Shado's Skins

[Shado]

Thank you 1C for setting up a dedicated Sub forum for Skins:D

Ok here's my little corner to put my skins and keep everything tidy, help yourselves, enjoy :).


242 SqD Douglas Baders Hurricane "Bader's Bus" ( http://airwarfare.com/sow/index.php/downloads/viewdownload/53-hurricanemki/425-baders-bus )
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rV7FObX1r0s/TelnlQ8I7lI/AAAAAAAAEMg/pWKw7GQseq4/s1024/2011-05-28_00058.jpg

Bader: To Install :download , put the file in :
C:\Users\..........\Documents\1C SoftClub\il-2 sturmovik cliffs of dover\PaintSchemes\Skins\HurricaneMkI

Remember: Markings on in FMB, The box marked Tactical # set to 4 and Serial# number box V7467.

242 SQD "Willie McKnights" Hurricane ( http://airwarfare.com/sow/index.php/downloads/viewdownload/53-hurricanemki/83-willie-mcknight-s-hurricane )
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/--Ibba4hUqXo/Teln2G1M8pI/AAAAAAAAEMk/mnNKtzKfitQ/s1024/2011-05-29_00090.jpg

McKnight: To Install :download , put the file in :
C:\Users\..........\Documents\1C SoftClub\il-2 sturmovik cliffs of dover\PaintSchemes\Skins\HurricaneMkI

Remember: Markings on in FMB, The box marked Tactical# 1 and Serial # P2961


257 SQD Stanford Tuck's Hurricane 's "Tuck box" Contains both Tuck skins ( http://airwarfare.com/sow/index.php/downloads/viewdownload/53-hurricanemki/86-277-sqd-stanford-tuck-s-hurricane-s )
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Y7YdV5XFBaI/TelnH5OarlI/AAAAAAAAEMc/m0JYYZd43BA/s1024/2011-06-01_00008.jpg

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-fi90gRwwcS0/TebCXzUk6yI/AAAAAAAAENE/HD1FheKpalo/s1024/2011-06-01_00015.jpg

Tuck: Download, unarchive and copy the jpg's into : C:\Users\XXXX\Documents\1C SoftClub\il-2 sturmovik cliffs of dover\PaintSchemes\Skins\HurricaneMkI
On the Tuck skins I have already included the Serial numbers, just make sure you choose 257 SQD and set Tactical to 1 in the FMB.



http://airwarfare.com/sow/index.php/downloads/viewdownload/24-bf-109-e3/101-bf-109e-3-helmut-wick-jg2

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-_jihG5uaKoA/TeggHp6z0GI/AAAAAAAAEKc/1tCwLV9MZGU/s1024/2011-06-03_00006.jpg

Installation notes:

Download, unarchive and copy the jpg's into : C:\Users\XXXX\Documents\1C SoftClub\il-2 sturmovik cliffs of dover\PaintSchemes\Skins\Bf-109E-3

Settings within Group properties in FMB set to:

Fighter Stabstaffel
Stab./JG 2
Stab/

Disclaimer
I accept no responsibility for any banning or warnings issued by steam or any other company by using my skins in multiplayer/online within Cliffs of Dover.

Thank you and enjoy.

Hello again, this my first attempt at a HE111 H-2, I hope you all like it.

Thank you.

http://www.mediafire.com/?977469lb4ba2lan
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-KkbswxWKJWg/TewVaKMT1yI/AAAAAAAAEOI/AbSTxwTyTDQ/s1280/2011-06-05_00009.jpg
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gawY5td4Ako/TewVhiaQpYI/AAAAAAAAEOM/VNl5ziwEkyQ/s1280/2011-06-05_00016.jpg

I have included (the symbol that must not be named) on this skin so no dll hack needed.

Settings within Group properties in FMB set to:

Group Bomber/KG53


Disclaimer:

I accept no responsibility for any banning or warnings issued by steam or any other company by using my skins in multiplayer/online within Cliffs of Dover.
Thank you and enjoy.

Tally Ho!

[LcSummers]

Shado,

great artwork. The first He 111.:-P

As i said, it s an artwork.

Thankx mate.

[meplay]

Nice skin Shado, the disclaimer...i just wondered why they could be unsafe?

[kristorf]

Nice work mate

[Shado]

Hi Meplay, well there seems to be a bit of confusion surrounding templates/skins that have been unlocked using the now famous kegetys dll mod, as you probably know some of the skins were available for editing on release (Spitfire) but others werent accessible, there is a claim that Steam can pick up on these skins with their anti cheats system and block or ban your account if they are used online.
Full details here:
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=23281

Perhaps we could get some clarity on this?

Hi Kristorf, thank you, yours are just stunning, the amount of work you put into them, pure brilliance.

[Plt Off JRB Meaker]

Superb Heinkel Shado!!!!,absolutley brilliant mate,I would love to see more German bombers skinned,almost all the bombers used in the BOB had coloured spinners,so this is a great start,thank you.



Edit....That underside is stunning,fantastic work,more please,more

[meplay]

Hi Meplay, well there seems to be a bit of confusion surrounding templates/skins that have been unlocked using the now famous kegetys dll mod, as you probably know some of the skins were available for editing on release (Spitfire) but others werent accessible, there is a claim that Steam can pick up on these skins with their anti cheats system and block or ban your account if they are used online.
Full details here:
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=23281

Perhaps we could get some clarity on this?

