1/48 Hasegawa P-51K “Sunshine” |
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Article by Graham Tarran |
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Lt. Col W T Banks 348th FG Le Shima July 1945
This is the Hasegawa P51 Pacific Mustang
boxing, built straight from the box using the kit decals.
The only addition is one of the excellent Ultracast resin seats.
As I believe all other Hasegawa P51 boxings, it offers both “D” &
“K” versions through the provision of cuffed & uncuffed prop blades
& the slightly different profile canopies.
The colourful scheme with the black recognition
stripes makes for an extremely striking & attractive aircraft.
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It was also my first bash at a natural metal finish
using Alclad II & I was very pleased with the results!
Undercoat for the Alclad was gloss black enamel (which made if very
simple to mask of the stripes & anti-glare panel which are of course black).
I used the white aluminium for the most part with a few engine & gun
panels in the dark aluminium.