Well that will be a nice mustang model that I will almost certainly never pick over the Tamiya.

(GROAN). Another test of my fractured will power coming soon.

I'd be more excited if it was a P-51B/C - and really excited if it was a P-51H(with a P/F-82 to follow)!

I'll probably try to snag a Royal Class boxing when it comes out. Personally I'm thrilled they are doing a new tool P-51D. Tamiya and Hasegawa are nice, Meng is excellent, and the Airfix looks great, but knowing Eduard I bet we will get options they ignored.

Radio setups for ETO, CBI, and PTO (VLR) were all different and visibly so. Current kits are all based on ETO setups, with some offering CBI ring masts but not correct radios to go with them. No one offers the correct PTO radios even in boxes marked specifically as Pacific Mustangs. I'd love an Iwo Jima Mustang that actually looks correct including 110gal teardrop tanks.

Fillet-less tail for early blocks, along with correct wings if they follow the example of their Spitfires and show the subtle differences. Airfix and Meng both depict a wing that is only correct for a D-25/K-10 or later, having HVAR mount locations moulded on them.

And these are just US Mustangs, consider the changes for other users. Red Roo and Ultracast offer resin parts, but likely Eduard will have them in the box.

There are other differences in the D throughout its life as well, but those are just some obvious ones that I hope Eduard will address. The current kits work great if you want to build something from the 8th or 9th Air Forces, but I am hoping to see a kit that covers the CBI and PTO properly for a change as well.

Besides all of that, I imagine Eduard chose it for the same reason they chose the Spitfires and 109's; it will absolutely sell. Who doesn't love Spitfires, Mustangs, and Messerschmidts?

Nothing against having multiple offering to chose from, but Tamyia will be hard to beat. One thing that Eduard will have better for sure will be the decals and camouflage options. What I dont get is why doesnt Eduard do a 1/48 scale Mig-15 and Mig-17 or an early Mig-21 ? They already have the data and they would dominate the market in that area.

Nothing against having multiple offering to chose from, but Tamyia will be hard to beat. One thing that Eduard will have better for sure will be the decals and camouflage options. What I dont get is why doesnt Eduard do a 1/48 scale Mig-15 and Mig-17 or an early Mig-21 ? They already have the data and they would dominate the market in that area.

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Nothing against having multiple offering to chose from, but Tamyia will be hard to beat. One thing that Eduard will have better for sure will be the decals and camouflage options. What I dont get is why doesnt Eduard do a 1/48 scale Mig-15 and Mig-17 or an early Mig-21 ? They already have the data and they would dominate the market in that area.

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I spoke to a gentleman from Eduard the summer before last at the IPMS Nats in South Carolina about this very subject - I suggested that the modeling world would likely beat a path to their door if they scaled up their 1/72 Mig . He said the process would take 2 years till it was available- perhaps we will see it one day