P-51D Mustangs

[airdave]

sure thing John!
email has been sent!

[airdave]

I just added two new Tuskegee Mustangs to the collection
and they are now available at ecardmodels.

Look for the Kit announcement.

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Any specific Tuskegee planes that anyone is interested in?

I have plans to do many more Tuskegee Mustangs, but there are so
many to choose from...

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Two more Mustangs coming next week.
One American and one Philippine!
Working on final touches...new artwork...and cover art.


please let me know if there is a plane you are interested in seeing as a model.

[richkat]

Dave how about a P-51 in German colors...only found one drawing but i know i'v seen more somewhere.......Or how about making a P-82 Twin Mustang, allways my favorite plane....Rich

[richkat]

Also found a good link to pics of Moonbeam McSwine Warbird Depot - Fighters > Vlado Lenoch's North American P-51D Mustang
check it out some great pics....Rich

[airdave]

I did think about the P-82, but it might be too much of a design project right now.
Might be something I would look at in the future if i had nothing else to do.

German?...looks interesting...if I can find some real pics.
The captured planes are always interesting.
I did come across a Japanese one...I will try to find the reference again.

Moonbeam...yes, I have seen those pics.
I need to compare the current paint scheme with the original plane though.
Many current renditions are quite often very different from the original.
"Bunnie" is a good example of that.

[YankeeBoy]

The P/F-82 is already available as an excellent, detailed model in several markings from Gremir Models.

The length and breadth of service of the P-51D presents literally hundreds of candidate color/markiing options. I would prefer (1) WW2 and post-WW2 USAAF/USAF schemes, (2) RAF/RAAF/RNZAF/RCAF schemes of the same period, (3) "Second owner" nations' aircraft, especially from Central and South America. Modern restorations, racers and the rare captured aircraft don't really float my boat but I can see where they could be of interest to others.

I'm happy to let Dave publish the versions that interest him and I thank him for what appears to be an accurate, build-able model of an iconic aircraft. Thanks, Dave!!

[airdave]

See? theres a good reason to get out of doing a Twin Mustang! lol

Although I am not against some newer stuff, I have to agree with YB.
Theres plenty of WW2 and post War Stangs to choose from!
I could never run out of cool looking birds.
But I do love some of the newer paint schemes, especially the racers.

But another problem I have with some of the racers and such
is that they are modified P51s which means I have to start
making new wings and things.
I'm not sure I want to get into that right now.

I definitely want to do one or two Canadian versions, along with some other nationalities.
I've got the Philippines AF Shark coming soon
...not my personal favorite as far as graphics and markings,
but still cool that it is a Philippines version.

gee, I wonder if there are any Thai Mustangs?

[richkat]

[QUOTE=airdave;294892]See? theres a good reason to get out of doing a Twin Mustang! lol

But your F-82 would be so much better Dave!.......Rich

[65Cycl0ne]

How about this one Dave. From the506th FG on Iwo Jima. The the 15th, 21st and 506th FGs had some interesting tail feathers.

[airdave]

well, forgiving the political incorrectness,
I like the fact that its a good photo of the cowling lettering.
I would need to see more of the artwork behind the man's head
and find more reference to the specific aircraft.

I will definitely look into that one.