Author Topic: P-38J skins; 20th Fighter Group (Read 916 times)

gofaster · « **on:** March 10, 2005, 08:46:56 AM »

Some skin ideas from the 20th Fighter Group website http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/20thfg.jsp

The P-38J in natural metal finish. Some schemes:

Lt. Arthur W Heiden. 79th Fighter Squadron. P-38J 42-104086 MC-H "Lucky Lady". This a/c was previously MC-F "Strictly Stella's Baby" of Maj. Rufus C Franklin and reassigned to Art when Maj. Franklin rotated home.

another one:

Maj. Maurice R McLary. 55th Fighter Squadron. P-38J 42-68131 KI-V "Murph III". This a/c was lost on 22 June 1944 when Lt. John A Pierson was KIA whilst flying it.

Close up of the nose art:

Please, can someone do a skin for the P-38J that isn't green?

oboe · « **Reply #1 on:** March 10, 2005, 11:16:29 AM »

Seems to me there are more than a few natural metal Js already in the game. I know my 20thFG/79thFS J "Happy Jack's Go Buggy" is natural metal, and so is my 8thFG/80thFS "Jandina IV".

btw, the look of these skins will improve once the mateial.txt file logic to govern specularity is fixed.

I had intended to do a aluminum colored J from the 1st FG too - they have nice red-painted booms for a real different look. But I wanted to give other skinners a chance to get their works in the game too.

gofaster · « **Reply #2 on:** March 11, 2005, 09:50:27 AM »

Hmmm. Maybe I need to stay logged on long enough for them to get installed in my machine, then, because the only J and G skins I have are the Default ones.

oboe · « **Reply #3 on:** March 11, 2005, 11:08:26 AM »

You are in for a pleasant surprise then!

You could just go to HTCs download page and download the latest skin pack - if the date of it is after 2 Mar 04 it should contain all the new P-38 skins...

Cooley · « **Reply #4 on:** March 12, 2005, 02:21:48 AM »

Be sure to try P-38j "Scapiron" from 367th

Larry "Scrapy" Blumer

He became one of the few fighter pilots to become an 'ace-in-a-day' when he shot down five FW-190s in 15 minutes of aerial combat on 25 August 1944.
He rose to command the 393rd wing of the 367th and destroyed another FW-190 before returning to the States in January 1945. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart, Air Medal with 22 Oak Leaf Clusters and the Belgian Croix de Guerre.