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Warbirdsim's "Mustang Tales" Now Available!

Alright,

Those shots have sealed the deal. I haven't bought an addon aircraft in a long time.

As soon as I'm able to, I'll be picking up a copy. Wow!
 
He's got the wing man stare...


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Fireball6 said:
Same for me - could'nt resist and purchased this morning - still waiting for a download-link-email. It is so hard to wait for all the beauty's. As always said - fantastic work John !!!
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You've probably already checked your junk mail folder, but if you haven't, give it a look. That's where my link ended up.
 
Hi all,

When a purchase is made, a download link is automatically sent immediately at the time of the purchase being completed, so you should expect to find the e-mail with the download link right after you have made the purchase. Sometimes, depending on e-mail accounts/settings, the e-mail will either be forced to the spam folder or blocked altogether. If you don't find the e-mail to download the files within a few minutes after purchase, in either your inbox or spam folder, please let Warbirdsim support know, and it will get sorted ASAP. support@warbirdsim.com

For all of those who purchased the product before the update was released on Friday, you should have received an e-mail today with a new link for the complete updated file set. For those who purchased after the update was made, there wasn't a need for this, so you wouldn't have received the e-mail.

Thank you all again so much for your support!
 
Over the weekend I put together another repaint, to join the Minnesota ANG example (which has a very similar lightning bolt design).

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John, I love it! Especially the white wing tips! I very much like these post war Early-USAF/ANG schemes where it was almost like they were trying to find "where they belonged" between the flashy schemes of WWII, and the post war era. Honestly, in some cases, they chose even more flashy! :)
 
Bomber_12th said:
Hi all,

When a purchase is made, a download link is automatically sent immediately at the time of the purchase being completed, so you should expect to find the e-mail with the download link right after you have made the purchase. Sometimes, depending on e-mail accounts/settings, the e-mail will either be forced to the spam folder or blocked altogether. If you don't find the e-mail to download the files within a few minutes after purchase, in either your inbox or spam folder, please let Warbirdsim support know, and it will get sorted ASAP. support@warbirdsim.com

For all of those who purchased the product before the update was released on Friday, you should have received an e-mail today with a new link for the complete updated file set. For those who purchased after the update was made, there wasn't a need for this, so you wouldn't have received the e-mail.

Thank you all again so much for your support!
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John, bought it this evening and got the download email links about 10 seconds later....looking forward to taking the Mustang to sea!
 
Got mine ! Holy Ghost - what a package - i have only two attributes for it, "BREATHTAKING" and "A CLASS OF ITS OWN". Thanks to all involved Team-members and specialy to you John for creating such wonderfull aircrafts.

Kindest regards

Dirk
 
I can't fully express how great that is to hear! Thank you Dirk, and Odie! Speaking for both Albert and I, we appreciate the support tremendously, and only hope for the best experience all-around.

Rick, thank you for the kind remarks regarding the repaint! Photos of South Dakota ANG Mustangs seem to be quite hard to find - in the case of the one I've depicted, it was through finding a very rare high-quality photo showing the left profile of this aircraft. Being in black & white, I could only notice that the wing tip appeared lighter than the bare metal, and I've interpreted that as being white (matching the outline of lightning bolt (which I've also figured to be white, because of how much lighter it is against everything else)). As things are and were with ANG markings, there are certain regulations/specifications as to what the markings should resemble and where they are to be located, so you do see the 'lighting bolt' show up on several different ANG Squadrons, and painted wing tips.

John, I'm really looking forward to the Kentucky ANG repaint when you've got the time to produce it (I'm saving it for you)! : )
I have seen that version of a MN ANG scheme, as well as a few others, and it would be fun to work on reproducing those as well. There was quite a progression in ANG schemes, throughout many states, from 1946 to the 1950's, starting with schemes that were really quite dull and becoming more flashy over time. In the photos below, these just show the earliest of ANG schemes on some Minnesota ANG and Michigan ANG Mustangs.



 
In 1950, with the outbreak of the Korean War, a large number of Mustangs that had been in storage got the call-up to active duty. All of the aircraft pulled from storage came from Kelly Field in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><u1:STATE u2:st="on"><u1:pLACE u2:st="on">Texas</st1:place></st1:State></u1:pLACE></u1:STATE>, where they had been in outdoor storage in the years following the end of WWII. All of these aircraft pulled from storage had been built too late to see combat, and having been in storage for 2-5 years, each only had an average of about 100 hours on the clock. Four separate companies were contracted to take on the massive task of overhauling all of these aircraft, making them like new again. These companies were; Grand Central Aircraft Co. and Pacific Airmotive Corp., located in <u1:STATE u2:st="on">California</u1:STATE>, Temco in <u1:CITY u2:st="on">Dallas</u1:CITY>, <u1:STATE u2:st="on">TX</u1:STATE>, and Lockheed Aircraft Service in Sayville, <u1:pLACE u2:st="on"><u1:CITY u2:st="on">Long Island</u1:CITY>, <u1:STATE u2:st="on">NY</u1:STATE></u1:pLACE>. From Kelley Field, they were trucked to the Temco and Lockheed plants, but they were flown out to the Grand Central and Pacific Airmotive plants, having just had the systems checked over and a new battery installed. Once at the overhaul facilities, the aircraft were run through a remanufacturing process. The aircraft were taken apart down to their center spars, and then put all back together again, going back onto the flight line as good as new. When this process took place, the aircraft would receive new USAF markings and stencils, and all of the Technical Orders that had been issued prior to the overhaul were addressed. In some cases, the cockpits were also painted over-all black at this time.

