Airfix P-51D Mustang (A68208)- SAAF F-51D
Managed to pick up 2 Airfix P-51D Mustang starter sets earlier in the year for £4.99 each from Aldi.
The P-51D was still in use during the early part of the Cold War and in Korea.
Now that I had 2 Airfix P-51D Mustang’s in my stash my next step was to find some suitable decals. Came across a set by a company called Print Scale.
Print Scale have a Korean War F-51 set with a mixture of options. My next step was an impulsive purchase without doing any research on the quality of the decals.
On receipt of the decals it was surprise to see that the US ‘bars and stars’ and the Korean equivalent were out of register!
Looking at the photos on the small instruction leaflet of aircraft in Korea, the Korean markings do actual look out of register, but the US were not.
However, the set also included some SAAF (South Afirican Airforce) and some RAAF (Royal Australian Air Force) markings, which all looked good.
The build of the Mustang did not throw up any nasty surprises. Fit was generally quite good.
Only issues I had with the build were the under carriage. It was a bit fiddly and feels flimsy.
The kits front windscreen was not a good fit. This may be more down to my skill level.
The aerial could not be removed from the sprue tree without breaking.
A first for me with this build was using Tamiya acrylics for spraying. I’ll admit being really pleased with how easy the Tamiya paints were to spray. Will certainly be moving over to them when I can.
Now back to the decals, they are a complete pain to use, very thin (which is a good thing). But fold over as soon as you try to remove them from the backing sheet. Take Care when applying these decals.
Hope to have a USAF version up on the blog soon.
Anyway, the result, for me, is not too bad.
The completed Airfix P-51D Mustang
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