North American P-51d Mustang

[XYHARRY]

Just completed my 1/72 Airfix P51d Mustang. All brush painted and built to pre-mission specs.

This kit had one oddity in that the lower one peice wingspan was correct P51d on the starboard side but P51b on the port side. To correct it I cut off the rounded wing tip section along the panel line and added a styrene sheet section to fill the void. 

I also cut the pilots head off and reattached it so that the pilot is looking out to port side, something I have always done with my pilots.

All feedback is welcomed and appreciated. 

Cheers, 

David. 😎👍

[Belugawrx]

Nice job on that 'Hot rod of the skies'

[Mike 1017]

Great build of the best Historic WW2 Fighter

[mustang1989]

Good job on this one Dave! Airfix has really upped their game in the past 10 years or so with their aircraft kits. I had a 1/48 Bf109E-4 in my stash at one point and that was a GREAT looking kit right OOB. I should've kept that one. 

[Jim B]

Very nice P-51.  Well done.

[shoopdog]

Excellent build of one sexy warbird!

[XYHARRY]

16 hours ago, mustang1989 said:

Good job on this one Dave! Airfix has really upped their game in the past 10 years or so with their aircraft kits. I had a 1/48 Bf109E-4 in my stash at one point and that was a GREAT looking kit right OOB. I should've kept that one. 

Thanks Joe, I would like to do a Bf109 one day but in 1/72.

[mustang1989]

13 minutes ago, XYHARRY said:

Thanks Joe, I would like to do a Bf109 one day but in 1/72.

I'm always down for a good 109 build and Tamiya has a good kit available for the G-6 version Dave. 

Edited May 7 by mustang1989

[XYHARRY]

12 minutes ago, mustang1989 said:

I'm always down for a good 109 build and Tamiya has a good kit available for the G-6 version Dave. 

Thanks Joe, I'll definitely be getting one of those.

[STU111]

G’day David, nice work on the P51d. Like the fact you put the pilot in the cockpit, l always paint the little guys up and put them in my plane builds. Nice weathering also. 👍🏻

[PappyD340]

Very nice build!

[XYHARRY]

21 hours ago, STU111 said:

G’day David, nice work on the P51d. Like the fact you put the pilot in the cockpit, l always paint the little guys up and put them in my plane builds. Nice weathering also. 👍🏻

Thanks Stu, yeah, I'll always fit the pilot and always build mine with landing gear down.

[tahiti7]

On 5/6/2025 at 12:29 PM, mustang1989 said:

Good job on this one Dave! Airfix has really upped their game in the past 10 years or so with their aircraft kits. I had a 1/48 Bf109E-4 in my stash at one point and that was a GREAT looking kit right OOB. I should've kept that one. 

I have the 1:48 scale version of this Airfix kit in my stash. I just opened up the box and looked at the parts. It's my 1st Airfix kit. The tiny molded in details are almost unbelievable!

Nice job XYHARRY!

 

[Brudda]

Very cool

[meechum68]

Nice work!! One of my favorite planes of WWII. 

[Brudda]

Great job. I’m building an air racer , Miss America. Revell kit. Love P51’s trying to collect most of them . 

[XYHARRY]

18 hours ago, Brudda said:

Great job. I’m building an air racer , Miss America. Revell kit. Love P51’s trying to collect most of them . 

I'll look forward to seeing that one finished. That kit hasn't been in circulation since 1972 so it will be a rare bird.

[Brudda]

5 hours ago, XYHARRY said:

I'll look forward to seeing that one finished. That kit hasn't been in circulation since 1972 so it will be a rare bird.

Slow progress. I scribed the lines and lightly drilled out the rivet locations. Sanded the wings . Here is what I’m shooting for the 2022 Miss America.