Shooting Stars: In the Beginning.....

[Willy]

Just uploaded and available now for the FSX Native F-80 Shooting Star available in the Warbirds Library here

XP-80 44-83020 "Lulu Belle"



Both XP-80A prototypes 44-83021 "Grey Ghost" and 44-83022 "Silver Ghost"




And the YP-80A Shooting Stars that underwent operational testing in early 1945 Italy (Project Extraversion)

[bpfowler]

Nice work Willy!

[Pips]

Lovely work.

The P-80 was so much cleaner aerodynamically than the Me 262. Yet did not make use of the swept wing concept, of which Messerschmitt did. Real contrast between the two contemporary designs.

[strykerpsg]

Very nice bird indeed. Thanks for posting and sharing Willy.

[hairyspin]

The P-80 was so much cleaner aerodynamically than the Me 262. Yet did not make use of the swept wing concept, of which Messerschmitt did. Real contrast between the two contemporary designs.

The 262 wasn't designed with swept wings originally, but decisions about engines forced that on the design to keep the weight of them balanced.

[stovall]

Great stuff Willy, you make this iconic aircraft a must have.

[Willy]

Thanks guys! I took a long break from painting Shooting Stars, but decided to revisit them by doing the prototypes and pre-production ones first. There are still a lot of them out there to paint as well which should keep me busy for a bit. And I'm still looking for reference material on ones that I haven't done yet.

Working on some of the "Project Comet" ones at the moment.

[blanston12]

The 262 wasn't designed with swept wings originally, but decisions about engines forced that on the design to keep the weight of them balanced.

So the swept wings on the 262 were a happy accident? Interesting!

[Willy]

Work in progress P-80A-1-LO, c/n 1192, 44-85160 / PN-160, "Pride Of The Lone Star" Project Comet 1946.

Tried a few ideas with the specs that apparently aren't panning out. Once I get those straightened out, it should be good to go. Darn blue is too light. It should match the pilot's helmet.