31st Fighter Group

[EagleEyes]

Just woundering if anyone is or will be working on some 31st FG skins.  There is one for the Spit V, but i hope for some P-51B's & D's!  



Egle31st

[rogerdee]

i am working on a spit ix  and  a p51b  of  the31st ftr group   but  not getting on well with the bare metal skin  of the p51b

rogerdee

[EagleEyes]

Hey rogerdee, thanks.  Hope it turns out ok!:aok


Egle31st

[rogerdee]

this is what i got so far  on 31st ftr grp planes
spitIX[/IMG]
p51b[/IMG]

still got panel lnes  and things to add,any useful coments and tips are always helpful

rogerdee

[EagleEyes]

rogerdee, man they are looken great! .  On the spit though, personally i think the red outline on the star is a little too bright.  But otherwise both look great!  Can't wait until they are finished!

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Egle31st

[Cobra412]

I've got some profiles for the 31st birds if anyone is interested.

[SkyChimp]

Hmm p-51b panel lines look little off color some places. Looks like it's been blurred. Just my opinion.

[Kegger26]

Originally posted by SkyChimp
Hmm p-51b panel lines look little off color some places look like it part of plane ar is blured. Just mine

 WTF???? Sky Chimp..you have grown on me. Your like our own little tard..

[SkyChimp]

LOL:p

[rogerdee]

cobra  i would love to see the profiles   that you have any chance you can post them on here  some one else might want to try them

rogerdee

[Cobra412]

Roger let me setup the scanner. They are all Mustangs. Some probably won't be able to be done on the D Mustang with the current mirroring issues.

[Cobra412]

Here ya go. Take your pick.

[rogerdee]

do the wing lines go over the top of the wings too or are they just below?

[Cobra412]

Roger the wingtip lines definately go over the top of the wing. As for the middle stripe I've seen some 31st photos that definately show it going over the top. I've also seen some that make it hard to distinguish if the line went over and under. The D Models line was extremely close to the wing root itself.

I have found one photo of February and it definately has the line over the top. What strikes me as odd is even though it's in black and white the paint doesn't seem to be yellow. More like it was red instead.

The thing is though there is a P-51 painted in this scheme that Brooks himself has looked at. I would assume that if the paint was incorrect he'd have said something to the owners. You can find a replica of February on this site.

[Guppy35]

The yellow bands on the wings were standard ID bands for 12th and 15th AF fighters and wrap around the wing

The red noses were too.  All MTO Allied fighters had red noses to aid in identification.

Edited to add the image showing location etc.

Dan/CorkyJr