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Flying Legends Mustangs 2017
I finally got around to finishing these three repaints and have uploaded them here and to Flightsim and Avsim, covering three of the Mustangs that will be taking part in the Flying Legends airshow at Duxford this weekend (I'm still working on another, though I don't know if I'll have it completed before the weekend). They are for the Warbirdsim "Mustang Tales" product. Two of these paint schemes I've released before, but these are now almost entirely new versions in every detail, having gone over them again, completely, and correcting all of my faults. All of the repaints have newly-applied lighting effects and high-quality normal maps.
"Frenesi" V.2 - this aircraft, owned by Dan Friedkin/Comanche Fighters and registered N357FG, was sent to Midwest Aero Restorations in 2009 to be fully restored to complete WWII-stock configuration. It was completed in January of this year, and is of a quality and level of authenticity and detailing that is on par with the likes of "Happy Jack's Go Buggy". It is based at Comanche Ranch, in Eagle Pass, Texas, but was shipped over to Duxford, England last month to take part in the Flying Legends airshow this weekend. When I originally did a repaint of this aircraft, it was just after its first test flights, and I only had a few photos to go by. Since then, I've had all the photos I could hope for to properly recreate the paint scheme and details of the actual restoration - this includes details of the prop blades, wheel wells, and cockpit as well, to match the restoration. Items such as the "Frenesi" nose art/writing is taken directly/copied from photos of the real aircraft. Details like the fact that the gun port mounts are painted/left silver on the real aircraft have been addressed now in the updated work (in-fact, just about every aspect of the markings had to be changed from how I had it to now matching the real aircraft). This weekend, "Frenesi" will be one of three Mustangs flown together by the Horsemen aerobatic team at Flying Legends.
"Miss Helen" V.2 - this aircraft, owned by Robert Tyrrell (a very distant relative) and registered G-BIXL, is on loan to the Boultbee Flight Academy and is usually hangared at the Chichester/Goodwood Airport. The aircraft is of course well known for having been owned by Robs Lamplough for many years. He recovered it from Israel in 1976, and had it restored and flying by 1987. The fuselage of the aircraft is believed to be that of 44-72216, the P-51D-20-NA that was assigned to Capt. Raymond Littge of the 487th FS, 352nd FG, 8th AF, in the spring of 1945, and for which markings the aircraft displays today. For this repaint, I mainly did a lot of overall clean-up work from the way I originally had it depicted. Little details have been added or adjusted here and there, including how the blue paint of the nose scallops up onto the windscreen framework. The number and placement of kill markings on the starboard-side of the canopy has been corrected and adjusted as well. The cockpit textures have been modified with a number of the type of details seen in the cockpit of the actual aircraft.
"The Shark" - here is the new one, depicting "G-SHWN" owned by Shaun Patrick and operated on loan to the Boultbee Flight Academy and, this season, the Norwegian Spitfire Foundation. The aircraft typically resides at the Chichester/Goodwood Airport, but has received regular servicing/maintenance at Duxford. The aircraft is painted in the authentic markings of an RAF 112 Squadron Mustang Mk.IVa (P-51K), KH774, which in 1945 was based at Cervia, Italy. The original aircraft was piloted by a Lt. Blanchford, flying ground-attack missions over the Balkans and along the Adriatic coast. For this repaint, I spent even more time than the previous two in detailing the cockpit, wheel wells and landing gear areas to closely match the real aircraft. This one has got the civilian straight-groove tread tires (that wear less), where as the previous two have the WWII diamond-tread tires. This weekend, this aircraft will be one of three Mustangs flown together by the Horsemen aerobatic team at Flying Legends.
More screenshots here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/34363610@N08/with/35636877481/
I finally got around to finishing these three repaints and have uploaded them here and to Flightsim and Avsim, covering three of the Mustangs that will be taking part in the Flying Legends airshow at Duxford this weekend (I'm still working on another, though I don't know if I'll have it completed before the weekend). They are for the Warbirdsim "Mustang Tales" product. Two of these paint schemes I've released before, but these are now almost entirely new versions in every detail, having gone over them again, completely, and correcting all of my faults. All of the repaints have newly-applied lighting effects and high-quality normal maps.
"Frenesi" V.2 - this aircraft, owned by Dan Friedkin/Comanche Fighters and registered N357FG, was sent to Midwest Aero Restorations in 2009 to be fully restored to complete WWII-stock configuration. It was completed in January of this year, and is of a quality and level of authenticity and detailing that is on par with the likes of "Happy Jack's Go Buggy". It is based at Comanche Ranch, in Eagle Pass, Texas, but was shipped over to Duxford, England last month to take part in the Flying Legends airshow this weekend. When I originally did a repaint of this aircraft, it was just after its first test flights, and I only had a few photos to go by. Since then, I've had all the photos I could hope for to properly recreate the paint scheme and details of the actual restoration - this includes details of the prop blades, wheel wells, and cockpit as well, to match the restoration. Items such as the "Frenesi" nose art/writing is taken directly/copied from photos of the real aircraft. Details like the fact that the gun port mounts are painted/left silver on the real aircraft have been addressed now in the updated work (in-fact, just about every aspect of the markings had to be changed from how I had it to now matching the real aircraft). This weekend, "Frenesi" will be one of three Mustangs flown together by the Horsemen aerobatic team at Flying Legends.
"Miss Helen" V.2 - this aircraft, owned by Robert Tyrrell (a very distant relative) and registered G-BIXL, is on loan to the Boultbee Flight Academy and is usually hangared at the Chichester/Goodwood Airport. The aircraft is of course well known for having been owned by Robs Lamplough for many years. He recovered it from Israel in 1976, and had it restored and flying by 1987. The fuselage of the aircraft is believed to be that of 44-72216, the P-51D-20-NA that was assigned to Capt. Raymond Littge of the 487th FS, 352nd FG, 8th AF, in the spring of 1945, and for which markings the aircraft displays today. For this repaint, I mainly did a lot of overall clean-up work from the way I originally had it depicted. Little details have been added or adjusted here and there, including how the blue paint of the nose scallops up onto the windscreen framework. The number and placement of kill markings on the starboard-side of the canopy has been corrected and adjusted as well. The cockpit textures have been modified with a number of the type of details seen in the cockpit of the actual aircraft.
"The Shark" - here is the new one, depicting "G-SHWN" owned by Shaun Patrick and operated on loan to the Boultbee Flight Academy and, this season, the Norwegian Spitfire Foundation. The aircraft typically resides at the Chichester/Goodwood Airport, but has received regular servicing/maintenance at Duxford. The aircraft is painted in the authentic markings of an RAF 112 Squadron Mustang Mk.IVa (P-51K), KH774, which in 1945 was based at Cervia, Italy. The original aircraft was piloted by a Lt. Blanchford, flying ground-attack missions over the Balkans and along the Adriatic coast. For this repaint, I spent even more time than the previous two in detailing the cockpit, wheel wells and landing gear areas to closely match the real aircraft. This one has got the civilian straight-groove tread tires (that wear less), where as the previous two have the WWII diamond-tread tires. This weekend, this aircraft will be one of three Mustangs flown together by the Horsemen aerobatic team at Flying Legends.
More screenshots here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/34363610@N08/with/35636877481/
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