Trumpeter 1/32 P-51B Mustang

By Tolga Ulgur

This is the P-51B Mustang with the markings of "Shangri La” flown by “Don” Gentile of the 336 th FS, 4th FG based at Debden, England, April 1944.

Trumpeter’s kit has a lot of issues. It required tons of corrections and modifications. Despite this whole painful process, I'm still not sure about the result. Hope that it resembles a P-51B.

Aftermarket products I have used are as follows:

Aires cockpit set.
Eduard seatbelts.
Aires wheel well set.
Aerocraft corrected exhausts.
Aerocraft rear doghouse canopy correction set.
Tamiya flaps.
Quickboost spinner and propeller blades.
Barracudacast wheels.
Resicast lens.
Kits World decals.

Apart from these modifications, I also made the following corrections:

The rivets on the wing surfaces were eliminated.
Wrong panels fixed.
Incorrectly located landing light has been fixed.
Wrongly located wing tip lights have been fixed.
Gun Barrels have been relocated and corrected.
Ammunition loading panel shortened.
Landing gear legs shortened by approximately 1mm.

Paints used are Gunze Sangyo acrylics.

You can find the full build thread in the Work in Progress forum.

Happy Modelling!

Trumpeter 1/32 P-51B Mustang

By Tolga Ulgur

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