• 1/48 scale pre-finished
• Die-cast metal with a minimum of plastic.
• Professionally painted.
• All markings pad applied for superb results.
• Cockpit slides open.
• Comes with a pilot that can be removed.
• Comes with display stand.
• Can be displayed with landing gear up or down.

Later in WWII the Allied bombers were flying deep into Germany but suffered tremendous
losses because of the lack of range the fighter escorts had. German fighters would wait
beyond the range of the Allied fighters and then attack the vulnerable bombers. Once the
P-51 called Mustang by the British had the Allison engine replaced with a British Merlin it
possessed the high performance that had been lacking. With drop tanks the P-51 had
the range to escort bombers all the way to Berlin and back.

As a member of the 354th FG (Pioneers) and the 353 FS during WWII Glenn Eagleston
became their top ace with 18.5 victories, 2 more probable, 7 damaged aircraft and at
least 5 more destroyed on the ground. His victories were achieved while flying almost
100 missions in P-47s or P-51s. Eagleston quickly became known as a “fighter pilot’s
fighter pilot”. On one mission Eagleston talked another P-51 pilot; that had difficulty
maintaining flight and was going to bail out; all the way from Berlin to a safe landing in
England.