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General Forums => Custom Skins => Topic started by: lyric1 on November 29, 2012, 01:13:54 AM
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Have a few of these that when I get around to I will post them.
Until then some on line books with profiles & such.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/4648726/Aircraft-Profile-024-Hawker-Hurricane-IIC
http://www.scribd.com/doc/97226481/024-Hawker-Hurricane
http://www.scribd.com/doc/88621533/Hawker-Hurricane-Mk-XII
Some of these books have line drawings in it as well as profiles.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/61067945/Aero-Detail-N-12-Hawker-Hurricane
http://www.scribd.com/doc/81663037/Monografie-Lotnicze-051-Hawker-Hurricane-Part-1
http://www.scribd.com/doc/81663042/Monografie-Lotnicze-052-Hawker-Hurricane-Part-2
http://www.scribd.com/doc/81663051/Monografie-Lotnicze-053-Hawker-Hurricane-Part-3
http://www.scribd.com/doc/81663060/Monografie-Lotnicze-054-Hawker-Hurricane-Part-4
http://www.scribd.com/doc/7273478/Walk-Around-n14-Hawker-Hurricane-98
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Thanks for posting these Lyric. The Hurricane has probably the widest selection of different air force markings and colour schemes of any WW2 aircraft.
I've done a few extra skins that will be useful for scenarios; a desert and a BoF Hurri Mk I, also a desert, a SEAC and a Soviet (BM959 below) Mk II. I'll post some screenshots once the next version is out and I can fly them offline. I'll wait until other skinners have had a chance to look at it before starting any more though.
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Thanks for posting these Lyric. The Hurricane has probably the widest selection of different air force markings and colour schemes of any WW2 aircraft.
I've done a few extra skins that will be useful for scenarios; a desert and a BoF Hurri Mk I, also a desert, a SEAC and a Soviet (BM959 below) Mk II. I'll post some screenshots once the next version is out and I can fly them offline. I'll wait until other skinners have had a chance to look at it before starting any more though.
I cant' wait to see them. Especially the desert schemed ones.
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Lovely profiles. I vote for Greebo doing ALL of them :aok
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Another 303 skin would be awesome! :rock
#S#
Josh
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Until then some on line books with profiles & such.
http://en.calameo.com/read/001352928c85e47b9e19e
http://en.calameo.com/read/00135292887a6ccc203b3
http://www.asisbiz.com/Hurricane.html
http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/Modeling/Hawker/Hurricane/HurriProfiles/Part1/VVS_Hurricanes-1.html
Nice tail art work on this Russian site.
http://scalemodels.ru/modules/forum/viewtopic_t_22552_start_20.html
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Soviet (BM959 below)
Great news!
Finns brought down BM959:
(http://s4.postimage.org/q3czjeanw/hurr_60.jpg)
Greebo, any change for a FiAF Hurricane? ;)
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I'm going to be busy doing other HTC stuff for the next month or so. After that I'll have a look at what Hurri skins I'm going to do. A Finnish skin would be likely, so long as no one else has stated an intention to do one by then. Same with a 303 skin.
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I'm going to be busy doing other HTC stuff for the next month or so. After that I'll have a look at what Hurri skins I'm going to do. A Finnish skin would be likely,
Sounds good! Great to hear more new stuff coming from HTC. ;)
As you know Greebo, I'm asking you because you're the best in the business. :)
HC-452 would be the best candidate IMO. It's amazingly still with us today with its original wartime markings, a true time capsule!
http://www.virtualpilots.fi/feature/photoreports/helsinginpuolustus2004/ (http://www.virtualpilots.fi/feature/photoreports/helsinginpuolustus2004/)
http://hurricanehc-452.blogspot.fi/ (http://hurricanehc-452.blogspot.fi/)
http://www.virtualpilots.fi/en/hist/WW2History-HC-hakumatka.html (http://www.virtualpilots.fi/en/hist/WW2History-HC-hakumatka.html)
http://www.pienoismallit.net/galleria/referenssi_1295/ (http://www.pienoismallit.net/galleria/referenssi_1295/)
http://www.pienoismallit.net/galleria/referenssi_1536/ (http://www.pienoismallit.net/galleria/referenssi_1536/)
Currently HC-452 is under some touch-up restoration and recieving an engine after it has been engineless for tens of years.
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I'm going to be busy doing other HTC stuff for the next month or so.
Oh, really? :O
please tell me its for a ki 43, or a Lagg-3, or a remodelled C.205, maybe even the He 111. :pray
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Oh, really? :O
please tell me its for a ki 43, or a Lagg-3, or a remodelled C.205, maybe even the He 111. :pray
If he told you, he'd have to shoot you, and after that HTC would shoot him.