Hi Kristorf, thank you, yours are just stunning, the amount of work you put into them, pure brilliance.

Hi Shado thanks for the reply, i hope they get round to sorting it out soon.

[Shado]

Hi Meaker, thank you mate, more colourfull spinners to come :)

[Plt Off JRB Meaker]

Hi Meaker, thank you mate, more colourfull spinners to come :)

Great news Shado,would love to see a Ju88 of Stab 1./KG51 'Edelweiss',this had white spinners and a white thin trim around both engine cowlings.Can only find B/W pics on Google.

[Shado]

Great news Shado,would love to see a Ju88 of Stab 1./KG51 'Edelweiss',this had white spinners and a white thin trim around both engine cowlings.Can only find B/W pics on Google.

Perfect, thank you :)

[Plt Off JRB Meaker]

Here we go Shado,a few pics of a Ju88 of Kg51 'Edelweiss',very typical of the bombers that bombed England during the Battle Of Britain.Hope all ok.:grin:

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/69/ju88kg51edlelw40.jpg/

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/405/ss853120tek1.jpg/

Please not the spinner is coloured in two parts,there is a green band around the base of the white spinner.I'm glad I found this coloured pic,and if you look closely on the B/W pic you can see the two coloured spinner on that too.

[Shado]

Thanks, now we are Cooking :grin:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-axq-_5qHTwE/Te_cCO3z6RI/AAAAAAAAEPo/x9xBEo9ScHY/EW.jpg

[Shado]

Here she is Meaker, have fun guys.
http://www.mediafire.com/?c41y0ofm4g4x37x
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-kS3PA72fOFI/TfD4KYnTQ_I/AAAAAAAAEP4/oJj0SsT3EnU/s1600/2011-06-09_00022.jpg

I have included (the symbol that must not be named) on this skin so no dll hack needed.

[Plt Off JRB Meaker]

Oh Shado,superb mate,beautiful,thank you so much,I really appreciate this.:grin:

[kristorf]

V nice mate

[Shado]

Thanks guys, was a pleasure Meaker, no problem. :cool:

[LcSummers]

Thanks alot for that very nice skin. Now we have the first JU 88.

Salute

[Plt Off JRB Meaker]

Another favourite of mine is the Do17-2 of 9/KG76

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/848/do179kg76.jpg/

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/232/do179kg76a.jpg/

Shado.....Oh no,not that Meaker again,lol.

[Shado]

Well there a Yellow tailed/nosed JU-87 coming next, so when thats done ill start on the Do17, that should make it a nice mixed bag with nearly all my Luftwaffe layered templates done.

[Plt Off JRB Meaker]

Sounds great Shado,we definatley need a Stuka with a coloured nose,looking forward to that.BTW the Ju88 you did looks superb in battle,really beautiful,thank you again.

Guys like yourself are transforming this game,seeing pics in old books of these old aircraft is one thing,but then to be able to capture them in a sim is truly magic.

[Shado]

At the end of the day that’s we all want to do, turn it into something that is not only visually but in every aspect resembles as close to a realistic simulation of that time as is possible,I know the sim has a long way to go and I hope that we get there, with the amazing work of Cpt Farrel, Kristorf, BuzPilot , Jafa and Bigpickle and I’m sure many more equally as talented we can’t go wrong.

From my perspective I’m just glad they decided not to add those coloured hues/de-saturation filters that seems to have been thrust upon us not only by the games industry but also seen in many movies of late, that would have ruined any skinning possibility’s, I just want the colours to work with and that’s what we got.

Happy times

[Shado]

JU-87

This is a generic skin with no markings added other than the historically correct one :)

http://www.mediafire.com/?l93znibm6i32103

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-WQxRKh5FUzo/TfMSeNieYqI/AAAAAAAAEQg/P_QBQ6t3Ous/s1600/2011-06-11_00033.jpg
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-O1EAclMGHR4/TfMSUoRXA8I/AAAAAAAAEQc/wbKvktC4AiQ/s1600/2011-06-11_00032.jpg

Right go get yourself some radar installations:)

***VERY IMPORTANT***

This skin is NOT for use online and WILL get you BANNED if you use it online. DO NOT USE WHILST ON MULTIPLAYER OR WHILST YOU ARE ON STEAM AS YOU WILL POSSIBLY GET BANNED



If you do want to use this skin we reccommend disconnecting to you internet connection and then using it, and if you do want to go online with the game please DELETE the skin before you proceed (just as precaution but HIGHLY RECOMMENDED)
Thanks guys.

[Plt Off JRB Meaker]

Excellent work Shado,another masterpiece,thank you:grin:

[Shado]

Why thank you kind sir, mm time for a Do17 methinks.......:grin:

[335th_GRAthos]

Awesome skin, thanks!

JU-87
This skin is NOT for use online and WILL get you BANNED if you use it online. DO NOT USE WHILST ON MULTIPLAYER OR WHILST YOU ARE ON STEAM AS YOU WILL POSSIBLY GET BANNED

Why is this warning for???

Skins are also not permitted????

