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North-American P-51B Mustang wheel bay (designed to be used with Trumpeter kits)

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North-American P-51D Mustang Diamond Tread pattern tyres/Tires. (designed to be used with Tamiya kits) This set contains new, more accurate diamond tread tires/tyres that directly replace the tires/tyres in the Tamiya kit. The problem with the soft vinyl tires/tyres in the kit is that the seams are very difficult to remove, and they tend to attract dirt and dust. These seamless resin parts have superb tread detail, and are both sandable and paintable. Four styles are available, and you can even mix and match them, as was common practice on the real aircraft. For modelers building a P-51A, P-51B, P-51C, P-51D or P-51K from Hasegawa, Trumpeter, Dragon, Hobbycraft or Monogram, you will need resin wheel hubs BCR32034 as well.

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North-American P-51 Mustang Main wheel Hubs (designed to be used with Dragon, Hasegawa, Hobbycraft, Monogram and Revell kits) This set contains a pair of accurate resin main wheel hubs designed to fit Barracuda Studios resin tires, for those not building the Tamiya P-51 kit. For modelers building a P-51A, P-51B, P-51C, P-51D or P-51K from Hasegawa, Trumpeter, Dragon, Hobbycraft or Monogram and using resin tires/tyres BR32029, BR32030, BR32031, BR32032. These hubs are not intended for the Tamiya kit, as the mounting to the gearleg is different.

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North-American P-51B/P-51C Mustang (canopy frame paint masks (inside and outside)) insignia and markings masks (designed to be used with Trumpeter kits)

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North-American P-51B Mustang (canopy frame paint masks (inside and outside)) insignia and markings masks (designed to be used with Trumpeter kits)

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North-American P-51B Mustang (canopy frame paint masks (inside and outside)) insignia and markings masks + decals (designed to be used with Trumpeter kits)

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North-American P-51B Mustang III (RAF,USAAF) (designed to be used with Trumpeter kits) 2 canopy frame paint mask (inside & outside) + insignia and markings masks + decals

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North-American P-51B Mustang canopy frame paint mask (inside & outside) insignia and markings masks + decals(designed to be used with Trumpeter kits)

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North-American P-51B Mustang canopy frame paint masks (inside and outside) (designed to be used with Trumpeter kits)

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USAAF WWII Pilot with seat for North-American P-51B/P-51C Mustang (designed to be used with Revell and Trumpeter kits)

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North-American P-51B Mustang Exhaust (designed to be used with Trumpeter kits)

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North-American P-51B/P-51D Mustang Landing Gear (designed to be used with Trumpeter kits)

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Re-printed! North-American P-51B Mustang (2) 36913 VF-T `Shangri La' Capt Don Gentile 336th FS 4th FG. 2106924 QP-L `Salem Representative' F/O Ralph Hofer 334th FS 4th FG.

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North-American P-51B Mustang 43-6832 QP-K 'Miss Dallas' Capt Victor France, 334th FS 4th FG a�é-' P 51B Mustang 43-6623 'Spare Parts' 310th Ferry Sqn

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North-American P-51B Mustang 44-73155 My Achin Back a�é-' P-51B Mustang 44-37002 QP-D 'The Mighty Mite' 334th FS 4th FG.

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North-American P-51B/P-51D Mustang Part 3 'Big Beautiful Doll' 6 scheme special all piloted by John D. Landers either when he was a Major, Lt. Colonel or a Colonel.

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Model Aircraft Extra 4. Building the North-American P-51D Mustang. WAS £14.99. TEMPORARILY SAVE 1/3RD!!! Marrying an American dive-bomber design and a British engine, the North-American P-51 Mustang became one of the greatest fighters of World War II. The iconic P-51 was a World War II single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber that also saw service in the Korean War and other conflicts. The Mustang was designed in 1940 by North-American Aviation (NAA) in response to a requirement of the British Purchasing Commission. The Purchasing Commission approached North-American Aviation to build Curtiss P-40 fighters under license for the Royal Air Force (RAF). Rather than build an old design from another company, North-American Aviation proposed the design and production of a more modern fighter. The prototype NA-73X airframe was rolled out on 9 September 1940, 102 days after the contract was signed, and first flew on 26 October. The Mustang was designed to use the Allison V-1710 engine, which had limited high-altitude performance in its earlier variants. The aircraft was first flown operationally by the RAF as a tactical-reconnaissance aircraft and fighter-bomber (Mustang Mk I). Replacing the Allison with a Rolls-Royce Merlin resulted in the P-51B/P-51C (Mustang Mk III) model and transformed the aircraft's performance at altitudes above 15,000ft, without sacrificing range, allowing it to compete with the Luftwaffe's fighters. The definitive version, the P-51D, was powered by the Packard V-1650-7, a license-built version of the two-speed two-stage-supercharged Merlin 66 and was armed with six .50 calibre M2/AN Browning machine guns. From late 1943, P-51Bs and P-51Cs (supplemented by P-51Ds from mid-1944) were used by the USAAF's Eighth Air Force to escort bombers in raids over Germany, while the RAF's Second Tactical Air Force and the USAAF's Ninth Air Force used the Merlin-powered Mustangs as fighter-bombers, roles in which the Mustang helped ensure Allied air superiority in 1944. The P-51 was also used by Allied air forces in the North African, Mediterranean, Italian and Pacific theatres, and during World War II, Mustang pilots claimed to have destroyed some 4,950-enemy aircraft. At the start of the Korean War, the Mustang, by then redesignated F-51, was the main fighter of the United Nations until jet fighters, including North-American's F-86, took over this role, the Mustang then became a specialised fighter-bomber. Despite the advent of jet fighters, the Mustang remained in service with some air forces until the early 1980s. In Model Aircraft Extra #4, some 15 P-51 Mustang build projects will be included, in a 'how-to' format, and continue this fantastic series modelling guides from MA Publications, the new name in scale modelling.

