North American P-51 Mustang
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TF-51 Mustangs in 1/72
Going small 🙂 This is the first time I've built a 1/72nd scale fighter(s). Tiny! The Little Witch was converted from the Tamiya kit, and Miss Velma is the AIrfix kit. I love them both, they both build up in to fine models. The AIrfix [...]
Clyde East, the Tac-R Ace of Aces
History
Born in Pittsylvania County, Virginia on July 19, 1921, Clyde Bennett East was the fifth of nine children. Raised on a rural family farm, he longed to experience adventure in the military. At 19, failing to meet the entry [...]
Checkertail Clan Mustang progress
Seems like forever since I posted! Well here is progress on the cockpit, Barracuda Cast seat, and radios and battery. Eduard "Look" instrument panel. The seatbelts were a quandary. I had some Eduard PE ones from a failed [...]
Shangri-La P-51B Mustang
Here's my take on Don Gentile's P-51B Mustang "Shangri-La" based on Tamiya's 1/48 scale kit. This rendition does not include all of the "kill" markings and shows the spinner with the two-tone red/white finish as the [...]
Last one for 2020 – practice allows one to get closer to fewer mistakes made
Practice makes perfect? Hah!
Eduard kit. Vallejo metallics. Barracuda Studios "P-51 Mustangs Part 1" decal set.
1st Lt. Arthur Cundy, 352nd Fighter Squadron, 353rd Fighter Group. On March 2, Lt Cundy shot down a Bf-109 and two [...]
Anson Johnson P-51D Racing Conversion
Cleveland, 1946, the wild west of Air Racing continued in a big way after the end of WWII. Many of the guys that raced in the 30's returned, along with a new crop of enthusiasts. The days of the high horsepower homebuilts was basically [...]
1/48 North American F-6A Mustang, RAF North Africa
Built in 2015.
When the 225 Sqn RAF was in need of long range recce aircraft in North Africa, they borrowed four Mustangs from the USAAF which could stay up in the sky longer then the Spits. There´s some discussion about the camo. [...]
Crazy Horse TF-51D Mustang Conversion
26 years ago I was a recent college grad...no debt, and things to do. A friend of mine bought a flight in Crazy Horse, at the time it was $1,600 for an hour. Three of us Mustang nuts piled in the car and headed to Latrobe, PA to watch Tony [...]
North American P-51 Mustang series – Raúl Hrubisko
Hi to all.
It has been a long time since I have not posted here. I will try to correct that mistake.
During the second half of the year my father and I have been working in one of the largest series of our collection after the Spitfire [...]
“The Stars Look Down” 354th Fighter Group P-51B Tamiya 1/48th Conversion
The resin madness continues. I want thank everyone that followed along with the build, I really appreciate the kind words. This conversion was pretty straight forward. The 354th Fighter Group website was an invaluable resource as was the [...]
