peter havriluk Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 I have five A/M Mustangs to be assembled, P-51, P-51A, A-36, F6-A, F6-B. When searching out canopy masks, I don't guess I need to obtain a mask particular to each individual type. I suspect Accurate Miniatures used the same canopy mold for all of these variations, allowing me to buy five of any mask that fits any one of these variations. Make sense, or have I missed something? Thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
seawinder Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 Pretty sure that's correct. I've got the P-51 boxing. It provides the Malcolm hood, which I believe is only called for on the Mustang Mk. Ia boxing, so it's almost certain the same clear sprue was used for all the boxings. It's a shame they never provided parts for an open canopy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
peter havriluk Posted September 4, 2021 Author Share Posted September 4, 2021 All true. I have assembled the Academy 1/72 model with its open canopy, and if it was easily done in 1/72 it surely was possible in 1/48. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
barkin mad Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 21 hours ago, seawinder said: Pretty sure that's correct. I've got the P-51 boxing. It provides the Malcolm hood, which I believe is only called for on the Mustang Mk. Ia boxing, so it's almost certain the same clear sprue was used for all the boxings. It's a shame they never provided parts for an open canopy. The Mustang 1a was the cannon armed Allison engined variant in RAF service, afaik, it never got Malcom hoods, I think only the Mk III, (P-51b/c) was sometimes fitted with it. ------------ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
seawinder Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 4 hours ago, barkin mad said: The Mustang 1a was the cannon armed Allison engined variant in RAF service, afaik, it never got Malcom hoods, I think only the Mk III, (P-51b/c) was sometimes fitted with it. ------------ Yes, that's true from what I've read. However, the question was about the clear parts AM provided in their various Mustang kits: apparently they were all the same since they all included the Malcolm hood as an option, and AM (mistakenly?) showed it in the box art for the Mk. Ia boxing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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