Lifelike Decals

1/72 P-51 Mustang Part. 1 decal sheet

Decal sheet product # 72-017

Product Article by Steve Bamford on Oct 5 2010

 

This latest release from Lifelike Decals features four different North American P-51's.  This is the first in a series focusing on the P-51 and includes 4 P-51's from November 1944  in Europe to August 1945 in the Pacific. 

The 4 aircraft are all overall bare metal with bright colored markings on the nose and tail as well as one with partial D-Day Stripes and all 4 have some sort of noseart or script.

  • P-51D-15-NA "American Beauty" HL B flown by Capt. John Voll of the 308FS/31FG from San Severo AB in Italy in late November 1944.

  • P-51D-10-NA "Daddy's Girl" CS L flown by Capt. Raymond Wetmore of the 370FS/359FG from East Wretham in England in February to March 1945.

  • P-51D-10-NA "Thunder Blvd" WD D flown by Capt. Ted Lines of the 335FS/4FG from Debden "Mrs Bonnie" in England in September to November 1944.

  • P-51K-10-NT (s/n 44-12017) flown by Lt. Col. Bill Dunham, Deputy CO of the 335FS/4FG from Debden in England in September to November 1944.

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The quality of these decals is very good.  The decals themselves are clearly printed and in perfect register.  Some decals come in 2 layers to ensure perfect registration.  The instructions include 4 view profiles of each aircraft as well as a separate sheet showing all stencil placement. 

This P-51 Mustang decal sheet offers 4 very colorful examples of this legendary American fighter.  Each plane on this decal sheet was flown by an Ace (as you can see by all the kill markings on these 4 Mustangs) and each one has some very distinct and unique markings.  Lifelike decals has done a wonderful job selecting 4 Mustangs to begin their series of P-51 decals.

I would like to thank Lifelike Decals for providing me with this review sample.

You can purchase these decals either directly from Lifelike Decals at fax number is +81-3-5680-6733, and e-mail is lifelike@eos.ocn.ne.jp. or from HobbyLink Japan.    

Other shops that stock Life like Decals are *Hannants/UK, *Mister Kit/Italy, *Revi (publisher)/Czech Republic, *SkyGrid/Canada, *Roll Models/USA, *Great Models Webstore/USA, *FlightDecs/Canada, *Victory Models/USA
*M & Models/USA, *
Zed Hobbies/Australia, *AB &S Enterprise/Australia, *Desert Miniature/USA 

Steve Bamford

Photos and text © by Steve Bamford