P-51H Profile

[Jarink]

I guess the original thread got lost in the server crash. Oh, well. I hadn't done anything since the middle of May, anyhow. I had a looooong day at work today doing some server maintenance. The only good thing about it was that it finally gave me some time to work on this!

I'm just about done with the markings and still have some details to finish up, mainly under the wing and in the cockpit. I can't decide if I like the props rotated this way, but since I had a "perfect" picture of them to use as a template...

[GiantFlyingRobots]

Looks great! I especially like your treatment of the underside of the wing.

The prop rotation is a curly one that I have wrestled with myself, I have never been able to decide which I prefer.

Care to share the "perfect" prop picture?

[BLOWHARD]

YEAH! That's looking really solid!

[Jarink]

Care to share the "perfect" prop picture?

Well, maybe "perfect" was too strong a word, since I did cut off the top and bottom edges. (But it is from a 90° angle!) I snapped it at the Chanute Air Museum last fall.



I think I had it uploaded to the gallery before the crash, along with some other pictures I took at the same time.

[fritzie101]

Looks great, who was the pilot?

[Jarink]

Claude Crenshaw was the pilot. He was an ace with the 359th Fighter Group.
Since he was an ace, he was given a lot more leeway in the amount of personal markings than was usual for postwar planes.

There's more about him on this page.

Here's a profile I did of his P-51D from WWII:


I do have some more marking schemes in mind for this profile. There were some fairly colorful paint jobs (for postwar planes) done by those crazy Air National Guard guys. I'm certain to do some Illinois ANG planes, since the 169th FS flew H's from Peoria, just across the river from where I live.

[fritzie101]

I knew I had seen that name before. I'd like to see a 56th FG bird or two.