P-51 Mustang "Beguine" racer - Modified Academy 1/72 kit with Draw Decals

 

The Academy kit provided a pleasant build and the Draw Decals set is very good. The transformation of the basic kit into the racer requires some surgery and scratch-building, but I think it's within reach for the experienced modelers. This model was built a bit like a practice run for the one being built in parallel, exactly the same plane but from the Arma kit and the Red Pegasus decals.

The building sequence for this Academy kit build can be seen here:

https://wingsofintent.blogspot.com/2023/01/p-51-mustang-beguine-racer-academy.html

And the parallel build of the Arma kit can be visited here:

https://wingsofintent.blogspot.com/2023/01/p-51-mustang-beguine-second-model-based.html