[flyXwire]

Wahoooooooo! Just won my first GMP P-51 Missouri Armada for $44 from an auction site today!
Thanks for a fellow forumite (you know who you are) for the tip!

[jim]

Originally Posted by flyXwire

Wahoooooooo! Just won my first GMP P-51 Missouri Armada for $44 from an auction site today!
Thanks for a fellow forumite (you know who you are) for the tip!

AWWW Phoooeeee!! I cant even get a reply from sellers to say if they will ship to the UK.

[parsig9]

You mean the mast? That ought to be easy to replace really?? Maybe a peice of wire or something. I'll have to take a look at it.

Originally Posted by STARMAN 352ND

That is a great deal Parsig i paid over 85.00 for mine.
It's a great looking plane you will love it.
The only thing that this model does not have is the radio mast.
I contacted GMP about this when i got mine and they said it was a error at
the factory.
It seems what happened was this was going to be the first P-51D without the radio cables showing..
The later P-51D's did not have the radio cables like the early ones did.
So by mistake the factory left the radio antena off.
If you look at the other P-51D they made you will see the radio lines showing up... also the the picture of "Missouri Armada" that GMP used was a pre-pro the antena is on that one.
JP

[STARMAN 352ND]

Originally Posted by parsig9

You mean the mast? That ought to be easy to replace really?? Maybe a peice of wire or something. I'll have to take a look at it.

Yes mast Now how the heck i missed that i don't know.
That is a good idea...I just didn't want to drill a hole in mine to put one on.
JP

[ZS-VAN]

Congrats flyXwire! I'm on the hunt for Dutchess Arlene - no luck yet.

[parsig9]

Originally Posted by STARMAN 352ND

Yes mast Now how the heck i missed that i don't know.
That is a good idea...I just didn't want to drill a hole in mine to put one on.
JP

Oh well, me neither. I thought the hole was probably there. I guess I'll just leave it alone.
Man, if only the hole was there. Bummer.

Oh, and I'd love to see some pics of Missouri Armada if anybody would care to post some. The more the better!

[KG_Jag]

Want pix and more? Check out Pappy's great site, starting here:

http://www.diecastace.com/intro_gmp.html

[david cotton]

Originally Posted by JC Woodman

Yeah the GMP seem to go quick (a) my local shops... Really glad I got a Scott P-40 while the price was reasonable. I am soooo tempted by the "Longhorn" also though, "do I need 2 big 40's.

No, you need at least four big P40’s ………….any thing less is unpatriotic

I pay around £90 for a P40 in the UK, and still think they are great value. The P40 is a stunning model, and I think it is one of the best die casts I have seen.

The Blue Nose Cripes and Petie are my favourite GMP Mustangs. You have to love the Mustang……. The best plane of the war……. But I love the P47 Razor back more.

[Cardinal]

Originally Posted by david cotton

No, you need at least four big P40’s ………….any thing less is unpatriotic

I pay around £90 for a P40 in the UK, and still think they are great value. The P40 is a stunning model, and I think it is one of the best die casts I have seen.

The Blue Nose Cripes and Petie are my favourite GMP Mustangs. You have to love the Mustang……. The best plane of the war……. But I love the P47 Razor back more.

Welcome DC - to have a large scale collector of your stature join us is truly an honour for this forum (for those who don't know DC, make sure you keep your 1/32 Spits, now GMPs also, well and truly hidden in his presence)

[Captain Eddie]

Welcome, David Cotton...your name somehow sounds familiar. Would I have seen your name somewhere previously?