[Celtic]

Looks great...I'm on the prowl...

[PappyB]

I agree a bare metal version may have been cooler, but this still looks good -- and just 750...

[STARMAN 352ND]

Originally Posted by brunowbe

Pete's Collectibles has them for $41.99. I'm waiting to see if I can find them for cheaper.

If anyone can find a good deal it's PARSIG........
I'll be getting one of these birds too.
JP

[rdenham]

I have wanted a die-cast of this P-51B which was used for testing at Rechlin; I just hope the production version does not ship with the blue-grey top side camouflage shown in this picture. This is what the plane should look like with a olive drab & yellow camo.

[jim]

Originally Posted by STARMAN 352ND

If anyone can find a good deal it's PARSIG........
I'll be getting one of these birds too.
JP

Yeah, I wonder if Parsig has any Yorkshire blood in him?

Yorkies are famous for having short arms and deep pockets!

[PappyB]

Originally Posted by rdenham

I have wanted a die-cast of this P-51B which was used for testing at Rechlin; I just hope the production version does not ship with the blue-grey top side camouflage shown in this picture. This is what the plane should look like with a olive drab & yellow camo.

Hmmm, if that's what it's supposed to look like... the Gemini is a "bit off"

[hworth18]

Originally Posted by rdenham

I have wanted a die-cast of this P-51B which was used for testing at Rechlin; I just hope the production version does not ship with the blue-grey top side camouflage shown in this picture. This is what the plane should look like with a olive drab & yellow camo.

There has always been some debate as to whether this Mustang was OD or had been totally repainted using Luftwaffe colors in which the Gemini pic would be correct. For the Eagles Int'l custom I painted, I used OD as the German colors just looked too weird.
This Mustang was stripped to bare metal later in its career when the Luftwaffe was testing the aerodynamic differences between paint and BMF.

[STARMAN 352ND]

P-51B assigned to 2.Staffel of the Versuchtverband Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe during late 1944.

[rdenham]

There may be some obscure controversy over the paint on the P-51B tested at Rechlin but I think the clear preference is for olive drab. Most every reference I have seen of this plane shows it wearing Olive drab rather than blue-grey.

Other captured allied aircraft such as P-38‘s P-47’s, Mosquito’s, & B-24’s have been reported to wear Olive drab & yellow.

[Cruver Collecter]

Originally Posted by rdenham

There may be some obscure controversy over the paint on the P-51B tested at Rechlin but I think the clear preference is for olive drab. Most every reference I have seen of this plane shows it wearing Olive drab rather than blue-grey.

Other captured allied aircraft such as P-38‘s P-47’s, Mosquito’s, & B-24’s have been reported to wear Olive drab & yellow.

Not sure what fuselage color this one is sporting. I thought it was either OD or natural metal. Curious if anyone has an idea of what RLM color this one might be.