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CD48167 - 1/48 P-51H


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19 hours ago, habu2 said:


You may have seen this page, same photo plus another, and two more similar aircraft (one in color). 
 

http://silverhawkauthor.com/warplanes-of-the-second-world-war-preserved-in-the-united-states-of-america-north-american-p51d-mustang_651.html    (Scroll about halfway down)

 

The color photo is of a P-51D (NACA127) with the tall tail.

 

It appears NACA used only the fuselage cocardes.

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  • 2 weeks later...

Almost done - I will finish this tonight and post drafts immediately. I was able to fit 9 options on the sheet; with several ANG options (DC, MD, CA, PA), the NACA aircraft that I mentioned, "Ah'm Available", one Tyndall training bird, etc. I hope you will like it.

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It's a small thing (literally), but the bird on the MD ANG unit badge represents a Baltimore Oriole, which in reality is a BRILLIANT orange and black (with a few spots of white). I know the reproductions shown earlier would be rough translations, but one would think that when they painted them on the aircraft (or applied a "decal") that they probably had orange on there.

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I don't have any plans to scale this down to 1/72, sorry. The NACA markings are not relevant to the "Aircraft of NASA-1" sheet which will only cover OV-1, AV-8A and OV-10; but a sheet of NACA/NASA markings is a good idea for a Caracal Models Basics sheet for 2021.

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Just thinking about your idea for generic markings, in addition to NACA/NASA markings, you might include a good selection of serial numbers, TEST, and other markings to assist with doing the lesser-known planes. NACA/NASA has flown about everything. Might even be worth doing this sheet in 1/144, 1/72 and 1/48 scales. A couple of the many references: 

 

https://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/portal/apps/naca/

https://history.nasa.gov/SP-3300/ch3.htm

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