~S~

[Shado]

Hi GRAthos,

Well there is a load of confusion over the Steam/Vac anti-cheat system they have in place, I cant get any clarity from either Steam or 1c so I Err on the side of caution, I dont want anyone getting in trouble be it the end user or myself for anyone banned.

Personally my own feelings are, if it is a generic skin that was allowed to be edited without a need for unlocking the dds files then I can see how it would detect it as a cheat as it would have to do a pixel by pixel comparison, and that would be impossible, the overheads involved in that alone are unimaginable.

It could turn out to be a whole load of b0ll0x, who knows, I just had enough of the nagging from various parties to put disclaimers on my files..

[335th_GRAthos]

A, OK thanks Shado for the explanations, it is a very nice skin, too nice to let it pass... ;)

Thanks!

~S~

[LcSummers]

Hi Shado

hope this will help, if not i have some decals in 1/48. If you need them i can scan them.


Cheers

[Shado]

Well here you are LcSummer and anyone else who wants it for that matter, Illner's 109 :grin:

No markings needed.

Bf 109E-3, “White 2”, 4./JG51 – Ofw. Hans Illner

This appears to be the be the aircraft Illner used in mid-August, after his third victory. What is most unique about it, is that Illner had a set of bright red lips holding a cigarette painted on the front of the under-cowl after his first victory. According to Vol. Two Section 2 of the Jagdwaffe series, the cigarette should have the date of Illner’s first kill, 5 July 1940, printed on it, rather than the brand name. The Eagle Strike decal does not have this. Also the Jagdwaffe volume reports the smoke from the cigarette as gray and black. The decal is printed as red and white. This could come down to photo interpretation.

As to other markings carried by this aircraft, Illner had the name of his girlfriend, Gretel, painted on the fuselage as well as a pair of dice above the name and a yellow clover below.

The aircraft also carried the weeping bird emblem of II./JG 51. At first look, it appears that the legend under the bird is “Gott strafe Bngland”. But, upon closer examination, England is spelled with an “E” not a “B”.


http://www.mediafire.com/?dm27pakqorvfwrr
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-_9aw4Enblvs/TfpA7ZM4auI/AAAAAAAAEUg/nHqCrrL6p1I/s1600/2011-06-16_00051.jpg
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-TdhsmJRm_O4/TfpBRfj-8UI/AAAAAAAAEUk/nahaiAARFGw/s1600/2011-06-16_00059.jpg

Thank you

[No1 Cheese]

Very nice :)

Cheese

[LcSummers]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!

GREAT AND MASTERPIECE OF WORK:-P


Thanks bud again!!!!! WOUW!!!


LC

[Shado]

LOl, I'm glad you like it mate, it was an interesting skin to do :grin:

[Doc_uk]

Nice weathering, is that useing the editor weathering shado? or have you added it yourself
I cant seem to get ingame weathering to work:confused:

[Shado]

the ingame weathering isnt working at the moment so I add my own, based on the weathering layer within the game/skin, of course once weathering is fully implemented it could turn some of my skins screwy but we'll see.

[Doc_uk]

Do you plan on doing the spit skins shado:grin:

[Shado]

Yes, once I find the cockpit :)

Oh, there it is, ok the weathering needs a little work :)

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-m2ne1MLuTAA/TfuHZ_YOvOI/AAAAAAAAEVU/Cf0oB8Iln1I/s1280/2011-06-17_00010.jpg

[Doc_uk]

Yes, once I find the cockpit :)

Oh, there it is, ok the weathering needs a little work :)

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-m2ne1MLuTAA/TfuHZ_YOvOI/AAAAAAAAEVU/Cf0oB8Iln1I/s1280/2011-06-17_00010.jpgLol, ok i'l have it:grin:

[LcSummers]

Its the best skin i ve ever seen. Realy realistic. Its a must have:-P

Dont alter any weathering, its perfect:rolleyes:

[kristorf]

Here ya go mate, use this instead of the panel finder, soooo much easier.

http://s2.postimage.org/pq072dedi/spit.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/wqn1pv1g/full/)
png upload (http://www.postimage.org/)

[Shado]

mein gott im himmel, you alive Kristorf :grin: , thanks mate

[Doc_uk]

Here ya go mate, use this instead of the panel finder, soooo much easier.

http://s2.postimage.org/pq072dedi/spit.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/wqn1pv1g/full/)
png upload (http://www.postimage.org/)
Bottom left next to the ammo belt, I think that is the framwork to the outside of the cockpit lol:grin:

[Shado]

mmmm getting Closer, heres a clue for you...:)

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-AV6GYuwFwcQ/TfvjO9yu1tI/AAAAAAAAEVw/TLLdpuCA4eE/s800/close.jpg

Gives you this...

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-69kEnFH0d8s/TfvkXcFxf4I/AAAAAAAAEWA/4ASxBp9uWPY/s1280/2011-06-18_00002.jpg

Muhaha

[Shado]

Removed

[LcSummers]

Hi Shado,

thanx, got it. A real eyecandy. And thank you for information on this aircraft.

[kristorf]

Nice work mate.

