new P40 skin

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hopefully I am not stepping on any toes.....

I started....GA-V, 112 Squadron, Egypt, September 1942 flown by Neville Duke, the 112th was actually the first non Germans to use the Shark mouth, they were known as the "Shark mouth squadron"

hmm found this.....

"Curtiss Kittyhawk Mk. I, AK578.  This option is another of Neville Duke’s machines and based at Gambut, Libya in the February of 1942"

very early in the process.....any P40 experts? I have a couple questions

I have seen the roundels on port side seem like it was painted over slightly so the bottom left of the roundel was gone..is that correct? if so was it on both sides?

there is so much conflicting info, one site said the belly was very dark and not the azure blue others are saying.....

[Ruah]

oh oh oh  . . .

[FTJR]

Ink, my profile shows the same overpainting on the port side, though looking at it, I'd suggest that is due to the cammo being applied later, hence the starboard would not be overpainted if it is only on one colour.

I'd go with azure blue, pretty standard for the desert.

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Ink, my profile shows the same overpainting on the port side, though looking at it, I'd suggest that is due to the cammo being applied later, hence the starboard would not be overpainted if it is only on one colour.

I'd go with azure blue, pretty standard for the desert.

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ya did exactly what ya suggest. ...still got a ways to go.

[FTJR]

looking good so far 

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looking good so far 

Thank Ya bud

[Plazus]

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Could you link to us some photos you are using as reference? Thanks!

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Could you link to us some photos you are using as reference? Thanks!

will do

here is the only photo I have found of the actual plane, I used other profiles from the 112 to try to get the camo correct.




oh I lied....have one more, forgot about this one.

[Devil 505]

Looking good so far Ink.

Here a very nice decal sheet that has some nice info on this plane.
http://barracudacals.com/proddetail.php?prod=BC72005

One thing though, maybe adjust your Azure Blue. It seems a little too purple.

[lyric1]

Here a very nice decal sheet that has some nice info on this plane.
http://barracudacals.com/proddetail.php?prod=BC72005

Be interesting if some one did that last profile.

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Looking good so far Ink.

Here a very nice decal sheet that has some nice info on this plane.
http://barracudacals.com/proddetail.php?prod=BC72005

One thing though, maybe adjust your Azure Blue. It seems a little too purple.

I was thinking the same thing, it is from a color swatch from a modelers site....and then went elsewhere the other Azure blue I found was even more purpley, and thanks for that site.....

Be interesting if some one did that last profile.

you like that one better?  it was a toss up between the two, I chose the one I did because the shark mouth was different from all the rest, most are very similar from each other in the 112, but Dukes' plane had the most different, only reason I chose that particular plane.

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getting close to being done, all criticisms wanted

have not done the paint chipping/dirt yet

[Plazus]

Looks good, ink. I would increase the opacity of the rivets a little bit. You want to be able to see the rivets, but don't make them so bold as to seem too obnoxious. You could maybe even add a subtle paint chip effect on some random rivets on the wings. Also, I would add a little bit of paint chipping in there (a little bit, mind you), perhaps around the wing roots. Be sure the paint/weathering around the wing roots blend well together. Perhaps add in a little bit of fading effect from being in the sun a lot.

Basically that sums it up. Just add in some subtle weathering details so that the skin doesn't look too "cartoonish" so to speak.

Best of luck.

[lyric1]

you like that one better?  it was a toss up between the two, I chose the one I did because the shark mouth was different from all the rest, most are very similar from each other in the 112, but Dukes' plane had the most different, only reason I chose that particular plane.

I was being Cheeky I guess you did not catch what I meant.

The aircraft lettering?

Thought it was funny if some one flew around in game with that on the side. In light of how often it is mentioned on 200 when some one takes issue with something

I know I am warped.

[Stoney]

Gun soot on the upper and lower wing is way too conspicuous in my opinion.  Very few pictures of any aircraft from the war, that I have seen, have gun soot around the barrels.  Some have gun soot on the ejection ports, but not the barrels.  Also, I think the engine exhaust is a bit overdone.  Otherwise, shaping up nicely...