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Title: 1st Air Commando C-47A skin
Post by: Greebo on October 26, 2011, 11:28:55 AM

The 1st Air Commando Group was formed to support British Brigadier Orde Wingate's second "Chindit" operation in Burma. In February 1944 20,000 British and Commonwealth troops were dropped deep behind Japanese lines to disrupt enemy bases and communications. For this to work air support was vital. The RAF couldn't or wouldn't give Wingate the support he needed. However the 1st ACG proved very effective, working closely with the ground troops providing fighter cover, reconnaissance, transport and "aerial artillery". Such was the 1st ACG's control of the air that not one transport aircraft was shot down during the whole operation.

The 1st ACG were a mixed unit consisting of P-47 and P-51 fighters, B-25Hs, C-47 transports and L-5 cooperation aircraft. Their aircraft all carried a distinctive five diagonal stripe ID marking on the fuselage.

(http://www.gfg06.dial.pipex.com/screenshots5/1st_ACG_C-47A_SC1.jpg)

(http://www.gfg06.dial.pipex.com/screenshots5/1st_ACG_C-47A_SC2.jpg)

Title: Re: 1st Air Commando C-47A skin
Post by: whiteman on October 26, 2011, 12:53:20 PM

Very nice!

Title: Re: 1st Air Commando C-47A skin
Post by: lyric1 on October 26, 2011, 03:47:30 PM

I think that is your best OD goon yet. Have you done something different with that colour?

Title: Re: 1st Air Commando C-47A skin
Post by: skorpion on October 26, 2011, 03:56:30 PM

delicious...



nice job greebo.

Title: Re: 1st Air Commando C-47A skin
Post by: 007Rusty on October 26, 2011, 05:11:18 PM

 :aok   :cheers:

Title: Re: 1st Air Commando C-47A skin
Post by: Greebo on October 26, 2011, 05:56:53 PM

Thanks guys. Well spotted Lyric1, I made the olive drab a tiny bit greener than previous skins.

Title: Re: 1st Air Commando C-47A skin
Post by: lyric1 on October 26, 2011, 07:57:03 PM

Quote from: Greebo on October 26, 2011, 05:56:53 PM

Thanks guys. Well spotted Lyric1, I made the olive drab a tiny bit greener than previous skins.

I like it. :aok

Redo on The Arunta? :D

Title: Re: 1st Air Commando C-47A skin
Post by: Greebo on October 27, 2011, 04:24:47 AM

Actually a redo on that skin would be a bit of a problem. I lost a few months of emails when my HDD failed a few weeks ago, thought I'd backed it up and hadn't. The batch of HTC skin acceptance emails were amongst those that were lost. It is a pain for Skuzzy to update skins if I can't supply the skin reference number he emailed me. 

Title: Re: 1st Air Commando C-47A skin
Post by: Megalodon on October 27, 2011, 11:47:17 PM

That looks very nice :) will you be doing the late model 47 to finish out the set?

Thank You,

Title: Re: 1st Air Commando C-47A skin
Post by: Greebo on October 28, 2011, 01:32:51 AM

I did look at doing a bubble top 1st Air Commando Jug. The problem is that there is a quite wide stretched area on the top of the fuselage. This stops the diagonal stripes meeting at a sharp angle, they just go straight across the fuselage when they hit that area and this looks rubbish. The razorback jug does that a bit too, but it is a lot less noticeable because the fuselage is far narrower at that point.