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General Forums => Custom Skins => Topic started by: Devil 505 on June 21, 2021, 11:56:19 PM
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This post will serve 2 skins from the same squadron, a 109G-6 now and a 109G-14 when it's finished. Both are aircraft from 2 Squadriglia "Diavoli Rossi", 2 Gruppo Caccia (2nd Squadron "Red Devils", 2nd Fighter Group) of the Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana "Republican National Air Force" (ANR).
This Bf 109G-6 was flown by Mario Bellagambi in late 1944 from Villafranca airfield in Verona, Italy. After the capitulation of Italy in 1943, Bellagambi joined the ANR in northern Italy to continue fighting against the Allied forces in MTO. In 1944 he was promoted to the position of commander of the "Diavoli Rossi" squadron. A veteran of the Balkan and Greek campaigns as well as defensive actions over Sardinia, Sicily, and mainland Italy, he would achieve 14 victories over the course of the war.
This aircraft was delivered to the ANR directly from German stock and originally featured the full compliment of German markings. the crosses on the upper and lower wings were mostly removed before the ANR insignia was applied over them. Italian flag emblems with a yellow toothed border were painted on the fuselage and vertical stabilizers. For some reason, the standard practice was to leave the fuselage crosses intact. The Italian flag on the fuselage has the leading section in an unknown color, which I chose to depict as blue. It is based on nothing more than my repatriation that shows a shade distinct from the red, white, green, and yellow colors used in the emblem, but it's closest to the green in tone and brightness. The "Diavoli Rossi" emblem is painted on both sides of the nose and on the rear fuselage is Bellagambi's number of "0" and a white tailband still standard to Axis aircraft in Italy well into 1944.
(https://i.postimg.cc/MKZp53x5/Diavoli-G-6-1.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/PNcHr4Cv)
(https://i.postimg.cc/NfNfz8jc/Diavoli-G-6-2.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/RNHB3Hts)
(https://i.postimg.cc/3rFwgQMW/Diavoli-G-6-3.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/xqqY271S)
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Nicely done.
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:aok
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As always, intriguing history and superb work Devil. Thank you for your continued dedication to making our community shine. <S>
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Nice skin Devil, something a bit out of the ordinary.
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Very cool!
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Great work D!
And if you ever want to tackle his 109-K4
(https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/upload/iblock/87b/copertina2.jpg)
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Great work D!
And if you ever want to tackle his 109-K4
(https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/upload/iblock/87b/copertina2.jpg)
This scheme is already in game on our G-14, which is accurate. The real plane was a standard G-14.
(https://www.asisbiz.com/il2/Bf-109G/ANR-2Gr/images/Messerschmitt-Bf-109G14-Erla-ANR-2Gr5Sqa-Yellow-1-Mario-Bellagambi-WNr-464380-Osoppo-Mar-1945-01.jpg)
Also, you need to take skins for DCS (and IL2) with a grain of salt. There are no rules regarding what is allowed.
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Beautiful skin, Devil!
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Bf 109G-14 of 2 Squadriglia "Diavoli Rossi", 2 Gruppo Caccia in the spring 1945. Pilot unknown. This G-14 is a fairly late build as evidenced by the vertical stabilizer and rudder fitting the pattern of the workshop produced tails, which were sent to an assembly point to be fitted to a fuselage. The brown and green tail was also given additional gray paint to break up the pattern. The wings and fuselage were painted in the standard grays of RLM 74 and 75 over light blue 76. The ANR stopped painting their own insignia on the wings so this plane retains full German insignias. Italian flags were painted to the fuselage sides and tail, the large flag seems to be completely bordered in yellow. The squadron emblem is painted on the cowl, this time with a red beard.
(https://i.postimg.cc/FFJQQ8bD/Diavoli-G-14-1.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/SjqP6ZvM)
(https://i.postimg.cc/8PQgk4tD/Diavoli-G-14-2.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/8sH0th2n)
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Really sharp.
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:aok
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Very nice Devil.
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Bella!
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sempre fantastico !
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Outstanding Devil! I always appreciate the history . Makes it real. Well done!