P-51D PAINT SCHEMES!!!

[Azazel]

I just spent a few hours looking at P-51 paint schemes; I'm obviously way too excited for this bird to come out. Since we do not have the finished product yet, I thought it might be nice to post a few of my favorites and I hope everyone else will too. Also included is the cover I slapped together on PPT for the flight manual I just printed out. Anyone back me up on a sticky for this?

Edited February 2, 2012 by Azazel

[hog_driver111th]

I'll be painting a few of those once I get the files. check my other thread about it.

[Azazel]

Nice! I haven't made skins for years but I always liked doing my own. I used to make them in Il-2 and I still have the generic metal template I made for that one (took forever to get it right). I'd like to get back into it.

[nick10]

I rather like the RAAF schemes for Korea.

 

That's the great thing about the P-51. So many cool skins.

[Speed]

Any way ED could implement this paint scheme for the P-51?

 

**runs away**

 

Edit: On a serious note, this talk of skins on WWII aircraft reminds me of Il-2. I really wish ED could look at eventually incorporating custom skins into multiplayer. It would be awesome if we could customize our skins and other folks in MP could see our customizations, like in Il-2. We could experiment around with different cammo schemes for FoF play, for example.

Edited February 2, 2012 by Speed

[warthogmadman987]

This skin would make my day.

[joey45]

We didn't or do fancy stuff..

 

http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2000/03/stuff_eng_profile_112sqn2.htm

http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2000/01/stuff_eng_profile_mustang3.htm

http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2000/01/stuff_eng_profile_mustang4.htm

[Fleshpiston]

We didn't or do fancy stuff..

 

http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2000/03/stuff_eng_profile_112sqn2.htm

http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2000/01/stuff_eng_profile_mustang3.htm

http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2000/01/stuff_eng_profile_mustang4.htm

 

I prefer those though ^^ can't get more "warlike" if you tried. RAF for the win!

[VBARhino]

This skin would make my day.

 

X2

 

I've always had a fondness for Moonbeam as well:

 

[213]

We didn't or do fancy stuff..

 

http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2000/03/stuff_eng_profile_112sqn2.htm

http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2000/01/stuff_eng_profile_mustang3.htm

http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2000/01/stuff_eng_profile_mustang4.htm

 

you're kidding me right? shark faces and camouflage aren't fancy? if anything, they're even more fancy than the minimal patterns provided by azazel.

[Azazel]

Moonbeam McSWINE

 

Moonbeam McSWINE From the European Theater, 352nd Fighter Group, 487th Fighter Squadron, flow by CPT William T Whisner.

 

"This aircraft was named after a character in Al Capp’s comic strip Little Abner. ‘Moonbeam’ was a sexy young lady who lived with her pigs in the mythical town of ‘Dogpatch’. This was Whisner’s favourite P-51, and between 2 November 1944 and 1 January 1945 he enjoyed great success with it, scoring 11.5 of his 15.5 aerial kills."

Quote and attachment from Osprey

Edited February 3, 2012 by Azazel

[FOXFIRE TWOONE]

A must have. Paint scheme

 

And the P-51 I currently fly. :smilewink:

Edited February 4, 2012 by FOXFIRE TWOONE

[Bearitall]

A must have. Paint scheme

 

The Tuskegee's made the P-51D Mustang quite famous...and yes a must have:thumbup:

[Azazel]

332nd FG (Tuskegee Airman)

 

The Tuskegee's made the P-51D Mustang quite famous...and yes a must have:thumbup:

 

A few 332nd Fighter Group (Tuskegee Airman) paint schemes.

 

additionally, this quote and aircraft schemes are also from Osprey Publishing...

 

"Archer used “INA THE MACON BELLE” to become the only officially-recognised black ace in US history, this honour only being bestowed on him in the early 1990s after an Air Force review of kill claims. In an effort to avoid the publicity associated with the first black ace, the USAAF had changed the classification of Archer’s first victim – a Bf 109, downed on 19 July 1944 – to a half-kill after it was discovered that his wingman, Freddie Hutchins, had also fired a burst at the Messerschmitt after the fighter’s left wing had disintegrated. The review five decades later restored the full kill, giving Archer five victories, and official ace status. Archer and wingman Wendell Pruitt proved to be the 332nd’s most lethal pair, with Pruitt knocking down three aircraft. The pair also indulged in post-mission victory rolls until they executed rolls in opposing directions after a mission in October 1944 which almost resulted in a mid-air collision! This would have proven an ironic twist on the team’s nickname of ‘the Gruesome Twosome’."

Edited February 3, 2012 by Azazel

[Baggy MacDouche]

I'm actually a member(non-active now) of the Official Virtual 352nd Fighter Group, recognized for our online presence in Warbirds and Aces High. I've been to one of their reunions many years ago and have met many of the surviving pilots including Bob "Punchy" Powell.

 

Moonbeam was my ride of choice for squad missions. I've got a great print by Troy White called "New Year's Bash." Bought it from him personally at the reunion and had him sign it along with several of the 352nd pilots. It's one of my prized possessions.

 

 

So it goes without saying that I would love to see a skin made for Moonbeam.

[TwoLate]

The Tuskegee's made the P-51D Mustang quite famous...and yes a must have:thumbup:

 

Yes and I am going to see that movie Saturday. I cant wait to make my own fictional skin. "Stanger's Ride"

[Bearitall]

Yes and I am going to see that movie Saturday. I cant wait to make my own fictional skin. "Stanger's Ride"

 

Nice can't wait to see it myself ... oh! by the way I have formed a new virtual group..for those who just might be interested..

 

its called.. " Virtual Tuskegee Airmen " now just need the DCS-P51D Mustang....sweet Georgia Brown baby...:thumbup:

[slowhand]

Great Plane, some pic you guys might like

[CHSubZero]

Here a few schemes of Swiss Air Force ( 1948 - 1958 ):

 

[Bearitall]

P-51D Mustang Flyby

 

Hey;

 

Here I am in the P-51D Mustang doing a flyby at Duxford....with my Tuskegee skin for the " Virtual Tuskegee Airmen" "By_Request-skin "

 

Cheers :thumbup:

 

Edited February 6, 2012 by Bearitall

[hog_driver111th]

Are paint schemes possible with BS2 and Warthog? I've never seen an option for it.

 

Yep. I'm working on personal schemes for some of the others almost daily.

[TwoLate]

Yep. I'm working on personal schemes for some of the others almost daily.

Hey hog, how is it going on the files I sent you? You can PM me if you like.

[Laidback]

Hey;

 

Here I am in the P-51D Mustang doing a flyby at Duxford....with my Tuskegee skin for the " Virtual Tuskegee Airmen" "By_Request-skin "

 

Cheers :thumbup:

 

 

Nice...I wan't "Creamer's Dream" skin!! I have By Request done on the F-16 for BMS.

 

http://www.f-16.net/modules/Gallery2/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=166546&g2

[Bearitall]

Nice...I wan't "Creamer's Dream" skin!! I have By Request done on the F-16 for BMS.

 

http://www.f-16.net/modules/Gallery2/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=166546&g2

 

I also have it for FSX SuperBug F-18

 

I've also already registered " Virtual Tuskegee Airmen " :music_whistling:

[BONESLR1]

Redtails CAF based out of South St. paul, MN Not Virtual

 

When virtual was first introduced in the computational sense, it applied to things simulated by the computer,

Edited February 16, 2012 by BONESLR1