The first production contract was awarded by the British for 320 NA-73 fighters, named Mustang Mk I by an anonymous member of the British Purchasing Commission; a second British contract soon followed, which called for 300 more (NA-83) Mustang Mk I fighters.
This aircraft, which was developed in 1940 before the United States entered WWII, became known in the U.S. Army Air Corps as the P51A, and our paper card model airplane is fashioned after this famous fighter aircraft.
The P-51A used the new Allison V-1710-81 engine, a development of the V-1710-39, driving a 10 ft 9 in (3.28 m) diameter three-bladed Curtiss-Electric propeller. The armament was changed to four wing-mounted .50 in (12.7 mm) Browning machine guns, two in each wing, with a maximum of 350 rounds per gun (rpg) for the inboard guns and 280 rpg for the outboard.
The aircraft continued to be improved until it became the famous "Mustang" used to escort B-17s during the Second World War.
This paper card model of the North American P51A has been created as a downloadable pdf file. You should download the pdf file to your computer and save it so that you can reproduce the model as often as you want.
You should print this pdf file on 32# paper in full color. For assembly all that is required is a pencil, a pair of scissors, a knife and some white glue.
Once assembled you will have a beautiful model which will be hard to differentiate from plastic or wood models. This paper card model of the North American P51A makes a great school or family project.
Be sure and order your copy today!
Here is a really nice model of the P51A Mustang:
Or perhaps you would rather have one you can fly, like this replica of the famous "Red Tail" Mustangs flown by the Tuskegee Airman during WWII:
