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Title: Flyboys Spit 1
Post by: Kev367th on June 30, 2005, 10:42:48 AM

Just about done a Spit 1a Skin

19Sqn Fowlmere 1940

(http://www.cyberonic.net/~kreed/bob.jpg)

Just gotta do the wing walkway wear and some roundel/codes fading.

Title: Flyboys Spit 1
Post by: Kev367th on July 04, 2005, 03:50:00 AM

Lol - On hold pending the Spit remodel, friggin knew this would happen, thats why I started it :)

Title: Flyboys Spit 1
Post by: Bullethead on July 04, 2005, 11:37:47 AM

I'm really looking forward to the spit remodel.  Hopefully the new version will have all its parts separate like on the other revised skins, so we can finally have the 1/2 black, 1/2 white bellies on spit1s :).

Title: Flyboys Spit 1
Post by: Dux on July 04, 2005, 11:42:14 AM

You said it, BH... me too.

ps. good to see you around. ;)

Title: Flyboys Spit 1
Post by: Bullethead on July 04, 2005, 11:52:41 AM

Dux said:

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ps. good to see you around. ;)

Thanks.  Hope all is well with you.  I've been tinkering with skins as time permits.  It's kinda frustrating, because by the time I'm able to get something finished, I see somebody else has already done it, and when I finally find something unclaimed, I never hear from Skuzzy about it.  So I'd like some feedback.  What do you think of the FWs I put in the "Under Construction" thread?

Title: Flyboys Spit 1
Post by: Dux on July 04, 2005, 12:58:56 PM

Wow, those are sweet! (guys, check 'em out!)

I can't speak about their accuracy off the top of my head, but they look beautiful. I'm sure the delay is just workload-related, but we rarely hear from Skuzzy either, so you're guess is as good as mine. Give him some more time, I'm sure they're probably acceptable. (but it's not up to me :()

Nice job. :)

Title: Flyboys Spit 1
Post by: Bullethead on July 04, 2005, 01:33:05 PM

Dux said

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Wow, those are sweet! (guys, check 'em out!)  I can't speak about their accuracy off the top of my head, but they look beautiful.

Thanks.  :D  Don't you just love the late-war "Frankenplanes" the Germans made out of assembled pieces of wrecks?

They're pretty accurate, as far as I can tell.  For the structural stuff, I worked from my "Walkaround" books, and this includes adding things to the stock skins like the pilot's whole body and cockpit side consoles to the "inkwell", as well as opening up the Dora's wheel wells to show the oil tank and back of the motor in the inner half.  For the paintjobs, I mostly worked from contemporary photos (Black 12's were in color) and photos of plastic models folks have built of them.  And of course, all the huge discussion about what color RLM-whatever was, and what shade of gray in a B&W corresponds to which RLM color :).  The only exception is Red 3, where I just worked off a scheme provided with some aftermarket decals.  But having an A8 in III./KG51 colors was interesting enough to take the risk.  The only non-historical thing I'm certain of is that I put my own face on DUDE1.bmp, but if HTC's artists can put personal stuff in the cockpits, I figure I can too :aok.

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I'm sure the delay is just workload-related, but we rarely hear from Skuzzy either, so you're guess is as good as mine.

Yeah, that's what I gathered when I talked to him on the phone a while back.  He said he could only do skins by coming in on weekends.