Review of Lifelike Decals 1/48th Scale Limited Edition
North American P-51 Mustang Part 5 Decal Sheet
Set no. 48-051
By Ray Mehlberger
MSRP: 1600 Yen ($14.58 U.S.)
Lifelike Decals is based in Japan
By Ray Mehlberger
MSRP: 1600 Yen ($14.58 U.S.)
Lifelike Decals is based in Japan
The set comes in a zip-locked clear cello bag.
It contains 3 instruction sheets and 3 decal sheets.
The first instruction sheet is 8 14" x 11" format, printed on one side in full color and folded to fit the zip-locked envelope.
It shows color profiles for 6 schemes that are all P-51's that were flown by Major (later Lt. Colonel) John D. Landers.
It contains 3 instruction sheets and 3 decal sheets.
The first instruction sheet is 8 14" x 11" format, printed on one side in full color and folded to fit the zip-locked envelope.
It shows color profiles for 6 schemes that are all P-51's that were flown by Major (later Lt. Colonel) John D. Landers.
1. A P-51D-5-NA flown by Landers as Commander of the 38th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group, Wormingford, England, August 5, 1944. It is overall bare metal, with a red and yellow banded spinner and a black rudder. It has D-Day invasion white and black stripes onder the bottom of the rear of the fuselage, checkerboard red and yellow nose, black antiglare paneland "Big Beautiful Doll" in red on the nose. It has 6 Japanese victory marks over 8 Luftwaffe victory marks under the cockpit, black fuselage code of CG star D.
2. A P-51D-20-NA flown by Landers as Acting Commander of the 357 Fighter Group, Leiston, England, November to December 1944. It too is overall bare metal , with a red and yellow banded spinner, black anti-glare panel, yellow and red checkerboard on the nose, 6 Japanese victory marks over 11 Luftwaffe victory marks under the cockpit, black fuselage code B6 star O, black serial no. 4139223, which is speculated on the rudder. It has "Big Beautiful Doll" on the side of the nose in red.
3. A P-51D-20-NA flown by Landers as Commander of the 78th Fighter Group, Duxford, England, March and Apil 1945. It is overall bare metal with a black and white checkerboard nose and black and white spinner, a black anti-glare panel, 6 Japanese victory marks over 15 Luftwaffe ones under the cockpit, black rudder flap with a black and white serial no. 472218 on the rudder, a fuselage code of black WZ star I.
4. Another P-51D-20-NA flown by Landers with the same unit listed in no. 3 scheme above. It is in the same exact scheme. The only difference is the amount of victory marks as 6 Japanese ones over 22 Luftwaffe.
5. A P-51D-20-NA flown by Landers as Commander of the 78th Fighter Group, Duxford, England, May to June 1945. It too is overall bare mental with same scheme and markings as numbers 3 & 4 above. Only difference again is the totals of the victory markings. 6 Japanese over 30 Luftwaffe ones and black and white checkerboard wing tips and black WZ-I under one wing.
6. A P-51D-20-NA flown by Landers as Commander of the 361st Fighter Group, Little Walden, England, July 1945. It is overall bare metal, with a yellow nose and spinner, black anti-glare panel, "Big Beautiful Doll" on side of nose, fuse code in black of E2 star I and a black rudder flap and black serial no. 472218 on rudder and black wing tips and black E2-I under one wing.
2. A P-51D-20-NA flown by Landers as Acting Commander of the 357 Fighter Group, Leiston, England, November to December 1944. It too is overall bare metal , with a red and yellow banded spinner, black anti-glare panel, yellow and red checkerboard on the nose, 6 Japanese victory marks over 11 Luftwaffe victory marks under the cockpit, black fuselage code B6 star O, black serial no. 4139223, which is speculated on the rudder. It has "Big Beautiful Doll" on the side of the nose in red.
3. A P-51D-20-NA flown by Landers as Commander of the 78th Fighter Group, Duxford, England, March and Apil 1945. It is overall bare metal with a black and white checkerboard nose and black and white spinner, a black anti-glare panel, 6 Japanese victory marks over 15 Luftwaffe ones under the cockpit, black rudder flap with a black and white serial no. 472218 on the rudder, a fuselage code of black WZ star I.
4. Another P-51D-20-NA flown by Landers with the same unit listed in no. 3 scheme above. It is in the same exact scheme. The only difference is the amount of victory marks as 6 Japanese ones over 22 Luftwaffe.
5. A P-51D-20-NA flown by Landers as Commander of the 78th Fighter Group, Duxford, England, May to June 1945. It too is overall bare mental with same scheme and markings as numbers 3 & 4 above. Only difference again is the totals of the victory markings. 6 Japanese over 30 Luftwaffe ones and black and white checkerboard wing tips and black WZ-I under one wing.
6. A P-51D-20-NA flown by Landers as Commander of the 361st Fighter Group, Little Walden, England, July 1945. It is overall bare metal, with a yellow nose and spinner, black anti-glare panel, "Big Beautiful Doll" on side of nose, fuse code in black of E2 star I and a black rudder flap and black serial no. 472218 on rudder and black wing tips and black E2-I under one wing.
The second instruction sheet is the same size as the first one and also printed on one side in color and folded to fit the zip-locked envelope.
It repeats color profiles of the 6 schemes and top and bottom views of the aircrafts, over a list of 18 references on the P-51.
It repeats color profiles of the 6 schemes and top and bottom views of the aircrafts, over a list of 18 references on the P-51.
A smaller sheet in 5 3/4" x 8 1/4" printed on one side is the instructions on where to put all the stencil markings.
The first decal sheet holds the checkerboards,- D-Day invasion stripes, serial numbers and stencil marks etc.
The second decal sheet holds fuselage code WZ, "Big Beautiful Doll" and victory marks.
The third decal sheet holds the star and bars insignia and there is a tiny decal taped to it with Landers name on it that goes on the cockpit coaming.
This is a neat decal set. There are many kits on the market of the P-51 in 1/48th scale and this kit will enhance any of them.
I want to thank Mr. Keishiro Nagao of Lifelike Decals in Japan who sent me this decal set in a well padded manila envelope.
Highly recommended.
All Lifelike Decal sets can be seen on Lifelike's web site at:
I want to thank Mr. Keishiro Nagao of Lifelike Decals in Japan who sent me this decal set in a well padded manila envelope.
Highly recommended.
All Lifelike Decal sets can be seen on Lifelike's web site at: