ORIGINAL: CorsairJock
ORIGINAL: acdii
.............my friend happens to have a Top Flite P-51 kit, in the box, unbuilt, still had tape on the box. Same as the Gold Edition, but before the Gold Edition................
The Top Flite kits BEFORE the Gold Edition kits have little in common. I had the pre-Gold Edition Mustang years ago, and know for a fact that it is completely different from the Gold Edition kit.
Certainly right. The old TF planes are not as kind as the newer Gold Edition flying wise. The Gold is a much better kit too. That I think is the main reason why the gold series came out to tame those airfoils that made quite a few unhappy fliers. Especially the P47 that had a nasty stall same with the P40 and 39. I think you maybe lucky. The P51 was not too bad. Just don`t fall asleep on it.