Ju88 KG76 Skins

[Spikes]

Hello all,
I'm not too research savvy when it comes to finding good pictures but I found pictures on a model site, figured the numbers could get some guys with books going in the right direction.
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Rev2/1801-1900/rev1894-AirDOC-adm72012/00.shtm

I was just looking at the Ju88 skin list and noticed there were no KG76 skins to fly

[Serenity]

Hello all,
I'm not too research savvy when it comes to finding good pictures but I found pictures on a model site, figured the numbers could get some guys with books going in the right direction.
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Rev2/1801-1900/rev1894-AirDOC-adm72012/00.shtm

I was just looking at the Ju88 skin list and noticed there were no KG76 skins to fly

As one of the old models, the Ju-88 has some NASTY stretching, so there just aren't many pretty skins that can be put on it without mismatched pixels all over the place. I've tried

[Spikes]

As one of the old models, the Ju-88 has some NASTY stretching, so there just aren't many pretty skins that can be put on it without mismatched pixels all over the place. I've tried

Hey Serenity,
Thanks for the reply. Man that is really too bad...lots of nice skins there, just figured if my squad flies 88s at all, we'd have something to show our colors. Guess we might have to choose something else.

[lyric1]

Hey Serenity,
Thanks for the reply. Man that is really too bad...lots of nice skins there, just figured if my squad flies 88s at all, we'd have something to show our colors. Guess we might have to choose something else.

Or hope for a JU88 update.

[Greebo]

The AH Ju 88 is a bit fussy about what schemes will work on it. The undersides in particular are a mishmash of patches, stretched bits and mirrored areas. Several of the schemes in that decal collection would work OK, but I like to base my skins on a WW2 photo if possible. I'll have a look through my books and see if I can find a suitable aircraft to skin.

[Spikes]

Or hope for a JU88 update.

But not within 1 day to 1 week...The Final Battle...

The AH Ju 88 is a bit fussy about what schemes will work on it. The undersides in particular are a mishmash of patches, stretched bits and mirrored areas. Several of the schemes in that decal collection would work OK, but I like to base my skins on a WW2 photo if possible. I'll have a look through my books and see if I can find a suitable aircraft to skin.

TY Greebo
Like I said I'm not that great at finding WWII photos but I found those, I figured they had to be somewhat accurate and you geniuses could find photos to match them. 

[Megalodon]

KG76 Ju88 A-4 with 20mm. wasp insignia

[beau32]

Here ya go.
 
The Ju-88C-6 of I./KG76 based at Catania in Sicily during early parts of 1943. It has a dark green (probably RLM 71) sprayed over its pale blue (RLM 65) and finished in a ‘scribble’ pattern. The white tail band was carried by most units operating in the Mediterranean theatre.



This rare colored photograph shows a Ju-88A-4 of III./KG76 coded (F1+DD) in flight over Crimea. The spinner tips have been painted in the three colors of white, red, and yellow representing each of the Staffel colors of the Gruppe.


A late production Ju-88A5 of 4./KG76 based in Russia during 1941. Eastern Front identification markings consisted of a Yellow fuselage band and Yellow wing tip undersurfaces.


This Ju-88A -4, F 1 +MM of 4./KG76, ended up on its nose during the opening phase of the Russian campaign in summer 1941. The bombs in crates in the foreground and the special crane at the rear of the aircraft suggest that the incident happened on the perimeter of an airfield. If the aircraft had landed away from an airfield, ropes would probably have been used to pull its tail to the ground. Beneath the aircraft's cockpit is the Staffel emblem, which was designed during operations against England. It shows a British duck with Tommy helmet and umbrella in the crosshairs of a German gunsight. The aircraft's propeller spinners bear a ring in the Staffel color white. The variations in width suggest that the rings were applied by hand. The aircraft letter is black outlined in white. Also noteworthy is the repetition of the last two letters of the aircraft code (MM) in white on the fin

[Greebo]

Thanks beau32, I've found a few pictures of KG76 Ju 88s, but yours are better. The Ju 88C-6 is a scheme I would love to do but it wouldn't be allowed as a Ju 88A-4 skin, since its an attack aircraft rather than a level/dive bomber.

Of the others I like F1+DD the best, I can make the striped spinners and the yellow under the cowlings work OK on the skin. The fuselage stripe won't wrap under the fuselage on the AH 88 and one of the "D"s will be reversed under the wings. Main problem though is I can't find a picture of the squadron badge for 3 Staffel of KG 76. I've read a description of it as a bomb above a mountain. Anyone got an image of the badge they can send me?

[Spikes]

http://home.arcor.de/csthor/SOW/3_KG76.png

This it?

[csThor]

Nope, this one was erroneously attributed to 3./KG 76 by a book and I followed that lead until I was corrected over @ 12oclockhigh.com. Didn't bother to take the gfx down, though. Lazy, I know.

[Greebo]

Here's my skin of F1+DD. The aircraft is from the Stab flight of III./KG76 and this flight had a wasp as its emblem, albeit without the circle shown on the winter 88 photo above.

The old style AH Ju 88 3D shape has far fewer polys than the latest aircraft, hence the octagonal cowlings etc. and there's a lot of stretching under the fuselage and nacelles. The underside of the fuselage has a single patch which is used 3 times along the length of it, and this stopped me continuing the yellow band under the fuselage. The spinners are a bit fuzzy because the texture is taken from a tiny patch of the upper RH wing.

[Spikes]

Looks great considering what you have to work with Greebo! I really appreciate it! I wonder if it can be put on rush order for Frame 3/4 of the scenarios...

[VonMessa]

Looks Good.  Your patience is commendable.

There are a few planes I would love to tackle skinning, but I'm not going to touch them til they fix <update> them.

<cough> C202/C205 <cough>

[lyric1]

  That was quick.