What Mustang for the Tuskegee Red Tails?

I'm guessing they would have had B/C models and then the D's.

For a D in 1/72...Airfix. Having done Academy, Heller, Tamiya and several Airfix 51's...Airfix will get my vote every time. They even have one boxed with RedTails markings, and it's 1/2 the cost of the Tamiya 51 (if even that much!)

For a B/C...the Academy kit is nice...much better than their D.

B's mostly. The only diffrence between the B and C was the C was built in Dallas. Like fermis said they moved to the D's later.

Can't help you as to specific variants (though i'm convinced i've seen pictures of B/C's in Red Tail markings). I have heard/seen GREAT things about the airfix P-51D. The older release, at least, comes as a Red Tails plane. Only problem is, if you don't like the -D, Airfix doesn't really have anything. (I've alway's been partial to the earlier variants, myself.

As far as I know, the only difference between the P-51B and the P-51C is where they were built.  The B was built in California and the C was built in Texas.

My grandpa was on a B-17 crew and was escorted on several missions by the red tails. He said they were in D's when he saw them. I choose to go with that because I prefer the P-51D. Haven't really looked beyond my bias toward the D at this point though. 

There is a surviving D model Mustang which was not only flown by the Red Tails, but was recently repainted into its wartime colours and reunited with its WW2 pilot! Unfortunately I didn't keep the article, but the item was in one of the heritage aircraft magazines, probably "Flypast"

I think there's a Tamiya D kit with 332nd markings. Not that they are very complex.

Here's the current one they fly at airshows. I would assume that it's the right model but I only shot the picture a few years ago. Hope this helps.

Max

Although a snap-tite kit, Pegasus makes a great 1/48 51B in Tuskegee markings. It's not a bad kit for the price and is a quick build.

According to Aeromaster Decals they flew both D's and B/C models

Look up (GOOGLE) Col. Charles E McGee who was one of the Tuskegee Airmen. They flew P-40s, P51 B/Cs, and P51Ds. Col Mcgee stayed in the Service and flew Combat in Korea as well as in Viet Nam. His P-51 B had the name KITTEN on the nose. He flew missions out of Ramitelli, Italy. I have seen pictures of him near a P-51D., but I cannot say he flew it.

TAmiya is the best Mustang in both 1/72, and in 1/48th.The 1:32 nd is the overall king.

I've built the Tamiya 1/48 -D and it falls together. It's a truly wonderful kit to build. 

BK