New Airfix 1/48 P-51D Mustang

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New Airfix 1/48 P-51D Mustang

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I recently obtained the new Airfix P-51D Mustang at my LMS. One might ask if a new Mustang is needed in this day in age. I mean with the Tamigawa's out there of high quality you need to ask yourself why. Will, like the Spitfire, you can never have to many Mustangs. And to me, if you glance at the lower right hand corner of the box you see the price of $26.99 USD. About half of the cost of the Eastern editions. Plus 10% off for being a club member and it makes perfect sense.



The Boxart:


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The innards: And you will see a full box of parts.


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Individual sprue shots: You will see lots of goodies and extra parts for the different versions. One niggle I have is that there are two separate vertical stabilizers. They only differ in a small panel almost in alignment for the IFF antennas (maybe). My choice would have been a unit without the fillet so an earlier version could be made. Like I say, just a niggle.

You will see that there is quite compliment of underwing stores. 75 and 100 gallon drop tanks, 500lb bombs and bazooka rocket tubes. Seems to cover all the bases.

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Clear parts: Two windscreens, and three sliding portions. I will need to look closer but one may have a slightly different profile for the "Dallas" built issue.

Decals: Nice choice. Not normally seen with model kits of the Mustang.

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But my choice will be a Red-Nosed Debden Eagle. Most likely Red Dog XII. Late war version replacement birds with no invasion stripes added.

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So there it is and I will dig in on the workbench thread.
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Re: New Airfix 1/48 P-51D Mustang

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Looks great... the pricing over there is interesting, though: Hannants has three boxings of the Tamiya equivalent for a a quid LESS than the Airfix kit, which makes the choice less obvious...

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I see Airfix have included the nose intake panels for an RAF Mk.IV but not the required propellor. They've included just the shrouded type.
I suppose the bazooka tubes frame would be left out and the necessary prop included to replace that frame in an RAF Mk.IV issue of the kit
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I believe you are right Fred. Cuffed and un-cuffed would be nice. Lots of options but a few left half done. But a few more re-pops will show up I am sure.
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In todays announcement by Airfix; An RAF Mk.IV - Dooleybird, oh, and an F-51 version
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fredk wrote:In todays announcement by Airfix; An RAF Mk.IV - Dooleybird, oh, and an F-51 version
This should include the correct prop. Not all kits with RAF versions included, had the non-cuffed blades.
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Re: New Airfix 1/48 P-51D Mustang

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Cheers for the review Jeff; I have this in the stash now and am looking forward to getting it onto the bench sooner than later!
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