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Warbirdsim's "Mustang Tales" Now Available!

Very pretty. Any chance of doing a California ANG paint?
JensOle said:
John,

Most of your remarks should have been taken care of, do you see any mistakes still present?

BTW, do any of you guys have any recommandation for 1950's USAF continental bases to fly the ANG Mustangs from?

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Zsolt, the repaint of Val-Halla looks great! For those interested to know, the type of red paint used in the markings on Val-Halla and other similar schemes is Artic Red (FS 11105), used for high visibility: http://www.tauromodel.it/immagini/accessori/431.jpg

The same paint could also be seen applied to the tails of other aircraft like B-29's (Kee Bird for instance), that operated routinely around the artic circle. It appears that it would have been a paint that would have faded quite a bit over time, with less saturation than when freshly applied. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kee_Bird_flying_in_formation.png
 
JensOle said:
BTW, do any of you guys have any recommandation for 1950's USAF continental bases to fly the ANG Mustangs from?
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For maybe one of them, when you load the flight for the Minnesota ANG Mustang included, it is actually parked in front of the current Minnesota ANG hangars at Minneapolis International (as included in the detailed default FSX Minneapolis scenery (across from this location, you can also see the Air Force Reserve hangars)). It is where the aircraft was based in the late 40's and 50's, then only known as Wold-Chamberlain Field (and one of the locations in the Minnesota Twin Cities area where George Bush Sr. received his early Navy training). When you fly the route plan that is charted in that flight, it takes you to nearby Holman Field in St. Paul, where the Minnesota ANG Mustangs were also based for a short time, early on (this was also a big B-24 modification center during WWII), and then onto Volk Field, Wisconsin, where the aircraft would gather for a camp during the summer. The 'presentation' drop tanks on the Minnesota ANG Mustang (the way they are painted) are particularly specific to an event/camp that was held at Volk Field from 18 August - 1 September 1956, that was called the "Last Mustang Roundup", having been right on the verge of the Mustang's final retirement from the USAF and the last Mustang camp held at Volk.
 
Interesting, I'll check it it out. Is Volk Field the same as "Camp Williams" as seen on the caption on several of the ndak pictures?
 
Beautiful work, Zsolt!

JensOle, that is correct! Camp Williams and Volk Field are one in the same. If I recall correctly, the Squadrons from South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin would gather there for a camp during the summer each year (though I don't know how many of these were held in all). The North Dakota Mustangs came from Hector Field, Fargo (now known as Hector International), and the South Dakota Mustangs were stationed at Sioux Falls, South Dakota and for a time at Ellsworth AFB, Rapid City.

(Besides the 109th FS based in Minneapolis, there was also the 179th FS based in Duluth (today Duluth International), which had Mustangs in different markings to those of the 109th, and you'll very likely see a repaint of one of those soon.)

Annual camps were held elsewhere as well, where several state's ANG Squadrons gathered together. One of these was held at Santa Rosa, California, each year, which gathered together Mustangs from the California ANG, Utah ANG, and Nevada ANG.

It's somewhat interesting to note, that some Mustangs from different ANG Squadrons were sent to units in Korea when war broke out, with, for instance, the South African Air Force operating some of these same Mutangs that had been in operation with ANG units in the late 40's.
 
DaveQ said:
From another thread, I picked up Collin Glendinning and Lazarus's HMS Ocean Korean War package. It's very good and ideal for some fictional paints still being worked on. Here's an 800 Sqdn Sea Mustang (I reckon that's what the Royal Navy would call it) recovering to HMS Ocean during the Korean War.

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Will publish this week time permitting.

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That just looks right :salute:
 
Some more time with "Geraldine", flying out of its home aiport in Kenosha, Wisconsin. If I can't have spring for real, at least I can have it in FSX. : )


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Zsolt, that is a unique one to do! These days the abbreviation for the state of Washington is of course 'WA', though the Mustangs of the Washington ANG had the letters 'WN', as you have shown. I love the squadron emblem on the side!
 
Well I have just added to my extensive Warbirdsim Air Force. Needed very little convincing. All it needed was the correct numbers in my bank account. I have also requested the paint kit so hopefully I will have something to contribute to this wonderful aircraft. The only thing I would like to see is a photo-recon version with the triangular cut out in the fuselage behind the radio compartment.
 
Well I have installed these fine aircraft and did a quick walk around then took off for a quick flight. The one thing I have noticed that when you move the prop lever or use the F1 - F4 keys there is no animation on the propeller. On previous models the prop moved from a feathered position to a normal position. Is this deliberate of is it a Windows 8 thing?
 
Zsolt....take note of the color difference on the yellows on the nose and the stripe. Also....placement of the KY on the side of the fuselage, not eht eblack pin stripe looks to go through it or at least is broken by the Y of the KY. Also...the alrge ANG-803 on top and bottom of the wings. The black stripe border is also a bit thicker than shown.


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skyhawka4m said:
Zsolt....take note of the color difference on the yellows on the nose and the stripe. Also....placement of the KY on the side of the fuselage, not eht eblack pin stripe looks to go through it or at least is broken by the Y of the KY. Also...the alrge ANG-803 on top and bottom of the wings. The black stripe border is also a bit thicker than shown.


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Yes,
But..This is the point when you do not have enough background description
A faded old photograph, a sticker sheet, etc....
Without them, it's hard to do the exact paint
I hope you understand
 
AussieMan said:
Well I have installed these fine aircraft and did a quick walk around then took off for a quick flight. The one thing I have noticed that when you move the prop lever or use the F1 - F4 keys there is no animation on the propeller. On previous models the prop moved from a feathered position to a normal position. Is this deliberate of is it a Windows 8 thing?
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Hi Pat,

No, there's no problem on your end. The rotating prop blades is how I had it at one time, as I noticed everyone else doing it and thought it would be the right thing to do (prop blades tied to the prop control lever animation). In the case of the Mustang (and other similar aircraft), the prop isn't directly mechanically linked to the prop/RPM control, and also requires hydraulic pressure (i.e. the engine must be running) in order for the prop blades to rotate/change angle. Because of this, I forget when exactly I made the change, but I removed the prop blade animation as a result, as you wouldn't see the prop blades change angle when the engine is off.
 
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