P-51s buzzing in my head, not my favorite, I liked the Spitfire. As I matured and actually became a bona-fide adult and landed a seat dropping mud on wildland fires flying a bona-fide B-17, not my favorite, I liked the Lancaster. Carl and I drove T-99 out east and flew formation with
P-51s. Thousands of folks came out to see her, and to listen; as we screamed through the cold air 50 feet over the runway the yokes crackling in our hands the rudder and airframe buzzing in excitement-pushing 200 indicated, the P-51 tucked tight in formation; the Merlin a whisper as the big Wrights beat the air to submission. It felt right, the Boeing felt right.
GMP's P-51 series carries the same
charisma. It's a sensation, it just feels right. The detail? the scale? (1/35) The quality? It all comes together. To pick a reason why? I'm uncertain. It maybe untangible, the spirit of the thing. Just like a cold frosty day over Allentown PA in a hard working B-17, escorted by a P-51...
DiecastX magazine features an excellent review of this replica by Robert Post jr. on the magazine web site:
http://www.diecastxmagazine.com/content/inthehangar/p_51_Mustang.asp
Right: Glamorous Glen III
Below: Photos are the extent of what I have seen of GMP's new P-40, I like what I see. The cockpit 'greenhouse' looks to be superb, as is the 'blown' canopy on the P-51s.
