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General Forums => Custom Skins => Topic started by: Fencer51 on October 17, 2008, 03:24:02 PM
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LA-7 'White 93' flown by Lt. Col. Sergei Dolgushin of 156 IAP, Germany April 1945.
(http://www.51Hangar.net/skins/La7_156.jpg)
(http://www.51hangar.net/skins/La7_156a.jpg)
(http://www.51Hangar.net/skins/La7_156b.jpg)
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Very Nice! <S> :salute
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Nice job Fencer. :aok
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KRASIVIJ! :aok :D
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nice... maybe a wee bit of weathering on the cowling?
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Cool!
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Looks groovy mate. That underside blue is a little weird lookin', though :huh
I know nothing about Ruski paint though.
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Looks groovy mate. That underside blue is a little weird lookin', though :huh
I know nothing about Ruski paint though.
For educational purposes only.
http://www.simmerspaintshop.com/page-RGB-colors-Russia.html
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For what it is worth I have a profile from an Osprey book notice the tail markings are slightly differant. (http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/7848/scan94aq6.th.jpg) (http://img412.imageshack.us/my.php?image=scan94aq6.jpg)(http://img412.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif) (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)
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For educational purposes only.
http://www.simmerspaintshop.com/page-RGB-colors-Russia.html
Wow, those Russians had some good drugs.
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Simmers is an okay site but I trust Urban's colors more. I have some color swatches and I cant tell them apart when I put them side to side.
http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/colorcharts/colorcharts.asp - all country colors
http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/colorcharts/stuff_eng_colorcharts_soviet.htm - ruski colours
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WTFG! :aok :aok :aok
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Word of warning when viewing FS 595B colours, while I can't speak for other countries I do know that most of the FS number references used for RAF WWII camo colours are only approximations, not true matches. Most WWII RAF camo colours were discontinued after the war and very few precise matches exist today in either BS 381C or FS 595B colour standards. Exceptions would be Aluminum (17178), Sky (34424), Dark Green (34079), and Night (37030) which are apparently all correct. Every other colour is only the closest match that exists these days.
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Very nice.
Are you sure the La7 engine cowl split/latched where you have shown it? Whilst there was such a hinge/split on the La5 I think it was basically 2 semi circular panels on the La7.
Wish HTC would get rid of the cannon muzzles sticking out of the nose. I have never seen such a thing on any rendition/photograph/drawing of a Lavochkin.
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Wish HTC would get rid of the cannon muzzles sticking out of the nose. I have never seen such a thing on any rendition/photograph/drawing of a Lavochkin.
Agreed, same thing with the 262.
Nice skin Fencer! :)
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What was the significance between the white and red star kill markings if any?
Nice skin.
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I can confirm that the only hinge on the La7 engine cowl was the top one.
The two half cowls were latched together under the engine.
I also note from my pictures of White 77 at kleby that the cannon cover cowl was not hinged either on this ac.(the panel is simply unbolted and removed as one piece) However there are countless line drawings showing just such a hinge down the middle of this panel..
From a maintenance and sealing perspective I would wonder why a hinge was required here. Its a light aluminium panel no more than 2ft wide by 3-4 ft long made rigid by its curved shape and indented cannon bulges.