Skin Request(s)

[Bark0]

So? It was a plane in WWII that had the star. Although It did not see combat, it is still a WWII Plane. There is no rule stating that a Plane HAS to see combat to be in the game.

[Motherland]

Au Contraire

    *  We will not accept skins containing the swastiska. NOTE: If you are making a skin that originally had a swastiska, just leave the spot blank where the swastiska would have been, or change the swatiska to the Iron Cross. Use your best judgement on this.
    * We will not accept skins that alter the overall shape of the object.
    * We will only accept skins that were historically used in World War II.
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    * The text description file must be named by the object name, such as p51d.txt for a P51D skin, for example.

[Larry]

    * We will only accept skins that were historically used in World War II.

And just to put the icing on the cake. That isn't a historical WWII paint scheme.

[Fencer51]

Hmmm.  Interesting.  This one never saw combat.

[Guppy35]

There are B-17's that had the stars in the Battle of midway.
P-40's that had them
B-25's That were launched during the Doolittle raid had them

All these events Occurred in WWII BUT before the switch to the new American signal they HAD the stars.

America Joined the war in 1941. All these planes had the Stars.

So, Why not?

Bark0 the red center to the star was gone between Coral Sea and Midway.  This would be May 42.  You will not find a B17F much less a G with that marking.  It was on B17Es at Pearl but not at Midway.

This was taken at Midway.  Both 17s in the pic have the red painted out.  You will not find a combat 38 with that marking.  You will probably come across photos of Pre-May 42 P39s and P40s with the red ball as well as SBDs and F4Fs.  But that's about it.  The Doolittle raid was April 42 so those B25Bs still had them.  The B25Cs like we have did not in combat.

[Larry]

Dan, Im guessing you forgot the photo?

[Guppy35]

Dan, Im guessing you forgot the photo?

ummm....er.... the 38J?  It's the same one someone posted already.  If I didn't know better, I'd think they'd saved the one I posted

[Larry]

This was taken at Midway.  Both 17s in the pic have the red painted out. 

That's what I was talking about. I don't see any pictures.   

[AWwrgwy]

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Hmmm.  Interesting.  This one never saw combat.

There is a post war P-51D and Yak-9U in the current skin pack as well.  Sometimes they slip by?



wrongway

[Bark0]

There is a post war P-51D and Yak-9U in the current skin pack as well.  Sometimes they slip by?



wrongway

If that can happen than why not now? does HTC look for the skin's online to see if they did see combat? If not, they should.

  * We will only accept skins that were historically used in World War II.

 

the planes with the star on it WERE used in WWII. not for very long though.

[fudgums]

If that can happen than why not now? does HTC look for the skin's online to see if they did see combat? If not, they should.
 

Im sure you must turn in info that it did see combat service when you submit the skin

[Fencer51]

There is a post war P-51D and Yak-9U in the current skin pack as well.  Sometimes they slip by?



wrongway

Enlighten me as to the P-51D which is post war.

[Krusty]

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Hmmm.  Interesting.  This one never saw combat.

I could be wrong, since it's been a while since this skin had its progress thread, but I seem to recall that rogerdee said it was an operational training unit, that did see some frontline combat. Not all the time, but did see some. At least, that's what I seem to remember.

If there's an inaccurate skin in the game, sometimes skinners omit facts or give wrong (or misleading) info to get it into the game. In these cases (IMO) the work is also sub-par and the skinner wanted to rush to get it in.

In these cases we can collect correct info and submit to HTC in an attempt to remove the skins from the game. I'm reminded of that god-awful black p-38 abomination of a skin we used to have that was 100% fictitious. It took a while to get HTC to do it, but they removed it from the game.

[AWwrgwy]

Enlighten me as to the P-51D which is post war.

361FG/375FS by MachNix only because it has the post war "Buzz Numbers" on the lower surfaces of the wings.

The buzz numbers, the squadron and aircraft sides from the fuselage, were added post war to the underside to "discourage" pilots from tearing up the countryside by pulling stunts and flying low.  Made it easier to "get their number" and report them.

If that can happen than why not now? does HTC look for the skin's online to see if they did see combat? If not, they should.
 

the planes with the star on it WERE used in WWII. not for very long though.

If HTC is made aware of discrepancies, the skin will be removed from the game.  We used to have that travesty of a skin in that black P-38 that was a bit ETO and a bit PTO and not based on anything historic.  It was thankfully removed.

We're still waiting to see a pic of something we have in game with an early war U.S. insignia that actually saw combat.


wrongway

[Bark0]

We're still waiting to see a pic of something we have in game with an early war U.S. insignia that actually saw combat.

This Is a P-40B Skin with an early war star on it. this Photo is Not Edited and is straight out of my Screen-shot Folder