R Palimaka Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 (edited) Sooooo, go to show, look for older boxing of the Airfix kit, and hopefully one gets cleaner parts, with less flash? Pretty much. You can see that the early pressings have more detail and are a bit sharper. On the later issues some of the detail has almost disappeared, at least on the Mustang, eg the clamshell doors for the landing gear. But...the new releases also have added bits. The latest one has three different props (Hamilton Standard cuffed and uncuffed, and Aeroproducts), a new canopy and bits for the photo-recon version. And as Steve says, nice Cartograf decals. Edited December 15, 2016 by R Palimaka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetroRocket Posted December 15, 2016 Author Share Posted December 15, 2016 Ok now I'll throw in an oddball... theres a company thats selling an all aluminum skinned finished 15th scale P-51, I'm not an expert on it and I'm wondering how accurate the shape is, its the same company that did the Spitfire. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Airplane-WWII-Mustang-P-51-Fighter-26-Desktop-Model-Aircraft-Authentic-Models-/262701208837?hash=item3d2a365505:g:zRgAAOSwMVdYGQMY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Palimaka Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Haven't seen the real thing ( and not likely to at that price!)...but it doesn't look good from the photos. Some definite shape and detail issues there...and I thought the Airfix landing gear needed help! Probably looks impressive sitting in front of you, but for $775.00 I'd want bang-on accuracy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 I have a 51 from around 1974, I agree with Steve its very crisp,......... Steve , congrats on the grand.......... R Palimaka 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaVenom Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Afraid I'd have to go for Trumpy. I've got both kits and whilst the Airfix kit might have a more accurate outline........it's pretty bad in detail. Soft details, trench like panel lines and just generally time Airfix gave us an all new 1/24th kit. The Trumpy kit might have inaccuracies but at least the detail is nice and crisp. Bravo52 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Herne Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 (edited) It's what you make it gents...here's my 24th Airfix P-51 from 15 years ago... I built this model for Cal Spann, Tuskegee Airman...he returned it after a few weeks and asked if I could build one in 48th scale that would actually fit on his desk. Cal has since passed, but I have several nice autographed photos of him sitting with the model. The gear must be lowered - she sits way too high otherwise. At the end of the day, when you put it on the shelf - it looks like a Mustang. Edited December 16, 2016 by Jeff Herne Sparzanza and R Palimaka 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggTim Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Wouldn't it be incredible if Airfix re-tooled this kit? I would make the move to 1/24 for sure..... R Palimaka 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 I'm with you on that one Tim.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Palimaka Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Wouldn't it be incredible if Airfix re-tooled this kit? I would make the move to 1/24 for sure..... They've done it in 1/72, announced it for 1/48 for 2017...they don't do 1/32...so in my modelling dreams 1/24 is next. Of course, I'm biased. And I can already hear the, "Not another Mustang!" complaints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Palimaka Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 (edited) It's what you make it gents...here's my 24th Airfix P-51 from 15 years ago... Gorgeous build Jeff!! A fine example of what can be done. Edited December 17, 2016 by R Palimaka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaVenom Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 It's what you make it gents...here's my 24th Airfix P-51 from 15 years ago... I built this model for Cal Spann, Tuskegee Airman...he returned it after a few weeks and asked if I could build one in 48th scale that would actually fit on his desk. Cal has since passed, but I have several nice autographed photos of him sitting with the model. The gear must be lowered - she sits way too high otherwise. At the end of the day, when you put it on the shelf - it looks like a Mustang. Nice job but it's disappointing to hear he returned it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Howie Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 One from Hyperscale of the Trump kit OOB. http://hsgalleries.com/p51d24hs_1.htm Looks a whole lot like a Mustang... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaVenom Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Wouldn't it be incredible if Airfix re-tooled this kit? I would make the move to 1/24 for sure..... It would and it's long overdue. Plus the other old 1/24th kits. R Palimaka 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick HMD Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 And I can already hear the, "Not another Mustang!" complaints. You'd never hear that from me. Bring it on. (salivating) Best regard Patrick R Palimaka 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Bellis Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 One from Hyperscale of the Trump kit OOB. http://hsgalleries.com/p51d24hs_1.htm Looks a whole lot like a Mustang... Not "OOB". He replaced the canopy for sure, possibly other things as well. This is what the Trumpeter kit's canopy actually looks like (note the big bulge along the sides): Image from THIS BUILD, which really is OOB. A fine build to be sure, but the shape issues of the kit used are readily apparent. Literally everything is off to some extent. One thing that stands out with almost all of the online builds of the Trumpeter P-51D is that the builders rarely shoot overall, high-angle shots of the completed model. Doing so would show off the cartoonish shape of the wings and horizontal stabilizers. There are tons of images online of both kits, and numerous threads here and elsewhere come up with a Google search. The best bet would be take a look and decide for yourself. D R Palimaka 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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