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General Forums => Custom Skins => Topic started by: Greebo on May 13, 2010, 04:34:43 AM
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I've been working on three Mosquito Mk VI skins including this 23 Sqn one. The other two are a Banff strike wing scheme and a silver SEAC one. Having looked at the other two in game I think they need a bit more tinkering before I post them though.
This skin is of a NF II nightfighter which is considered an acceptable substitution for the Mk VI as its basically the same externally apart from radar aerials. This Mk II had its radar removed anyway to avoid it falling into enemy hands, since it flew intruder missions over enemy airfields.
DD712 flew a number of intruder missions from September 42 before being lost in action on the 29th November.
(http://www.gfg06.dial.pipex.com/screenshots2/23_Sqn_Mossie_MK6_SC1.jpg)
(http://www.gfg06.dial.pipex.com/photos/23_Sqn_Mossie_photo.jpg)
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That looks great Greebo. One very unique skin. :aok
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Excellent work! Would be a neat skin to use during special events using nighfighter mossies. :salute
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That is one sleek looking plane :x
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Its gangster, I love it :aok
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Greebo, what Mossie variants will HTC accept without question as substitutions for the VI?
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Greebo, what Mossie variants will HTC accept without question as substitutions for the VI?
Earlier thread listed the F or NF.Mk II, Mk VI, Mk XVIII and any of the Canadian or Australian versions of the Mk VI, such as the Mk.26.
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Didn't the Mk XVIII have some big Jesus gun in the lower nose instead of the 4x20s?
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Didn't the Mk XVIII have some big Jesus gun in the lower nose instead of the 4x20s?
Yes, and there were only 27 of them, but apparently it is on the OK list if somebody really wants one of those 27.
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Looks great. :aok Interesting article about paint on them just the texture alone changed air speed.
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_mosquito_II.html
Also a little bit about the pilot of this plane.
(http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af142/barneybolac/Scan_109.jpg)
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The smoother finish was created by using more finely ground pigment in the paint. This style of finish was known as 'Type S' (for 'smooth'). As an example, the colour 'Sky' is usually listed as 'Sky Type S' in a lot of model paint lists and it leads people to believe that it's the official name of the colour, which isn't quite true. The colour name is Sky, the finish roughness (or lack thereof) is denoted by 'Type S'. There were Type S versions of many colours, not just Sky! In the later years of the war smooth finish paints were used on many types for the same reason noted in the Mossie article - increased performance... albeit at the expense of increased visibility due to a glossier airplane.
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Lyric1: Did Cornforth survive the war?... Just curious.
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Lyric1: Did Cornforth survive the war?... Just curious.
Sadly lost.
http://books.google.com/books?id=0KkPobq-svwC&pg=PA16&lpg=PA16&dq=raf+23+squadron+Stanley+Cornforth&source=bl&ots=rxXOAoXAS7&sig=9Ke4mtl5mgu_CDRYkCtRxBFipFA&hl=en&ei=JEHuS9vIG4T6lwfYgd20CA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=raf%2023%20squadron%20Stanley%20Cornforth&f=false
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gangster indeed any chance of a pink one? :noid