John, you have not only provided one of the best products but also one of the best repaint kits - well done sir :salute:
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Warbirdsim P-51D-5-NA Little Friends II OUT NOW! (Pay-ware)
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John, you have not only provided one of the best products but also one of the best repaint kits - well done sir :salute:
Ruining me!
I get so eager to enjoy these birds in the air that I hit Ctrl+e and off I go. They just look so good flying it is ruining me. Maybe soon I will slow down and explore them a bit more. But then you are going to change all the others! Doomed, i am doomed.
Love flying the factory fresh paint, er... non-paint. Any chance of a factory fresh cockpit to match? Seems like there ought to be one.
Clear the flightline, I want to fly all the beautiful paints being done. Got to catch up on the B/C models too.
Jim
I get so eager to enjoy these birds in the air that I hit Ctrl+e and off I go. They just look so good flying it is ruining me. Maybe soon I will slow down and explore them a bit more. But then you are going to change all the others! Doomed, i am doomed.
Love flying the factory fresh paint, er... non-paint. Any chance of a factory fresh cockpit to match? Seems like there ought to be one.
Clear the flightline, I want to fly all the beautiful paints being done. Got to catch up on the B/C models too.
Jim
Bomber_12th
SOH-CM-2025
Jim, I'll see what I can put together - as I was thinking the same thing. ; )
Jan Kees, thank you for posting that video! The P-51D used in the advertisement is the Planes of Fame Museum's "Spam Can" - it got a lot of TLC before that shoot, with the exterior completely stripped and polished, with basic markings re-applied (it used to have a rather neat-looking, rather roughed-up finish). It costs enough to 'hire' a P-51 to fly for any type of filming, let alone the cost of re-finishing the aircraft, so Breitling must have really invested quite a bit of cash in order to make this advertisement. (For those that may ask, it is still uncertain at this time, at least since the last time I checked, what new markings the aircraft might carry in the future - it would be nice to see it go back into an Iwo Jima inspired scheme)
Before (a P-51D-5-NA scheme (the serial number is wrong for the scheme - the serial painted on the tail is actually that of the actual airframe's)): http://www.flickr.com/photos/jwm1049/4740104328/sizes/l/in/photostream/ - Compare the look of the aircraft in this photo to some of the screenshots I have shown of "Donald Duck" ; )
Now: http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulh1344/6236138805/sizes/l/in/photostream/
(It is almost unbelievable that these are the same aircraft!)
Bomber_12th
SOH-CM-2025
The POF Mustang, before its recent make-over, was painted in the markings of Maj. James Goodson's 4th FG P-51D-5-NA, pictured here (would make for a great companion with "Donald Duck"):
I have seen some reproductions of this scheme with just a standard silver-painted rudder, while I have also seen it with a blue rudder. Personally, I don't know why the rudder would have been blue - other Mustangs from the same squadron, at the same time, didn't have blue rudders. I think the silver-painted rudder just happened to look rather dark in this particular photo.
Another fine choice would be Don Blakeslee's P-51D-5-NA, 44-13779. Blakeslee, one of the greatest fighter pilots and leaders of WWII (no matter what Fighter Group you were assigned to in England, you knew of him and respected him greatly), didn't believe in 'showing off' or being 'flashy', so he never had his kills recorded on the sides of his aircraft, nor did he have nose art applied.
I have seen some reproductions of this scheme with just a standard silver-painted rudder, while I have also seen it with a blue rudder. Personally, I don't know why the rudder would have been blue - other Mustangs from the same squadron, at the same time, didn't have blue rudders. I think the silver-painted rudder just happened to look rather dark in this particular photo.
Another fine choice would be Don Blakeslee's P-51D-5-NA, 44-13779. Blakeslee, one of the greatest fighter pilots and leaders of WWII (no matter what Fighter Group you were assigned to in England, you knew of him and respected him greatly), didn't believe in 'showing off' or being 'flashy', so he never had his kills recorded on the sides of his aircraft, nor did he have nose art applied.
AussieMan
SOH Staff .."Bartender"
Work in progress
After a lot of frustration I have finally been able to work with layered paint kits and here is my first attempt. Still a long way to go as I now have to master creating the Alpha channels and other bits and pieces. I still need help with the Alphas.
This is the WarbirdSim P-51D from the Little Friends II production.
This is VH-AUB (A68-107) as it appeared when owned when owned by Aubery 'Titus' Oates back in the 60s and 70s before it came into the hands of the late Col Pay who had it repainted to its present colours in the 1980s.
Should have my learning all sorted out next week and get it finished.
EDIT: OOPS stupid me forgot to copy the texture.cfg file into the folder. Will post some amended photos after I have some finner.
After a lot of frustration I have finally been able to work with layered paint kits and here is my first attempt. Still a long way to go as I now have to master creating the Alpha channels and other bits and pieces. I still need help with the Alphas.
