I'm glad the issue of props on P-51s was brought up because it was always something that bothered me. From my earliest exposure to models I always liked the Mustang for its sleek lines and beautiful proportions. Without a doubt, part of its appeal to me is that huge 4-bladed prop on the front. Even as a kid, I made note of the fact that there were 2 different styles of props used on Mustangs. A bit of research (way back when) revealed that there were 2 brands of props used, Hamilton Standard and Aeroproducts. I'm not sure which one is which, but I always liked the design that the blades look similar to an outline of a baseball bat.

I've seen numerous Mustang models lovingly crafted right down to the rivets, skin texture, detailed cockpits, even tread patterns on tires and functional scale exhausts, only to have the effect totally ruined by a stupid looking popsicle stick of a prop hanging on the nose. Seeing a model like that is to me the equivalent of being served a goumet meal with a dead bug in it[:'(]

Yes, there are those who will argue that no model is 100% scale and I suspect that someone who can disregard a feature as prominent as a prop on a Mustang would probably consider it accurate enough even if it had the tailfeathers of a Piper Cub on it.