Model Alliance Group

On Target Profile series of books

RAF and Commonwealth P-51 Mustangs

Product Article by Steve Bamford on Aug 15 2003

 

 

 

This new book from Model Alliance is created by well known profile artist Jon Freeman.

This book is a joint venture between Hawkeye Models and Oz Models in Australia and The Aviation /workshop in the UK.

The book focuses on giving modellers a large selection of colour profiles to help expand their reference library. I've scanned a tiny selection of the colour profiles to give you  a small taste to the many colour profiles presented in this book.  In fact there are 76 different P-51 colour profiles featured in this book.  They cover P-51's from RAF, RCAF, RAAF, RNZAF, RAF Polish Squadrons and even a SAAF machine as well as some USAAF machines flown by the RAF.  The colour profiles in this book feature plane that flew during and after WW2 and some in Korea.

 

Included with each colour profile is info on the particular plane as well as information about it's paint scheme.  Above is an example of one of the colour profiles.  Some of the profiles also include a top and bottom view and two side profiles  to give an all around view of certain F-104's included in this book.  Below I've include a tiny selection of some of the pages....out of respect to the artist's copyright, I am not providing larger scans.

RAF & Polish Squadrons Australian Canadian

76 different P-51 colour profiles featured in this book

Also included in the book is a page with 20 colour chips for the various P-51's.   Towards the back of the book are 2 pages showing a Model Alliance decal sheet and seven P-51 colour profiles showing the planes included in that decal sheet.  The 1/48 and 1/72 decal sheets are NOT included with this book, but there is ordering instructions included in this book, so you can order the decal sheet.  1/72 decals (MA72-602) cost £ 4.50 .....1/48 decals (MA48-602) cost £6.50

If the decals interest you...contact: 
 

On Target Profiles

Aviation Workshop
Brook Barn
Letcombe Regis
Wantage
Oxfordshire
OX12 9SD
UK

Click on images below to see larger images

I'm quite impressed with the quality of this new book.  Although the cover is a soft cover....it is a heavy weight cardboard cover.  The pages are heavy weight paper....this is a reference book sure to last a long long time.  I'm quite impressed with this new book and I look forward to other additions to this new On Target Profile Series.  I recommend this book to anyone interested in the P-51's flown by the Common Wealth.  Special thanks to Jon Freeman for the review sample and bringing this book to my attention.

Steve

Photos and text © by Steve Bamford