Hi Time II Mustang Reno racer - Airfix and Draw Decals 1/72nd scale

When is a Mustang wild* horse a wild zebra? When it's a racer piloted by E.D. Weiner that came 2nd in 1967 at Reno.

The happy conjunction of the modified Airfix Mustang kit and a set by Draw Decals resulted in an interesting model, built without any complications, helped by the nice quality of both.

For more information on the mods needed and the step-by-step building post please go here:

https://wingsofintent.blogspot.com/2023/07/hi-time-ii-p-51-mustang-racer.html

*As clearly stated by many sources, Mustangs are not actually wild horses, but feral ones, as they descend from tamed Spanish stock brought to the Americas (immigrant horses, one may say). As we see, many symbols considered "American", are in fact not, something to reflect upon when you hear xenophobic rants. There is a reason why American xenophobes don't speak Native American languages: their ancestors were also... "immigrants". And some of them -as history unequivocally notes- were extremely violent and predatory, unlike contemporary ones, looking -also as of course many of them did then- for an opportunity to make a decent living, or escaping from danger. Immigration, then and now, is a complex subject. What is simple is compassion, solidarity, understanding and kindness.