1:72 scale die cast aircraft from the Witty Wings Sky Guardians collection. For adults and teens to use as a historical display. Fully painted with no cutting, paint or gluing needed! Just open up the box, remove from packaging and you're set! For immediate desktop or shelf display.

Model Features:

Detailed Cockpit with Pilot

Detailed Ordinance

Fixed Landing Gear

Rotating Propeller

Authentic Paint Scheme

Detailed Panel Lines

Includes Display Stand

Heavy Die cast and Plastic Construction

Length: 5.5"

Wingspan: 6"

Considered by many to be the most beautiful single-seat fighter ever built, the P-51 Mustang had an unusual history. Designed after the Second World War had started, it had the privilege of being one of the rare planes to be used on a very large scale before the end of hostilities. It was the undisputed symbol of American military might and owed its existence to Great Britain which was the first country to use it in large numbers and which gave it its excellent Merlin power plant. With more than 15,000 aircrafts being built its success was not limited to its two countries of origin, as many as thirty countries in all the continents had great success with the Mustang.

Despite being economical to produce, the Mustang was a well-made and rugged aircraft. The definitive version of the single-seat fighter was powered by the Packard V-1650-3, a two-stage two-speed supercharged 12-cylinder Packard-built version of the legendary Rolls-Royce Merlin engine, and armed with six aircraft versions of the .50 caliber (12.7 mm) Browning machine guns. Like most other fighters that used a liquid-cooled engine, its weakness was a coolant system that could be punctured by a single bullet. After World War II and the Korean conflict, many Mustangs were converted for civilian use, especially air racing.