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

Armed with six .50 caliber unit firearms, three in each wing, with 400 rounds for each inboard caliber unit firearms, three in each wing, with 400 rounds for every inboard weapon and 270 rounds for the other four, plus underwing pylons for auxiliary fuel tanks of 1000lb bombs, the Mustang had been a true fighter pilots airplane. By the finish of WW2, Mustangs had been operating all around the globe, traveling in lots of nations environment forces.

When the Korean conflict broke away, countless F (concerning fighter) 51's was in fact in Japan awaiting scraping. Simply because they possessed the sluggish cost maneuverability that's missing in new jets then entering solution, the F-51 was indeed perfect to work with ahead Air Controllers (FAC's) on a lawn in Korea. The principal drawback to the had been the F-51's fluid cooled motor susceptibility to anti-aircraft and small fingers fire whenever attacking ground goals. This bring about the Mustang to really have the greatest loss ratio of any aircraft in Korea. A whole of 194 have been lost in three years, with just 10 being downed in combat along with other aircraft.