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... the He 111. :pray
:aok
Oh yes,... yes indeed!
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some real nice profiles....really liking that red and green Russian one :aok
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Hmm.... :headscratch: Needs more Hurri Profile. :noid :D
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Hmm.... :headscratch: Needs more Hurri Profile. :noid :D
OK.
One for the Americans not that there is any in USA markings that seen combat that I can find.
This should suffice though.
(http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af142/barneybolac/Hawker%20Hurricane/profile_Hurricane_IIC_33Squad_1942.jpg)
http://www.historynet.com/lance-wade-world-war-ii-raf-ace-fighter-pilot.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_C._Wade
http://ww2today.com/15th-november-1942-surviving-an-aircraft-crash-in-the-desert
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205209217
http://www.acesofww2.com/USA/aces/wade/
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the all black looks nice! :O
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ohhhh 32 is very cool :O
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oh damn my favorite plane and i havent got a pc to do any skinning!!
oh well thres always next year.
Greebo can you do a hurricane 11 night reaper cant remeber the details but it was flown by a famous pilot
it as black with red letters and a sythe and banner on the nose
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oh damn my favorite plane and i havent got a pc to do any skinning!!
oh well thres always next year.
Greebo can you do a hurricane 11 night reaper cant remeber the details but it was flown by a famous pilot
it as black with red letters and a sythe and banner on the nose
http://www.rogerdarlington.me.uk/nighthawk.html
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Not that we can use this skin I thought the photos were interesting with El Duche himself inspecting them.
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(http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af142/barneybolac/Hawker%20Hurricane/HurryStormo-01.jpg)
(http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af142/barneybolac/Hawker%20Hurricane/ItalianHurricaneMk1atTirana.jpg)
(http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af142/barneybolac/Hawker%20Hurricane/ItalianHurricaneMk1ItalmrkGuidonia.jpg)
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I expect I'll skin a bunch of Hurricanes in a month or so. This will likely include the "US" marked Sea Hurricane, the Finnish and black RAF ones above, plus an all white Sea Hurricane and maybe a winter Soviet one. It depends on what else I have on at the time though, default stuff takes priority.
I can post some skin viewer screenshots of the Hurri skins I have already done if anyone's interested.
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:aok Yes please!
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Still not enough Hurri Profile. :noid :D
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I expect I'll skin a bunch of Hurricanes in a month or so. This will likely include the "US" marked Sea Hurricane, the Finnish and black RAF ones above, plus an all white Sea Hurricane and maybe a winter Soviet one. It depends on what else I have on at the time though, default stuff takes priority.
I can post some skin viewer screenshots of the Hurri skins I have already done if anyone's interested.
Is it possible the Lance Wade hurri could make it Greebo?
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If a reasonable photo of the Lance Wade Hurricane can be found I could skin it. I hate working from profiles alone, they are sometimes not very accurate or are even pure inventions of the artist.
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If a reasonable photo of the Lance Wade Hurricane can be found I could skin it.
So far I have had no luck on that photo. :(
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If a reasonable photo of the Lance Wade Hurricane can be found I could skin it.
In this link his brother tells of a story that Lance had told him.
http://www.historynet.com/lance-wade-world-war-ii-raf-ace-fighter-pilot.htm
During his time at home, Wade spoke to his brother Oran about some of his experiences in the desert war. Oran later recalled hearing how on one mission Lance had become separated from his flight by three Me-109s and in a swirling low-level dogfight had shot one down and damaged another. He reportedly lost the third by flying down a desert gully. There had apparently been no witnesses to confirm what had happened, however. He also told Oran that enemy pilots seemed to have recognized his aircraft during the last half of his tour and started avoiding him. That may have been thanks to the fact that Wade's Hurricane was distinctive — decorated with his own design, a fighting cock, or rooster, standing in front of an American flag. That same aggressive-looking bird would later be adopted as the emblem of the U.S. Army Air Forces' 4th Fighter Group, which included many former Eagles in its ranks.
Not anything conclusive but at least may have some validity.
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The thing that bothers me about that profile is the lack of a squadron code. It would be highly unusual for any combat aircraft not to have either a squadron code or in the case of a wing commander, a personal code. It gives me the impression that the artist read that story, found out Wade flew BP186 and then just left off the squadron code because he did not know it.
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The thing that bothers me about that profile is the lack of a squadron code. It would be highly unusual for any combat aircraft not to have either a squadron code or in the case of a wing commander, a personal code. It gives me the impression that the artist read that story, found out Wade flew BP186 and then just left off the squadron code because he did not know it.
