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

    Post 16 Update

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"FF-902"

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A repaint for "Little Friends I", I've been working on this one for quite some time, but I finally have it nearly finished - just a few more details to touch on.

This is not an "F-51D", but rather a P-51D, caught between the USAAF and the USAF. The aircraft is the subject of a rather stunning color image from 1947. Note the "old stars" still on the wings, and the "new stars" on the fuselage, as well as the non-standard style of the numbers on the tail - all accurate to this particular aircraft. Also, the filler and silver paint finish began to come off, quite bad, and so the entire wing was stripped clean to bare metal, and stencils re-applied.

I'll try to have this finished up, complete with accurate cockpit placards, and uploaded tomorrow morning. It really has been a fun one to do. One of the reasons it took as long as it did, was because with all of the past variants having filled and silver painted wings, I had to re-make a lot of the wing textures, in order to show them as bare metal, with all of the panel and rivet detail as there is with the filler removed.

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Wow, that is nice... And very unique.. A must have! What might be some of the history behind this 'stang?

Joseph
 
Tank you John for this repaint. I keep putting off my attempts at F-51 paints and this may just get me going. As you know I want to redo my KY ANG paint, and I also am trying to find more info on PA ANG birds. did you happen to catch the article on the CA ANg F-51's? kinda interesting also.....
 
What a beautiful paint job! The metalling is fabulous as always - thanks a million John. Any chance we could see the original photo? And (as others ask) what's the story of this aircraft?

DaveQ
 
Lovely job John :applause:

Slightly OT, but is there a paint kit available for the "Little Friends I" package?
 
Fantastic work John, I am leaving tomorrow for a trip but will hopefully bag this one before I leave. Much appreciated. :medals:
 
And here's the photo I worked from. This morning, while revising other things, I "mucked-up" the anti glare shield to try and match the staining seen in the photo.

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I love this skin!!
Any chance that you'll do the incredibly ugly "FAG-315" scheme, as it wore?

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Joseph

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