Model Alliance
Group
On Target Profile
series of books
RAF and
Commonwealth P-51 Mustangs
Review by Steve
Bamford
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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
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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.
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| 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
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decals interest you...contact: |
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On Target Profiles |
| Aviation
Workshop |
| Brook
Barn |
| Letcombe
Regis |
| Wantage |
| Oxfordshire |
| OX12
9SD |
| UK |
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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 ©
2003 by
Steve
Bamford
