Review of Lifelike Decals 1/48th Scale Limited Edition
North American P-51 Mustang Part 6 Decal Sheet
Set no. 48-052
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 3 schemes and a 4-view for the 4th.
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 3 schemes and a 4-view for the 4th.
1. A P-51D-10-NA flown by Lt. Col. Roy Blair Caviness, Commander of 78 FG, Duxford/England, August 1, 1945. It is overall bare metal with a black and white checkerboard nose and rudder flap, "Contrary Mary" under the cockpit, black fuselage code of WZ star and bars I and a black, white and red spinner. Serial no. 414251 on the rudder.
2. A 4-view of a P-51D-15-NA flown by Lt. John "Wild Bill" Crump of 360 FS/356 FG, Martlesham Heath/England, April 1945. It also is overall bare metal, with at one time with a black and red spinner, red rudder flap and a black horizontal bar across the forward rudder. black diamonds on a red anti-glare panel in front of the windshield. "Jackie" in black outlined in white on the side of the nose. a black circle with a howling wolf's head on it under the cockpit and black fuselage code PI star and bars W and serial no. 415056 on the rudder.
3. A P-51B-5-NA flown by Capt. Burton N. Rodier Jr. of 25 FS/51 FG, Kunming/China, September 5, 1944. It is overall olive-drab with a dark-gray undercarraige. It has a shark mounth on the nose with a yellow "Jeanne III" above it. There is a white panel below the cockpit that has black "Los Angeles City Limits" on it. There are two horizontal yellow stripes across the rudder with a white 261 between them and a yellow diagonal fuselage band.
4. A P-51D-10-NA flown by Lt. Urban Leonard Drew of 375 FS/361 FG, Little Walden/England, October 7 1944. It is overall bare metal with a yellow nose and spinner. It has a red bomb with white "Detroit Miss" on the sides of the nose. It has black and white invasion stripes on the bottom under the rear fuselage and a black rudder flap and black bars around the wings and elevators. Fuse code is black E2 star and bars D. Serial no. on the rudder is 414164.
2. A 4-view of a P-51D-15-NA flown by Lt. John "Wild Bill" Crump of 360 FS/356 FG, Martlesham Heath/England, April 1945. It also is overall bare metal, with at one time with a black and red spinner, red rudder flap and a black horizontal bar across the forward rudder. black diamonds on a red anti-glare panel in front of the windshield. "Jackie" in black outlined in white on the side of the nose. a black circle with a howling wolf's head on it under the cockpit and black fuselage code PI star and bars W and serial no. 415056 on the rudder.
3. A P-51B-5-NA flown by Capt. Burton N. Rodier Jr. of 25 FS/51 FG, Kunming/China, September 5, 1944. It is overall olive-drab with a dark-gray undercarraige. It has a shark mounth on the nose with a yellow "Jeanne III" above it. There is a white panel below the cockpit that has black "Los Angeles City Limits" on it. There are two horizontal yellow stripes across the rudder with a white 261 between them and a yellow diagonal fuselage band.
4. A P-51D-10-NA flown by Lt. Urban Leonard Drew of 375 FS/361 FG, Little Walden/England, October 7 1944. It is overall bare metal with a yellow nose and spinner. It has a red bomb with white "Detroit Miss" on the sides of the nose. It has black and white invasion stripes on the bottom under the rear fuselage and a black rudder flap and black bars around the wings and elevators. Fuse code is black E2 star and bars D. Serial no. on the rudder is 414164.
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 4 schemes and top and bottom views of the aircraft, over a list of 23 references on the P-51.
It repeats color profiles of the 4 schemes and top and bottom views of the aircraft, over a list of 23 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 the shark mouth, "Detroit Miss", "Contrary Mary", "Jackie" and "Los Angeles City Limits" and the howling wolf head on a black circle.
The third decal sheet holds the black diamonds that go on the second scheme's red anti-glare panel. This sheet is the correction to the decal sheet that has this as a checkerboard pattern. It also holds star and bar insignia.
This is a neat decal sheet. 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: