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Offline gatt

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Any new C.205 skin in the work? (warning large imgs)
« on: May 03, 2006, 07:29:36 AM »
I see a lot of guys flying the C.205 in the last TODs. Would be great to have some more skins available. Here are some ideas (IL-2 skins courtesy of Abraxa and F.D'Amico):








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« Reply #1 on: May 03, 2006, 10:14:25 AM »
Yeah I agree with you mate,  the C205 definitely  needs some new skins.

But I think we should wait until the plane is  redone to match the 3rd generation of planes.

Spitfire, P38, Ki84 etc

P.S: The 2nd one is my favourite. :aok



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« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2006, 11:36:59 AM »
Only that third skin screenshot was historical. The other 3 weren't. At least, I've never seen anything even remotely resembling them. I wanted to do some Macci skins a while back but couldn't find any that weren't already done.

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« Reply #3 on: May 03, 2006, 11:50:28 AM »
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Only that third skin screenshot was historical. The other 3 weren't. At least, I've never seen anything even remotely resembling them. I wanted to do some Macci skins a while back but couldn't find any that weren't already done.
i am pretty sure the gray metal one is legit, we have it i think...

here's some other real 205 schemes:

http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Cockpit/3873/mc202-22.html


http://modelingmadness.com/reviews/axis/ity/hudak202.htm
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« Reply #4 on: May 03, 2006, 12:07:52 PM »
All those skins are based on historical research by credible qualified authors. Just because they don't turn up in a goggle image search doesn't mean they aren't 'historical'.

The LW variant is a 202 XII series and can be found in Ferdinando D'Amico's book 'Camouflage and Markings Of The Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana 1943-1945'.

The ICAF skin IIRC is Duilio Fanali's first series 205...

The second is Macchi C.205 '5-3' of 3ª Squadriglia, 1°

The first ANR 'herringbone' skin can be (along with all the others) documented in Ferdinando D'Amico's book Camouflage and Markings of the ANR. I can't see the markings but the scheme is legit.

Camouflage and Markings Of The Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana 1943-1945: A Photographic Analysis Through Speculation and Research

Ferdinand D'Amico, Gabriele Valentini

ISBN: 1903223296

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« Reply #5 on: May 03, 2006, 12:08:14 PM »
Krusty,
they are all historical. Ferdinando D'Amico is a great aviation historian and you should check his last book if you wanna find some good camos and profiles:



EDIT: dang Bruno :)
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« Reply #6 on: May 03, 2006, 12:08:40 PM »
oops we posted the same time Gatt....

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« Reply #7 on: May 03, 2006, 12:58:48 PM »
I'll definitely have to look for that book. Thanks for the tip!

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« Reply #8 on: May 12, 2006, 01:15:15 AM »
Bump!
"And one of the finest aircraft I ever flew was the Macchi C.205. Oh, beautiful. And here you had the perfect combination of italian styling and german engineering .... it really was a delight to fly ... and we did tests on it and were most impressed." - Captain Eric Brown

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« Reply #9 on: May 12, 2006, 12:23:01 PM »
Gatt my RL is somewhat busy right now, but I'm open to doing one or two C2 skins. I wouldn't mind a new 202 and a new 205 skin, that's for sure. However I've got to warn you it won't be any time soon (at least a month before I even begin work), and if anybody else is going to do one I'd bet on them instead of me :)

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« Reply #10 on: May 12, 2006, 01:15:19 PM »
THX anyway Krusty ;)
"And one of the finest aircraft I ever flew was the Macchi C.205. Oh, beautiful. And here you had the perfect combination of italian styling and german engineering .... it really was a delight to fly ... and we did tests on it and were most impressed." - Captain Eric Brown