One thing I would say to look at is your roundel colours, you seem to have differant shades of blue and red for fuselage and wing upper and lower wing rounds and tail flash

[Shado]

Hi Kristorf, yes I got to get a grip of that, Ill have to fix it now youv'e pointed it out :)

EDIT: yes thats better, also founf a bit of stray texture, Quality control was a bit lacking :)

[Doc_uk]

Very nice shado, will have this one, even though i dont fly the mk1, just have to hope you nock out a mk2a :)

[BRIGGBOY]

thx shado she is a cracker. nice bit of history to.

[Plt Off JRB Meaker]

Top skin Shado;)

[Shado]

Arrrghh, new patch, new lighting = shiny siny skin arrggh me no like :(

[skouras]

personally i like the new lightning:-)

[Shado]

Nnnnnnnnnnoooooooo it plays havoc with me skins ;)

I'll get used to it :grin:

[Cpt_Farrel]

That just got to be some unforseen consequence of some other change because they can't possibly think it should look like that. I tried the 109 and it's shinier than the most polished NMF warbird I ever saw. I'm sure that wasn't intentional - or at least praying it wasn't... :)

[Shado]

I am almost certain its the weathering layer they have enabled thats causing it, load a hurricane up in QMB, then push the weathering slider all the way you will see besides the obvious scratches etc that it's marginally duller than if you had have left it.
Would be nice to have a button or something to switch that off, I havent had a good sniff around the conf.ini so there might be something in there, the last patch was perfect for me being as there was only a eggshell shine.

Tell you something though the bare metal underneath looks superb.

Oh confusion reigns :)

[VO101_Tom]

Hi Shado.
I just now started painting in cod, immediately lost some parts :grin: , so i make new panel finder (for small parts). DL if you need this:
Color_2048x2048.jpg (http://www.pumaszallas.hu/Private/VO101_Tom/Panel_Finder_by_Tom_2048x2048.jpg) White (for multiply layer) (http://www.pumaszallas.hu/Private/VO101_Tom/Panel_Finder_by_Tom_W_2048x2048.jpg)
S!
Tom

[Shado]

WOW, :shock: hink I see pink Elephants...:)

Thanks Tom, so much better for the smaller parts

[VO101_Tom]

WOW, :shock: hink I see pink Elephants...:)

Thanks Tom, so much better for the smaller parts

:grin:
download it again, I compressed a little (C2 (http://www.pumaszallas.hu/Private/VO101_Tom/Panel_Finder_by_Tom_2_2048x2048.jpg) W2 (www.pumaszallas.hu/Private/VO101_Tom/Panel_Finder_by_Tom_2W_2048x2048.jpg) ) :rolleyes:

[Shado]

Thank you for taking the time to do this Tom.
Very much appreciated.:grin:

[Shado]

Ju87B-2 Stuka, 3 Staffel Stukageschwader 2 St Malo/Lannion France August 1940.

http://www.mediafire.com/?lf193mt8txn1dnj

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1CArf0Mkf10/Tgpiv2wdOzI/AAAAAAAAEas/NGzMsoPLyuE/s1600/JU87-1.jpg

[Cpt_Farrel]

Nice looking Stuka! It's good that the light engine is back to normal isn't it! :)

[Shado]

Thank you Captain, yes thank goodness they put it away for the full patch :) Now if they want to bring it back I hope they make it switchable :)

[LcSummers]

Shado,

sorry but i must hugging you. I am speechless. Great work, fantastic. Really nice Stuka.

Thank you so much for giving me such nice bird.

I know i can count on you

Thanks bud


LC

[No1 Cheese]

lovely job,keep em coming PLEASE.

Cheese

[Shado]

Nothing to see here, move along, well it was late, that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it :)

[LcSummers]

Hi Shado,

great, here is the other one. Its looking great. Now i have really nice STUKAs:)
Great mate.

I hope it doesnt matter when pointing out that the airfix kit was T6 KL.
Its no criticism, never dare it, never do it.

Thank you very much. Your hard work is really appreciated.;)

Salute

LC

[LcSummers]

Hi Shado,


what about your Bf 110 Wespen skin? Any informations on it?

Cheers

LC

[Shado]

Lets try this again.

http://www.mediafire.com/?jojbn4dkwh572qz
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Iunl4Rk0Oa0/Tgy0HKGY2xI/AAAAAAAAEcY/sZJiyK-e18g/s1600/2011-06-30_00001.jpg

[Shado]

264 SQD Defiant

http://www.mediafire.com/?f4pf160fid1yovr

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-M0WI4oPL2Yg/TgzwSoquw3I/AAAAAAAAEcw/NQWzsSAGsMI/s1600/264.jpg


Of the three low-winged monoplane fighters of the Battle of Britain the Boulton Paul Defiant is the one least remembered.

First flown on August 11th 1937 the Defiant was a natural progression from the classic biplane fighters that proceeded it such as the Hawker Demon and Hart.
264 Squadron , first formed at Sutton Bridge on October 30th 1939, became the first to receive the Defiant. It did not however make an auspicious start, the aircraft being plagued with engine and undercarriage failures grounding the aircraft until late February 1940.

Once declared operational 264 squadron were detached to Wittering from where they flew convoy patrols over the North Sea. In May they moved to Duxford from where they would claim their first success claiming a Ju88 and a He 111 but soon after they sustained heavy losses due to poor tactics losing five out of six aircraft to Messerschmitt Bf 109s.

This led to a change in role for the Defiants, they were to be used as anti-bomber escorts of English Channel convoys.

