ASOBO P-51 IMPROVEMENT MOD

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SOH-CM-2023
just saw this today.


Animated canopy opens and closes by canopy handle and closely follows real-world geometry.
Landing gear legs and doors do not "bow out" on ground compression.
Added cockpit switch to enable/disable 3D pilot model in exterior view. (AMBER IFF/formation light switch on right side of instrument panel)



Asobo Reno P-51D Improvement Mod for Microsoft Flight Simulator | MSFS

✓ Asobo Reno P-51D Improvement Mod is a Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 mod created by RandallSnow. The Asobo Reno P-51D Improvement Mod enhances the fidelity and functionality of the Reno P-51D aircraft in Microsoft Flight Simulator. This add-on uses model attachments from the MSFS SDK to...
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I normally grab these right away for other default/Asobo aircraft. Have the pack, but hardly fly them anymore and this would at least get me back in the -51.
 
Bomber_12th said:
I absolutely love this, and I'm looking forward to the other improvements the author plans. I think I'll have to work on completing some more of the Mustang repaints I had started but shelved a while back.

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Brilliant shots, John!
I have a question for you: in the shot above, I see the number 2473 on the engine covers, yet the serial is 44-14237, so I would expect the numbers on the engine covers to be 4237 as well. If I look for pics of the flying Moonbeam, I see shots with both numbers on the engine covers. Are there two Moonbeams, or did they change the numbers? And if there are two, why not put 4237 on both of them?
 
Brian_Gladden said:
Question on the Asobo Mustangs. Looking at marketplace, some have different cockpit layouts. Will any repaints work on any Asobo stangs?
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Brian, unfortunately each of the Asobo Mustang variants have various amounts of differing mapping and texture requirements, making the repaints only work for on particular model. All of the repaints I've done, as well as most of the others, are for the generic/most stock-looking P-51D, only included in the full Reno product.
 
jankees said:
Brilliant shots, John!
I have a question for you: in the shot above, I see the number 2473 on the engine covers, yet the serial is 44-14237, so I would expect the numbers on the engine covers to be 4237 as well. If I look for pics of the flying Moonbeam, I see shots with both numbers on the engine covers. Are there two Moonbeams, or did they change the numbers? And if there are two, why not put 4237 on both of them?
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Great observation! There has only been the one flying restored 'Moonbeam McSwine', in addition to a static outdoor-displayed Mustang also painted in 'Moonbeam' markings. The restored/flying example used to have the stencils on the cowling correct, as 4237, but after the stencils were redone a few years ago (due to the old stencils having been mostly polished away over time), the new stencils have the number on the cowlings wrong, as 2473. When I made the repaint, I wasn't paying too close attention to that and just wanted to make them correct to the way it is currently, however it is still a little bit of a hodge-podge, as the way the nose art is depicted is from quite some years ago, before it too was redone - I liked it better back then, and I had a extremely good photo to use to get the nose art from.

Speaking of 'Moonbeam McSwine', its last owner, the Warbird Heritage Foundation in the US, sold the Mustang a few months ago and it is now going to be based in England with its new owner at the Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar.
 
Bomber_12th said:
Great observation! There has only been the one flying restored 'Moonbeam McSwine', in addition to a static outdoor-displayed Mustang also painted in 'Moonbeam' markings. The restored/flying example used to have the stencils on the cowling correct, as 4237, but after the stencils were redone a few years ago (due to the old stencils having been mostly polished away over time), the new stencils have the number on the cowlings wrong, as 2473. When I made the repaint, I wasn't paying too close attention to that and just wanted to make them correct to the way it is currently, however it is still a little bit of a hodge-podge, as the way the nose art is depicted is from quite some years ago, before it too was redone - I liked it better back then, and I had a extremely good photo to use to get the nose art from.

Speaking of 'Moonbeam McSwine', its last owner, the Warbird Heritage Foundation in the US, sold the Mustang a few months ago and it is now going to be based in England with its new owner at the Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar.
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Looking forward to hearing her overhead our garden at some point in the Spring then!
 
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