1/48 North American F-51D Mustang Korean WWII - Tamiya 61044  [61044]

Armed with six .50 caliber unit firearms, three in each wing, with 400 rounds for every inboard caliber product firearms, three in each wing, with 400 rounds for every single inboard weapon and 270 rounds the other four, plus underwing pylons for auxiliary gas tanks of 1000lb bombs, the Mustang had been a genuine fighter pilots airplane. By the conclusion of WW2, Mustangs was in fact running all around the globe, traveling in several nations environment forces.

When the Korean conflict broke away, countless F (concerning fighter) 51's was at reality in Japan awaiting scraping. Simply because they possessed the sluggish price maneuverability that's missing in new jets then entering solution, the F-51 ended up being certainly perfect to do business with ahead Air Controllers (FAC's) on a lawn in Korea. The main downside towards have been the F-51's fluid cooled engine susceptibility to anti-aircraft and small fingers fire whenever attacking ground goals. This result in the Mustang to truly have the greatest loss ratio of any aircraft in Korea. A whole of 194 have already been lost in 3 years, with just 10 being downed in combat as well as other aircraft.