Dunkirk bought one of the Defiants finest hours; On May 29th they claimed 37German aircraft (19 Ju 87s, 15 Bf 110s, 2 Bf 109s and a Ju 88).

This was largely due to the confusion of the enemy attacking the Defiants as if they were Hurricanes.
Unfortunately it would not take long for the Luftwaffe to exploit the Defiants lack of forward firing machine guns and vulnerable underside where the gunner could not return fire.

Throughout 1940 264 Squadron continued to move from station to station two of which were Kirton-on-Lindsey and Hornchurch during the Battle of Britain. At Hornchurch in August 1940 they were to claim 3 Ju 88s, 3 Do 17s and a Bf 109E. On the 28th of August they were withdrawn from front line day fighter service to Duxford.

Ultimately Defiants were to gain success as nightfighters before being relegated to target tug duties.

[Plt Off JRB Meaker]

That is a real beauty of a skin Shado,what a looker,thank you very much Sir:grin:

This has to be my all time favourite to date,simply stunning mate.

[Shado]

No worries mate, glad you like it :)

[Shado]

http://www.mediafire.com/?4j2g5wkoobvyc7b
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-E_YobCXplIs/Tg0XqY9NRgI/AAAAAAAAEdI/4Y21Gbk25I0/s1600/141.jpg

141 Squadron based at West Malling in Kent, received orders to send 12 of its Boulton Paul Defiant turret-fighters to Hawkinge early on 19th July 1940. At around 12:30 hours a scramble was conducted for a patrol 20 miles south of Folkestone at just 5,000 feet! However, only nine crews got into the air owing to three of the RAF fighters becoming unserviceable on start-up. The squadron had not yet been in combat with their aircraft.

Less than 30 minutes later Hawkinge witnessed what was left of the squadron return, when just two out of the nine Defiants landed intact after escaping ruthless 'Schwarms' of Messerschmitt Me109's from Jagdgeschwader 51 who had pounced on them over the Channel. Four pilots and six gunners were either dead or missing with others wounded.

One of the five Defiants that did not return was crewed by 22 years old Flight Lieutenant Ian David Grahame Donald and his air-gunner, Pilot Officer Arthur Charles Hamilton, aged 28 and from North Harrow in Middlesex.

When the nine Defiants were attacked by the Messerschmitts, all of the RAF machines were hit and two of them immediately tumbled away down towards the sea, their crews never to be seen again. Donald and Hamilton in Defiant L7009 (HT-W) adorned with a painted cockerel emblem and the name 'Cock o' the North', were fighting for their lives in an aircraft ablaze from nose to tail; in a desperate attempt to escape the enemy and return to Hawkinge, they dived down towards the sea. Approaching Dover the ailing RAF fighter struggled for height and for reasons not known, Hamilton managed to extricate himself from the confines of his turret and bale out, but he sadly never survived his descent into the sea

Still on fire the Defiant raced across Dover and turned towards the Elms Vale area as it then flew along the valley, where tragically for the pilot his luck soon ran out. When only four miles from Hawkinge the engine of the stricken fighter faltered and Donald perished as the doomed aircraft slammed into the side of a hill

Donald was buried in Tilford (All Saints) Cemetery in Surrey, and the body of Hamilton was recovered from the sea and he was laid to rest in Hawkinge Cemetery. At the bottom of his headstone are the words: "To the dear memory of "Arch"..He that giveth his life shall find it."

Donald was born on 3rd September 1917 and was the son of Air Marshal Sir Grahame Donald. He was educated at Dulwich College and joined the RAF in early 1936.

Hamilton had only joined the RAF in March 1940 as a direct-entry Air Gunner and after training was posted to 141 Squadron in May. His career was fated to be very short. It's recorded that Hamilton had a Southern Rhodesian connection and there is a memorial plaque in the hall of Churchill School, Causeway in Zimbabwe

141 Squadron were known as the 'Cock Squadron' after winning an inter-squadron competition in 1918. Thus tradition saw the squadron name its Defiant aircraft like 'Cock o' the North', 'Cock-a-hoop', 'Cocksure' and 'Cocked for Firing' to name but some.

[Plt Off JRB Meaker]

Fantastic Shado,these Defiant's are going to look superb in game,can't thank you enough,and love the historic script:)

As these are so good would it be possible for some blanks of both Defiants please?

[LcSummers]

Shado,

wonderful skins. Everyone is getting better and better. The Defiants are tremendous. With these new skins i like that bird too. Awesome work.:cool:

Thanks and keep going on please. It doesnt matter wich aircraft, they are all beautiful.:-P

Cheers and thank you


LC

[kristorf]

Nice Defiant mate

[skouras]

excellent skin and excellent story of this Heroes
...:!:

[Shado]

Thanks again guys, the history is fascinating, I've learnt so much just by painting skins.

[Friendly_flyer]

Nice to see the old Daffy getting some love!

