American Mustang Mk.III Fighter
1/48 military aircraft fighter scale plastic model kit
ICM 48123
High-quality details.
Manufacturer: ICM Models (Ukraine)
Scale: 1/48
Material: Plastic
Paint: Unpainted, Unassembled, Kit do not contain paints and glue.
Condition: New in Box
The legendary Ð -51 Mustang was one of the best fighter aircraft of the WWII period. This airplane has designed by North American Corporation by the order of the British RAF. The prototype NA-73X made the maiden flight at October 26, 1940. In Great Britain the airplane received the name Mustang. USAAF also were interested of the new fighter and marked it P-51.
The last modification with Allison engine - Ð -51A - has built in 1942. The airplane had high speed and big range, but its rate of climb and service ceiling were insufficient. Ð - 51A were in combat service in India and China in the middle of 1943.
The modification Ð -51Ð was built in May 1943. It differed in the installation of potent and high altitude Packard Ðerlin engine. The airplane Mustang with this engine became one of the fastest fighters in the world. It had huge range, was well armed and armored.
Mustangs, produced by a plant in Dallas, were meant as Ð -51С. Airplanes put on Lend-Lease by the British RAF, have received a designation Mustang Mk.III. The bubble canopy named «Malcolm Hood» was installed on them. It allowed to improve the view from a cabin.
At the start of the Korean War, the Mustang was the main fighter of the United Nations until jet fighters such as the F-86 took over this role; the Mustang then became a specialized fighter-bomber. Despite the advent of jet fighters, the Mustang remained in service with some air forces until the early 1980s. After World War II and the Korean War, many Mustangs were converted for civilian use, especially air racing, and increasingly, preserved and flown as historicwarbird aircraft at airshows.
North American Aviation (NAA) was already supplying its Harvard trainer to the RAF, but was otherwise underutilized. NAA President "Dutch" Kindelberger approached Self to sell a newmedium bomber, the B-25 Mitchell. Instead, Self asked if NAA could manufacture the Tomahawk under license from Curtiss. Kindelberger said NAA could have a better aircraft with the same engine in the air sooner than establishing a production line for the P-40. The Commission stipulated armament of four .303 in (7.7 mm) machine guns, the Allison V-1710 liquid-cooled engine, a unit cost of no more than $40,000, and delivery of the first production aircraft by January 1941.In March 1940, 320 aircraft were ordered by Sir Wilfred Freeman who had become the executive head of Ministry of Aircraft Production (MAP), and the contract was promulgated on 24 April.
P-51 Mustang | |
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P-51 Mustangs of the 375th Fighter Squadron, Eighth Air Force mid-1944. | |
Role | Fighter |
National origin | United States |
Manufacturer | North American Aviation |
First flight | 26 October 1940 |
Introduction | 1942 |
Status | Retired from military service 1984, still in civil use |
Primary users | United States Army Air Forces Royal Air Force Chinese Nationalist Air Force numerous others (see below) |
Number built | More than 15,000 |
Unit cost | US$50,985 in 1945 |
Variants | North American A-36 Rolls-Royce Mustang Mk.X Cavalier Mustang |
Developed into | North American F-82 Twin Mustang Piper PA-48 Enforcer Rolls-Royce Mustang Mk.X |
General Product Info | |
Material | Plastic |
Scale | 1/48 |
Type | Fighter / Interceptor |
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