Although these models don’t do much for me, it does look more appropriate being reversed.

Sadly this particular P51D Big Beautiful Doll crashed in Arizona in 2016 killing both pilot Jeff Pino and passenger Nick Tramontano. I believe there were 3 P51D's painted in this configuration, two of which have been lost in recent years.

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I am sorry to hear that; I was just reading about this Sopwith Camel crash from last Sunday:

https://www.wcvb.com/article/plane-c...ICID=ref_fark#

Lost power mid flight, made the runway but the landing gear collapsed when he hit the tarmac, causing it to flip over.

Fortunately no one was injured, but it was a pretty authentic flying experience.

K

https://images2.imgbox.com/de/8b/Hbqz0Ggw_o.jpg

You can call it a 1964 1/2 Mustang but all were registered as 1965 Mustangs.