Tamiya 60754 - 1/72 North American F-51D Mustang - Korean War WWII 田宮軍事模型戰鬥機收藏系列 雙星孖星  [60754]

In regards to the North American F-51D Mustang (Korean War)

Sketched down in a brand new York town hotel in April 1940, the North American Aviation Corporation NA73X continued to become among the best fighters to come out of World War 2. The U.S. Army Air Corps gave it the title of P (for Pursuit) 51, plus it ended up being called Mustang by the British. Of this several variations of Mustang, the P-51D is the definitive version and ended up being the first ever to have the bubble canopy. More "D" models had been built than other variation, with a complete of 9,603 being produced. Armed with six .50 caliber machine guns, three in each wing, with 400 rounds for every single inboard gun and 270 rounds for another four, plus underwing pylons for auxiliary gas tans or 1000lb bombs, the Mustang had been a true fighter pilots airplane. By the end of WW2, Mustangs were in operation all around the globe, traveling in many countries atmosphere forces. Once the Korean conflict broke away, hundred of F (for fighters) 51&39;s were in Japan waiting for scraping. Simply because they possessed too sluggish rate maneuverability that has been absent in the brand new jets then entering solution, the F-51 was ideal to use ahead Air Controllers (FAC&39;s) on a lawn in Korea. The major drawback to the ended up being the F-51&39;s liquid cooled motor susceptibility to anti aircraft and little arms fire whenever attacking ground objectives. This caused the Mustang to truly have the highest loss ratio of any aircraft in Korea. An overall total of 194 were lost in 36 months, with only 10 being downed in combat along with other aircraft.