[Shado]

And now for some Sunderlands, I'll point out now that the Norwegian paint scheme is not from the BOB era, it was just purely for my pleasure :)

Anyway if you want it, it's here :

http://www.mediafire.com/?sb2c767rog4yr5e

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-3AGjNR8GVZY/ThN_qG0Q9UI/AAAAAAAAEfg/EdLvdmY_-NQ/s1600/330.jpg

And another.


http://www.mediafire.com/?va9yszj0qei80cx

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-wGFJMWVPs0w/ThODlNh_h9I/AAAAAAAAEgM/2DsMIOxFQuU/s1600/205.jpg

[LcSummers]

Great Shado,

now it seems we are getting for every plane a skin. Glad to see that big bird

Thanks;)

[Plt Off JRB Meaker]

Great skins Shado,the white version is how I always rememeber the Sunderland to look like,thanks mate.

[Shado]

http://airwarfare.com/sow/index.php/downloads/viewcategory/21-ansonmki


Ok this is Non BOB :)

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Y4voptsHur0/ThVwZw3tc0I/AAAAAAAAEg8/j1JB5Ni0cYw/s1440/6sqd.jpg
Avro Anson A4-32 of 6 Squadron RAAF left Richmond airfield at 12:40 pm on Friday 28 April 1939 on a flight that was expected to last less than 3 hours. This was part of an Air Navigation course they were being trained in. The particular exercise for this flight was a wind finding direction course over the sea. The weather was clear and fine and weather conditions in no way contributed to the crash which ultimately happened.

After leaving Richmond Airfield the Avro Anson was flown out to sea in the vicinity of Smith Head, Sydney. The crew maintained constant radio communication with the airfield and the flight proceeded without incident until approximately 3:30pm. At 3:27pm a radio message was received from the aircraft to the effect that the aerial was being reeled in preparatory to landing. At that time the aircraft was within a few miles of the airfield and within a few minutes of landing. This was the last message received from the aircraft.

At 3:30pm Avro Anson A4-32 crashed into the ground. There were several eye witnesses. It would appear the aircraft was flying in normal level flight at about 1,000 feet when eye witnesses heard some spluttering from the engines along with the noises of backfiring and puffs of smoke were seen coming from the aircraft.

The nose of the Avro Anson dropped to an angle of 30 degrees and it started to lose height. Eye witnesses then indicated they could hardly hear the noise of the engines but they then made a sudden roaring noise and the nose pulled up again.. But then it went into a steeper dive and crashed directly into the ground with its engines roaring.

The following four crew members of Avro Anson A4-32 were killed instantly:-

Pilot Officer Maxwell Leonard Hickson (Navigator)
Pilot Officer Lloyd George Harness (Pilot)
Aircraftman Raymond Duncan Knight (Wireless Operator)
Aircraftman Harrie Clarke (Fitter Armourer)

[DoolittleRaider]

Here's a MKIa Spitfire of 74 SQD Piloted By the late John Freeborn, a very interesting history.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ApqcwGclN24/Tf6DvZra6bI/AAAAAAAAEWo/ca9MU4alb-8/s1600/2011-06-20_00004.jpg ...

@Shado

Did you have a photo of Freeborn's ZP+C Spit? I ask because, with rare exception, virtually all the images (profiles, photos) of 74 Sqdn Spits, for example Sailor Malan's ZP+A, have shown the unit/acft ID letters as being horizontally aligned rather than 'stepped'/non-aligned. Both aligned and non-aligned letters were used by RAF (I believe more of the former style).

I do not yet have COD, but it appears that all the default Spit skins have non-aligned/stepped letters...this oddity/error was noted during the many months of pre-release updates, but was apparently not changed upon release.

However, it now appears that skinners can apply either style of lettering....Recently I noticed in the Kristorf's skins thread that he had done an historically accurate 54 Sqdn aligned Spit KL+B. Also, here is Reflected's Malan ZP+A skin with aligned letters:
http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/3853/unledvj.jpg



In a nutshell, I am curious why you chose the non-aligned lettering style for your Freeborn ZP+C skin.

Meanwhile, many Thanks to you (and the other skinners) for all your work/contributions.

[Shado]

Ok so this is wrong then? it's all I have used to work from.

I got to say I'm a bit dissapointed i got it wrong.

https://www.aviationillustration.com/shop/images/spitfiremk1.30a.jpg
https://www.aviationillustration.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=2049

[LcSummers]

Wow, what a surprise!

Nice skin, like that yellow underside. Beautiful and thanks again for your hard work ;)

[Shado]

Hellloooooooo here's version 2 of John Freeborns Spitfire based on feedback.


http://airwarfare.com/sow/index.php?option=com_jdownloads&Itemid=53&task=view.download&catid=48&cid=124
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-S8z3G2OeUP8/Ths-HqOqCcI/AAAAAAAAEhc/5uBvlac2YP8/s1600/2011-07-10_00038.jpg

Thank you.

[Plt Off JRB Meaker]

Superb mate,quality is king,and you are the King;)

[Shado]

hehe no not a king mate, just a pretender to the throne ;)

Thanks though

[Doc_uk]

Nice spit, shado
Great work as always

[Shado]

Thanks Doc, :grin:

Hurricane Mk I P3120 RF-A of No 303 'Polish' Sqn, flown by Flg Off Z K Henneberg, September 1940

Available from Airwarfare.com

http://airwarfare.com/sow/index.php?option=com_jdownloads&Itemid=53&task=view.download&catid=53&cid=125

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-bJq-LfpOXkA/ThyxJXonxcI/AAAAAAAAEic/AquhpLRvQlo/s1600/303.jpg



No. 303 (Polish) Squadron was formed on 2 August 1940 at RAF Northolt, and became operational on 31 August. Its initial cadre was 13 Officer and 8 NCO pilots and 135 Polish ground staff. At the outset, serving RAF officers were appointed to serve as CO (S/L RG Kellett) and Flight Commanders (F/L JA Kent and F/L AS Forbes) alongside their Polish compatriots, as the Polish pilots were unfamiliar with RAF Fighter Command language, procedures and training.

