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This Eduard 1/72 Weekend Edition kit depicts a P-51B Mustang fitted with the British-developed Malcolm Hood, which improved the pilot's side and rear visibility. The box contains Eduard plastic parts, decals and instructions without photo-etched parts or painting masks. Multiple marking options are included.
1/72 plastic aircraft kit; Weekend Edition; reference 84214; Eduard decals; Malcolm Hood canopy; photo-etched parts and masks not included.
The Merlin-powered P-51B became a long-range escort fighter for Allied bomber formations. Many P-51B and P-51C aircraft operating from Britain received the bulged sliding Malcolm Hood before the later P-51D introduced its bubble-canopy fuselage.