P-51D Mustang Carrier Qual

Scale:: 1:72
Status:: Completed
Started:: January 1, 1980
Completed:: February 26, 2016
Time spent:: 35 hrs

P-51D from Hasegawa kit c. 1980, started at the time (rescued from Shelf of Doom).
Crudely dropped flaps. Alclad coatings with BMF Ailerons and flaps; Testors enamel OD.

Represents P-51D-5-NA 44-14017 as flown aboard USS Shangri-La (CV-38) in November 1944 by Lieutenant Bob Elder for carrier qualification trials.