Hello
I know a Tally Ho decal sheet which encloses a P51c flown by Clarence "Lucky" LESTER ( 100 FS / 332 FG ) : sheet 48016; Tally Ho is a czech company : http://www.tallyho.cz ; I also know a Three Guy Replicas sheet " Tuskegee Airmen in Italy" with a P 40 L, a P 39 Q, two P 51 B or C, the first flown by Wendell Pruitt ( 302 FS / 332 FG), the other one by Ed Toppins ( 99 FS / 332 FG ), this latter with a checker on the nose, and two P 51 D, one flown by Charles White ( 301 FS / 332 FG ) and the other one by Robert Williams ( 100 FS / 332 FG ) . The five P 51 described here are natural metal, red tail and spinner and individual variations . Of the P 51 B/C all drawings show traditional canopy ( no Malcolm ) and no fin fillet ( but they only are drawings...) . Maybe there still another decal sheet produced but I'm not sure. Finally, I'm not willing to raise a polemic, but ICM and Tamiya parts mate each other, so you draw whichever conclusion you want.
Go on , Jeeves, do what you feel right to do about this man, and around the other vets you'll meet, even if they even don't know what a plane can be. They'll share a piece of their lives with you, their hopes, their fears, their dreams. Memory and nostalgy take part of our conscience. Let me tell you a little story. The last kill made by a Republican pilot on Spanish Civil War was made by José FALCO on a Me 109 while flying a I 15 ( or I 153 , I don' t remember) Mr FALCO lived in Toulouse, where I live. He built models, and his son too. I met them 20 years ago and he told me a part of his story, but at the time, apart the historical aspect of the story I had nothing to beat about Spanish Civil War ( and I am of Spanish origin, and my family got involved more or less in it ) I only watched jets . Now I'm a little older, I don't even know where the old chap has gone, and if he still lives, but I think I should search.
When nostalgy has gone you can hardly catch it back . Go on Jeeves, now.