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.

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.

I’ve not tried the Tamiya P51 but have a couple more of the Hasegawa offerings to go before I do! 

Graham