Moot;
The lower paint scheme is from the 20th FG, 77th FS stationed in Kingscliffe. That particular aircraft (M) was flown by Capt Frederick Larson and the aircraft was un-named. Later it was flown by Lt. Richard A Morris where it was named "Mart's Cart."
Information and images were obtained form:
http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/20thfg.jspCitabria;
I would like to have done one but "Lou IV" won't work on the current HT model:
1. Fuselage halves are mirrored so the call letter "C" will be backwards on the right side of the aircraft.
2. "Lou IV" is too far back on the nose to fit completely in the nose detail area and will get mirrored.
3. The P-51D fuselage suffers from the same "specularity settings" as the P-38 you mentioned in another thread – metal finishes only.
It talks a lot of digging to find a paint scheme that will work with HT's model, and the p51d is one of the good ones!
DREDIOCK;
Thanks for the positive comment but I can't take all the credit. HT is doing a great job with the graphics.
Sixpence;
There is a huge amount of effort required to lean a plane's skinning capabilities – what's getting mirrored, what's hard-coded such as the secularity, what's the skin's pixel density (amount of detail the model can hold), what's the amount of stretching and distortion, etc. Then come all those seams and panel lines to do.
The actual "painting" is the easy part and you want to enjoy it before moving to another plane. I can appreciate you comment about there being enough P-51D skins – I'm getting tired of doing them too.
Mak333;
Yes, the p51d skin is quiet good when you compare it to other skins like the P-38 Citabria talked about in another post.
MachNix
