As requested, this is a repaint for the Warbirdsim "Little Friends II" product, featuring a new rendition of "Cripes A' Mighty 3rd", in its earlier form than as produced for the base product. This repaint depicts the aircraft while it still sported full invasion stripes, as seen pictured in June 1944, but the differences don't stop there. When the aircraft was photographed with the full invasion stripes still in-place, the amount of kill-markings had 'only' gotten to 17 at that point (the last rendition of Cripes-3rd, in August of '44, as included in Little Friends II, had a total scoreboard of 31 by that point). Other details also include the black stripe on the rudder, the black stripes passing over the top surfaces of the horizontal stabilizers, and this early on, there were not any names applied to the aircraft yet. The data-block stencil is also a bit different - as seen on this early version of the aircraft, the original factory-applied data block is still fresh and easily seen. Sometime afterward, however, likely due to cleaning and polishing the aircraft in the field, this factory-applied data block became almost completely removed, with just traces of the lettering remaining. Using stencils available on the field, this data-block was re-applied above the original - a detail reproduced on the later-rendition included in Little Friends II.
What will also be included with this repaint, is a revised texture file for the later rendition included with Little Friends II, which will update the blue paint on the nose, to being more accurate, as adjusted for this repaint. I just need to write-up a readme file, and then I'll get it upload and provide a link in this thread.
These first four shots are some early vs. late comparison shots.
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