It's difficult to find any photos that were taken during that time, either at the overhaul facilities or especially at Kelly Field. However, this great photo below was taken at Grand Central Aircraft Co. (Grand Central Aiport), showing the ramp of Mustangs having arrived from Kelly Field and in the process of being stripped down before entering the remanufacturing-line inside. These aircraft would exit back out onto the ramp looking brand new. One of the facts perhaps lost to time, is what type of preservative was used on the airframes while in storage at Kelly, which can be seen in this and the other few rare photos of these aircraft having arrived fresh from storage. It appears they may have used chromate zinc (with some darker than others, through different batches of primer). A few of the Mustangs can be seen stripped bare of the preservative coating, getting nearer to entering the facility and their full tear-down. Note too, that each Mustang fresh from Kelly Field also had a number quickly scribed on the tail. In the background are some B-25's which were also being remanufactured for the USAF (which would produce the post-WWII modifications that have to be removed these days in order to restore many a surviving B-25 back to WWII stock condition).

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@zsoltquack,

I haven't used it with AIcarriers, but I have used it with TacPack AI Carriers module and it works great.
 
Checkered NEV ANG Repaint?

to the talented repainters out there. There is only one photo I can find, and I can't reference it here as it's copyrighted, but there is a Nevada ANG F-51 with Blue/White Checkered Tail/Nose rim/cone and Checkered Landing gear doors. John, not sure if you've seen or have the picture I'm thinking of...I'll attempt to find another picture of it.


EDIT: Found one!
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Zsolt, I have yet to try AICarriers with the Shangri-La, but it should work just as well as any other carrier model. By default, when you install "Mustang Tales", the carrier will be found sailing in Chesapeake bay (north of Norfolk NS), every day, as the included map and schedule shows.

Regarding guides for ANG paint schemes, I'm not aware of any specific guide, as it would have to be very extensive - as there was so much variation between ANG squadrons, between different years of operation and where the aircraft came from, which stencils were present (or not present), etc., it greatly depends on a specific aircraft and moment in time. The best way to recreate one of these aircraft is finding a quality photo of a specific example that will give you enough to go by to reproduce it (markings and tail number, and general idea regarding stencils). There are many photos of ANG Mustangs that you'll be able to find in these following links (as well as Korean War examples (and other post-WWII involvement)):

http://jetpilotoverseas.wordpress.com/category/f-51-mustang/

http://jetpilotoverseas.wordpress.com/category/f-51-mustang/page/2/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/34076827@N00/sets/72157623974114619/

This one is worth searching through: http://warbird-central.com/ with results such as: http://warbird-central.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/44-72969.jpg

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...831.18j3.21.0...0.0...1ac.1.6.img.2NmzvKLdtvw

http://www.flickr.com/photos/81918828@N00/2223393849/sizes/l/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/photohound/201805597/sizes/l/

Not ANG, but here are some additional Korean War F-51 photos:
http://images.google.com/search?hl=en&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=joe+scherschel+korea+source%3Alife&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&biw=1610&bih=874&sei=9ZNIUf6OK-TF0gH6jICQDQ&tbm=isch

http://images.google.com/search?hl=...on.2,or.&fp=b3f514b1ffad0deb&biw=1610&bih=874


How about the 167th Fighter Squadron West Virginia Air National Guard? They adopted the 352nd FG's blue nose scheme in the late 40's.
http://atterburybakalarairmuseum.org/P51_167_Fighter_Sq.jpg
http://www.ww2color.com/nennius/webapps/slides/slides.php?action=update&primary_key=06674
http://www.ww2color.com/search/webapps/slides/slides.php?action=update&primary_key=06673

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I've always liked that scheme, Rick! Definitely worth doing.

The Nevada ANG Mustangs were actually quite drab, and bare of markings, though later on they had a blue scallop on the front of the cowlings and blue wing and tail tips. If anyone is serious about doing a few Nevada ANG schemes, I have some more photos that I can scan and send to you.

These two are the most colorful to have come from the Nevada ANG. This first one was the commander's aircraft (the others didn't have the yellow stripes/accents).






This aircraft was a target tug, and thus had orange paint applied to the nose, rudder, and wing tips.

 
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