TA 152 Skin

[Bodhi]

Fencer, Yippee did not go over seas.  The red/orange Ta152 was in a combat zone...

Who really knows.

Either way, your skin work looks great as usual.

[Fencer51]

Thanks.

I understand about Yippee.  It was the only colorful plane I could think of for an example.

[moot]

The exact question to ask mr. Crandall is if he'd be so kind as to tell us what he thinks happened to the plane after the evaluation was over.

[Bodhi]

The exact question to ask mr. Crandall is if he'd be so kind as to tell us what he thinks happened to the plane after the evaluation was over.

they probably parked it as advanced planes in the era were in such abundance that they did not need it.   

[snowey]

good skin

[Motherland]

they probably parked it as advanced planes in the era were in such abundance that they did not need it.   

I have no way of knowing, but wouldn't it have been common sense to repaint it? If I were the pilot, I wouldn't be happy about flying a plane painted like a target into combat.

After evaluation, I mean.

[Krusty]

Even long BEFORE the 152 was out, pilots didn't want to paint bright colors on their tail because it made the allies single them out as an "ace" or "expert" and they all scrambled to bag the "master" pilot. One 190d pilot knew this and painted his tail yellow anyways, because all of his other pilots were very green and needed a que on whom to form.

I believe he got shot down for it.

[Xasthur]

That was Oblt. Hans Dortenman.

...I hound my Staffel to fly as many practice missions as possible. We fly in any weather. They have given me freedom of action. With Weiss and the Gruppe I have direct telephone contact but I receive no orders. In a short period of time I mold the Staffel into a fighting unit, train my Rotten and Schwarm leaders and look with a little more confidence to the future. In order that my pilots always know where their boss is I order that my aircraftıs tail is painted bright yellow. That is very colorful and can be seen for a great distance. I donıt care if the Americans and British will take mine to be a leaders aircraft; I have my pride too. With my little yellow tail everything works out fine. I donıt have to scream my head off when the novices fly after the wrong aircraft during a diving attack and they save themselves a dressing down after they land.
 
Even later while flying with 3./JG27 he kept the yellow paint but only on the tail plane, despite the fact that these colorful markings were prohibited in January 1945.
 

-www.rlm.at

Truekill skinned Dortenman's III.JG 54 Dora with that yellow tail.

[Mus51]

I think the weathering looks horrible, the rest looks oke i guess.

[Fencer51]

My little ankle humper's comment asside, I am submitting this as soon as I get a look at what the revised intake scoop does to the plane model.

[moot]

It doesn't substitute for seeing what it'll actualy do, but this is what it should look like:
http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,230687.0.html