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#2895725 - 11/06/09 07:29 AM Re: P51b Multi-skins 4th Fighter Group [Re: Fran_Zee]
iron mike SimHQ Member Registered: 02/09/07 Posts: 1867 Loc: Maryland, USA	There was a 'brown drab' paint that was used in 1943-44 and a bit into 1945. It ranged from a coffee-light (cocco) to slightly darker than the one I am using. It was left on the nose of the natural metal birds as an anti-glare color. Almost all of the color prints I've found for the 4th use these shades. The lighter shades are from rapid aging of the paint. Now there will be one greener 'b but the illustration looks like it was patched with a more traditionalk olive drab than painted entirely. Finally, the camo was stripped off of quite a few of the planes left only selective spots like the nose. _________________________ http://www.sandbagger.uk.com/ironmike.html
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#2895897 - 11/06/09 10:09 AM Re: P51b Multi-skins 4th Fighter Group [Re: iron mike]
Fran_Zee SimHQ Member Registered: 01/15/04 Posts: 2972 Loc: Bavaria	Thx for the feedback, Mike - one never learns enough ...one more colour in the skies over the Reich _________________________ Greetings Fran "Give beer to those who are perishing, wine to those who are in anguish; let them drink and forget their poverty and remember their misery no more." (Proverbs 31:6-7)
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#2897226 - 11/08/09 07:30 PM Re: P51b Multi-skins 4th Fighter Group [Re: Fran_Zee]
iron mike SimHQ Member Registered: 02/09/07 Posts: 1867 Loc: Maryland, USA	The B flight is finished... P51b 43-71780 QP-Q Lt. M.H. Kolter KIA 5/30/44 P51b 43-6636 QP-N Cpt. N. Megura "Ill Wind" Shot down friendly fire 5/22/44 P51b 43-6819 QP-B Maj. D.W. Beeson "Bee" Shot down 4/5/44 POW P51b 43-6818 QP-K Lt. J.W. Ayers _________________________ http://www.sandbagger.uk.com/ironmike.html
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#2897280 - 11/08/09 09:41 PM Re: P51b Multi-skins 4th Fighter Group [Re: iron mike]
Knegel SimHQ Senior Member Registered: 08/14/01 Posts: 7081	Now thats great! Congrats Mike! Knegel _________________________ 1st engined flight by Richard Pearse, Waitohi, New Zealand, March 31, 1902. Karl Jatho, 1st flight, 18.August 1903, Hannover-Vahrenheide, real controlled flights. The Wrights, 1st flight, 17. December 1903. They wasnt the 1st, but still claim this!
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#2897757 - 11/09/09 03:08 PM Re: P51b Multi-skins 4th Fighter Group [Re: Knegel]
PeterMBooth SimHQ Member Registered: 07/16/02 Posts: 553 Loc: Pontypridd, South Wales,UK	Hi Mike, Nice - Malcolm canopies included I see. I guess you will do the P51D bubbles next? Cheers Peter _________________________ With increased aged should come wisdom and tolerance, but as the saying goes, "there is no fool like an old fool" as I prove regularly!
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#2897763 - 11/09/09 03:13 PM Re: P51b Multi-skins 4th Fighter Group [Re: PeterMBooth]
iron mike SimHQ Member Registered: 02/09/07 Posts: 1867 Loc: Maryland, USA	The 51D is finished and at Talley-ho. http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/2889176/Iron_Works_present_the_4th_Fig.html#Post2889176 _________________________ http://www.sandbagger.uk.com/ironmike.html
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#2897798 - 11/09/09 04:18 PM Re: P51b Multi-skins 4th Fighter Group [Re: iron mike]
MadProf SimHQ Member Registered: 07/01/08 Posts: 206 Loc: U.S.A.	Well done Mike, MadProf _________________________ The better part of valour, is discretion. William Shakespeare
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#2897808 - 11/09/09 04:29 PM Re: P51b Multi-skins 4th Fighter Group [Re: MadProf]
Skylark SimHQ Senior Member Registered: 02/14/01 Posts: 6316 Loc: Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Very Nice Collection of Ponies, Mike Cheers mate David _________________________ "Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway. http://www.sandbagger.uk.com/skylark.html
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#2897958 - 11/09/09 09:25 PM Re: P51b Multi-skins 4th Fighter Group [Re: Skylark]
iron mike SimHQ Member Registered: 02/09/07 Posts: 1867 Loc: Maryland, USA	This is for Fran and anyone else wondering about the bright red on the 4th's P51s. These photos and notes are from my pre-skining research. I'm a pixel counter ... _________________________ http://www.sandbagger.uk.com/ironmike.html
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#2898522 - 11/10/09 06:31 PM Re: P51b Multi-skins 4th Fighter Group [Re: iron mike]
Skylark SimHQ Senior Member Registered: 02/14/01 Posts: 6316 Loc: Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Well, it certainly is bright red painted on the nose of that Pony.... I don't know why I ever doubted you.... Great work on the 4thFG. mate Cheers David _________________________ "Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway. http://www.sandbagger.uk.com/skylark.html
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