Trumpeter 1/32 02274 P-51B Mustang American WW2 Fighter
The modeller  has the option to build the kit with a grey, opaque fuselage or a clear fuselage to reveal extensive interior detail. Includes moulded grey and clear plastic parts, as well as rubber tyres, photo-etched metal parts a film insert for the instrument panel, realistic cockpit with an instrument panel, moulded belts for the wing guns; intricately detailed landing gear and engine; wing rocket pods; and both drop tank and bombs options Illustrated instructions with paint and markings guide Two sheets of waterslide decals, decal sheet includes markings for two versions 1. P-51B-5-NA(NA.104) 43-6315 "DING HAO!" flown by Maj James Howard, CO 365h FS/345th FG, Ninth Air Force 2. P-51B-15NA(43-24857), 90, Sweet Claro II, 319th FS/325th, Salvaged 7th September, 1945, length: 12.1 in (30.8 cm) wingspan: 13.9 in (35.3 cm)
Though known as an American fighter, the Mustang was designed for the British in 1940. It was also the British who gave the plane the Mustang name. The prototype was completed within a 120-day time The P51-B went into service in December, 1943, serving as fighter of choice in England and Italy until March, 1944, when the P-51D (with the bubble canopy) began to appear. Even so, the P-51B remained in service until the end of WWII and accounted for nearly a third of all combat hours.