Phantom P51
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22 July 2016, 14:37
Tim HeimerHey Tom, It's the Monogram 1/32 Phantom mustang kit for about $30 in most places. Battery operated for prop & landing gear, mechanical bomb drop W/levers and canopy can be slid to position. I hope this helps
17 March 2017, 01:42
Tim HeimerHey Tom, This is the Monogram 1/32 kit, Phantom mustang. It costs about $30 at most places. It is battery operated for the prop motor and landing gear, levers for dropping bombs. It's a cool novelty build should you build one. Hope this helps you. Best wishes, Tim
17 March 2017, 01:57
wilkyLove it, I made this kit 35 years ago and it was great fun especially operating the moving components once it was completed
17 March 2017, 04:18
Tim HeimerWilky..if your anything like me and try to give justice to the old kits you've done 30+ yrs ago you'll redo this kit for more fun then the 1st time! LOl
17 March 2017, 14:12
wilkyMaybe if I could find one for $30 I'd be interested but just having a look on eBay and with the cheapest one being about $80AU I don't see it happening. I'm more interested in buying the kits I couldn't find back then to build now
17 March 2017, 21:35
Lex JassiesI can remember building this kit, without the stand, together with my father. You had to lower the landing gear with a little knurled knob under the fuselage. My father was mecanicien in the Dutch Indonesian airforce and worked on P51s. He explaned me a lot about the plane showing me the functions of the parts in the kit. Nice to see it again.
18 March 2017, 22:55
Tim HeimerWow! I never thought a model would bring back such memories! I'm glad it brought those memories back! Too cool.
19 March 2017, 01:55
Kerry COXI spent many a happy hour with the kit when I was a wee boy spinning up the prop, retracting the landing gear and rearming the bomb rack many many times. But wow, it looked nothing like this gem you have produced. I love it and I do apologise for not commenting before this. But a MOST impressive build indeed. Thanks for the memories. 🙂 👍
8 March 2018, 18:38
Peter HardyLooks better on the photos than it does on Skype Tim. Awesome build and it looks like a barrel of fun.
9 March 2018, 03:43
Kerry COXReleased in the 1950's It was the first time ever that people got the chance to understand just how complicated and mechanically amazing these aircraft were that blew Germany out of the sky.
9 March 2018, 16:32
Peter HardyTim probably bought it brand new in the local "drug store" back then! Kerry have you noticed on American docos they describe the engine as a Chrysler Merlin and not a licensed Rolls Royce Merlin? Tim's mob are claim jumpers!
9 March 2018, 21:56
Kerry COXHahahahaha. And the Chrysler just never had the grunt the RR had, as I believe a different blower was use and they couldn't get the max performance out of the engines they wanted.........I think.
9 March 2018, 23:00
Clifford KeeslerI thought Packard built it under licence. It was the Allison that never had any guts, until they finally put super chargers on it and stuffed it into the P-38 Lighting. To bad Revell discontinued the kit again.
9 March 2018, 23:57
Peter HardyI stand corrected Cliffy, you are absolutely spot on. Can't find any references for power ratings for the Packard licence engines though.
10 March 2018, 01:32
Kerry COXEven though it turned out an American icon, it was the Britts that designed it. !
10 March 2018, 01:37
Kerry COXThen there was the Harrier.......and the Vulcan that looks so much like the B-2 and sadly the TSR-2 🙁
All, way ahead of their time.
10 March 2018, 01:38
Clifford KeeslerYea it was the Brits, that turned the P-51 into the great fighter it was. It was originally engine with the Allison and was suited only to low level work. I want to say the Packard Merlin put out about 1,700 HP but not sure. I have a book on the P-51 so will check it.
10 March 2018, 01:58
Peter HardyYeah, got my interest up now. Plenty of power ratings for British built engines but couldn't find anything on the Packard built version. Seem to remember something about what Kerry is saying about the supercharger or perhaps a turbocharger not being up to scratch.
10 March 2018, 02:14
Kerry COXWikkipedia says this. The Mustang was originally designed to use the Allison V-1710 engine, which, in its earlier variants, had limited high-altitude performance. It was first flown operationally by the RAF as a tactical-reconnaissance aircraft and fighter-bomber (Mustang Mk I). The replacement of the Allison with a Rolls-Royce Merlin resulted in the P-51B/C (Mustang Mk III) model and transformed the Mustang's performance at altitudes above 15,000 ft, allowing the aircraft to compete with the Luftwaffe's fighters.[7][nb 1] The definitive version, the P-51D, was powered by the Packard V-1650-7, a license-built version of the Rolls-Royce Merlin 66 two-stage two-speed supercharged engine and was armed with six .50 caliber (12.7 mm) M2/AN Browning machine guns.[9]
10 March 2018, 02:40
Clifford KeeslerThe Merlin 66 produced 1,490 HP/ with a war emergency power rating of 1,720HP. It was capable of 441mph at 25,000 ft.
10 March 2018, 02:53
Kerry COXThank you Clifford. 🙂 I love being informed, as I didn't know they could get to that altitude. ! 👍
10 March 2018, 03:02
Tim HeimerAnyone interested in this kit, I do know where one is for $50 in the states.
10 March 2018, 03:13
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An old kit from 1964 rereleased. I found a few issues with it here and there but not terrible, mostly mechanical. It leaves many upgrading options for your imagination to go on. I did this piece because it was interesting and inexpensive. As they say just for the heck of it!