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Title: Kawasaki Ki.61 Hien, 37th Kyoiku Hikotai
Post by: oboe on April 10, 2015, 02:00:08 PM

This aircraft was based at Matsuyama on Formosa during 1944-45.   

(http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd148/tjlaven/Ki.61-37th-Kyoiku-Hikotai-3QtrFront.jpg)

(http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd148/tjlaven/Ki.61-37th-Kyoiku-Hikotai-Profile.jpg)

Based on this profile:

(http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd148/tjlaven/ki-61-tony.jpg)

Title: Re: Kawasaki Ki.61 Hien, 37th Kyoiku Hikotai
Post by: lyric1 on April 10, 2015, 02:48:28 PM

 :aok

(http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af142/barneybolac/Ki-61/Kawasaki_Ki-61-14_zpsf245gfg6.jpg) (http://s1002.photobucket.com/user/barneybolac/media/Ki-61/Kawasaki_Ki-61-14_zpsf245gfg6.jpg.html)

Title: Re: Kawasaki Ki.61 Hien, 37th Kyoiku Hikotai
Post by: Devil 505 on April 10, 2015, 05:51:33 PM

Well, looks like I have a new favorite scheme for this bird. Thanks.

Title: Re: Kawasaki Ki.61 Hien, 37th Kyoiku Hikotai
Post by: Greebo on April 11, 2015, 05:40:44 AM

Great looking skin Oboe.  :aok

Title: Re: Kawasaki Ki.61 Hien, 37th Kyoiku Hikotai
Post by: FTJR on April 11, 2015, 05:56:38 AM

 :aok

Title: Re: Kawasaki Ki.61 Hien, 37th Kyoiku Hikotai
Post by: oboe on April 11, 2015, 09:17:16 AM

I don't want too much credit for this skin - I found it as an IL-2 bare-metal Ki.61 template for Pacific Fighters on Mission4Today.com, I think.   All I did was "hack" it into AH's skin file layout (which is much more difficult than it sounds).   There is a lot of cutting, pasting, stretching, distorting, filling-in, etc involved in that process.  I suppose it could be called "technical" skinning vs "artistic" skinning - it's a lot like reverse-engineering.  And then I blended in the tail art and details for this particular aircraft.  But the end result is an outstanding skin for AH's Ki.61.  I want AH to have excellent, high-quality skins available.   

The credits for this skin are as follows:

Template by JayPack44, metal texture by Jesters-Ink, internals by Greg Boyington, and rivet pattern by Billfish, adaptation to AH format by Oboe.   That's a lot of collaboration!
 

Title: Re: Kawasaki Ki.61 Hien, 37th Kyoiku Hikotai
Post by: lyric1 on April 24, 2015, 03:52:38 PM

Quote from: lyric1 on April 10, 2015, 02:48:28 PM

:aok

(http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af142/barneybolac/Ki-61/Kawasaki_Ki-61-14_zpsf245gfg6.jpg) (http://s1002.photobucket.com/user/barneybolac/media/Ki-61/Kawasaki_Ki-61-14_zpsf245gfg6.jpg.html)

Another photo of this one I found.

(http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af142/barneybolac/Ki-61/89-1ea2f19356_zpsjqvvz1xi.jpg) (http://s1002.photobucket.com/user/barneybolac/media/Ki-61/89-1ea2f19356_zpsjqvvz1xi.jpg.html)