Edward McEneely, known as \u2018Procopius\u2019 on the Britmodeller forum, built 1\/72 Arma Hobby P-51B Mustang. He sent us a few photos and some comments about his build for our Gallery. <\/p>\n
Edward wrote:<\/p>\n
I’m a longtime fan of Arma Hobby, having first used their excellent correction sets for the IBG RWD-8, and their subsequent injection-molded kit releases have never failed to excite me. Unlike many of my countrymen, the P-51 is not my favourite single-engined fighter, but it would be hard to argue that the high-backed P-51B\/C\/Mustang III versions are anything but the best-looking versions of that aircraft. For my build, I chose to do the box art aircraft, but with a twist. James Howard’s “Ding Hao!”, while generally depicted with the later Malcolm hood, originally had both a white ID band on the tailfin and the original birdcage-style canopy. This early version of the P-51B, in its olive drab and neutral grey paint scheme looks a little like the missing link between the pre-war USAAC and the wartime USAAF, whereas the P-51D seems more a harbinger of the chromed 1950s and the looming dawn of the Jet Age. Happily, this scheme can easily be done with the markings supplied in the kit, simply by omitting the six-broom “sweep” marking over the exhausts, using the earlier canopy, and painting the ID band on the fin. So easy, even I could do it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\t\t