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

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Warbirdsim P-51D-5-NA Little Friends II OUT NOW! (Pay-ware)

DaveQ said:
You can say that again.....!!

DaveQ
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indeed!

OK, yours seems finished, I'll throw mine away and go on to other things then..

Pat, you can just copy the stencils on the anti glare panel in the stencils layer and make them white, real simple.
 
Thanks Jan ..... worked that one out. Looks good too.


The updated version is up at OZx. Now working on a wartime RAAF P-51 which will be a bit dirtier that the first two.
 
John, reading the book "Spitfire, Mustang and Kittyhawk in Australian Service" I have noticed a few RAAF Mustangs had a camera port on the port side of the fuselage behing the internal fuel tank and was wondering how I can replicate this in a repaint. I have thought about putting a black mark in the position of the camera port but feel it wouldn't look good.

Any ideas?
 
Hi Aussieman

Forgive me if you already know this but the first issue of the Warbirdsim P-51 series has this verision. Is that what you meant?

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Barnes said:
Hi Aussieman

Forgive me if you already know this but the first issue of the Warbirdsim P-51 series has this verision. Is that what you meant?

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Missed that one some how. Not exactly the one I was looking at but for a PR model I want to do it will suffice. When I was in the model train hobby there was such a thing as 'modeller's licence' so I suppose that can apply to repaints here as well :)
 
If you can copy the cameras from a good photo you could drop them on. The exhaust on this is just from a spit photo

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Hi fellow painters.

At last i have found out what i was doing wrong with the alphas - not saving the dds correctly.

I now have this with shine but can you tell me where i can find the ghost shape for the US marking?

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four possibilities: the alpha, the spec or the spec alpha, unless it is the slightly transparant layer in the main texture file??
 
I had a similar problem and found if I opened the P-51D_2_T_Alpha paint and disabled the Paint and paint upper layers that got rid of the problem. Then create a new layer with your markings eg glare panel and roundels and serials. Also you will bave to do it with the P-51D_2_T file as well. Works for me. But then you may have to do the same with the Spec and Spec Alpha as well. All this is done before you save it as a DDS file. Don't about anyone else but I save mine as DXT3.


Also found this photo of an RAAF Mustang with the camera. As you will see it is slightly different to the one you showed me.

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"FOOL'S PARADISE IV" Work in Progress

Hi,

Just thought I'd post a screenshot of my latest WIP. Please bear in mind that it's using standard "factory fresh" alpha and specular bitmaps at the mo. These will be corrected!

I have a few questions that the re-painters/community might be able to answer. I've based my repaint on a couple of B&W photos and a few colour profiles that I've found of the port side of the aircraft. I believe the aircraft wore a blue nose and blue lettering for the aircraft name. My questions are:

1. Did the aircraft name appear on the starboard side of the nose?
2. Was the aircraft name painted in blue or black? (I've seen both on the colour profiles I've found.)
3. Was the aircraft code "A=*=9A" or "A=*=A9" on the starboard side of the fuselage? I think it was most likely "A=*=A9"

Any info/feedback gratefully appreciated.

Thanks

Taff.
 
1: i have no idea
2: your call. My guess is black, but who knows?
3: squadron code to the front, so A*A9

I would make the nose and name darker blue I think, a bit like the blue of the roundel, but again, I'm not sure
 
jankees said:
Looks better I think!
Don't forget to paint overpainted D-day stripes on the top of the wings too..
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Jan,

Not sure the stripes were painted over the top of the wings. On the picture I have it doesn't look like they are, they're not shown on the lowered flaps either. Mind you, it looks well worn and rather dirty so they could be hidden under all the muck! :icon_lol:

Taff
 
rgatkinson said:
Jan,

Not sure the stripes were painted over the top of the wings. On the picture I have it doesn't look like they are, they're not shown on the lowered flaps either. Mind you, it looks well worn and rather dirty so they could be hidden under all the muck! :icon_lol:

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At a glance I think Jan's right Taff. You can make out the impression of the black stripes at least from the photo, and they look overpainted. Nice job btw!
 
DaveQ said:
At a glance I think Jan's right Taff. You can make out the impression of the black stripes at least from the photo, and they look overpainted. Nice job btw!
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Jan, Dave,

Thanks, an extra pair of eyes certainly helps. I'm still not sure (about the above wing stripes) myself but my eyes certainly aren't what they used to be :icon_lol:. Anyway, the stripes are there now!

Right, time for bed it's 0135 and I've had enough for today.

Regards

Taff.
 
Taff, you misunderstood me I think. Since A9*A has the stripes overpainted on the top of the fuselage, I assume it has them overpainted on the top of the wings too, probably covered with OD. You see this more often. Sometimes the overpainted the entire wing, like with E2-S, sometimes only the stripes, like with Sky Bouncer and Suzy G. Not sure Dave painted them like that, I can't really see on his pics.
On the original photo, you can still see traces of white, that seem to shine through a thin coat of paint? Looking at the wing tip, I don't think they painted the entire wings, so probably just the stripes.
Also, it still had the black stripes on the elevators, and a trace of where the black stripe was on the fin.

Pat: looking good mate! But if I might make another remark?
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if I look at this pic, I think the registrations, both on the nose and behind the roundel, need a different font. Maybe one of the British fonts on this page come closer? Also, there seem to be stripes on the propcone?
And if you're up for more detail, look at this pic:
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it looks as if the overpainted or etched away the old US serial on the tail. I don't think this is a CAC Mustang, but 44-12512, a P-51K.
Finally, are you sure about the size and position of the roundels on the wings. They look to be a bit more outboard and larger on these pics, or am I mistaken?
 
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