Warbirdsim P-51D "Twilight Tear, Then and Now" Released (Payware)

[THibben]

Bomber,

Thank you so much for that detailed information. That was exactly what I was looking for.

If I was your age with our hobby as advanced as it is, I think I might really enjoy getting involved as much as you are.

Thanks again,

Tom

[Bomber_12th]

No problem, Tom! And I'm not presenting just those details as a reason to get all excited about the aircraft, but hopefully they do help to show how they can easily differ from one to the next.

The unique thing about the restored "Twilight Tear", is that it was the actual aircraft to begin with, but with so much missing from the aircraft, those that restored it, and detailed it, really had to probe the original NAA drawings and photos, for the speicific early-batch P-51D-20-NA that it is, to get it so close to perfect to how it originally looked during the war. Really, the only main difference is the polished aluminum. In the case of the restored "Cripes A' Mighty", the actual aircraft is a P-51D-30-NA, while the original was a P-51D-15-NA, so they are quire different, especially because there was such a big dividing line, half-way through P-51D-20-NA production (with a lot of big changes occurring), between early-mid and late examples. As a result, the restored "Cripes A' Mighty" is very much the P-51D-30-NA that the airframe was originally manufactured as, but also has a few things, foreign to a P-51D-30-NA, but included to make it more like a P-51D-15-NA type example.

(Note, that although it isn't fully mentioned, the aerial antenna rollers on the canopies of both the wartime "Cripes" and "'Tear" are of the "early-mid production" types, and typical of what would be found on a P-51D-15-NA and P-51D-20-NA, while the roller on the restored "Cripes" is of the late-type, typical of what would be found on a P-51D-30-NA.)

[THibben]

Warbird,

Don't know if you can help on this, but I am not allowed to order until my email is verified. There seems to be no way to accomplish this. It appears I am locked out for some reason.

Any thoughts

Tom Hibben

[Bomber_12th]

Tom, if you check your spam folder, and the confirmation e-mail is not there, then a quick message to support@warbirdsim.com should do the trick.

[JIMJAM]

Wow

I joke about the simworld not needing another P51,Spitfire,737 or Piper Cub but this is special. I already own 2 P-51s one being one of your earlier releases. The one with the recon version, naca wing and a few other variants. What maybe a year old or so?Caddie of the skies I think.
Anyways, just your very detail explanations, tremendous knowledge of the plane and overall passion temps me to buy it just to support your hard work.

[Bomber_12th]

Playing around with the K-14 gun sight. : )











Adjusting the range of the gyro reticle:





Fixed reticle:

[Bomber_12th]

Some more cockpit shots from the restored "Twilight Tear":

[Odie]

Wow

I joke about the simworld not needing another P51,Spitfire,737 or Piper Cub but this is special. I already own 2 P-51s one being one of your earlier releases. The one with the recon version, naca wing and a few other variants. What maybe a year old or so?Caddie of the skies I think.
Anyways, just your very detail explanations, tremendous knowledge of the plane and overall passion temps me to buy it just to support your hard work.

JIMJAM, even if you have the other Mustangs, these are worth the price of admission! I installed both of them last night around 11:30pm and only had time to take a lap around the island that LGMT is
on, but it's good stuff; visually and flight-wise. Great work, John!

[Bomber_12th]

Thank you Odie!! And thank you to everyone who has been so kind to provide your support over the past few years, it is very highly appreciated!!

Here are some further screenshots, exterior this time, from the few flights that the above screenshots were taken from.

"The victim" : )

[Bomber_12th]

Not too long ago, I got a question from someone, that made me laugh a bit, who wanted to know if the arm rest folded down. I realized that I had never taken any screenshots showing it down, so here are a few.

I also took these screenshots to illustrate the unique "Gun & Fuselage Level" stencils and lugs. These two lugs, that the stencils point to, were used to position a level on, when the aircraft was on jacks. For aligning the guns, bore sighting the camera and gun sight, or preparing the assembly or disassembly of the aircraft, you'd check to make sure the aircraft was level using those lugs. This and other stencils use a unique type-face, that I copied exactly, with one of the most unique aspects of it, the specific "&" symbol. The rear lug is almost never seen in cockpit photos, because it is positioned so far back, and in most all depictions of the Mustang in virtual form, the stencils might be there, but the lugs are not - likely leaving people to scratch their heads over what the stencil is pointing to - or none of these details are present at all.

The second screenshot down, shows the arm rest in-transit, starting to fold down, and shows the wrap-around portions at the base, which meet the back-side of the longeron, seating the arm rest at a 90-degree angle to the longeron.

[JIMJAM]

JIMJAM, even if you have the other Mustangs, these are worth the price of admission! I installed both of them last night around 11:30pm and only had time to take a lap around the island that LGMT is
on, but it's good stuff; visually and flight-wise. Great work, John!

Even though my latest kick as of this week has been vintage jets, I may just have to get this one. All of the above great pictures are nothing less than 100% screenshot porn


Plz stop it!!! I swore off P-51s but the temtation is great ha ha ha.

[JIMJAM]

Ok, I just bought it through Warbirdsim and must have missed something. Did I just buy a boxed edition or I am waiting to get a download link? I instantly got a paypal verify email but see no download link or customer account area to download my P51?

[JAllen]

JIMJAM, check your email for the download link. Mine came in just minutes even though WBS says 2 to 7 days or some such nonsense.

Jim

[THibben]

I am having the same problem. I purchased, have the payment sheet from PayPal and can not download. Albert sent me a website address to download from, but when I access it in comes up blank. I have made sure nothing is blocked in my blocked senders list and all is clear.
Even tried downloading from FireFox but had the same result. There is no place on the site to log in, check orders or previous downloads.

I have never had this much of a problem trying to buy and download anything ever before.

Getting very frustrated.

Tom Hibben

[JIMJAM]

This is why I have 3 pages of orders from Simmarket.

I eventually got my plane but what a pita.

After buying all I got was a PP receipt. A empty void is where my money went. Not to panic, I searched the website and while very,very well done has very little about the purchase and download process.
Do I get a instant download email? Does a human have to do it and it will take 2-4 days? Did the transaction even go throught???
After not getting a conf email and link I googled warsim download problem and my God!!!! I must have ran across 2 dozen pirated links to every plane they sell.
Ok so I get the link and just need to log in. Yup, WRONG password and or email. WTF- I just used it to buy the dam thing. Ok, So hit reset my password. Click........ Nothing

Ok, is it going to be minutes,days??? Well 15 minutes later I get the new password. Finally get my download but where is it???? I give up,start closing windows and its buried behind 6 screens.
Way,way to much effort put into advertsing,web layout,graphics,slick pictures and zero to little info on the actual purchasing process.
I just did my first 2 flights so I have simmered down some.