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

Armed with six .50 caliber device guns, three in each wing, with 400 rounds for each inboard caliber machine guns, three in each wing, with 400 rounds for every single inboard gun and 270 rounds the other four, plus underwing pylons for auxiliary fuel tanks of 1000lb bombs, the Mustang had been a genuine fighter pilots airplane. By the end of WW2, Mustangs were functioning all around the globe, traveling in a number of countries air forces.

When the Korean conflict broke out, a huge selection of F (for fighter) 51's had been in Japan waiting for scraping. Simply because they possessed the slow rate maneuverability that has been absent within the brand new jets then entering solution, the F-51 was perfect to work with Forward Air Controllers (FAC's) on the ground in Korea. The major drawback to this ended up being the F-51's fluid cooled motor susceptibility to anti-aircraft and tiny arms fire when attacking ground targets. This cause the Mustang to have the highest loss ratio of any aircraft in Korea. A complete of 194 had been lost in three years, with only 10 being downed in combat with other aircraft.