![]() It incorporated a revolutionary laminar flow airfoil wing derived from NACA flight test data and an innovative under-fuselage ducted engine cooling system. The NA-73X first flew on 26 October 1940. A mere 102 days had passed between contract signature and roll-out. It was a rapid developmental process by any standard, even during wartime. On September 9th, a design team headed by NAA’s “Dutch” Kindelberger and Eduard Schmued finished the prototype NA-73X airframe. The British accepted the offer and placed an order for 340 of the new aircraft in March 1940. They argued they could build a completely new fighter that would be easier and faster to produce, and that would also outperform the P-40. Instead, North American pitched an alternative. Great Britain’s Purchasing Commission, interested in acquiring Curtiss P-40s, approached North American Aviation to build them under license for the RAF. was seeking a stopgap fighter to help hold the line against the German Luftwaffe. The origins of the P-51 began in early 1940. is a main colored panel and a large decal sheet THAT important? (as the rest are small bits of etched parts and paper masks) If yes, pick it. So - as far as money goes, you can pick three weekend models for the price of two profipacks. Speaking about masks, in the weekend models you have to add straps from Tamiya tape as you won't get no masks. ![]() ![]() Remember that the profipack etched parts is very limited: Eduard has large etched frames available separately for their own models as well to dress them even more. IMHO the weekend models are a much better value for money if and only if, you want to place aftermarket decals (as you are limited to a single choice in the weekend models) and if the color photoetched freet (therefore the main panel) is not important to you (therefore you are willing to paint the plastic main panel that comes in both kits. like Moduni made about a year ago (45 to 22.5!) ![]() ![]() Yet for the price difference I can get an Aires resin cockpit plus quickboost exhausts and perhaps a little more.Īm I missing something or does the cheaper version plus the am resin seem like a better deal ? To me it looks like the difference is two small frets of pe and a set of paint masks. ![]()
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