P-51 Wings

Tamiya P-51D Build Report 1: Wings

When tasked with the job of developing a new fighter, North American Aviation combined current technologies and also came up with some new enhancements that would make the P-51 arguably one of the best fighters of all time.  One of these enhancements was laminar flow airfoils, for the smooth, uninterrupted flow of air over the…

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Tamiya P-51D 1/48

First Look at Tamiya’s 1/48 P-51D

We have been doing a little spring cleaning, or at this current time winter cleaning, and I came across a box of old models that haven’t been touched.  One delightful surprise in the box was Tamiya’s 1/48 scale P-51D.  I have been super detailing my Tamiya 1/32 P-51D to a point where I could rebuild…

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