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U.S. Army F-51H 1960s.zip

Mick

Mick

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A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category FS 2004 Military skins - Cold War

Description: A skin for l'iguane's update of A.F. Scrub's rework of Jerry Beckwith's FS9 North American / Cavalier P-51 / F-51 Mustang in the colors and markings of a plane used by the U.S. Army for various test programs during the 1960s.

L'Iguane painted the plane as warbird N1313H, which wears colors implying that it was purchased from surplus after the Army was finished with it. With the assistance of photos of an Army F-51H found on the web, I have repainted l'Iguane's texture to depict the plane in its time with the Army. (I couldn't read the serial number in the pictures, so I made one up.)

Paint job mostly by l'Iguane, altered by Mick.

To check it out, rate it or add comments, visit U.S. Army F-51H 1960s.zip
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Just an FYI...

The US Army never used the F-51H, and the photos you are referring to are of tall-tailed Cavalier F-51D's, such as this one photographed below (they are not H-models, but are Cavalier-modified D-models with the extended tail fin cap as originally designed by the NACA during WWII and copied by Cavalier in the 60's):

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There were only three US Army Cavalier Mustangs (all modified D's) - these were 68-15795, 68-15796, and 44-72990 (the only one to retain its original USAAF serial number).


The P-51H N313H never served in the military with that scheme - the paint scheme was a civil paint scheme inspired by the Cavalier civilian Mustang paint schemes.

Cavalier was the company that introduced this style of paint scheme, as used first on their Civilian Mustangs. A lot of owners of stock/non-Cavalier Mustangs, such as the P-51H N313H, copied this paint scheme layout on their Mustangs too.

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Another Cavalier P-51D with the extended tail fin cap - this was not a P-51H tail, only the very top cap/end piece of the vertical stabilizer was taller, copied from the same modification that the NACA did to their P-51B's and D's in their research/dive testing flights.

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The original (non military) P-51H N313H, with a paint scheme modeled after the popular Cavalier company paint schemes at the time.

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