Aces High Bulletin Board

General Forums => Custom Skins => Topic started by: Hazard69 on September 08, 2007, 06:04:41 AM

Title: Request for P38 info.....
Post by: Hazard69 on September 08, 2007, 06:04:41 AM
New to skinning, and I wanted to make a non USAF P38 skin (theres already so many USAF ones).
Maybe something from the RAF (can't think of anyone else that used em). So can anyone help me out by providing a few pics and details of a RAF P38? Tried googling but always end up with USAF markings. Thanks in advance:aok
Title: Request for P38 info.....
Post by: Treize69 on September 08, 2007, 07:23:17 AM
Only non-US Lightnings to see operational use were F-5 recon birds, and HTC has said no recon skins.

Only non-US fighter version was the RAF's Lightning I, which not only never saw operational use of any sort, its also a totally different model, both visually and FM wise, from any P-38 version we have.

(http://www.xs4all.nl/~fbonne/warbirds/ww2pics/ww2lockp38-1.jpg)
Title: Request for P38 info.....
Post by: Hazard69 on September 08, 2007, 08:19:49 AM
Damn, lol...:p
Anyways thanks for info Treize.......:aok
Drool,slurrrp, LOOVE your icon :D :D :D

Edit:
That lightning image is exactly what I had in mind. Ah well, too bad.:)
Title: Request for P38 info.....
Post by: rogerdee on September 08, 2007, 10:01:58 AM
the RAF lighting was so down graded it was a joke

only other s were the recone ones which we cant use unless you can find a armed one i guess
Title: Request for P38 info.....
Post by: Hazard69 on September 09, 2007, 11:44:55 AM
I have decided to settle for any P38J flown by the 459th FS, 80th FG, based in Chittagong, India also known as the "twin tailed dragons".
Any pics, drawings or links to info can help. Resources seem scarce on Google. Whilst I can find skins made by people for "other" sims I cant seem to find a single genuine picture with any credible info.


Thanks in advance.:aok :aok
Title: Request for P38 info.....
Post by: Guppy35 on September 09, 2007, 04:14:48 PM
Quote
Originally posted by Hazard69
I have decided to settle for any P38J flown by the 459th FS, 80th FG, based in Chittagong, India also known as the "twin tailed dragons".
Any pics, drawings or links to info can help. Resources seem scarce on Google. Whilst I can find skins made by people for "other" sims I cant seem to find a single genuine picture with any credible info.


Thanks in advance.:aok :aok


We have one in game already.  Kev did it.
Title: Cant be used but interesting picture.
Post by: lyric1 on September 10, 2007, 02:25:29 AM
(http://www.picburst.com/uploads/ab88806127.jpg) (http://www.picburst.com)
Title: Request for P38 info.....
Post by: Hazard69 on September 10, 2007, 12:56:09 PM
Thanks Guppy! Never even noticed...till now!:aok
Yeah lyric would love a axis P38. Pity it can't be done....:(
Title: Interesting story about this axis p38.
Post by: lyric1 on September 10, 2007, 11:05:20 PM
http://www.p-38online.com/phantom.html
Title: Request for P38 info.....
Post by: Ack-Ack on September 12, 2007, 05:23:51 PM
Quote
Originally posted by Treize69
Only non-US Lightnings to see operational use were F-5 recon birds, and HTC has said no recon skins.

Only non-US fighter version was the RAF's Lightning I, which not only never saw operational use of any sort, its also a totally different model, both visually and FM wise, from any P-38 version we have.



Nationalist China received a mix of 15 P-38Js and Ls along with a similiar mix of F-5G and F-5Es in late '44.  The ultimate fates of these aircraft is unknown.  




ack-ack
Title: Re: Cant be used but interesting picture.
Post by: Husky01 on September 12, 2007, 08:20:46 PM
Quote
Originally posted by lyric1
(http://www.picburst.com/uploads/ab88806127.jpg) (http://www.picburst.com)



Photo Shopped.
Title: Request for P38 info.....
Post by: Hazard69 on September 13, 2007, 10:20:39 AM
Quote
Originally posted by Ack-Ack:
Nationalist China received a mix of 15 P-38Js and Ls along with a similiar mix of F-5G and F-5Es in late '44. The ultimate fates of these aircraft is unknown.



Got any photos?:D I know I sound lazy, but I really can't seem to find anything on google, except some die-cast model sellers!:p :D :aok
Title: Request for P38 info.....
Post by: Guppy35 on September 13, 2007, 03:39:26 PM
I've seen photos of Chinese Recce 38s, but nothing of gun nosed 38s.

I'd make sure there was photo support before I'd do one if I were you.

I'm not positive that what they got wasn't postwar hand me downs.
Title: Re: Re: Cant be used but interesting picture.
Post by: lyric1 on September 26, 2007, 12:26:08 AM
Quote
Originally posted by Husky01
Photo Shopped.
 Vix put me on to a book called Strangers in a strange land by Hans-Heiri Stapfer that 38 is a legit photo Germans left it behind because they had no spare parts to fly it out it is a photo taken by US troops when the field was captured. Good book I can recomend it