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Permalink Reply by bob james on February 25, 2011 at 5:17pm

Bob here in Olathe,

 

I was a "Troy's Toys" the other day just after he received this new batch of Hobby Master Aircrafts.  The new arrivals were a very nice group of aircraft and I had to purchase a few.  The new P-51D Mustang flown by Preddy is the best I've seen in the 1: 48th scale.  It may be the best of all P-51D Mustang in all scales.   If you have your Preddy Mustang by Hobby Master you will see all the little details of a Barber Shop and looking at right side of this Mustang cowling you will see a Barber Pole and a few more small details of a Barber or a Barber Shop.  The significance of all the small Barber Shop details was that the head crew chief that was in charge of Preddy's Mustang was a Barber and got permission from George Preddy to paint Barber Pole and other little details on the the P-51D Mustang called "Cripes a' Mighty". 

 

The other HM aircraft that was a "Ball Buster" was the A-26 and I can't wait to see the Black Model that will be showing up next.  I like the Night Fighters and have a nice collection of all the Night Fighters that have been produced by several different manufactures of Diecast Aircraft.  I'm a big fan of Gemini Aces and they have a very nice P-51B/C Mustang "Cripes a" Might in the 1:72 scale that I consider to be the bes in the 1:72nd scale.  I purchase mine from Troy's  and if you don't have one I would suggest that you contact Troy at "Troy's Toys" and see if he has an extra on to sell.  They were all sold out within a few weeks of there being made public.  If you can't find one a Troy's Toys let me know and I may have an extra that I would sell.

 

Cheers, Bob

Permalink Reply by DiecastAirplane.com on February 25, 2011 at 5:21pm

Yes, the Gemini Cripes 'a' Mighty is a beautiful model and sold out about as fast as I've seen any model go. The night fighters are cool looking in general and the upcoming HobbyMaster B-26 is a hot item.