Small Scale Military Headquarters

Greetings:

Just bought one of these on sale at Target.com and it came a few days ago. I must say I am impressed with this airplane and so were my fifth graders. It made the trip with me to school today so I could share the Mustang and the Spitfire with them. We are having a fundraiser at our school and I am presenting my photography and a little about aviation history. So I took the planes in as a preview. They liked them both.

A couple of things I really like about the Mustang. I think the silver weathered color is very well done. Really makes the plane look fantastic. I also like the detail of the model and the pilot and cockpit are fantastic. The wing and landing gear also fit really nice and tight. BBI did a pretty nice job on this airplane. I think the tires are much better than the 21st P-51 and more correct looking, just my opinion.

I got this plane for $40 shipped and I am glad. Yesterday I saw special edition P-51's at the Air and Space Museum stickered at $90. Though they were nice, I can't spend that money for every plane. I feel this model is good looking and was a great purchase.

Sorry if this is old news, it's really exciting to get back into 1/18. I forgot how impressive this scale is and how nice some of these planes present in this scale. Neat Mustang to say the least!

Hey corey what spec. ed. planes did you see? BBD?

Greetings:

Yes I saw the P-51 BBD. It was very nice and pristine (they had one opened and on a shelf for display) but at that price, that was just too much money to dish out for that model.

They also had regular 32X planes stickered at $36 which was steep. I understand they want to make money but if people know the cost of those airplanes in general they won't buy them.

Corey

Glad you like the BBI P-51 The plane is a bit over-riveted when compared to the smooth surfaces on an actual Mustang, but besides that and a few other minor concerns, it really is a great plane! The solid constructions is also quite nice. It is one model that does not feel like it will fall apart in your hands

On another note, $90 for the BBD P-51 at the Air & Space Museum is extremely expensive and actually a rip off. It is at least $30 over the regular retail price at most small retailers, $50 over the regular Wal Mart price and nearly $70 over what the BBD P-51s were discounted to at Wal Mart in the fall. Special edition box or not, great XD plane or not, $90 is way too steep for the 21c P-51!

Still, if a tourist had never seen that plane before - and at the museum, a majority of the visitors will be in that category - they would probably get it...