On 31 August, the squadron was scrambled in the late afternoon on its first operational sortie. In a dogfight over Kent, 'A ' Flight claimed four confirmed and two probable victories over Messerschmitt Bf 109, possibly of LG 2. Claimants were are Kellet, F/O. Henneberg, P/O Feric and Sgt. Karubin.

Although the number of Battle of Britain claims was overestimated (as with virtually all fighter units), No. 303 Squadron was one of top fighter units in the battle and the best Hurricane-equipped one.

According to historian John Alcorn, 44 victories are positively verified, making 303 Squadron the fourth highest scoring squadron of the battle, after Squadron Nos. 603 AuxAF (57.8 verified kills), 609 AuxAF (48 verified kills) and 41 (45.33 verified kills), which all flew Spitfires.[5] It was also had the highest kill-to-loss ratio; of 2.8:1. However, J. Alcorn was not able to attribute 30 aircraft shot down to any particular unit, and according to Jerzy Cynk and other Polish historians, the actual number of victories for 303 Squadron was about 55–60.[5] According to Polish historian Jacek Kutzner the verified number of kills of 303 Squadron is around 58.8, which would still place it above all other squadrons regarding verified kills.

This is presented by Kutzner's chart, which shows Polish confirmed kills ,confirmed kills of all Allied squadrons, including Polish and real German losses on each day when 303 Squadron was involved in air combats

The name chosen by the squadron was in honour of the famous Polish Kosciuszko Squadron which fought during the Polish-Soviet War in 1920. No. 303 Squadron was also linked to the original Kosciuszko Escadrille through personnel that had served in the squadron. Later, further air force units from the aforementioned unit were renamed the 7th, 121st and 111th Escadrilles of the Polish Air Force.

[LcSummers]

Shado,

you are great buddy. Your skins are fantastic.

When will we see a Bf110 or a JU88 skin? What about a Wellington? Keep up your great work.

Thanks mate

[Doc_uk]

Shado,

you are great buddy. Your skins are fantastic.

When will we see a Bf110 or a JU88 skin? What about a Wellington? Keep up your great work.

Thanks mate
Looks to me like he is doing them all lol,
and love that Hurricane Mk I P3120 RF-A Shado, very nice

[Shado]

Dont worr they are on the to do list, I'm gradually building up a collection of templates :)

[Friendly_flyer]

And now for some Sunderlands, I'll point out now that the Norwegian paint scheme is not from the BOB era, it was just purely for my pleasure :)
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-3AGjNR8GVZY/ThN_qG0Q9UI/AAAAAAAAEfg/EdLvdmY_-NQ/s1600/330.jpg

Hey! That's "Vingtor" from No. 330 (N) Squ! Very nice work!

[Shado]

Sgt. Tadeusz Anduszków P-5125 P.A.F 303 SQD

Available at Airwarfare.com

http://airwarfare.com/sow/index.php?option=com_jdownloads&view=viewdownload&catid=53&cid=126&Itemid=53

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-kYrrTwcL9XA/Th4GSOTKD_I/AAAAAAAAEi8/FlQ3BITj5II/s1600/303Frame.jpg

Shot down whilst on patrol over Kent, another 303 squadron Hurricane was also lost this day, F/O. Ludwig Witold Paszkiewicz in L1696 RF-T, also killed. Sgt. Tadeusz Anduszków was also shot down only 12 days previously on the 15th September by Me109 over Dartford when he baled out safely. (Flying Hurricane P3939)

[Gourmand]

Sgt. Tadeusz Anduszków P-5125 P.A.F 303 SQD
Available at Airwarfare.com

and now at http://www.cliffsofdover.fr (http://www.cliffsofdover.fr/?recherche=Shado&filtre_realisme=-1&trie=date) ;)

[Shado]

Ah Merci beaucoup Monsieur :grin:

[Gourmand]

thanks to you for your nice skin ;)

[LcSummers]

Dont worr they are on the to do list, I'm gradually building up a collection of templates :)

I knew that,

but wanted to be sure;)

[Shado]

Gourmand, could you please remove the Edit funcionality from your website, I really dont want people having the option to change details of my Skins.

Thanks

[Gourmand]

edit is just for the wording, and old wording is save for each edit...
it's already a problem for you? should i dev a lock edit system for autor?

[Shado]

Hi Gourmand "Should i dev a lock edit system for autor?"

:)
yes please, is that possible?

Thank you

[Shado]

The Fiat G.50, enjoy :)





http://airwarfare.com/sow/index.php?option=com_jdownloads&Itemid=53&task=view.download&catid=37&cid=129

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-tVhFVr8lZt8/TiIJjamy5SI/AAAAAAAAEj8/1iCzNcidY0Y/s1600/G-50.jpg

http://airwarfare.com/sow/index.php?option=com_jdownloads&Itemid=53&task=view.download&catid=37&cid=130

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-nLnozxQ6ZNM/TiMMiTD0HYI/AAAAAAAAEk4/NgZkrn4RbcY/s1600/G50Variants.jpg

A Fiat G.50bis of20 Gruppo, 51 Stormo based at Ursel, Belgium, in October 1940. Lack of range and poor armament severely restricted the type's participation in the Battle of Britain.

