{"id":1603684,"date":"2025-10-22T18:51:34","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T16:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/?p=1603684"},"modified":"2026-01-21T16:39:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T15:39:23","slug":"70071-p-51k-mustang-three-aircraft-from-the-arma-hobby-1-72-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/en\/blog\/2025\/10\/22\/70071-p-51k-mustang-three-aircraft-from-the-arma-hobby-1-72-set\/","title":{"rendered":"P-51K Mustang \u2013 three aircraft from the Arma Hobby 1\/72 set"},"content":{"rendered":"

The P-51K is a lesser-known but fascinating variant of the famous Mustang \u2013 the aircraft that gave the Allies air supremacy. In the new Arma Hobby set, you\u2019ll find three different machines from the final stage of the war: American and British Mustangs from the European and Pacific theaters. Each of them tells its own story.<\/p>\n

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P-51K \u2013 a practical solution from Dallas<\/h2>\n

The P-51K was a version of the Mustang produced at the North American Aviation plant in Dallas, Texas. Initially, the factory built the P-51D-5-NT<\/strong> variant (Dallas-built aircraft were marked NT<\/strong>, while those from Inglewood, California, carried the NA<\/strong> code). Production blocks from P-51K-1<\/strong> to K-15<\/strong> were created out of necessity \u2013 during mass production, Hamilton Standard propellers became unavailable, so Aeroproducts<\/strong> propellers were used instead.<\/p>\n

The K version also featured a distinctive, more bulged canopy known as the \u201cDallas Hood\u201d<\/strong>. After the propeller supply issue was resolved, production returned to the P-51D-20-NT<\/strong> version, but the P-51K had already reached both major theaters of war \u2013 Europe and the Pacific.<\/p>\n

P-51Ks served in both USAAF<\/strong> and RAF<\/strong> units, often retrofitted with Hamilton Standard propellers. The differences between the D and K versions were therefore minimal \u2013 they were essentially sub-variants of the same, highly refined fighter.<\/p>\n

Color schemes from the P-51K Mustang #70071 set<\/h2>\n

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P-51K-10-NT Mustang, 44-12018\/79 \u201cFragile but Agile\u201d<\/h3>\n

Pilot:<\/strong> Lt. Bertram Lee, 342nd Fighter Squadron, 348th Fighter Group, Luzon, Philippines, 1945<\/p>\n

The 348th Fighter Group took part in campaigns over New Guinea and the Philippines. It was originally equipped with P-47 Thunderbolts<\/strong>. In April 1945, while stationed on Luzon, the group was re-equipped with P-51D\/K Mustangs<\/strong>, and in July 1945 moved to Ie Shima<\/strong> near Okinawa, from where it escorted B-29 Superfortress<\/strong> bombers on raids over Japan during the final months of the war.<\/p>\n

Both the P-47s and P-51s of this group carried broad identification bands on the fuselage and wings to prevent friendly fire from Allied anti-aircraft units. Lee\u2019s aircraft bore the group\u2019s markings \u2013 a blue stripe on the vertical tail and a blue propeller spinner. The inscription \u201cFragile but Agile<\/strong>,\u201d expressing pilots\u2019 impressions after switching from the heavier P-47, was probably painted dark blue, as on other aircraft in the squadron.<\/p>\n

P-51K Mustang: \u201cFragile but Agile\u201d in the Pacific War<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n