Author Topic: What skin is this??? (Read 1606 times)

Morpheus · « **on:** November 16, 2005, 06:55:35 PM »

I'll pay a skinner to make this.

She has no guns either. Is it a photo recon plane?

Whatever the heck skin it is, its sexy as hell.

Karnak · « **Reply #1 on:** November 16, 2005, 06:57:21 PM »

Looking at the lack of guns I'd guess it might be an F-5 PR aircraft. I'm not sure where the F-5's cameras were located or if the USAAF was fond of special PR colors like the RAF was though.

Morpheus · « **Reply #2 on:** November 16, 2005, 06:58:58 PM »

They were loaded in the nose now that I think about it... I think anyways. That would explain the lack of guns. Also there's the weight savings.

Guppy35 · « **Reply #3 on:** November 16, 2005, 07:36:13 PM »

Yep, photo recce F5B-1LO Lightning. Based on the early P38J which is what is trailing it. Note the early model rounded windscreen with the seperate armor like our AH P38G.

Very well known photo sortie taken in the Fall of 1943.

SkyRock · « **Reply #4 on:** November 16, 2005, 07:43:33 PM »

Sweet blue!

Kev367th · « **Reply #5 on:** November 16, 2005, 08:57:44 PM »

My understanding -
Can't have photo-recce skins, not historical on the aircraft type in-game.

Only reason I can have the "Pink Spit IX" is because it was an FR IX, i.e. Fighter/Recce, a fully armed photo recce Spit IX.

Unless they have changed this.

Morpheus · « **Reply #6 on:** November 16, 2005, 09:13:21 PM »

awwwwwwwwww but it is so dam SEXY looking. Blue PJ. I'd finnaly have my BK plane.

Krusty · « **Reply #7 on:** November 16, 2005, 09:45:13 PM »

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Originally posted by Kev367th
My understanding -
Can't have photo-recce skins, not historical on the aircraft type in-game.

Only reason I can have the "Pink Spit IX" is because it was an FR IX, i.e. Fighter/Recce, a fully armed photo recce Spit IX.

Unless they have changed this.

Erm... We have PR spits. I know that for a fact. The pink spit is a PRIX, and it was in AH pre2.06. It's being reskinned as we speak.

Photo recon planes are allowed, from memory.

EDIT: I mean there's little dif between a PRIX and a recce 38. There's been recce p51s, recce mossies, etc.. Tons of them. Recce 109Es and Gs and recce spits. No reason NOT to skin 'em.

Kev367th · « **Reply #8 on:** November 16, 2005, 09:57:03 PM »

Krusty -

The Pink Spit is an FR IX, not PR IX.

FR - Fighter/Recce, fully armed photo recon Spit IX, not an unarmed PR version.

Morpheus · « **Reply #9 on:** November 16, 2005, 10:10:14 PM »

big deal its a cool skin, we owe it to the PR guys who flew them to have it in the game!!!:D

Guppy35 · « **Reply #10 on:** November 16, 2005, 10:17:09 PM »

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Originally posted by Krusty
Erm... We have PR spits. I know that for a fact. The pink spit is a PRIX, and it was in AH pre2.06. It's being reskinned as we speak.

Photo recon planes are allowed, from memory.

EDIT: I mean there's little dif between a PRIX and a recce 38. There's been recce p51s, recce mossies, etc.. Tons of them. Recce 109Es and Gs and recce spits. No reason NOT to skin 'em.

FR and PR are totally different things. FR birds were fighters with cameras that could defend themselves.

PR birds had no defensive weapons, relying on speed and 'stealth' to get the job done.

F6Cs and F6D Mustangs still had all their weapons as did the "pink" 16 squadron FRIXs. They were modified Fighter Spits not the long range recce Spit X or XI.

Find a reason for a photo recce mission in AH and it would work then

Maybe ToD will require post strike photos so folks can fly F5s or Spit PRXIs

Ack-Ack · « **Reply #11 on:** November 16, 2005, 11:21:13 PM »

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Originally posted by Guppy35
Yep, photo recce F5B-1LO Lightning. Based on the early P38J which is what is trailing it. Note the early model rounded windscreen with the seperate armor like our AH P38G.

Very well known photo sortie taken in the Fall of 1943.

In all the P-38 photos I've seen, the pilot sits high in the cockpit but yet the default view in AH, the pilot sits rather on the low side.

ack-ack

Ack-Ack · « **Reply #12 on:** November 16, 2005, 11:23:48 PM »

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Originally posted by Morpheus
big deal its a cool skin, we owe it to the PR guys who flew them to have it in the game!!!:D

I don't see why we couldn't have it. One of the Raiders made the black night fighter P-38 skin and it's in the game or at least was the last time I looked.

ack-ack

Delirium · « **Reply #13 on:** November 17, 2005, 12:20:59 AM »

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Originally posted by Ack-Ack
One of the Raiders made the black night fighter P-38 skin and it's in the game or at least was the last time I looked.

I have never seen a P38G,H, J, or L model with black paint... I'd like to see a picture of one, as far as I know this skin is questionable based on history from what I know.

It is just as well, that thing really stands out in the MA and makes shooting it down much easier.

Guppy35 · « **Reply #14 on:** November 17, 2005, 12:32:47 AM »

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Originally posted by Delirium
I have never seen a P38G,H, J, or L model with black paint... I'd like to see a picture of one, as far as I know this skin is questionable based on history from what I know.

It is just as well, that thing really stands out in the MA and makes shooting it down much easier.

Jager's Black 38J got past the folks at HTC. It's based on an OD/Gray 20th FG bird. It's in there but it really shouldn't be cause it's not historically correct at all. Even has the red surround to the star and bar from late 43 yet it's supposed to be a post D-Day 20th FG 38.

Never happened