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Excellent scenery of the old Oslo Airport, Fornebu

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Personally I prefer the crosses. Lovely repaint(s) as always Danny!!

I also prefer that particular hood. I'd love to see a good K version and even more an E-4 version for MSFS!

Jan
 
Priller said:
Personally I prefer the crosses. Lovely repaint(s) as always Danny!!

I also prefer that particular hood. I'd love to see a good K version and even more an E-4 version for MSFS!

Jan
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Now - that makes three of us! Not putting iron crosses on Spits or wild horses either :costumed-smiley-071 :rocket:

And wile we are at it: Were are those big four engined aluminium clouds to have s/th to play with? (pun intended - after all it's still called a game by M$)
 
I think this is one of my best repaints -ever! Several weeks were spent on this Fighter Enterprises' Grand Champion Award restoration, depicting 424 Sqn. RCAF 9253/ BA-S. The Mustang itself is a real-life Pacific Theater veteran, rescued from a deteriorating condition from Venezuela in '95 before undergoing a 20 year restoration in Florida.
My AH model repaint got a new exterior PBR overhaul with new COMPLETE and NORMAL maps created. I researched through online and personal photos meticulously to get things as accurate (as the limitations of the modeling allow) as possible...since I can't find anymore errors, and I'm finally satisfied with the reflection and shine - I'm calling it done! Will be available at FS.to ( under my pseudonym DeltaSierra) probably tomorrow.

P-51D NL951HB by Doug Smith, on Flickr
 
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Fnerg said:
I think this is one of my best repaints -ever! Several weeks were spent on this Fighter Enterprises' Grand Champion Award restoration, depicting 424 Sqn. RCAF 9253/ BA-S. The Mustang itself is a real-life Pacific Theater veteran, rescued from a deteriorating condition from Venezuela in '95 before undergoing a 20 year restoration in Florida.
My AH model repaint got a new exterior PBR overhaul with new COMPLETE and NORMAL maps created. I researched through online and personal photos meticulously to get things as accurate (as the limitations of the modeling allow) as possible...since I can't find anymore errors, and I'm finally satisfied with the reflection and shine - I'm calling it done! Will be available at FS.to ( under my pseudonym DeltaSierra) probably tomorrow.
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Excellent work on the repaint, Doug!

Your description of the real world aircraft is however not completely accurate. The real aircraft, P-51D-20-NA 44-72059, didn't serve in the Pacific Theatre. It is however a WWII European Theatre combat-vet, having served with the 384th Fighter Squadron, 364th Fighter Group, of the 8th Air Force, with fuselage code 5Y-P. Very soon after WWII it was sold to the Swedish Air Force (as serial no. Fv26142), followed by the Nicaraguan Air Force in 1955, was brought back to the US in '63 and later sold to the Bolivian Air Force in 1966, and eventually wound up in a Venezuelan Air Force Museum in 1984, from where it was recovered and brought back to the US in 1995. https://www.mustangsmustangs.com/p-51/survivors/serial/44-72059

The RCAF Mustang for which it is painted to represent, P-51D-30-NA 44-74582, was built too late to see service in WWII and was immediately placed into storage fresh from the factory. In 1950 it was brought out of storage, overhauled, and began service with the RCAF in Canada. After its time with the RCAF, it was sold onto the civilian market in the US in the late 1950s and has remained in civilian hands in the US ever since - it has been owned and operated by Joe Thibodeau of Denver, Colorado, since 1991. https://www.mustangsmustangs.com/p-51/survivors/serial/44-74582
 
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Excellent work on the repaint, Doug!

Your description of the real world aircraft is however not completely accurate. The real aircraft, P-51D-20-NA 44-72059, didn't serve in the Pacific Theatre. It is however a WWII European Theatre combat-vet, having served with the 384th Fighter Squadron, 364th Fighter Group, of the 8th Air Force, with fuselage code 5Y-P. Very soon after WWII it was sold to the Swedish Air Force (as serial no. Fv26142), followed by the Nicaraguan Air Force in 1955, was brought back to the US in '63 and later sold to the Bolivian Air Force in 1966, and eventually wound up in a Venezuelan Air Force Museum in 1984, from where it was recovered and brought back to the US in 1995. https://www.mustangsmustangs.com/p-51/survivors/serial/44-72059

The RCAF Mustang for which it is painted to represent, P-51D-30-NA 44-74582, was built too late to see service in WWII and was immediately placed into storage fresh from the factory. In 1950 it was brought out of storage, overhauled, and began service with the RCAF in Canada. After its time with the RCAF, it was sold onto the civilian market in the US in the late 1950s and has remained in civilian hands in the US ever since - it has been owned and operated by Joe Thibodeau of Denver, Colorado, since 1991. https://www.mustangsmustangs.com/p-51/survivors/serial/44-74582
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Rats...Thanks for clarifying John, I'll make the changes. Wing_Z what a pretty shot! Thanks!
 
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Looking good... I am wondering what's the backstory of the Matte wing panels and rudder?
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You might be seeing that some control surfaces are fabric covered, not metal. I believe all P-51s had a fabric rudder and the elevators varied depending on date of manufacture or retrofit. The elevators switched to metal with the P-51D-20-NA block and were often retrofitted to earlier blocks. The retrofit would not have happened before February or March 1945 at the earliest.

I'm sure John can give all details!
 
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Looking good... I am wondering what's the backstory of the Matte wing panels and rudder?
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There are a few different answers to give to that question:

- The rudder on all production Mustangs was fabric-covered (the elevators were as well, on all Mustangs up to P-51D-25-NA production, when they were switched to metal, and changed to metal on earlier P-51Ds still in service). Therefore, they needed some type of painted finish, and when the change occurred at the start of 1944 with USAAF aircraft were no longer being painted in camouflage from the factory and simply left bare, the fabric surfaces were finished in dull silver to most closely match the appearance of bare metal.

- During original factory production, every P-51 had roughly the forward 40% of the wing sprayed with surfacer (which filled in the rivets), and the panel lines and screws in this area of the wing were filled with putty and sanded smooth. When the aircraft were still being painted in camouflage, this wing treatment was simply painted over with the camouflage paint. However, from the start of the 1944 onward, when the aircraft were left bare metal, they still needed to paint the wings on the P-51s in order to protect the wing profiling achieved with the surfacer and filler. Therefore, the wings were painted dull silver in order to most closely match the bare metal finish of the rest of the aircraft. Since the landing gear doors, fuel tank cover panels, flaps and ailerons didn't receive the surfacer/filler treatment, they remained bare metal.

- Switching to the modern day restorations (as in the case of the subject of Doug's repaint), there are essentially three categories of bare metal Mustangs flying today with silver-painted wings. For one, there are a select few modern bare metal P-51 restorations that are done very accurately, with the wings filled/profiled and painted dull silver, as close to original 1940s production as possible (such as Sierra Sue II, Lope's Hope 3rd, Upupa Epops, and Happy Jack's Go Buggy). Then, there are a number of other restored bare metal Mustangs that don't have the wings filled/profiled, but still have the wings painted silver in order to have a close appearance to original factory/1940s look. However, many other bare metal Mustangs flying today, especially those with highly polished fuselages and silver-painted wings, do so not just because the wings were painted silver originally in the '40s, but in large part because it cuts down on the amount of polishing/upkeep required than there would be if the wings were left bare metal/polished.
 
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