Painted Ponies: Completed Builds

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Place one or two pictures of completed builds here.
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Airfix 1/72 (A01004) North American P-51D Mustang, Philippine Air Force HQ "Shark Of Zambales".

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'Louisana Heat Wave' flown by Lt Claude J. Crenshaw 359th Fighter Group,369th Fighter Squadron 8th AF

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Flown by Maj Glenn Eagleston CO 354FG, 353FS 9th AF
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"Little Lynn", an RF-51D flown by the 45th TRS from Kimpo, Kore in 1952.

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And the Original!!

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Build Thread for all four models.
An Israeli P-51D "39" circa 1948.
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North American (Cavalier) F-51D FAD1916 of the Fuerza Aerea Domincana 1984, stationed at San Isidoro AB, Dominican Republic.
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Mustang IVa KH774 of 112 Sqdn, RAF, Italy 1945 in the 'firewall' camouflage pattern.
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F-51D of the Republic of Korea Air Force, flown by Major Dean E. Hess, USAF.
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Hasegawa 1/72nd P-51B Mustang - 43-6898 -QP-J "The Deacon" - 334FS 4FG USAAF

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Academy P-51C Mustang -1/72nd
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Airfix 1/72 "WWII Aircraft of the Aces" Collection

P51B Mustang as flown by Henry Brown, 354th Fighter Sqn., 355th Fighter Group, USAAF 8th Air Force.

P51D Mustang as flown by John C. Meyer, 487th Fighter Sqn., 352nd Fighter Group, USAAF 8th Air Force.

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P-51B, s/n 43-24283, flown by Lt. William Overstreet with the 363 FS, 357th FG.

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Model by Monogram in 1/72, decals by Eagle Strike
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Starfix kit for the P-51D finished as 44-64076, "Jumpin Jacques" of the US 5th AF in the pacific.
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ProModeler P-51B 1/48. Captain Nick "Cowboy" Megura, 4th FG Debden, 1944

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Revell 1/72 NA P-51B Mustang III of 112 SQDN, RAF, Tantarella, Italy 1944.
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NA P-51K Mustang IVa KM124 (the other) GA-S of 112 Sqdn RAF in Italy, 1945.
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Academy 1/72 P-51D
Rebel Air Force (Cuba), 1960

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Airfix 1/72 P-51D
Nicaraguan Air Force, 1964

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Airfix 1/72 F-51D
Dominican Republic, 1984

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P-51B flown by Capt. Don Gentile, 336th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group (model by Hasegawa in 1/72 scale)

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2 builds of the 1/72nd scale new tool Airfix P-51D:

"Anita", CV-W, 3Sqn RAAF, Italy 1945

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LouIV / Athelene, E2-C, 361st Fighter Group, 8th AF, USAAF, 1944

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