Just taking a quick look before I head off to work there is a few exceptions I have found of lack of squadron codes.
Here is one for example granted a PR aircraft. I don't have enough time to post a few photos I have in some books.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205090506
Actual 33 squadron aircraft. Can't tell for sure if they have codes in these photos though.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205212079
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205208714
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Found an interview with another American who flew with 33 squadron on Youtube.
During the interview there is a few still shots of Hurricanes. About the 45 second mark there is a couple of MKIIC Hurricanes. The angle of that photo partially obscures the area where squadron markings would be. Can't tell for certain if there is any squadron markings or not.
Neither show Wades nose art.
(http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af142/barneybolac/Hawker%20Hurricane/IIChurri33squad.jpg)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-ctdlFn4Zk
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Just found that a book was written on Wade & I ordered it.
Has a number of photos in it fingers crossed.
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Sorry for the poor quality pic but when I saw this profile I had to post it
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Just found that a book was written on Wade & I ordered it.
Has a number of photos in it fingers crossed.
"Lance On High: A Texan ace in the RAF"?
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"Lance On High: A Texan ace in the RAF"?
:aok
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Thanks for posting these Lyric. The Hurricane has probably the widest selection of different air force markings and colour schemes of any WW2 aircraft.
I've done a few extra skins that will be useful for scenarios; a desert and a BoF Hurri Mk I, also a desert, a SEAC and a Soviet (BM959 below) Mk II. I'll post some screenshots once the next version is out and I can fly them offline. I'll wait until other skinners have had a chance to look at it before starting any more though.
Cant tell you how excited I am about the Hurri update and that your beautiful skins will be on them. Love this plane. :D
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LOVE the russian skins, any info on the one with the lizard tail??
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LOVE the russian skins, any info on the one with the lizard tail??
(http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af142/barneybolac/Hawker%20Hurricane/img098-1.jpg)
http://scalemodels.ru/modules/forum/viewtopic_t_22552_start_20.html
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The book on Wade arrived no Hurricane photos in it.
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We have the default skin for the IID model based off of RAF 6 squadron.
Here is a few more 6 squadron birds if any one else would like to do one.
(http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af142/barneybolac/Hawker%20Hurricane/large_zpsfbf97cc9.jpg)
(http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af142/barneybolac/Hawker%20Hurricane/9_12_zpse7b0fd25.jpg)
http://www.iwm.org.uk//collections/item/object/205126972
(http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af142/barneybolac/Hawker%20Hurricane/7118469125_b0a0eef0a6_b_zps4484299d.jpg)
(http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af142/barneybolac/Hawker%20Hurricane/259871840969767848_LvFVdXHe_zpsc5c8608b.jpg)
If you click on the link below you can zoom this photo up larger & see the nose art better of the plane above.
http://pinterest.com/pin/231161393345372468/
Also some video of this unit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIx_pMwjGyE
Only plane that I can find to match the tin opener nose art from a model site.
JV V. BN 977
http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd126/andymullenuk/Kits/Airfix/AX73006/AX73006_07.jpg
Picture of the default skin.
http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234921290
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I would greatly like to see this one, from the first page, done:
Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIc, KZ352/A-A, No. 1 Fighter Squadron Indian Air Force, Imphal, 1944. Ocean Gray/Dark Green/Medium Sea Gray scheme with white bands around wings, tailplane and fin; white codes and spinner. Dark Blue/Light Blue roundels (15" diameter) in all six positions; red elephant badge, edged in yellow, under cockpit.
My wife is Indian and Hindu, thus my interest in it. I do suspect the elephant should not be red, but rather bright orange. Many of the idols to Ganesha that I have seen on my visits to India are painted bright orange in their entirety.
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Based off of this modeling site the desert II D's with a single letter are not RAF 6 squadron. They are SAAF 7 squadron that worked together a lot with 6 squadron.
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/rh/articles.php?id=3497
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:7_Squadron_SAAF_insignia.jpg
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SAAF Hurricane MKI 3 squadron.
Captain J E "Jack" Frost.
Get some orange roundels with this plane plus some nose art.
(http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af142/barneybolac/Hawker%20Hurricane/hahnhurrie_zps6854e1dc.jpg)
(http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af142/barneybolac/Hawker%20Hurricane/hahnhurric_zps62279267.jpg)
http://www.network54.com/Forum/578046/thread/1336662185/1337165106/Late+for+the+Dance+-+Plodding+On
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SAAF Hurricane MKI 3 squadron.
Captain J E "Jack" Frost.
Get some orange roundels with this plane plus some nose art.
