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North-American P-51D Mustang by Andy Evans. Modellers Manual series

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North-American P-51D Mustang - 'Sweet Arlene' - 'Jan' - 'Iron Ass' - 'My Achin Back'

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North-American P-51D Mustang over Swiss (designed to be used with Minicraft and Platz kits)

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Model Aircraft Extra 4. Building the North-American P-51D Mustang. WAS £14.99. TEMPORARILY SAVE 1/3RD!!! Marrying an American dive-bomber design and a British engine, the North-American P-51 Mustang became one of the greatest fighters of World War II. The iconic P-51 was a World War II single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber that also saw service in the Korean War and other conflicts. The Mustang was designed in 1940 by North-American Aviation (NAA) in response to a requirement of the British Purchasing Commission. The Purchasing Commission approached North-American Aviation to build Curtiss P-40 fighters under license for the Royal Air Force (RAF). Rather than build an old design from another company, North-American Aviation proposed the design and production of a more modern fighter. The prototype NA-73X airframe was rolled out on 9 September 1940, 102 days after the contract was signed, and first flew on 26 October. The Mustang was designed to use the Allison V-1710 engine, which had limited high-altitude performance in its earlier variants. The aircraft was first flown operationally by the RAF as a tactical-reconnaissance aircraft and fighter-bomber (Mustang Mk I). Replacing the Allison with a Rolls-Royce Merlin resulted in the P-51B/P-51C (Mustang Mk III) model and transformed the aircraft's performance at altitudes above 15,000ft, without sacrificing range, allowing it to compete with the Luftwaffe's fighters. The definitive version, the P-51D, was powered by the Packard V-1650-7, a license-built version of the two-speed two-stage-supercharged Merlin 66 and was armed with six .50 calibre M2/AN Browning machine guns. From late 1943, P-51Bs and P-51Cs (supplemented by P-51Ds from mid-1944) were used by the USAAF's Eighth Air Force to escort bombers in raids over Germany, while the RAF's Second Tactical Air Force and the USAAF's Ninth Air Force used the Merlin-powered Mustangs as fighter-bombers, roles in which the Mustang helped ensure Allied air superiority in 1944. The P-51 was also used by Allied air forces in the North African, Mediterranean, Italian and Pacific theatres, and during World War II, Mustang pilots claimed to have destroyed some 4,950-enemy aircraft. At the start of the Korean War, the Mustang, by then redesignated F-51, was the main fighter of the United Nations until jet fighters, including North-American's F-86, took over this role, the Mustang then became a specialised fighter-bomber. Despite the advent of jet fighters, the Mustang remained in service with some air forces until the early 1980s. In Model Aircraft Extra #4, some 15 P-51 Mustang build projects will be included, in a 'how-to' format, and continue this fantastic series modelling guides from MA Publications, the new name in scale modelling.

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AM-06 Airframe & Miniature No.6 Second Edition- The North-American P-51 Early Mustang (including the A-36, P-51 and P-51A to C)-A Complete Guide to the USAAF's Famous Fighter by Richard A. Franks The Mustang is a very popular aircraft modelling subject and our latest book will go some way towards unpicking the variants and schemes that apply to the type. This book was first published in 2013 and has been out-of-print since 2019. Since the success of our book on the later types, AM18 The NA P-51D/K Mustang, we have had a lot of requests about the availability of the earlier book and so we thought now would be a good time to publish a second edition. This edition is totally revised and updated plus there are 3 new kit builds and all-new kit reviews. This sixth book in our much acclaimed series contains 272 pages packed with vital information that no active modeller and Mustang enthusiast should be without: 60+ pages of technical information 50+ pages of walk-around images and technical diagrams 30+ pages of camouflage and markings 30+ pages of model builds and modelling information 200+ photographs including wartime images Colour side views and stencil diagram by Richard J. Caruana 3D isometric views of all variants by Wojciech Sankowski Specially commissioned extensive full kit builds by Steve A. Evans Specially commissioned front cover artwork by Jerry Boucher Set of scale plans ISBN: 978-1-912932-41-2

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