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Title: JG/77 "Blue 7"
Post by: MjTalon on February 08, 2009, 06:19:45 PM

(http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/3057/2el48xwws8.jpg)

Anyone got any info on this bird? Curious if she can be skinned or no. Danke in advance!  :salute

Title: Re: JG/77 "Blue 7"
Post by: Banshee7 on February 08, 2009, 06:21:16 PM

oooo.K4  :t

Title: Re: JG/77 "Blue 7"
Post by: Krusty on February 08, 2009, 06:31:38 PM

I'd hold out for more references. Doesn't "seem" right. Specific to this plane, first I've seen, but artists have made many mistakes before on color profiles.

Title: Re: JG/77 "Blue 7"
Post by: choppit on February 08, 2009, 06:54:15 PM

http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=139584

Couple of Profiles, and some three or so pictures of the actual bird.  :salute

Title: Re: JG/77 "Blue 7"
Post by: Motherland on February 08, 2009, 07:09:11 PM

My guess would be that the fuselage's RLM76's dirt is what led the profiler to assign that brown color to it...

Title: Re: JG/77 "Blue 7"
Post by: MjTalon on February 08, 2009, 07:20:00 PM

Possible to be skinned if the color scheme cause be accuracy traced?

Title: Re: JG/77 "Blue 7"
Post by: Motherland on February 08, 2009, 07:24:46 PM

Just don't worry about the profile, use the photos in the link Choppit provided (this is the way I prefer to work anyway if possible).
http://www.me109.info/display.php?a=e&fid=878
http://www.me109.info/display.php?a=e&fid=871

It's hard to dispute a photograph :)

Title: Re: JG/77 "Blue 7"
Post by: Krusty on February 08, 2009, 07:30:34 PM

Unless you have photos of a demarcation between the underside of the wings and the fuselage, I think it's a mistake of the artist.

The B&W photos are very low contrast, don't seem to have too much detail or hints as to the color on the side. One has to assume it's the normal shade on most K-4s with that camo pattern of the time, unless one sees proof otherwise.

Meaning, it probably looked a lot more like THIS:

(http://www.netaces.org/skins/109k4/skin4.jpg)

than THIS:

(http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/3057/2el48xwws8.jpg)

Title: Re: JG/77 "Blue 7"
Post by: SuBWaYCH on February 09, 2009, 02:21:35 PM

well its service is legit. It was based in Prague in May according to the profile. Russian Front Bird?