Constructive comments on BOB historical accuracy in Acft skins/markings

[kendo65]

Originally Posted by DoolittleRaider

Recent SOW:BOB update showing a Bf110 of Zerstorergeschwader 76, in this case the code letters indicating this would be the mount of the ZG76 II Gruppe staff adjutant


What it should look like...note the shark teeth, specifically, which were on all II./ZG76 110's from the Battle of France onward, and also the camouflage paint scheme...a scheme of multi-green colors specifically dictated by RLM rather than the later browns and other colors in various theaters:

If the marking/skins system is anything like il-2, the 'discrepancy' is down to the use of an initially limited set of 'generic' skins for each aircraft. The player can choose to select any skin and apply any unit markings on top - the result in most cases will not be 100% accurate historically, but it gives a reasonably economical way of covering a vast number of aircraft and units.

The solution for the accuracy fiends - as in il2 - will be when skinners make dedicated 100% accurate recreations of individual aircraft (or whole squadrons )

Also, I don't think Luthier (?) was necessarily trying to nail a particular aircraft in accurate detail - it's probably more of a rough thrown-together illustration.

Similar comments on the Spits too I think.

The marking system is more complex than il-2 regarding postioning and options but still generic - for the final word in accuracy it'll be down to the skinners.