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Offline Krusty

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« on: January 24, 2006, 04:33:01 PM »
Our Lavochkin skins are lackluster at the moment. Spotted this on e-bay and thought I'd show the skinners here on the forum an idea they (maybe) didn't know about.

EDIT: Link won't work, but if you copy and paste it, it does.

http://cgi.ebay.com/1-72-WWII-Russian-Fighter-LA-5_W0QQitemZ6030426590QQcategoryZ1189QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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Offline bagrat

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« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2006, 10:45:32 PM »
hey krusty, do ya remember that "richard simmons" LA skin? if so it would be a neat idea to have that as a default skin for lala. the reason for this is i dont think new pilots know how to work skin selection area, and until they do they will be flyin in a pink richard simmons la-7.

im jokin
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Offline gnubee

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« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2006, 03:32:05 PM »
Ya mean this one???

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Offline Krusty

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« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2006, 03:36:22 PM »
Yes, that's the one!
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Offline gnubee

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« Reply #4 on: January 25, 2006, 08:37:24 PM »
I'd love it if someone tackled that one...
I never fly La's but I'd fly that! :O
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Offline thebest1

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« Reply #5 on: January 27, 2006, 04:12:05 PM »
if you dont mind ill do it once i get my computer fixed n stuff..  i just need info and stuff on it
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Offline Krusty

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« Reply #6 on: January 27, 2006, 05:23:48 PM »
I have none :P

All I saw was a box art for a model kit :)
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« Reply #7 on: January 27, 2006, 08:27:15 PM »
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if you dont mind ill do it once i get my computer fixed n stuff..  i just need info and stuff on it


Try this..

Photographed at Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War, Moscow, Russia, August 2002


This has got to be the same bird but with a fresh coat of paint.

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[edit2]  I gotta quit looking..  

"15 WHITE The La-5 "White 15", with its shark's mouth, was flown by Hero of the Soviet Union Capt. Georgii Dmitrievich Kostylev, 3.Gv.IAP, VVS-KBF, Leningrad, 1945. Photo taken at the Great Patriotic War Museum, Pobedy Park, Moscow."

Another great photo of her here.
« Last Edit: January 27, 2006, 08:54:29 PM by Fencer51 »
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Offline 1K3

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« Reply #8 on: January 27, 2006, 08:58:57 PM »
That La-5 is nothing like ours lol
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Offline Krusty

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« Reply #9 on: January 27, 2006, 10:54:21 PM »
Close enough.

I wouldn't go with the museum colors. Museums often get the colors wrong (a lot of times they just go with what "looks good"). I'd go with the more accurate olive-drab-like color in the older image.
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Offline Hwkeye

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From the black and white photo...
« Reply #10 on: January 29, 2006, 02:59:53 PM »
...it is my observation that the paint appears to be gloss/semi-gloss because of how the light is reflecting off the aircraft as compared to the olive drab of the color museam photo.
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Offline Fencer51

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« Reply #11 on: January 29, 2006, 04:21:55 PM »
That BW photo is most likely the same plane at the museum after the war.  The paint type or scheme should therefore be suspect.
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Offline Krusty

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« Reply #12 on: January 29, 2006, 07:01:42 PM »
Indeed. This looks more likely, a flat green:

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Offline gnubee

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« Reply #13 on: February 28, 2006, 11:53:44 AM »
Just curious if anyone has taken on this bad boy?
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Offline Stang

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« Reply #14 on: February 28, 2006, 11:59:53 AM »
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Indeed. This looks more likely, a flat green:

Or maybe the repaint job got it right and the original in the museum photo is just worn, weathered and faded over 50 years?  Dan would probably be able to tell us, though a lot of the repaints are done incorrectly it seems.
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