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Update: Cartridge Collection 2, Project Deagle Delays, and original P-51 Model

147k Pilotmario  7.2 years ago

Here's a bit of an update on my plans.

Cartridge Collection 2 is progressing well, but will probably need more time before I feel it is ready. Plenty of new cartridges, and upgrades to old cartridges.

Project Deagle has been postponed due to lack of technical drawings of sufficient quality to construct to my standards. That being said, I will do so once I can obtain sufficiently accurate drawings.

I have decided to try my hand at aircraft replicas once again, this time being the P-51 Mustang. Yes, there are plenty of P-51 builds out there, but I have decided that since I do in fact have drawings of sufficient accuracy to do so, I shall build it from these drawings

Here it is:
P-51D,
Yes, those are Swedish Air Force markings. The Swedes used the type between 1945 and the early 1950's. Although Sweden had a small but successful aviation industry, it could not keep up with the unusually rapid advancement of aircraft in WWII, and needed an airplane that can compete with modern fighters rather quickly. So they bought about 50 from the US Army Air Force in addition to several aircraft which were diverted and subsequently impounded (Sweden was neutral). These aircraft, designated J 26, served until the 1950's, when they were replaced by the home-grown J 29 Tunnan jet fighter.