Page 34 - Model Airplane International - Issue 175 (February 2020)
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KIT BUILD


        BUILT AND WRITTEN BY MIKE WILLIAMS




        DOOLEYBIRD











                We build the               his is of course the Airfi x 1:48 Mustang   was (probably like a lot of modellers of a certain age)
           Airfi x 1:48 P-51D               reissued in its third incarnation featuring   instantly transported back to the modelling of my
                                           the UK and commonwealth Mk.IV,   youth and the 1:72 Matchbox release of the P-51D
          Mustang, fi nishing               sometimes referred to as the P-51K.   with the British “Dooleybird” aircraft on take-off. To
                it in one of       T In the box is the same kit as we have   call it iconic maybe over egging it, but it certainly
                  WWII’s most      previously seen with an added runner containing the   struck a chord and this Airfi x box-art is almost
                                   Aeroproducts uncuffed propeller along with alternative   certainly a nod to those halcyon days of Matchbox/
               controversial       markings for a British and Australian aircraft.   Frog/Airfi x kits we used to buy with our pocket
            colour schemes…          When I saw this kit announced with that box-art I   money from the local newsagent!

























































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