Kovozávody Prostějov (KP) – KPM0248 – F-6C “Photo-recce Mustang Malcolm”

Description:

F-6C
“Photo-recce Mustang Malcolm”

Unassembled plastic model kit in 1/72 scale of a U.S. WWII fighter aircraft North American P-51 Mustang in a photo reconnaissance variant F-6C converted from P-15B or P-51C and fitted with a bubbled sliding canopy Malcolm hoods type, a British design that some U.S. groups also adopted as was a big improvement in both visibility and pilot surveillance versus previous original framed canopy which was not openable on flight and with poor visibility.

Kit includes 3 markings (U.S.) two for the European theater (1944) and one unknown and not dated one.