Tamiya P-51b Mustang Fighter Aircraft - Plastic Model Airplane Kit

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This is a plastic model kit of a 1/48 P-51B Mustang Fighter Aircraft from Tamiya. It's for ages 10 and up.

Information

The Allison engine powered P-51A Apache, was derived from the original RAF Mustang 1 ground attack and photo reconnaissance aircraft. Long before anyone had even heard of a Mustang, the plan to put a Rolls Royce Merlin engine into the airframe had started. The Merlin was powering some of the best warplanes in England; the Hurricane, Spitfire and the Avro Lancaster bomber. To develop a new engine for the P-51 would take considerable time, which the allies did not have.

In September 1940, the Packard Motor Company of the U.S. began license production of the Merlin V-1650-1 engine in Detroit, Michigan. With a new supercharger drive, a new V-1650-3 was mated to the first P-51B. Both the U.S. and England started the Merlin engine modification idea almost simultaneously. 10 airframes were modified in the U.S. with the Merlin and these became the basis for the most successful fighter series of the war.

Flying for the first time on 30 November 1942, the XP-51B was soon modified with a larger coolant radiator scoop, which actually increased its top speed by 50mph and gave it a higher ceiling by 10,000 ft. The addition of an 85 gallon fuel tank behind the seat increased the P-51B's already excellent range, and it could now escort the bombers all the way to the target and back. P-51B Mustangs began arriving in England in September 1943 with the first Mustangs going to the 3354th fighter group at Boxted, England, and ended the war with the most air to air victories. A total of 3788 P-51B's were produced.

Features

• Approximately 60 parts in medium grey and clear with fine recessed panel lines.
• Highly detailed cockpit with control stick and rudder pedals, and sculpted pilot figure.
• 2 styles of exhaust stubs, optional position flaps, drop tanks.
• Detailed pictorial instructions.

Specifications

• Scale: 1/48
• Wingspan: 9-1/4" (23.5cm)
• Fuselage Length: 8" (20.5cm)
• Tamiya Product Number: 61042

Includes

1/48 P-51B Mustang plastic model kit

Markings

• Decal Options:
• 1: 336th FS 4th FG Capt. D Gentile "Shangri La".
• Top: Olive drab; Bottom: Neutral Grey; Spinner: White w/red
• stripe.
• 2: 358th FS 355th FG Lt William Hovde "Ole II".
• Same as A: except; Spinner: Cream.
• 3: 339th FS 504th FG "Bonny Bea" S/N 210933.
• Fuselage: Bare metal w/Olive drab anti-glare panel; Wings: Silver;
• Spinner: White w/red stripe (decal); Nose: Red and white checked.

Requires

• Assembly
• Modeling Knife (exl16001)(xacx3627)(exl16018)
• Paint
• • AS-12 - Bare Metal Silver (tam86512)
  • AS-6 - Olive Drab (tam86506)
  • AS-7 - Neutral Gray (tam86507)
  • X-1 - Black (tam81001)(tam81501)
  • X-10 - Gun Metal (tam81010)(tam81510)
  • X-11 - Chrome Silver (tam81011)(tam81511)
  • X-18 - Semi Gloss Black (tam81018)(tam81518)
  • X-2 - White (tam81002)(tam81502)
  • X-24 - Clear Yellow (tam81024)(tam81524)
  • X-4 - Blue (tam81004)(tam81504)
  • X-5 - Green (tam81305)(tam81705)
  • X-6 - Orange (tam81006)(tam81506)
  • X-7 - Red (tam81007)(tam81507)
  • X-8 - Lemon Yellow (tam81008)(tam81508)
  • XF-1 - Flat Black (tam81301)(tam81701)
  • XF-10 - Flat Brown (tam81310)(tam81710)
  • XF-15 - Flat Flesh (tam81715)(tam81315)
  • XF-16 - Flat Aluminum (tam81316)(tam81716)
  • XF-2 - Flat White (tam81302)(tam81702)
  • XF-3 - Flat Yellow (tam81303)(tam81703)
  • XF-49 - Khaki (tam81349)(tam81749)
  • XF-5 - Flat Green (tam81305)(tam81705)
  • XF-55 - Deck Tan (tam81355)(tam81755)
  • XF-56 - Metallic Grey (tam81356)(tam81756)
  • XF-57 - Buff (tam81357)(tam81757)
  • XF-60 - Dark Yellow (tam81360)(tam81760)
  • XF-62 - Olive Drab (tam81362)(tam81762)
  • XF-63 - German Grey (tam81363)(tam81763)
  • XF-7 - Flat Red (tam81307)(tam81707)
• Paint Brushes
• Sandpaper (tes8802)(dtm9055)
• Plastic cement (tes3501)(pls00002)(tam87012) or glue (hlc107)
• White Glue (hcahcay8500)
• Plastic cement (tes3501)(pls00002)(tam87012) or glue (hlc107)
• Nice-to-have tools: Needle File Set
• Sprue Cutter (xur410a)(tes8940)(exl55594)
• Airbrush and
• Accessories

Comments

• As exquisite as the cockpit detail in this kit is it does suffer from a small accuracy problem. In the original Allison powered
• Mustangs the cockpit floor was actually the top surface of the wing
• , resulting in a curved surface. The change to the Merlin engine
• require modifications which made the fuselage taller.
• Consequently, a flat wooden floor was installed in all P-51's from
• the B model onwards. However, this kit has the curved floor
• appropriate to an early Mustang. It's easily fixed with some
• sheet styrene.

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