North American P-51 Mustang fighter
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F-51 Mustang "Flying Cheetahs"
In November 2020 I visited a school as part of my work as a History Subject Advisor. A memorial commemorating students that participated in wars fought by South Africa caught my eye. Amongst the many names of soldiers who served and died [...]
P-51D-15 Checkertail – Eduard 1:48
Hello to everyone, maybe you noticed some photos of 3D print wheel-bay and brassin cockpit on the eduard facebook page. Here is final result of my finished model P-51D from eduard in scale 1:48. As mentioned I used 3D-print wheel-bay, [...]
1/48th HobbyBoss P51 Mustang Build - Part 3 - Decals
Its been a while since i did any work on the P51, so here is part three of the build.
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The wages of writing :-)
So, some of you may have noticed over at the Eduard website that they have an actual historian writing their Wildcat history (with more to come). That would be yours truly, who was asked by Vlad if I would do that, and said [...]
Mustang Mk III
This is the aircraft of No. 315 Polish Sqn Ldr Horbaczewski post D-Day. He had 16 total kills with 5+1 sh in the Mustang. - this is the Revell P-51D kit converted with Trumpeter spine and Aerocraft [...]
Tamiya 1:48 P51-D Mustang kit
This is a kit that almost puts itself together. Fine Tamiya quality as usual with good decals. About 20 hours to paint and assemble using Testors spray and bottle paints. Instructions are easy to follow. I used Tamiya extra thin cement [...]
Arma Hobby 1/72 F-6C Reconnaissance Mustang
I can state with great confidence, this is the most detailed kit I’ve ever built in 1/72 scale. Somehow, the designers at Arma Hobby have figured out a way to make a 1/48 scale cockpit fit into a 1/72 scale model. The airframe, as well, [...]
1/48th HobbyBoss P51 Mustang Build - Part 2 – Airbrushing
yes, im aware now the wheel struts are back to front... I'll fix that for the next vid. Or maybe i wont. just for s***s and gigs 🙂
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Mustang IV (and a nod to Matchbox c.1974)
Been determined to build 'Dooleybird' for years simply because of 'that' box art from 1974. Had the MA sheet in the stash since the early 2000's and even had a set of resin 'gills' to fit the Hasegawa kit.
BUT WAIT, Airfix announced they'd [...]
