Eduard's P-51D kits are often considered the definitive 1:48 Mustang kits. The range of bubbletop P-51s is covered with releases of the 'finless' early P-51D-5, the 'classic' P-51D in early, middle, and late production, the P-51K and the F-6D, but if there is one definitive kit, it is this one, the Profipack kit 82102. Its six markings options cover the best-known 'Ace Mustangs', comprising Glenn Eagleston's Eagle; Capt John Voll's American Beauty; Pierce McKennon's Ridge Runner III; Jim Tapp's Margaret IV; and John D Landers' Big Beautiful Doll, plus John Meyer's Petie 3rd. The latter has never been done before and is the least known of his aircraft. There is only one photo of Petie 3rd, discovered by Robert 'Punchy' Powell when he went through the personal effects of Meyer's late crew chief back in the 1990s. Petie 3rd is the most important of his aircraft, as he scored half of his 24 victories in her between mid-November 1944 and New Year's Day 1945.
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