Elm City Hobbies
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Just got this kit in the other day, very impressed with the direction Airfix is going with their new tooled kits.
This is a new variant of their already released kit of their 1/72 P-51D Mustang with the Tuskegee Airman markings. This variant adds a new sprue, as well as 2 other variations of markings.
First tree, fuselage, cockpit, landing gear, etc, etc
Lovely panel line and rivet detail on this kit, you wouldn't think this was 1/72
Interior detail
Second Tree, Upper and lower wings, pilot, exhaust. Positionable flaps on a 1/72 kit? Sure in the higher priced, higher quality kits, but wasn't expecting to see it here.
Wing closeup, again, great detail in the panel lines
Main gear bay detail
The new tree, new prop, rockets, bombs
Clear parts, crystal clear
Markings for 2 variants
All in all, a very nice little kit, great detail, a little bit of minor flash on some of it, but nothing that isn't easily fixed with a swipe of a sanding stick or knife. Suitable for all builders from Novice to Experienced.
Sure, there could be more detail in the cockpit, some engraved instruments on the control panels, but at this scale the decal instruments will do fine, stick the pilot figure in the seat, and button up the canopy and you will never see it anyway at this scale.
And the best part, you get all of this for less than $8. How could you go wrong?
This is a new variant of their already released kit of their 1/72 P-51D Mustang with the Tuskegee Airman markings. This variant adds a new sprue, as well as 2 other variations of markings.
First tree, fuselage, cockpit, landing gear, etc, etc
Lovely panel line and rivet detail on this kit, you wouldn't think this was 1/72
Interior detail
Second Tree, Upper and lower wings, pilot, exhaust. Positionable flaps on a 1/72 kit? Sure in the higher priced, higher quality kits, but wasn't expecting to see it here.
Wing closeup, again, great detail in the panel lines
Main gear bay detail
The new tree, new prop, rockets, bombs
Clear parts, crystal clear
Markings for 2 variants
All in all, a very nice little kit, great detail, a little bit of minor flash on some of it, but nothing that isn't easily fixed with a swipe of a sanding stick or knife. Suitable for all builders from Novice to Experienced.
Sure, there could be more detail in the cockpit, some engraved instruments on the control panels, but at this scale the decal instruments will do fine, stick the pilot figure in the seat, and button up the canopy and you will never see it anyway at this scale.
And the best part, you get all of this for less than $8. How could you go wrong?