Eduard 1/72 P-51D/F-51D Self Adhesive PE
By Jacob Russell
This new set (item number 73 451) is for Airfix's recent P-51D/F-51D kit. It consists of 98 pieces on 2 photo-etched frets, one of which is self adhesive and pre-painted.
The self adhesive fret contains 47 pieces, the majority of which are dedicated to the cockpit. It includes items such as a seat harness, gun sight, instrument panel, cockpit sidewalls, throttle quadrant, air intake screen and seat headrest armor. Additional items include the radios, canopy mirror and detonation chord, front landing gear door hinges/details,headlight, a windshield wiper and inner panels for the rotatable nozzles.
The second fret includes a ladder, rocket rail details and various aerials and airframe details.
Airfix has been on an extended run of producing exciting new 1/72nd kits. Their new P-51D Mustang is well detailed and accurate, albeit lacking the finesse of Tamiya's and Hasegawa's P-51 kits.
I recommend this set and I would like to thank Eduard for the review sample.