Mussolini led Italy into WW2 on 10th/11th June 1940. Italy posed a very real threat to British interests in the Mediterranean, but for reasons of propaganda (following RAF raids on the Caproni and Fiat factories on mainland Italy) Mussolini was particularly eager to join the assault on Britain itself. In July, he offered units of the Regia Aeronautica for service in the Battle of Britain, and was politely refused by Hitler and Goering. However, after repeated requests, Goering eventually agreed to the participation of a Corpo Aereo Italiano in mid-September.

[senseispcc]

Wonderful, thanks.

Have a nice game.

[Shado]

A rework and clean up of the Me110 "Sharkmouth" skin that comes with COD.

Enjoy.

Available from Airwarfare.com

http://airwarfare.com/sow/index.php?option=com_jdownloads&Itemid=53&task=view.download&catid=26&cid=131

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-a5FQPIiL2OY/Tih-CuYjnlI/AAAAAAAAEoE/3UCdBm7Lvh8/s1600/110.jpg

[Plt Off JRB Meaker]

That is one hell of a skin mate,wow,beautiful:grin:

[Shado]

thanks bud :)

[LcSummers]

Shado, i love you in a certain manner.

You are always doing a great job.
Tally ho!

[ingsoc84]

Outstanding skins..I love em..more please! Also..I dont see the red "R" on the left side of your Me 109 E-3..anyway to enable that? thanks!:grin:

[Friedric]

Hi can some make a skin of my sigh please ?

I/JG53 Black 4

[SNAFU]

As always, great work, Shado. :)

Is the mapping of the 110 skin as confusing as the 109s one?

[He111]

Shado, your work is superb .. you're a true artist.

As to the story on 141 Sqn, apparently the CO of 141 visited 264 Sqn before their first mission, confiding to Hunter he thought the defiant a death-trap! when they were jumped on their first mission, by about 30 109s no less, they didn't follow tactics which 264 Sqn found worked against enemy fighters.

.

[He111]

Shado, ould you also release the clean defiant skins (without markings)

Thanks

.

[Shado]

Just to let you know I am still working on the blanks, I have to admit I went off the boil a bit when they started messing with the skin graphics, now it seems to be fixed it's all systems go, thank you all, I hope you get as much enjoyment out of them as I do skinning them. :grin:

[Plt Off JRB Meaker]

[QUOTE I hope you get as much enjoyment out of them as I do skinning them. :grin:[/QUOTE]

Oh yes,Shado,very much so sir.......and I'm really looking forward to that Dornier 17 being brought to life:grin:

[mattebubben]

Skins should work in multiplayer without getting u banned as long as u install them correctly and they are of bmp or jpg format.
(into the Paintscheme folder)
The head of All aircraft Simulation got the following answer from a 1C enployee.


From: Nikita Putilin
Date: 4/18/2011 11:20:34 AM
To: John Marco
Subject: RE: Hi John Here About IL-2 Sturmovik Cliffs of Dover



Hi John,

Here is the answer from Ilya “Luthier” Shevchenko:

“Yes, the game is of course designed to use custom skins, and they will integrate with steam seamlessly.

There's absolutely no problem with using custom skins, as long as they go through the stock channel, i.e. are stored in your game's il-2 sturmovik cliffs of dover\PaintSchemes\Skins folder and are in one of the standard formats, that is jpg or bmp

If however you are using the sfs crack to mod the plane's .dds files, that might very well get you banned in case you use the locked textures to add visibility to enemy planes, or transparency to your own, or something like that.

In short, just use the stock location for custom paintschemes in il-2 sturmovik cliffs of dover\PaintSchemes\Skins

and you should be perfectly fine!”



Cheers,

check here for the link to the Thread
http://allaircraftsimulations.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=99&t=31786&start=15

[acred99]

Hi Shado
Would you mind re-uploading your
242 SQD "Willie McKnights" Hurricane ( http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QP87FASG )
Due to the US War on everything the Megaupload site was shutdown. And the Kiwi's are facing charges in the US I hope they can hide with all the sheep until things cool of.
Matthew
www.asisbiz.com

[Shado]

Hi Matthew, you can find her here also on Gamekeepers excellent site:
Airwarfare.com

http://airwarfare.com/sow/index.php/component/jdownloads/viewdownload/53-HurricaneMkI/83-qwillie-mcknightsq-hurricane?Itemid=241

Let me know if you have any issues, I was unaware of the Megaupload copyright infringement issues.

Thanks

Mark

[acred99]

242 SqD Douglas Baders Hurricane "Bader's Bus" ( http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BHRLZ1EI )
sorry mate can't find this one.
Thanks I got the other one.
Matthew

[Shado]

Hi again, Ive uploaded it to Airwarfare.com.

Thanks for the heads up.

http://airwarfare.com/sow/index.php/component/jdownloads/viewdownload/53/425?Itemid=241