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Warbirdsim and Flight Replicas Unite

mike_cyul

SOH-CM-2025
Warbirdsim and Flight Replicas are pleased to announce the upcoming release of a joint package containing Warbirdsim's P-51 and Flight Replicas Bf-109K-4, in a single package. The price for this single package ($47.00 US) is a significant discount over the purchase of the two aircraft separately.

As these aircraft were combatants in European skies at the same period during the final months of WWII, we thought it was a natural idea to get them together into one sim package, so that users can directly compare them, and also try their hand against each other in multiplayer. These top-of-the-line fighters were very closely matched in many aspects of performance, and were regarded as the equal of one another when flown by pilots of equal skill. So sharpen those skills, you'll need them.

On top of that, both variants are the "K" version of the respective aircraft!

The aircraft in the package are as follows:

P-51:

P-51K-1-NT “Dot Darlin/Our Mom” (s/n 44-11360)
The personal mount of Lt. Carl E. Decklar, assigned to the 354th FS, 355th FG, based at Steeple Morden, in Cambridgeshire, England.

P-51K-5-NT “Nooky Booky IV” (s/n 44-11622)
The famed personal mount of Maj. Leonard “Kit” Carson, assigned to the 362nd FS, 357th FG, based at Leiston, in Suffolk, England.

P-51K-5-NT “Rusty” (s/n 44-11623)
The personal mount of Capt. Llyod J. “Jeff” French, assigned to the 503rd FS, 339th FG, based at Fowlmere, in Cambridgeshire, England. Aircraft later reassigned to Lt. William "Bill" Preddy (brother of Maj. George E. Preddy), who kept the aircraft's nickname.


P-51K-5-NT “Donna-Mite” (s/n 44-11624)
The personal mount of Lt. Leroy C. Pletz, assigned to the 352nd FS, 353rd FG, based at Raydon, in Suffolk, England.

P-51K-5-NT “It’s Super Mouse/Sweet Sue” (s/n 44-11626)
The personal mount of Lt. Robert V. Dodd, assigned to the 328th FS, 352nd FG, based at Asche, Belgium.

Bf-109K-4:

(pilots and serial numbers are difficult to come by for Bf-109K-4's, and so most of these aircraft are generally anonymous except for their Jagdgeschwader (Fighter Wing) and Gruppe, identifiable by the fuselage markings. However, these particular aircraft were chosen as being highly illustrative of the the many different camouflage styles in effect by the end of the War, some due to official policy, some for tactical, some for paint supply reasons, and some due to the wide dispersal of the manufacturing of the main components.)

JG 3 "White 8"
Found abandoned by US troops at War's end. Sported the name "Gaby" under the cockpit.

JG 52 "Yellow 5"
Found at Ainring, Germany, by US troops at War's end. Has a very non-standard paint scheme, plus the number "5" on one side of fuselage only.

JG 52 "Black 4" (s/n 332529)
Found at Deutche Brod by US troops at War's end. Otherwise known as "The Red Tulip", one of the more famous K-4's, because of the unusual nose art.

JG 27 "Blue 16"
Found at a repair depot in Germany by US troops at War's end.

KG (J) 6 "Black 12"
Found at Praha-Ruzyne at War's end, with one of the final official paint schemes applied to the K-4.

John at Warbirdsim has done all new paint schemes for this release, while the Bf-109K-4 contains four schemes from the original package, one scheme that was done subsequent to that release, and one brand new paint scheme.

This package will be available on both the Flight Replicas and Warbirdsim websites only.

There is no official release date as of yet, but it will not be long. We'll post a specific date as soon as we have one.

Mike


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Those two go together like peas and carrots , love them both ... this would a superb package for you Multiplayers out there :cool:<input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><input jscode="leoInternalChangeDone()" onclick="if(typeof(jsCall)=='function'){jsCall();}else{setTimeout('jsCall()',500);}" id="jsProxy" type="hidden">
 
Don't you guys already have enough of my money between you?

But hey, wife talking about a divorce and she'll never look for money spent here:jump:
 
Not many classy partnerships over the years - Laurel and Hardy, Siskell and Ebert, Burke and Hare and, of course Nixon and Agnew. Good luck.
 
Thank you all for the very kind words! I personally couldn't be more excited, or proud, to be working with Mike on this project, and I feel especially privileged just to have this opportunity. What a great and unique opportunity to have two K-models of the famed Bf-109 and P-51 paired together - of course for me, it was the best excuse to finally reproduce some variants that I had been hoping to do for quite some time.

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Having another round of "friendly" competition:

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Nice shots indeed ! :applause:

As beautifully displayed in the two top screenies, what strikes me is the exceptional significant difference between both planes while both equipped with inline engines. Possibly a rookie question but which of the two would come out as winner if engaged in a dog fight and both pilots would have about the same experience and skills ?....

What about a " What if " scenario for this Special Occasion Wedding Package ? : " What if " the P-51 was developed by Messerschmidt and the Me-109 by North American..... I mean, Edgar Schmued, lead designer of the P-51 was just as German as Willy Messerschmidt was...What about Edgar stayed home and Willy went to the US....

Any repainter who likes to pick up the gauntlet ? Paint the 109 in bare-metal Donna-Mite scheme and the P-51 in 109 camo scheme as seen in the top shots ?..... ( or maybe John might like the idea himself, since the package isn't released yet....:cool: ) What would a similar screenshot look like then ??.....

Ok, probabely a dumb proposal, it might just have made only minor differences IF Willy went to the US and designed the 'P-109' and Edgar stayed in Germany and designed the 'Sch-51 "Wildpfert" '. Seeing the screenies i just thought it would atleast be interesting to see what the 109 may have looked like in the usual P-51 flamboyant bare-metal scheme.

I have both the P-51 and Me109 packages, they are both works of art, but i might be tempted to buy this special pack just for the bare-metal P-109. :mixedsmi:

cheers,
jan
 
One of the not often considered but important ponderables was range and fuel capacity. Having to beat feet for low fuel certainly handicapped the Germans vrs the also short range Brits in the Battle of Brittan. The long range japanese planes having to transit the slot from Rabul had a range advantage, but a longer mission with the disadvantages that entailed. I think most fighter pilots would embrace the adage that if you were in a fair fiight you screwed up....

T
 
I have to teach a few if not many in New Zealand , I'm the steam but the rest here run outta HUFF :mixedsmi: a few choregraphed screens, heck a group along with A2A B-17s clicked at the right time would look amazing ! 109 -51 and a Bomber group :cool: <input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><input jscode="leoInternalChangeDone()" onclick="if(typeof(jsCall)=='function'){jsCall();}else{setTimeout('jsCall()',500);}" id="jsProxy" type="hidden">
 
Will there be an option to just get the P-51's? I already own the 109.....just curious. Would hate to miss out on those Mustangs.
 
I couldn't be more excited about this announcement....good-good-good....

And the screens are fab.

Joseph
 
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