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General Forums => Films and Screenshots => Topic started by: gatso on October 14, 2002, 04:27:06 PM
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I need more infor about Soviet Hurricanes to finish this. specifically markings and what varients they were using. My emails in my sig if anyone has anything. TYIA
Gatso
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VVS stuff can be hard to find, this is an ok resource at the moment: IL2: pretty but limited (http://www.il2center.com/Reference/Bulk/)
found this there (http://www.il2center.com/Reference/Bulk/VVS%20Hurricane%20Fighter/soviet-hurricane-profile-6.jpg)
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Take a look at the IL-2 Forgotten Battles box art. They have a very nice pic of the Hurri on it.
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Yup. Seen it Nacho, Thats why I used brown/green instead of grey/green, thankfully it should be an easy task to change it if I want to.
Looking at all those profiles (Big TY for that crowbaby. sweet site) it seems that the Russians predominantly used Mk II and IIb Hurris. Any info on IIc marks? Where they used at all, I'm assuming not because I can't think of any other rusian a/c using Hispano's.
Gatso
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It doesn't have any shinyness it seems.
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Originally posted by gatso
I need more infor about Soviet Hurricanes to finish this. specifically markings and what varients they were using. My emails in my sig if anyone has anything. TYIA
Gatso
Your best bet is to start with the Hurris mk I paint scheme as for the BoB...........but apply it to a Hurris mkIIC
The paintwork would never look new as these were 2nd hand machines in late 41 and early/mid 42........... by 43 they were being with drawn from front line use............restricted to reserve duty.
............infact the VVS replaced the 8 X .303's (on their Hurris IIB's)with 2 X 12.7mm bereznins and 2 x 20mm Shvaks .................. so we cannot get a perfect armament match. (for authenticity the gun up grade took place in the field until late 42 so the guns will be grey steel barrels with a wing patch where they exit from the body).
Stars were plain red ones not even with a white/red out line............ (there was a thin black line but it was too thin to be picked out on our skins) certainly not the 3d ones ...................your position is correct but allow space for a 2 digit number centrally on the fuselage...........
Spinner would remain white and some even left the British vertical tail stripes and any british tail markings
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Thanks Tilt. It was a sort of work in progress. It did allow me to sort out problems with the skin before doing a proper one (See the Sea Hurri thread). I always add weathering last and hadn't got round to doing any when I posted this.
Guess the way to go is to file this scheme and work on a IId which they definitely DID use rather than doing homologation bodge jobs.
Thanks anyway guys, I've got ideas for the next one :)
Gatso
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Originally posted by gatso
Guess the way to go is to file this scheme and work on a IId which they definitely DID use rather than doing homologation bodge jobs.
Thanks anyway guys, I've got ideas for the next one :)
Gatso
Can you advise which regiments used the IID ...........I checked the 246 IAP and their last front line action is recorded as Krasnodar 1942 last large air combat on the 10-7-42..I presume they were re designated part of SAD................... (non fighter division for ground attack)
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how do you paint all those planes???
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Originally posted by frank3
how do you paint all those planes???
with notepad.