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Title: Looking for help - images/information regar479th FG 434thFS P-38J "Little Edris"
Post by: oboe on November 02, 2022, 03:13:04 PM

I'd like to reskin one of my earlier AHII P-38J skins - I noticed Ack-Ack made YouTube videos of him flying, and he often used this skin from the 479th FG, "Little Edris", and I'd like to redo it as a dedication to him.

I guess I did it so long ago I don't have a back up of it, but here are the reference images I do have (looking for more):

(https://i.imgur.com/fOipyPs.jpg)   (https://i.imgur.com/nhfizRW.jpg)

Title: Re: Looking for help - images/information regar479th FG 434thFS P-38J "Little Edris"
Post by: lyric1 on November 03, 2022, 10:37:44 AM

All I can add.

(https://i.imgur.com/xVVYcxIh.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/qHxi3M5h.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/T51NtdPh.jpg)

Title: Re: Looking for help - images/information regar479th FG 434thFS P-38J "Little Edris"
Post by: oboe on November 03, 2022, 05:33:39 PM

Thank you, Lyric -

Title: Re: Looking for help - images/information regar479th FG 434thFS P-38J "Little Edris"
Post by: oboe on November 18, 2022, 04:34:51 PM

Resurrection of a 479th FG skin AKAK used to fly some years ago.  I saw him also in Vraciu's fine Zemke's bare metal '38J.  He was a killer in whatever skin he flew.  <S>


(https://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=406354.0;attach=35818)

(https://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=406354.0;attach=35820)

(https://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=406354.0;attach=35822)
 

Title: Re: Looking for help - images/information regar479th FG 434thFS P-38J "Little Edris"
Post by: lyric1 on November 18, 2022, 04:40:18 PM

 :aok

Title: Re: Looking for help - images/information regar479th FG 434thFS P-38J "Little Edris"
Post by: Devil 505 on November 18, 2022, 04:43:38 PM

Most excellent.

Title: Re: Looking for help - images/information regar479th FG 434thFS P-38J "Little Edris"
Post by: whiteman on November 18, 2022, 04:45:28 PM

That's beechin!

Title: Re: Looking for help - images/information regar479th FG 434thFS P-38J "Little Edris"
Post by: Vraciu on November 18, 2022, 05:41:42 PM

I'm inclined to think the overspray under the nose is fresh OD....

Title: Re: Looking for help - images/information regar479th FG 434thFS P-38J "Little Edris"
Post by: Greebo on November 19, 2022, 03:04:51 AM

Very nice skin Oboe, well done.

Title: Re: Looking for help - images/information regar479th FG 434thFS P-38J "Little Edris"
Post by: oboe on November 19, 2022, 07:15:20 AM

Thanks.  You know when I originally did this skin, I went by primarily the cover art of the 479th Group history, top left image.  But if I compare the top right B&W photo, it sure looks to me like the nose color is lighter than the OD green.

As I understand it, leaders planes were often splashed with color somehow to make them more identifiable for form-up purposes, but I don't get where the artist came up with the dark forest green trim as the splash color.  Having second thoughts about this one...   

Title: Re: Looking for help - images/information regar479th FG 434thFS P-38J "Little Edris"
Post by: Vraciu on November 19, 2022, 09:40:13 AM

The darker green goes almost to the wing root...   I can't imagine it isn't OD.

Perhaps they were painting over old nose art.

Title: Re: Looking for help - images/information regar479th FG 434thFS P-38J "Little Edris"
Post by: oboe on November 20, 2022, 01:31:28 PM

(https://i.imgur.com/nhfizRW.jpg)

In this photo the nose looks lighter than the OD green.  Not sure how the artist got a shade of dark forest green from that...