Need your help picking a P-51 Scheme.

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Fri Jul 01, 2011 2:13 pm

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Jack Cook suggests a dead-on accurate 55th FG scheme...

Yes, you're quite humerous :shock:

Especially since it has shag carpeting, Corinthian leather and pair of fuzzy dice hanging off the dash.
It really needs white walls, powder blue wings and jelly beans all over and ....yes maybe a shark's mouth :twisted:

kalamazookid · **Posted:** Fri Jul 01, 2011 2:18 pm

Jack Cook wrote:

Quote:

Jack Cook suggests a dead-on accurate 55th FG scheme...

Yes, you're quite humerous :shock:

Especially since it has shag carpeting, Corinthian leather and pair of fuzzy dice hanging off the dash.
It really needs white walls, powder blue wings and jelly beans all over and ....yes maybe a shark's mouth :twisted:

For true authenticity, you'll need D-Day stripes.

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Fri Jul 01, 2011 2:38 pm

Here's Capt "JET" Taylor 39th FIS. Only pilot ever to qualify in a P-51 on air to ground gunnery
inverted!! His F-51D had a cobra painted the entire lenght of the belly because he wanted the
enemy to know who was kiled him!! He was hardcore! 364th FG WWII 3 kills and flew F-51s/F-84s/
F-86s with 2.5 MIGS before he was thrown outa Korea simply because he wasa reserve who was
making the regulars look bad. Retired has aM/G and CO of the Texas ANG.

Capt JET Taylor 39th FIS 1951

Taylor with his they'll never take me alive survival gear inc paratrooper Carbine, sawed off 12 gauce, grenades ect!

brought her back with 37mm hits!

Lt Greg James OR ANG mounts up Taylor's 51.

battle · **Joined:** Wed Jun 14, 2006 5:37 am **Posts:** 58

Why not think outside the square why must it have stars and bars there are so many different schemes out there wartime RAF RAAF , post war airforces who used them.

cheers dave

Dan K · **Posted:** Fri Jul 01, 2011 10:27 pm

battle wrote:

Why not think outside the square why must it have stars and bars there are so many different schemes out there wartime RAF RAAF , post war airforces who used them.

cheers dave

You mean like these?

Looks like fairly healthy variety to me...certainly better than the number of Spitfires not wearing roundels. :wink:

ChrisDNT · **Posted:** Sat Jul 02, 2011 2:04 am

If a natural aluminium Mustang is choosen, PLEASE keep it natural aluminium and not silver painted or überchromed, there are already enough rich dentists planes around ;-)

fritzthefox · **Posted:** Sat Jul 02, 2011 6:44 am

Y'know, for such a pretty airplane, the Mustang has had to endure some pretty tacky paint jobs.

I second the 23rd FG scheme. Nice motion. If you could find one that also had a decent pin-up on it, it would rock.

Plus, they are already available as Corgi models, so you would have something to peddle at air shows.

WallyB · **Posted:** Sat Jul 02, 2011 7:39 am

ChrisDNT wrote:

If a natural aluminium Mustang is choosen, PLEASE keep it natural aluminium and not silver painted or überchromed, there are already enough rich dentists planes around ;-)

And no shiny camouflage please ! :axe:

whistlingdeath77 · **Posted:** Sat Jul 02, 2011 9:19 am

There's a lot of paint schemes that are from Pacific fighters and IL-1946 pc game. I think they have everybody and then custom ones that people have made. Very nice graphic designing. Personally, it never hurts to name your plane after your girl or maybe your mother,( if you have good relationships!) Or maybe after your home town that the mustang will be from? Be creative and stick with your own scheme. After all, whatever paint you put on a mustang she's going to look great anyways. Good luck!

Chappie · **Joined:** Wed Dec 19, 2007 9:40 am **Posts:** 987

My .02 cents would be to look into the history of the airframe and choose a scheme from its career. Or maybe the simple way she looked when she rolled off the assembly line- probably natural metal, national insignias and serial numbers.

Cheers,
Chappie

StangStung · **Posted:** Sat Jul 02, 2011 12:18 pm

^^^
Mentioned this, oh I dunnow, about a page ago to the thrilling response of...crickets! ; )

But I agree with you of course.

Chappie · **Joined:** Wed Dec 19, 2007 9:40 am **Posts:** 987

StangStung wrote:

^^^
Mentioned this, oh I dunnow, about a page ago to the thrilling response of...crickets! ; )

But I agree with you of course.

Ah...so sorry. Lately I like to see warbirds restos that remain true to the airframe.

Chappie

Saabmeister · **Joined:** Fri Feb 17, 2006 6:56 pm **Posts:** 170

I would also vote for an old 60's or 70's civilian style scheme, maybe a little somethin' like one of these:

http://mustangsmustangs.com/p-51/p51pas ... n_286.html
http://mustangsmustangs.com/p-51/p51pas ... n_281.html
http://mustangsmustangs.com/p-51/p51pas ... sn_52.html

jasonp51d · **Posted:** Sat Jul 02, 2011 6:51 pm

How about Charlie Woods' My Mac/Sweet Jeneviere of the 375th FS, 361st Fighter Group.

Has the rare advantage of being photographed from almost every angle (including inside) - see http://www.361fg.com/CharlieWoods3.htm

These are a few examples: -

whistlingdeath77 · **Posted:** Sat Jul 02, 2011 9:52 pm

that would work

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