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North-American P-51D Mustang (Decals & Paint Masks) After WWII Switzerland stepped into the jet age in the summer of 1946 and tested the DH.100 Mk.1 Vampire. Subsequently, a large number of these fast jets (DH.100 Mk.6) were ordered to replace the ageing Messerschmitt Bf-109 and Morane D-3801 fighters. To fill the gap until the advanced version of the Vampire became available, a quick and economic solution was found in the North-American Aviation P-51D Mustang. The U.S. Army Air Force Europe had large numbers of surplus P-47 & P-51 fighters stored at Nurnberg and Ober-pfaffenhofen and did not intend to return them to the US. Having flown and tested a captured P-51B during the war, the choice was swift and favourable conditions for a purchase of 100 aircraft plus 30 aircraft for spares could be negotiated for a price tag for U.S. $ 4000.- (approx. CHF 17000.-) per aircraft. USAAF pilots delivered the first 26 aircraft to D'bendorf in February 1948 and by the end of August of the same year, Switzerland had 100 P-51 (D-20 & D-25) in the inventory. The remaining 30 aircraft had to be brought up to flying condition by Swiss personnel and Instructor pilots ferried them to Switzerland since the USAAF was busy with the Berlin blockade. The range of J-901 to J-1000 was assigned for the Mustangs while the numbers J-1001 'J-1200 were reserved for the Vampires on order. However, being Swiss, the 30 'spare part' Mustangs were implemented into the fleet and the required spare parts were cannibalised from other aircraft at Oberpfaffenhofen during October 1948, thus the Swiss Air Force had their own airlift with the Junkers Ju-52/3m transport aircraft. This operation had the consequence that the assigned range for the registration numbers was insufficient and the aircraft had to be re-numbered in the Range J-2001 'J-2130. Originally, squared national insignia that offered higher visibility were applied on both, bottom and top of the wings as on the rudder. Those days after the war, unpainted aircraft became popular and it was deemed, that for fast aircraft, the control surfaces should remain unpainted. The switch back to the round national insignia was implemented during 1949. There is an on-going dispute about the color on top of the engine cowling. While the Americans favoured blue and olive drab amongst other bright colors, it is believed that Swiss Mustangs had RLM 24 (a very dark black / blue) applied - while other sources state simply black. Different low visibility paint schemes were tested during 1952 on 12 airframes, consisting of dark green over light blue or unpainted lower surfaces. The specification (Art. No. xxxx) of these colors are not to a defined standard and the Vallejo Numbers given in the instructions are just close but not a definite match. At the same time, neutrality markings were tested again with the intention that the aircraft could be identified from a distance of 1000 meters. Unique to the Swiss P-51 were the straight 'Ziellinien' applied on top of the wings from 1950 onwards. Some Aircraft originally had angled lines that aided the pilot to hit the target on low level bombing missions. These were duly replaced with the straight version. 'Man'ver Kennzeichnung' was common to a number of airframes in the shape of red, blue and yellow bands behind the cockpit and on the nose. The bands had a width of 1000mm or 500mm. These markings were kept until the phase out in 1957. The main reference for this decal sheet is the sole preserved P-51D (J-2113) at the Flieger und Flap Museum in D'bendorf. However, I would not have succeeded without the excellent book by Georg Hoch : Farbgebung und Kennzeichen der Schweizer Luftwaffe 1914 '1959. See www.georg-hoch.ch This decal sheet has been printed by Fantasy Printshop in the UK. They should be applied onto a glossy painted surface to avoid the silvering effect. Decal softeners like Micro Sol & Micro Set work well with these decals 'please make tests when using different brands.

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Crash landed in Sweden. North-American P-51B Mustangs. Nose art for 'Z HUB' and 'Hot Pants'

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