Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => Custom Skins => Topic started by: Krusty on January 10, 2008, 05:19:57 PM
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Check this out:
http://www.scaleworkshop.com/workshop/f4u1csm_1.htm
He says the very first (and only the first) c-hog had a tri-color. However, he also said it wasn't operational.
Can any of you USN gurus confirm this? Is there any way we could have this skin in-game?
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I'd like to see more Charlie skins, but unfortunately references of birds in active service seem few and far between.
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Two problems with this idea. First I suspect Skuzzy would not allow the skin as its a prototype. Second the C Hog is still using the old F4U shape, and you can't do a tri colour skin on it due to bugs too numerous to list.
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Originally posted by Krusty
Check this out:
http://www.scaleworkshop.com/workshop/f4u1csm_1.htm
He says the very first (and only the first) c-hog had a tri-color. However, he also said it wasn't operational.
Can any of you USN gurus confirm this? Is there any way we could have this skin in-game?
277 was the second F4U-1C and it was painted in tri-color, but it was also a test mule, never issued to a combat squadron.
(http://www.aerofiles.com/vot-f4u1c.jpg)
(http://home.att.net/~c.c.jordan/F4U-1C-2.jpg)
My regards,
Widewing
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Actually, I just realized....
As soon as the guns are moved over to the Dhog and added as a perk option, we'll be using all D-hog skins.
Won't that be a tad unhistorical?
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According to that model site, the F4U-1C looks to be more like a converted F4U-1A rather than a converted -1D. The underside panels of the wing have more fabric than that of a D-hog and only 4x rocket tabs, suggesting it's a converted -1A airframe.
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They WERE converted from 1A frames.
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I know; I've had the notion in my head that everyone around here assumed it was a -1D conversion. I remember being told that by some one a while ago.
So it would make more sense to have the C-hog a -1A perk rather than a -D-hog perk.