P38 Skin Request

[SlapShot]

Now that the P38 is available in AH II could one of you talented skinners put this skin together ?

I read that "Thunder" knows some tricks as to making skins for the P38 ... what do think Thunder ? Is it doable ?



I think that this skin would qualify as an "Historical" skin, beside the fact that it makes the P38 look like the monster it is.

[mason22]

the one problem currently with making flat paint skins is that the material defined for the p38 is shiny.

once AHII is up and running, they will revisit certain AC for this reason.

you cold go ahead and make the skin, but it will just be shiny for now.

[_Schadenfreude_]

Really need the P38......think it's the J the olive drab one.......way cool plane in FB

[Rafe35]

Isn't that Lockheed P-38F of 347th Fighter Group in Feb 1943 over Guadalcanal?

[SlapShot]

It is a PTO P-38, "Japanese Sandman II" flown by Richard "Snuffy" Smith 39th Fighter Squadron - 7 victory Ace.

Model: P-38H-5-LO
Serial #: 42-66905
History:
Delivered to USAAF as 42-66905, 19??.
- Forced landing in swamp near Dobodura, PNG, Dec. 4, 1943.
- Abandoned in place.
- Flew as Japanese Sandman II/26.

"The Japanese Sandman II"

The plane was assigned to the 35th FG's 39th FS and was Serial Number 42-66905. Orginally piloted by Lt. Richard E. Smith, and the nose still carries his name and seven "kill" markings.

This Lightning force landed after a due to mechanical difficulties during a training exercise from Embi while being flown by another pilot, Lt. Dawson after the plane was transfered to the 431st FS, 475th Fighter Group.


http://www.pacificghosts.com/people/smith/index.html

[Kweassa]

You guys must be empathical or something.

 I've decided my next project to work on P-38L and its templates - tho it's taking more time than I expected to finish and refine the current project of Hartmann's G-6.

 
 Personally, I could use some help in which olive-drab P-38 to depict - IIRC there weren't any olive-drab P-38Ls around.

 So if any of you guys have pics or profile drawings of olive-drab P-38Ls, then please notify me of this through this thread. If there weren't any olive-drab P-38Ls, a P-38J would be a good alternative.. so, if any of you got pics of olive-drab P-38Js of the latest assembly block which would be almost identical to the P-38Ls.. please shoot!

[Guppy35]

The only consistantly OD and Gray P38Ls were those of the 459th FS, 80th FG "Green Dragons" flying in the China Burma India Theater of Operations.

They were painted in the theater as they would have been not been painted at the factory.  The Green Dragon's paint scheme is fairly well known and can be found on model kits etc.

This is a J, but their Ls looked the same.

Dan/Slack

[Kweassa]

Ouch, you sure have a way of selecting some most difficult looking skins Guppy

[SlapShot]

Original Sandman paint ...





More pictures of the 39th and their P-38s

http://www.humboldt1.com/~outcast26/WorldWarII.htm

Aircraft colors - Olive drab is there.

http://www.steelmodels.com/prodotti/Aircraft%20Color.htm

[SlapShot]

[REVGST]

SlapShot, I hope some one makes that skin, actually both of em, they are pretty nice.  Wish I had enough photoshop skill to make em myself. We must fomd some one! lol.

[technic]

(still not finished) wasnt meant to be historical but after seing these 38 pics i think im going to skin a new one Historical!
thanks for the idea!:aok

[technic]

heres the belly

[SlapShot]

NICE technic !!! Keep at it !!!

[Captain Virgil Hilts]

Here are couple of great candidates for skins. It is actually the same plane, the P-38 from Duxford that was destroyed 8 years ago. Both paint jobs are historically significant. If I get some free time, I'll try to do them myself, along with Larry Blumer's "Scrap Iron IV" and Robin Olds' "Scat"