Author Topic: RAF P40 (Read 530 times)

Octavius · « **on:** February 23, 2004, 05:39:15 PM »

Progress: Wings and tail nearly complete

Replicant, any squadron preferences?

[edit]: doh! just realized you wanted Desert camo [/edit]

acepilot2 · « **Reply #1 on:** February 23, 2004, 05:45:53 PM »

how do you get your wings like that.

do you just do the "rivet trick"?

wow-POST YOUR P40S ON AH-SKINS.COM NOW!!!

lasersailor184 · « **Reply #2 on:** February 23, 2004, 05:56:20 PM »

Err, Oct, i'd wait till they release the higher resolution skin files. What if they change it?

acepilot2 · « **Reply #3 on:** February 23, 2004, 06:02:00 PM »

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it is a higher resolution skin file, you just need to change it.

Octavius · « **Reply #4 on:** February 23, 2004, 06:20:09 PM »

Yup, the final product is 1024x1024. The 'output' skin file is the original untouched 256x256 file from AH1. Just resize it to 1024 and you're set.

Guppy35 · « **Reply #5 on:** February 23, 2004, 07:03:08 PM »

Not to be picky but there would not have been the yellow leading edge ID stripe on the dark earth, dark green camo. That was added when they changed to the Dark Green/Dark Sea Gray upper camo. And I'm not sure where the RAF would have operated P40Es in that camo. Most were in the North Africa and the Med where they had the desert camo of the dark earth and tan.

There were some early Tomahawks flown in that camo in England, but I don't believe P40Es from everything I can find.

Keep in mind I couldn't do the great work you are doing on the skins, so I'm not criticizing, just trying to help out

Dan/Slack

Octavius · « **Reply #6 on:** February 23, 2004, 07:38:48 PM »

Right, it's a Tomahawk disguised as a Kittyhawk IA

DREDIOCK · « **Reply #7 on:** February 24, 2004, 12:57:36 AM »

Dont forget to mention that the desert conditions tended to turn the tan paint on the aircraft to a very pretty shade of pink.
so while they may have started tan. they typically didnt stay that way

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Originally posted by Guppy35
Not to be picky but there would not have been the yellow leading edge ID stripe on the dark earth, dark green camo. That was added when they changed to the Dark Green/Dark Sea Gray upper camo. And I'm not sure where the RAF would have operated P40Es in that camo. Most were in the North Africa and the Med where they had the desert camo of the dark earth and tan.

There were some early Tomahawks flown in that camo in England, but I don't believe P40Es from everything I can find.

Keep in mind I couldn't do the great work you are doing on the skins, so I'm not criticizing, just trying to help out

Dan/Slack

Replicant · « **Reply #8 on:** February 24, 2004, 12:12:55 PM »

Hey Oct.... hint hint... something like this when you have a few mins

Fg Off Neville Duke
Kittyhawk Mk.I, 112 Sqn, North Africa late 1942

I think that makes it a P40D? But the one below is a Kittyhawk Ia, P40E

The following link is interesting too http://ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2000/03/stuff_eng_profile_112sqn2.htm

Octavius · « **Reply #9 on:** February 24, 2004, 04:40:08 PM »

Beautiful. Awesome link! I search for 3 hours and can't find anything close to something as basic as that.

Replicant · « **Reply #10 on:** February 24, 2004, 05:03:40 PM »

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Originally posted by Octavius
Beautiful. Awesome link! I search for 3 hours and can't find anything close to something as basic as that.

Forgot to link the first page too - http://ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2000/03/stuff_eng_profile_112sqn1.htm