Hi Guys,
Thanks for the info, especially the period pics which I hadn’t come across before.
Haven’t decided to go for the modern finish as per the RAAF Museum’s aircraft
or go with the NMF of the period.
Had some time over the weekend to make a start. For the cockpit floor I first hand painted...
A question for you learned gentlemen out there, here is a few photos of the plane in
question from Airlines.net, the aircraft is NMF but obviously not 'polished and Shiney'
like a lot of P51's you see in model or real form, suggestions on paint?
The blurb form Ventura Decals Suggests A68-750 was fitted with an uncuffed
Hamilton Standard propeller On examining the Kit prop blades and comparing them with
photos of the RAAF plane i find that they are cuffed or sometihng totally different
whereas the RAAF plane is indeed cuffless, so I now...
Was a bit disappointed to find the aussie decals 'sharkmouth' was black where as the RAAF museum's example has a
red 'sharkmouth', but then I found Ventura Decals that has it in red. The eyes with the ventura set are black were the actual
plane they are red, but Aussie Decals has red eyes, so...