(http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af142/barneybolac/Hawker%20Hurricane/hahnhurrie_zps6854e1dc.jpg)
(http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af142/barneybolac/Hawker%20Hurricane/hahnhurric_zps62279267.jpg)
http://www.network54.com/Forum/578046/thread/1336662185/1337165106/Late+for+the+Dance+-+Plodding+On
Or... THIS would be good too, Greebo. :aok
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If a reasonable photo of the Lance Wade Hurricane can be found I could skin it. I hate working from profiles alone, they are sometimes not very accurate or are even pure inventions of the artist.
Not complete but reasonable,only took me a year & a half to find it. :rock
(http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af142/barneybolac/Hawker%20Hurricane/219-4a2ec8c160_zps551a65f6.jpg) (http://s1002.photobucket.com/user/barneybolac/media/Hawker%20Hurricane/219-4a2ec8c160_zps551a65f6.jpg.html)
(http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af142/barneybolac/Hawker%20Hurricane/176-20e4c1daf3_zpsb4180a37.jpg) (http://s1002.photobucket.com/user/barneybolac/media/Hawker%20Hurricane/176-20e4c1daf3_zpsb4180a37.jpg.html)
Only just noticed the art work from the book got the American flag all wrong with its colours. Don't think an American during WWII would allow that to happen with his country's flag on his aircraft.
Just proves Greebos point about trusting profiles.
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The profile earlier in this thread also shows the aircraft as a Mk IIA but calls it a Mk IIC, while this photo is of a Mk I. OTOH the lack of squadron codes may be accurate, as I have seen photos of 33 squadron Hurris with no codes. The photo makes this a candidate for skinning but I need to do a bit more research first.
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The profile earlier in this thread also shows the aircraft as a Mk IIA but calls it a Mk IIC, while this photo is of a Mk I. OTOH the lack of squadron codes may be accurate, as I have seen photos of 33 squadron Hurris with no codes. The photo makes this a candidate for skinning but I need to do a bit more research first.
In the book I have he flew Hurri I's & IIB's & had 13 kills in those before changing over to Hurri IIC's where he added seven more. No mention of the nose art & no photos of any Hurricanes in the book. When he changed squadrons & was put in Spitfires no nose art could be seen at all on any of the aircraft he is shown with.
I also could never find any squadron codes on 33 squadron Hurricanes either.
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While I'd rather skin a Mk II as it would get a lot more use, I will only do a skin that has photographic evidence to back it up. So I'll likely skin Wade's Mk I at some point, but will probably do a Belgian Mk I first.
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While I'd rather skin a Mk II as it would get a lot more use, I will only do a skin that has photographic evidence to back it up. So I'll likely skin Wade's Mk I at some point, but will probably do a Belgian Mk I first.
Well here is more to confuse things.
(http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af142/barneybolac/Hawker%20Hurricane/142-9c47a60b73_zps13c5f916.jpg) (http://s1002.photobucket.com/user/barneybolac/media/Hawker%20Hurricane/142-9c47a60b73_zps13c5f916.jpg.html)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/211381233/Airlife-Hurricane-OCR
BP186 was a Hurri IIC.
The book I got this from has no listing for 33 squadron in regards to Hurricanes at all. :headscratch:
Did they get the aircraft from 73 squadron?
Greebo what on the new photo lets you tell what model it is?
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The conical shape of the spinner and the oil collecting ring show it as a Mk I. The Mk II had a longer, larger diameter spinner with a more curved profile to house the Rotol constant speed propeller mechanism. Also the Mk II's wooden Rotol prop blades look different to the Mk I's metal ones and on the Mk II the front part of the fuselage cowling was re-profiled to blend to the larger spinner.
As BP 186 was a Mk IIC then we don't have an airframe code that matches the Mk I photo. That puts me off doing it TBH.
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Well a little closer to finding out what aircraft F/L Lance Wade used.
Three Mk. Is were used by him while in 33 squadron.
(http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af142/barneybolac/Hawker%20Hurricane/WADE_zpsseeu1czb.jpg) (http://s1002.photobucket.com/user/barneybolac/media/Hawker%20Hurricane/WADE_zpsseeu1czb.jpg.html)
Also looks like he did not carry the nose art across the multiple Hurricanes or Spitfires he flew.
Here is a photo of a Hurricane Mk. IIb he flew listed above BG974.
No squadron codes visible in this image either.
(http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af142/barneybolac/Hawker%20Hurricane/BG974_zpsbo2puano.jpg) (http://s1002.photobucket.com/user/barneybolac/media/Hawker%20Hurricane/BG974_zpsbo2puano.jpg.html)