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General Forums => Custom Skins => Topic started by: rogerdee on December 23, 2006, 08:53:27 AM

Title: sir guppy oh might guru
Post by: rogerdee on December 23, 2006, 08:53:27 AM

Dan we all know you are the spitfire man and all round Guru on all things for skining.

I found a model of a 79 squadron spitfire ix and was wondering if its accurate or if its been done or being done for AH.


if it is a correct one and not being done would you have any more info kicking about.


As always Dan a big thankyou for your continous help in these matters(http://) (http://[img]http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/610_1166885721_79squadronhavacojo.jpg)[/IMG]

Title: sir guppy oh might guru
Post by: rogerdee on December 23, 2006, 08:57:37 AM

strange pic wouldnt show

here it is
(http://[img]http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/610_1166885721_79squadronhavacojo.jpg)[/IMG]

Title: sir guppy oh might guru
Post by: FTJR on December 23, 2006, 11:09:54 AM

Hey Roger, I have a picture of that exact plane.

Morotai Island, 1945. The pic you posted is not accurate.

79 sqdn spits had 2 tone green camo on the upper surfaces. It does have the all white tail, but there is no fin flash. (If it did, it wouldn't have the red). I also have a colour plate of the emblem.

If you want I can scan them and send them too you.

Cheers.

JR.

Title: sir guppy oh might guru
Post by: Guppy35 on December 23, 2006, 12:50:17 PM

Yep, no fin flash.  That's standard RAF ETO not RAAF in the PTO.

Kev did this 79 Squadron bird for me before the new Spits arrived.  The pilot, Barney Newman had been a Spit XII pilot with 41 Squadron on Spit XIIs.  He was killed in a Spit VIII August 8, 1945 when he went down to flak in the Halamera (sp) islands.  

The Newman family lost 2 of their 3 boys, all who served in the RAAF.  Barney went down in the Spit 8.  And another brother went down as the pilot of an RAAF Beaufighter.  The third surviving brother was a Boston gunner.

If you want a 79 Squadron bird, I'd love to have this one done on the correct Spit 8

(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/169_1097381049_79viiinewman.jpg)

Title: thankyou
Post by: rogerdee on December 23, 2006, 02:07:09 PM

thankyou both for your replys i thought everyone would be out last minute shoping.

FTJR id love to see them pictures you have if you can send them to me

guppy id love to give it a go on the spit 8 i wont be anywhere as good as kevs spitfires but ill give it my best shot

thanks again

Title: 79 squadron
Post by: rogerdee on January 01, 2007, 03:44:53 PM

ok i been having a play while trying to sober up.happy new year by the way.

here's what i managed to do so far just the basics with out any weathering.hope you like it
(http://[img]http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/610_1167686974_79quadronspit8.jpg)[/IMG] (http://[img]http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/610_1167687017_79sspit8.jpg)[/IMG] (http://[img]http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/610_1167687174_79squspit8.jpg)[/IMG]
i know some of the cammo still needs to be aligned

one question on th right side are the marking correct  UP *S or was it like some S*UP

Title: sir guppy oh might guru
Post by: Krusty on January 01, 2007, 04:31:14 PM

Looks pretty good (you already mentioned camo not lining up).

Don't forget the panel lines and rivets on the h-stabs!

Title: sir guppy oh might guru
Post by: FTJR on January 01, 2007, 09:09:40 PM

The way you have the right hand side markings is correct.

Very Nice Roger

Title: sir guppy oh might guru
Post by: Kev367th on January 06, 2007, 11:50:30 PM

You might want to get Dan to post the original pics of UP-S.
'If' I remember correctly the fonts used for the codes are not standard RAF ones.
They are very narrow and the "S" in particular you will probably have to do freehand.

Title: sir guppy oh might guru
Post by: Guppy35 on January 07, 2007, 02:53:44 AM

The picture of Barney Newman's bird.  Note where the camo goes on the nose.  It doesn't go down on to the tropical air filter underneath.

Thanks for taking it on :)
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/169_1168159939_79spitviii.jpg)

Title: sir guppy oh might guru
Post by: Guppy35 on January 07, 2007, 02:56:02 AM

Just so you know.  This is Barney Newman, on the wing of a Spit VIII of 79 Squadron.

KIA August 8th, 1945 while attacking Japanese Flak guns.
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/169_1097394557_bnewman2.jpg)

Title: sir guppy oh might guru
Post by: Kev367th on January 07, 2007, 09:53:19 PM

Thought I remembered them (correctly) being non RAF fonts.
Nice to know my mind hasn't gone totally. (But I'm working on it).

Looks like white gun port patches also.

Title: sir guppy oh might guru
Post by: rogerdee on June 14, 2007, 01:51:04 PM

i havent forgotten this skin but i got a litle side tracked.

its almost finished now and the one with the white tail too(http://[img]http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/610_1181845914_79squadron2.jpg)[/IMG] (http://[img]http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/610_1181845870_79squadron1.jpg)[/IMG]

ill crack on now and hopefully it will make the next lot of skins which ever month that might be.

Title: sir guppy oh might guru
Post by: Krusty on June 14, 2007, 01:56:38 PM

Still missing all panel lines, rivets, and details on the horizontal stabs :aok


P.S. Good to see you kept with this one!

Title: sir guppy oh might guru
Post by: rogerdee on June 14, 2007, 02:28:38 PM

well i lost motivation with the long wait for the skins to come,but now i  got the flu and a few days inbed ill start again.

just wondering when the next skin deadline is  june?july? august?

:rofl :rofl

Title: sir guppy oh might guru
Post by: Krusty on June 14, 2007, 02:43:57 PM

You do realize whom you're addressing, right?

"2 weeks!"