thank you guys...for all your words and tips.
i personally think the weathering is a little over-done. especially on the tail.
you should make the skull&crossbones a little more clearer. Its the coolest part of that skin, but you can barely see it because of the weathering covering.
just my opinion. 
I will rework the tail a bit, thanx
Nice job! I like the underside as well. 
Thank ya, I was pretty happy with it, after looking at a bunch of skins I noticed that most don't have the exhaust coming over the bottom of the wings, they just have it on the body, that the wing end ups covering, and looks messed up, I wanted to make sure I got that right.
Ink, just my opinion:
the belly is beautiful. But the top is a step back from the previous model. I guess you pulled the brake on your fantasy and made it after that photo.
In the other hand its ready to be an in-game skin 
Thanx for reply
I think the new skin looks much better, ink. Less distracting and a little more realistic in my opinion. In my opinion (double imo's 
) there's no such things as "battle hardened" in aircraft terms, only "worn out". So the previous skin looked to me like something that was getting ready to fall out of the sky. This looks more like a plane that has several more scalps to collect in its lifetime to me.
I second Ty's notion on the tail art, perhaps keep the wear in the area the same but make it look like the pilot makes sure those bones are taken care of? I think it'd look great either way though, really nothing to improve on there.
I don't get the brown belly. How did it get stained so bad? I think it looks cool but I don't understand how it was supposed to get like that... and how hard would it be to just hose it off?
I think the streaks look great and I like the attention you gave to the inside of the wheel wells. I think the wear on all the red circles should look more like the ones on the underside of the wings, less veiny and more patchy.
Great skin!
I wanted to show the dirt and grime, hell this driver don't care how his plane looks he just kicks arse in it
thanx
You sure do nice work, ink. I think this version is more authentic-looking for a war-weary but flyable frontline aircraft. On the previous version I swear I could see the where the rivets had failed and the dented, corroded panel sections were coming loose from the wing spar!
Thanks for all the angle shots - it really helps to give comments.
My thoughts:
- I don't know about the shade of brown you've chosen - it looks chocolate to me - is this a valid IJAAF color? The Simmer's Paint Shop
www.simmerspaintshop.com has color swatches and may have the best reference color for the Japanese Army Air Force. You could also check model kit reviews for painting instructions to get the actual name of the color to reference it at Simmers Paintshop Whatever color it is, if the plane is that war-weary the original color is sure to be faded.
- Something going on between tread and tire sidewall - the colors are not blended well there. It's a pain to get it right but it'll be worth the effort to do it now, since this skin will probably be in game for years to come. Btw, go ahead and get detailed with the wheel rim in there. Detail here can really set your skin apart from the default.
- I do think the gun muzzle soot is overdone-too large an area, and too dark. Perhaps nrshida sent you pics that show such heavy of staining around the wing guns? But I tend to think less is more here. Also, the aileron gap shadow may be a bit too wide too.
- the antiglare black on the top of the nose looks too fresh and clean to me - its at odds with the weathering on the rest of the plane.
It's a beautiful piece of work - you seem to have conquered the hardest part of skinning with your first effort!
thanx
there are no good pics of the "right" color, and much controversy when it comes to Japanese planes, for this plane I have seen it in three different shades of green and brown, and in black, trust me I did my searching, but then chose what color I thought looked the best, I was wanting to make it black, but after serious searching, none were black so I chose the next closest color.
after looking at it, I also agree the gun muzzle soot is a bit to heavy on the underside, I am gonna rework that a bit. the paint they must have used for the black nose, on every plane(just about) was NOT worn out the way the rest of the planes were so I left that like it was new....I kinda like it, don't know if I will change that
I think as time passes here we are going to see some terrific skins in the future if this keeps up.
Well done Ink.
thank you I appreciate the words
