Author Topic: Couple of spit requests (Read 522 times)

Krusty · « **on:** December 14, 2005, 01:03:19 PM »

http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Gal4/3001-3100/Gal3023_Spitfire_Quinn-Harvie/gal3023.htm

and

http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Gal3/2501-2600/Gal2542_Spitfire_Youngerman/gal2542.htm

We lost our D-day stripage with the upgrade to new models. I know folks get tired of them after a while, but I just wanted to remind y'all that we currently don't have any

EDIT: Oh and this might be nice too, non D-day

http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Gal3/2401-2500/Gal2453_Spitfire_Willekens/gal2453.htm

EDIT2: Ooh, and an all-green spitV

http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Gal2/1801-1900/Gal1864_Spitfire_Thompson/gal1864.htm

Guppy35 · « **Reply #1 on:** December 14, 2005, 02:34:42 PM »

From top to bottom.

411 Squadron didn't get XIVs until June of 45. No D-Day stripes. The guy messed up

Jack Charle's bird might work. Lots of D-Day IXs out there.

Green Gray XIV is a low back FRXIV. We ain't got that one

RAAF Green Spit V is a Spitfire Vc Trop. Not really the bird we have. I suppose you could stretch it. RAAF got exactly two Vbs.

Not to be picky at all

Krusty · « **Reply #2 on:** December 14, 2005, 03:48:10 PM »

Well we've skinned V trops as Vs before, I'm sure they'd take it!

As for lowback/highback, I don't think that alone would disqualify a skin from the queue. There were lowback/highbacks of the same marks, so transferring a skin from a bubbletop to a razorback wouldn't be *too* much of a stretch.

Okay okay it's a stretch, but maybe there's a similar one for the model we've got

"Only got 2" or no, it's a good change of pace from all the standard 2-tone camo, no?

I like that spitV the best.

Kev367th · « **Reply #3 on:** December 14, 2005, 04:20:09 PM »

The SEAC XIV will be covered by the XIV I do with leaping panther on one side, code was UM-G (was in-game before new models).
Will complement the leaping panther VIII.

Krusty · « **Reply #4 on:** December 14, 2005, 04:56:31 PM »

I hadn't forgotten about that one kev, but if I recall it has CBI stripes or something, and the one I linked had D-Day stripes.

Guppy35 · « **Reply #5 on:** December 14, 2005, 06:22:02 PM »

This one's a for sure D-Day striped bird. The profile guy got the serial wrong as it's really RM687.

I corresponded with the pilot back in the 80s as he also flew XIIs with 91 Squadron. He loaned me the original photo so I could make a copy negative in those pre-scanner days.

On the original the serial was clearly seen on the spinner and "Johnnie" Johnson, recalled that they would write the serial on the spinner to get it back on the correct aircraft.

So it's RM687 DL-K "Brunhilde" not Brumhilde as the Osprey book says. Again, got this from the source.

Note the slipper tanks in the background.

Kev367th · « **Reply #6 on:** December 14, 2005, 07:54:29 PM »

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Originally posted by Krusty
I hadn't forgotten about that one kev, but if I recall it has CBI stripes or something, and the one I linked had D-Day stripes.

Your third linked one is the SEAC XIV, was going to redo the "Leaping Panther" SEAC XIV I did have ingame.

I'm getting round to it, it's on the very LONG list, lol.

On the XIV - Found yet another drawing that shows NO above or below wing .303 panels on the 'e' wing, STRANGE.
Possibly 2 slightly different wings?
One with .303 panels as in the XVI, one without for the XIV?

Greebo · « **Reply #7 on:** December 15, 2005, 03:10:24 AM »

I found the same thing with the 303 panels Kev and discussed it with Superfly who asked Pyro about it. In the end it was decided to leave the 303 panels off the Mk 14.

BTW I was originally going to make the default Mk 14 a SEAC one, this Ginger Lacey 17 Squadron example. However reading up on it, I found out the Mk 14s were too late to see any action in the far east. As the SEAC wasn't really representative of a WW2 Mk 14 I changed the default skin to a ETO version.