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  • Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.

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Beautiful Bitch

How's this?

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42-104114 was the subject of my next paintjob, so I made a 'clean' version first.
It has the Lockheed construction number on the nose, the serial on the tail, and some minor petrol and exhaust stains, as if she just arrived at Group..
Which FG? And who can tell me her regular pilot and name?
 
jankees said:
Which FG? And who can tell me her regular pilot and name?
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This one's odd. A search on the serial number turns up this page, listing the a/c as flown by Lt. Lyle H. Baker of the 94th FS, 15th Air Force. Records a takeoff accident on September 25, 1944. But in other versions of the page and in searches on the serial number alone, the listing disappears - I guess I'm getting a cahched version of the page in one instance, but I don't know which.

Baker is also referenced here and there's a photo of him here.

Am I in the ballpark?

EDIT: Starting here and reading the full narrative, it seems that Baker and 94th FS, 1st FG were the air escort at Gibraltar when the presidential task force went through on the way to Yalta in Feb. 1945.

94th FS was, of course, the "hat in the ring" squadron that got its start in WWI as the 103rd Aero Squadron with the likes of Rickenbacker and other Lafayette Escadrille veterans.

Still no closer to additional leads on the aircraft, though...
 
certainly in the ballpark, with the 94st FG/ 1st FG, though I have the pilot as Capt. Warren Campbell:

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and here is a wip shot of my version:

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I'm still working on a few details, but you'll get your chance to fly them too...

post war story by him can be found here
 
Well I now need these paints....thanks a bunch man.....made me go spend this money ....but I did get it at a great price.......what a great plane. It does hit me up for some frame stutter but is a gret looking and flying bird.
 
jankees said:
certainly in the ballpark, with the 94st FG/ 1st FG, though I have the pilot as Capt. Warren Campbell...

post war story by him can be found here
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Sounds as though Capt. Campbell might have been a little cross with Lt. Baker one September morning...

Paint looks great - looking forward to it.

Would you ever consider an adaptation of the St. Exupery paint for the FSD Lightning? Granted it's not an F-5 so suspension of disbelief is required... but if you take it on at some point, let us know...
 
jankees said:
did you see my paint for the SU F-5?
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I did - I own it and get a lot of pleasure out of it. It's just that I give a slight edge to the FSD P-38 for flight dynamics and atmosphere, so I tend to fly it more often. But clearly a luxury request since the SU repaint is extremely good.

Speaking of extremely good, the current one's coming along nicely...
 
I just approved these four P-38's on OZX, so head over there now to download them.
Please note that while the main textures are in 2048 size, I have NOT included 2048 spec and bump maps for an easier download. If you want higher framerates than with the original 4096 textures, you'll have to use one of my earlier paints to find the smaller specs and bumps.
Let me know what you think?
 
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