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Top Flite Models produces a 65"wingspan kit and arf and a 84" ws kit and arf. 

 

IAL owner.jpg (41724 bytes)Beautiful Top Flite P-51D model built by Eyal in Israel, powered with a 3W50cc gas engine. The model replicates the first Israeli P-51.

test flight video

 

 

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Eyal's complete build thread is on RCSCALEBUILDER

SEE, no radiator and cut back canopy!!!Turbo powerd P-51 by GEH. More info at RC Groups. Video here.

 

 

Frontal view, reduced drag should yield a speed gain Fits great Bottom of fuse showing additional holes for turbine intake air

lowpassmcowustang.jpg (21787 bytes) 402_mustang.jpg (40134 bytes) 1cowtaxi.jpg (131204 bytes) This 84"ws Top Flite kit was built into a RCAF 402 Squadron based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The middle photo is a 402 Mustang parked on the apron in the late 1950's. The third photo is Bob May's restored P-51 taxing during the Gathering of Mustang in 2007. The kit was powered by a US41 gas motor (changed to a DL50), uses Robart retracts and weighed 22.5 lbs.

 

ff1.JPG (263849 bytes) ff2.JPG (224302 bytes) ff to.jpg (76207 bytes) Frank Miller of Winnipeg built this Top Flite arc into Ferocious Frankie, the plane of Wallace E Hopkins an ace with the 374th Fighter Squadron, 361st Fighter Group. Model is powered by a Brison 3.2

 

1whamb05.jpg (28436 bytes) 44-63864_40_cw2 duxford.jpg (45444 bytes) twightlighttear wartime.jpg (62253 bytes)This 84"ws Top Flite arf was changed from the arf marking of Big Beautiful Doll  into Twilight Tear from the USAF 83rd fighter squadron.  The middle photo is Twilight Tear flying at an airshow in Duxford England and the third photo is a wartime photo of Twilight Tear.  This arf is powered by a Brison 3.2 gas motor, uses Robart retracts and weighed 23.5 lbs.

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A_on_landing.JPG (268297 bytes)A Top Flite rtc arf was converted into an A model (using TF P-51B model parts) to represent the aircraft flown by F/O Larry Doherty who was KIA on June 6, 1943. The model is powered by a Brison 3.2, paint is brushed on latex, robart retracts.

 

b formers.JPG (162219 bytes) Fuselage formers to convert Top Flite D model to B model.

 

 

 

 

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