P-51C MUSTANG

Plastic kit from ACADEMY, for the assembly of an US airplane of WW II, in 1/72 scale. Includes sprues with plastic parts,clear parts, assembly instructions and decals.

Over twenty variants of the North US P-51 Mustang fighter were produced from 1940, when it first flew, to after the Second WW, some of which were employed also in the Korean War and in several other conflicts. Numerous examples of the aircraft survive to this day, often as warbirds or heavily modified air racers. The two XP-51Bs were a more thorough conversion than the Mustang X, with a tailor-made engine installation and a complete redesign of the radiator duct. The airframe itself was strengthened. The engine cowling was completely redesigned to house the Packard Merlin. The new engine drove a four-bladed 11 ft 2 in (3.40 m)-diameter Hamilton Standard propeller that featured cuffs of hard molded rubber.