Model plane. (Mustang I think?) by blinkings
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I would have loved this hanging from my bedroom ceiling as a child. Do you guys think it is a Mustang. I'm not entirely sure.
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alanwilliams
couldn,t tell you, but its a beauty
durleybeachbum
Even I think that is wonderful!
Wolfmanw
Wonderful Capture
debbielove
Hi mate! Yep, you are 99% right.. In late 1946 CAC was given another contract to build 170 (reduced to 120) more P-51Ds on its own; these, designated CA-18 Mustang Mark 21, Mark 22 or Mark 23, were manufactured entirely in-house, with only a few components being sourced from overseas.. (Wiki) Yep, you were the only Country to build Mustangs yourselves.. Basically an uprated P-51D.. Good find.. there are one or two real ones around in your Museums.. Rob
kgb224
A stunning capture of a beautiful model plain my friend.
MRX3010
Thats a Mustang indeed.
Faemike55
Very beautiful model
chuter
Wow - this is the (and this is the most correct of all the correct answers) Martin-Baker (of later ejection seat fame) MB 5. It's powered by a Rolls Royce Griffon. Interesting info found in Wiki ... check it out. You don't see very many models of this bird, rare find. Looks like the prop blades are installed backward for right-hand rotation instead of the correct left-hand. (Incidentally, the CAC Mustangs were indistinguishable from NAA built machines.)
papacavy
Actually, you're all wrong. Even though it looks like a North American P-51D Mustang, it's not. In fact, it is an indigenous Australian, late war, fighter known as the Commonwealth Aircraft Company (CAC) CA-15 (the name escapes me). It was inspired by the Mustang, but if you look closely you'll notice that the cowling slopes up to the cockpit windscreen at a sharper angle than the Mustang; the fuselage at the cockpit in much deeper than the Mustang's; and the radiator housing (called a "bath" I believe) is much longer and does no fair into the aft fuselage like that of the Mustang. Chuter, you were close. The Martin-Baker MB-5 was built in either 1 or 2 examples and was never sent outside of England. It is an engineering axiom that designing an aircraft to similar operational requirements will result in aircraft of similar (not identical) appearance. There could have been some collaboration between CAC and Martin-Baker and North American. I am not 100% expert on Australian aviation history (even though I have been an aviation history enthusiast since 1960 and have illustrated and ghost-written several books on the subject). See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAC_CA-15 for more information. On can also identify that it is a prototype aircraft by the large yellow "P" in a circle. Also note the blue & white fin flash that signified an aircraft of the Royal Australian Air Force.
jocko500
this is wonderful and I would had love it as a child... come to think about it i would like to have one now hanging from my ceiling
danapommet
Well, I'm glad that I didn't guess - I was way off. Wonderful capture Andrew. Dana
bullsnook
would have been a nice addition to the large collection I had as a child, including the P-51-D Mustang aka. the Tank buster