Could anyone assist me with a couple of skins please? 1x Hurri and 1x 109 - Page 2

Mysticpuma · #11 10-19-2012, 11:31 PM

Hi Kris. Regarding the Starboard sidwe, the image I forwarded shows the lettering as O (then the roundel) them JX

It's the image with the group stood in front of the Hurri

Looking fantastic so far! Can't wait

Cheers, MP

Friendly_flyer · #12 10-20-2012, 06:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kristorf

Hmmm, pic's I have seen only show black spinners, except for Clowes's.
Going on the info from Neil this one had an all black one.

You are probably right. I seem to have waylaid my trusty "Hurricane aces 1939-40" where I'm pretty sure there were something about No 1 Squ.

kristorf · #13 10-20-2012, 06:08 PM

Neil,
Changed the Starboard codes, also lightened the brown a few shades and changed the underside form a duck egg to more sky.

FF, looked in my copy and can't see anything??

Mysticpuma · #14 10-20-2012, 08:01 PM

Ktistorf, while I appreciate you are trying to make it look accurate....I think the third rivet from the wing Roundel, the one that is just below the parallel one on the opposite side, is in fact at-least 1mm off! I am disappointed with the level of realism you claim to be able to make!!!!

Yeah right!

Seriously this looks fantastic. It's just so close to the profile supplied and looks brilliant! Looking forward to seeing it on a Hurricane on my CloD install very soon!

BTW, when looking at Hurricane 1 skins, which Hurricane is the one the skin belongs to?

I went into Quick Missions and chose a Hurricane, but none said "Hurricane 1" where previous skins had been installed? All I could find was a Rotol and a few others? Which Hurricane do I need to load this skin (when it arrives).

Truly fabulous work.

Also I must add thanks to larry69. I appreciate the time you spent making yours too. Kris does have a level of detail though that 'ramps' up visual beauty of the skin though. But thanks for the effort and time.

Waiting patiently Kris, cheers, MP

larry69 · #15 10-20-2012, 08:52 PM

..it`s o.k, mysticpuma. i`ve admit, kris`s skin looks great! like every work of him!

larry69

kristorf · #16 10-20-2012, 08:53 PM

Cheers Neil,
I will rename it from test and send it on.
I will put on the .jpeg it's name but looking at the profile you sent me it fits the Rotol version. (but will go on all really)

P.S, I agree with that bloody rivet being out of place....

**e-mail sent mate**

JG26_EZ · #17 10-20-2012, 10:34 PM

Sorry.. I have to ask.

The markings.. are they correct?

On one side, it has
O@JX
The other side has
JX@O

I brought this up about luftwaffe markings and have to wonder.. was this plane unique, or is this how british markings were set up? I would have thought if one side was O@JX, the other side would have to be the same O@JX.

See the first pic in the following post to see what I'm talking about.. http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=34324

Mysticpuma · #18 10-20-2012, 10:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JG26_EZ

Sorry.. I have to ask.

The markings.. are they correct?

On one side, it has
O@JX
The other side has
JX@O

I brought this up about luftwaffe markings and have to wonder.. was this plane unique, or is this how british markings were set up? I would have thought if one side was O@JX, the other side would have to be the same O@JX.

See the first pic in the following post to see what I'm talking about.. http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=34324

Using pictures taken at the time and that were supplied by the Pilot Tim Elkington, the markings are very accurate

Cheers, MP

JG26_EZ · #19 10-20-2012, 10:58 PM

Yes, I see.. I looked at a bunch of other RAF skins (I should have before posting

)

I see that the RAF markings differ to the Luftwaffe's.

RAF keep their codes in the front or rear of the roundel on both sides of their aircraft, while the Luftwaffe keeps their markings in order, ie.. O+JX would read O+JX on the other side.

I learned something today, thanks.

Friendly_flyer · #20 10-21-2012, 08:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JG26_EZ

Yes, I see.. I looked at a bunch of other RAF skins (I should have before posting

)

I see that the RAF markings differ to the Luftwaffe's.

RAF keep their codes in the front or rear of the roundel on both sides of their aircraft, while the Luftwaffe keeps their markings in order, ie.. O+JX would read O+JX on the other side.

Actually, it differed from squadron to squadron. On Hurricanes (which I know best), the fuselage shape made very little room behind the fuselage roudels. Particularly with the larger letters and the broader fonts (the one used on this plane is the narrowest of the RAF fonts), the starboad side of the foselage could be a bit cramped. The squadron codes sometimes covered part of the serial for instance. Some squadrons (but not all) solved this by having the two-letter squadron code forward of the roundel on both sides.

No 1 Squ was one of those, the same goes for Nos 43 (FT), 76 (AL and NV), 128 (WG) and 134 (GO) RAF as well as No 1 Squ SAAF and as a number of others (don't have all my Hurricane refs here at the moment). There were a number of variants on the basic squ-roundel-individual scheme though. Some squadrons flew with the reverse order (Nos 312 (DU) and 527 (WN) for instance), and particularly in Africa a few squadrons flew with individual letter only.

This is only for Hurricanes, Spitfires sometimes had the same phenomenon (see Kristorf's sig), other planes had other peculiarities. See the Whirlwind in my sig for an example.

To sum up, you need references, preferably photos, to make an accurate skin.