Revised: Tamiya 1/48 P-51B "Shangri La"
"Shangri La", the iconic P-51B piloted by Capt. D. Gentile, 336th FS, 4th FG with the early white spinner. And how disappointing was the end of this aircraft...
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Bud Anderson's P-51B "Old Crow"
The Airplane:
After my friend Brigadier General Clarence E. “Bud” Anderson passed away on 17 May 2024, and having received review copies of the new Bullseye decals for 357th Fighter Group P-51Bs, I decided to make this model of Bud’s [...]
Invasion Stripes / Flight 19 P-51B Mustang Viscous Virgie, The Flying Scott
This is the old 1/48 scale Tamiya P-51B Mustang... or is it ?
It also happens to the the VERY FIRST razorback Mustang I have built in about 20 years. With those being the Accurate Miniatures kits which were pretty nice. Say it isn't [...]
Airfix 1/72 P-51B
Airfix first released this in 1978, kit No. 020066-6. Before this, we had two choices on building a P-51B, Monogram and Lindberg. So it was nice to see a new kit of this aircraft.
This is another of my old builds, it was done in 1984.
I [...]
P-51B 356FS/354FG UK May 1944 – One week wonder
After spending 6 weeks working on the Hobbycraft Mohawk IV obsessing over tiny details, I decided to do an easy build and do it in no more that one week. So here is my one-week wonder, the Tamiya 1/48 P-51B.
The rules where, I got 7 days [...]
P-51B in Slovak National Uprising (1/48 Tamiya P-51B)
First, a little background.
In the spring of 1944, the Czech Government in exile in London and various resistance groups began to believe that the German occupation forces had been sufficiently depleted by the war on the Eastern Front that [...]
A Pony with fangs! – 'Tex' Hill's P-51b, Kunming, China, 1945
This is ICM's 1/48 P-51b (Tamiya knockoff) kit with bazooka's and bombs robbed from an Airfix P-51d kit, a home vacuformed canopy, detailed cockpit, brass belts, and a partially scratchbuilt wheel wells.
Painted with Tamiya acrylics, [...]
Silver Horse, and Fighting Rooster
I first encountered the Mustang model in the early nineties. It was an Airfix kit from the Aircraft of the aces series. Of course, then the model seemed to be perfect in its performance. I painted it with the usual Humbrol paints and a [...]
1/48 Tamiya P-51B John T. Godfrey
My Tamiya 1/48 P-51b in the markings of 4th FG star, Captain John T. Godfrey.
Replaced the cockpit with a True Details resin item, Aeromaster decals except for some home made kill markings. Used Tamiya AS-12 Bare Metal Silver, overcoated [...]
Tamiya’s P-51B in the livery of Don S. Gentile’s “Shangri-La”. USAAF 4th Fighter Group early 1944.
My completed P-51B Shangri -La. I enjoyed this build which was mostly out of the box with the exception of the main landing gear wheels which are from Hussar. I also used the Lifelike Decals set for this aircraft.
The build log can be [...]
