Airfix 1/72 F-51D Mustang

I've always admired the mustang with its full view cockpit and big air intake underneath. I grabbed this from the hobby shop as I was looking for the tamiya corsair and not paying much attention, grabbed an F51D instead of a P51D,  the distinction being this a Korean War era plane rather than a WW2 one. Not be undeterred, it should build into a nice model. I might pick up a WW2 P51D sometime in the future.

Box Art

Finished Model

Comments
This was a nice build. My first attempt at natural metal finish (NMF) and its come out quite well. I did a gloss black undercoat, then a tamiya NMF Silver spray over the top. One thing I did do which I think made a huge difference was put the tamiya silver spray into hot water for 5 minutes before spraying. Doing that caused the spray to come out as a nice fine mist and it went on very smooth over the gloss black. The decals are incredibly detailed, more than I have seen on any other aircraft in this scale. Thumbs up for this one, highly recommended!!

Rating:
Instructions - 3 - very easy to understand - designed for beginners

Assembly Complexity - 3 - very easy to assemble, good for beginners

Quality of Molding - 3 - Very good - the new airfix toolings are excellent

Part Fit - 3 - all went together very well.

Overall Score 12/12

Paints Used
Underside & Fuselage - Tamiya TS-14 - Gloss Black (undercoat), Tamiya AS-12 - Bare Metal Silver
Cockpit- Tamiya XF-71 - Cockpit Green
Wheel wells - Tamiya XF71 - Cockpit green
Propellor - Tamiya X-10 - Gun Metal