This is the WarbirdSim P-51D from the Little Friends II production.
This is VH-AUB (A68-107) as it appeared when owned when owned by Aubery 'Titus' Oates back in the 60s and 70s before it came into the hands of the late Col Pay who had it repainted to its present colours in the 1980s.
Should have my learning all sorted out next week and get it finished.
EDIT: OOPS stupid me forgot to copy the texture.cfg file into the folder. Will post some amended photos after I have some finner.
jankees
SOH-CM-2025
did you use tha alpha that came with the paintkit and did you use the spec as well?
I believe that in the last version, John toned down the alpha a bit, but used the spec more to control the reflectivity.
This is what I get using both 'standard' alpha and spec files, of course with my paint applied to them:
Looks like metal, doesn't it? (and yes I know, I'll try and upload soon, it's just that there are so many little details to get right.)
Have a look at his alpha/spec files in the paintkit, there is usually a layer called "paint" in there. Copy your paint just below that one, and convert your colors to the same John uses in the paint layer. With a bit of luck, things should work out then.
Ozman: that is one bright bird! No rego?
I believe that in the last version, John toned down the alpha a bit, but used the spec more to control the reflectivity.
This is what I get using both 'standard' alpha and spec files, of course with my paint applied to them:
Looks like metal, doesn't it? (and yes I know, I'll try and upload soon, it's just that there are so many little details to get right.)
Have a look at his alpha/spec files in the paintkit, there is usually a layer called "paint" in there. Copy your paint just below that one, and convert your colors to the same John uses in the paint layer. With a bit of luck, things should work out then.
Ozman: that is one bright bird! No rego?
AussieMan
SOH Staff .."Bartender"
Rego is VH-AUB (same as the present A68-107 owned by the Pay family) in huge letters on each side and below the port wing and above the starboard wing. Also in some shots there is an Australian flag on the vertical stabiliser.
Also in some shots the rego had shading. Trying to decide which will be the best.
The rego is my next step. Will post pics when I make some progress now that I have finally worked out how to paint different layers.
DaveQ
Charter Member
This one's for Mum!
My mother knew many American airmen during the war and claimed that at least a C-47 that went to Arnhem carried her name. I found this on Peter Randall's 'Little Friends' website some years ago and at last I can portray her as she most probably looked. Although only a remote possibility, this P-51D-5-NA, 44-13351, may have also carried her name which was Dorothy Q. From the 338th FS, 55th FG at Wormingford in the summer of 1944, here is Lt William J. Ingram's 'Dottie "Q"'. Because there is only the one photo by Frank Bertciel, I've had to make an educated guess as to how she looked in August 1944.
Still a WIP, still to decide on Invasion stripes, on kill marks and to dirty up.
As much a homage to John's remarkable work as to my Mum, sadly no longer with us.
DaveQ
My mother knew many American airmen during the war and claimed that at least a C-47 that went to Arnhem carried her name. I found this on Peter Randall's 'Little Friends' website some years ago and at last I can portray her as she most probably looked. Although only a remote possibility, this P-51D-5-NA, 44-13351, may have also carried her name which was Dorothy Q. From the 338th FS, 55th FG at Wormingford in the summer of 1944, here is Lt William J. Ingram's 'Dottie "Q"'. Because there is only the one photo by Frank Bertciel, I've had to make an educated guess as to how she looked in August 1944.
Still a WIP, still to decide on Invasion stripes, on kill marks and to dirty up.
As much a homage to John's remarkable work as to my Mum, sadly no longer with us.
DaveQ
DaveQ
Charter Member
Keep going
I have never really understood alphas :isadizzy:
I just cant get much shine - even placing The comet's spec alpha file into the file it still remains flat - am i doing something really wrong?
You'll need to create your own alpha, spec and spec_alpha when you're 110% happy with the basic paint scheme on the P-51D_2_T file. Use John's .psd files from the paint kit as your basis and copy in your layers from P-51D_2_T. Then follow John's colours to get the shine and reflection you want. Lots of work but worth it!!
DaveQ
skyhawka4m
Charter Member
VERY cool!!! Will you be sharing this one?
My mother knew many American airmen during the war and claimed that at least a C-47 that went to Arnhem carried her name. I found this on Peter Randall's 'Little Friends' website some years ago and at last I can portray her as she most probably looked. Although only a remote possibility, this P-51D-5-NA, 44-13351, may have also carried her name which was Dorothy Q. From the 338th FS, 55th FG at Wormingford in the summer of 1944, here is Lt William J. Ingram's 'Dottie "Q"'. Because there is only the one photo by Frank Bertciel, I've had to make an educated guess as to how she looked in August 1944.
Still a WIP, still to decide on Invasion stripes, on kill marks and to dirty up.
As much a homage to John's remarkable work as to my Mum, sadly no longer with us.
DaveQ