 1/48 Accurate Miniatures P-51 Mustang 1a finished with the markings of "Mah Sweet Eva Lee".
Cockpit modified by Ultracast seat.
Other modifications are:
Ultracast flared exhausts
Ultracast wheels
Ultracasy [...]
Mustang P-51D Old Crow
Kit: Airfix 1.24
Pilot: Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson
I am late, I know. He died more than two years ago. But I actually built this diorama before his death. James Goodson has always been one of my favorite air aces of WII. He is one of those guys that never achieved the popular status some [...]
Greetings everyone.
Here are a few photos of my rendition of an early AAF Mustang. I included a color WW2 photo of the original plane that was my inspiration for the project.
I liked the two tone camouflage. Most of the early [...]
This is 1/32 Trumpeter P-51B Mustang finished with the markings of “Ding Hao” flown by Maj. James Howard of the 356th Fighter Squadron at RAF Boxted, Essex, England, UK; early 1944.
Howard s Mustang was named “DING HAO! and carried [...]