Manufacturer Eduard
Model Number 84176
Date of release New tool 2019
Part count Four grey sprues. One clear sprue, small photo etch
Price payed 16,2 Eur
Decals in the box Four: 362 FS, 357 FG, 8 AF 4472199 / G4A (Capt. Charles E. Weaver) April 1945 RAF Leiston GB | 458 FS, 506 FG, 20 AF 4472558 / 556 The Boll Weevil / A Neat Package (Lt. Bennet C. Commer / Lt. Henry C. Seegers jr.) July 1945 Iwo Jima JP | 82 TRS, 71 TRG, 5 AF 4472505 / 66 The Flying Undertaker / Snooks (Maj. William A. Shomo) May 1945 Lingayen, Luzon | PH 84 FS, 78 FG, 8 AF 4472099 / WZX Little Chic (Lt. Warren S. Blodgett) April 1945 RAF Duxford GBExtras ICM pilots&ground crew, Base scratch builtPaints used AK Black primer, Extreme metal Steel (AK 476), White aluminium (AK 478), Aluminium (AK 479), Dark aluminium (AK 480); Tamiya: Yellow green (XF4) Nato green (XF67) Rubber black (XF85), Silver (LP11), Pink (X17), Smoke (X19); Life color: Deep cockpit black (UA735) Dark Grey (UA022)
Weathering products used 502: Faded grey(Abt100), Starship filth (Abt519); MIG: Faded green (P048), Dark mud (P033), Allied Green (fading) (P36), Dry mud (P232), Industrial city dirt (P039), Citadel shade casandora yellow, Nullin oil, Agrax eatheshade, Reikland fleshshade
Airbrush used Badger 360
High points Nice details, goes together effortlessly
Low points Decals if you don't like Eduard new style decals

Timestamp:
0:00 Box content
0:40 Addon parts
0:47 Build
6:20 Cockpit ready
7:10 Build continues
11:26 Painting
13:40 Decaling
14:08 Peeling off the carrier film
14:46 Weathering
15:38 Making the wheel treads etc
16:17 Weathering continues
19:31 Final assembly
21:38 Making the base
25:14 Final reveal

In this build I wanted to make simple Mustang with a base to accompany to Tempest and Bf 109. Eduard Weekend edition was perfect as I intended to use some figures, so the photo etch parts would have gone waist. There are four different paint schemes and I wanted something colorful and an European theater bird. This P51D20 package was perfect for that.

In this video I show more things that I haven't shown in previous videos, for example, how to make the simple base and some finalizing steps of the build.

This was an easy kit to build and I had time to practice a new Tamiya LP paint and new weathering method for metal finish. In some areas it was too stark and in other too light, perhaps I need more practice. But in theory I liked the end result. The other thing that I wanted to test was peeling off the Eduard decal film. The first time in 1/72 Desert Babes it was extremely thin and was hard to peel off, but in this decal film was thicker and peeled off easily. In my opinion it is one unnecessary step in building and doesn't give too much compared to regular decals. Print quality was good at least to my eyes. However I preferred the old Cartograph decals.

The base is simple and perhaps a bit large for Mustang, but it is the same as in my other two 1/48 European WW2 planes.

All in all I'm quite happy with the model and I could build more of these in the future.

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