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General Forums => Custom Skins => Topic started by: Greebo on October 21, 2014, 02:57:18 AM

Title: Spirit of '76
Post by: Greebo on October 21, 2014, 02:57:18 AM: Thanks to Lyric1 for finding me the info for this skin although I seem to recall I skinned the same aircraft once before on the old AH F4U-1 shape. There is a photo of the real aircraft here (http://www.warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=48980&start=0).

Spirit of '76 was flown by Major R G Owens, CO of VMF-215 while based at Munda airfield in the Solomons during September 1943. At this time it wore a field-applied coat of non specular sea blue over its originally light blue top surfaces with its star insignia modified with red borders and bars.

(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c155/Jonchaz/Screenshots%20USA/VMF-215_F4U-1_SC1_zps02d2273b.jpg)

(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c155/Jonchaz/Screenshots%20USA/VMF-215_F4U-1_SC2_zpsda536c66.jpg)
Title: Re: Spirit of '76
Post by: lyric1 on October 21, 2014, 03:30:17 AM: :aok
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Post by: Coalcat1 on October 21, 2014, 05:55:41 AM: :aok
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Post by: Dragon Tamer on October 21, 2014, 07:55:27 AM: :aok
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Post by: Someguy63 on October 21, 2014, 11:39:37 AM: :aok
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Post by: WEZEL on October 21, 2014, 06:37:56 PM: Very Nice :aok
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Post by: Nefarious on October 21, 2014, 07:53:35 PM: Very Nice!
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Post by: BuckShot on October 22, 2014, 01:22:15 PM: Anyone else not seeing Greebo's pics? For me they show up as blue question marks.

Skins from others are showing.

I never had this problem until recently.
Title: Re: Spirit of '76
Post by: Greebo on October 22, 2014, 02:25:23 PM: A couple of months ago without warning my ISP shut down the free web space I have always used to post images. I'm supposed to get some more web space from them to replace it but they've screwed this up. So I opened a Photo Bucket account and uploaded the screenshots of the last four skins I've done there instead. I've no idea why you aren't seeing them Buckshot.
Title: Re: Spirit of '76
Post by: r00ster on October 25, 2014, 12:47:40 PM: :aok
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Post by: glzsqd on October 25, 2014, 12:55:30 PM: Gooood stuff.
Title: Re: Spirit of '76
Post by: Saxman on November 09, 2014, 01:18:48 AM: Beautiful work, although my research is that the wing uppers for US tricolor aircraft should be ANA 606 semigloss sea blue, rather than 607 non-specular (Navy Spec SR-2c).

Specs for tricolor here (though their swatches are VERY off): http://www.jpsmodell.de/dc/schemes/usn43_e.htm
Title: Re: Spirit of '76
Post by: Greebo on November 09, 2014, 03:08:32 AM: Quote from: Saxman on November 09, 2014, 01:18:48 AM
Beautiful work, although my research is that the wing uppers for US tricolor aircraft should be ANA 606 semigloss sea blue, rather than 607 non-specular (Navy Spec SR-2c).

Specs for tricolor here (though their swatches are VERY off): http://www.jpsmodell.de/dc/schemes/usn43_e.htm

Thanks for the feedback Saxman. I was basing this aircraft on the assumption that this was a field-applied scheme and they may have used whatever paint was to hand. I also left the underside in light grey rather than painting it white. As this skin is submitted, locked and under review now I can't alter it now anyway, but for future tri-colour skins I will take your advice on board.
Title: Re: Spirit of '76
Post by: Gooss on December 03, 2014, 01:09:33 AM: Thanks, Greebo. Today I saw a new F4U-1 skin download. It was this beautiful skin. I am now too sexy for my gullwings.

Thanks for all your work.

Gooss