[Jaypack44]

Hi all, I just found one of my "forgotten" templates today- I think it's by Jesters-ink, for the FW 190D-9, and I made a couple of test skins. I know the FW 190 is a pretty popular plane, and both of these a/c have been done before, but they were easy to do. So, do you guys think this is worth pursuing? ANY input would be appreciated, good or bad. thanks for looking!









Some new screens from the JG 301 pack I'm working on:

[_Hans]

Nice, I kinda like the yellow tail on that one, sorta "retro" for a 44/45 German fighter.

The two-tone underside on the last one is also very interesting...Any explanation for that? Also while you're at it maybe you could tell me what the hell the Germans were thinking when they decided to paint the undersides green...

[Jaypack44]

Nice, I kinda like the yellow tail on that one, sorta "retro" for a 44/45 German fighter.

The two-tone underside on the last one is also very interesting...Any explanation for that? Also while you're at it maybe you could tell me what the hell the Germans were thinking when they decided to paint the undersides green...

Well, I'm no expert on Luftwaffe paintschemes, but as far as I know, the two-tone underside is the result of the state of the German war machine at the end of the war- aircraft were painted with whatever was available, and so it wasn't uncommon to see a/c with 2 or 3 shades of paint or primer on different subassemblies. As for the "green" underside, I can't help you there, I think it was just another one of the colors the Germans were experimenting with at the end of the war. (anybody, please correct me if I'm wrong on any of these points...)

[wongsing]

I would be interested! I really like all 3 of those skins! Where exactly can we find these skins? Are they at M4T?

-Rich

[canonuk]

Jaypack basically said the keypoints.

By this time in the war, aircraft were frequently built in parts at separate factories and then assembled. It was very difficult to maintain a uniform RLM adherance across all the various assembly lines so aircraft frequently featured mismatched schemes and odd colours.

Towards te end of the war the Luftwaffe found it difficult to consistently produce the same colour paints. RLM 84 was the late war underside colour, and was supposed to be a pale/lilac blue, but inconsistencies and issues with supply etc meant the colour varied greatly, from very blue to pale green tones.

[Phas3e]

Also Late in 1944 both Messerschmitt and Focke wulf stopped painting the undersides of their wings.

Generaly the leading edge was painted in one of the upper side colours and the assembly stage.
the colour varied per factory and production batch from rlm 76 to 81 and 83, also the size of the area painted differeed greatly.
the moving surfaces were more often than not standard RLM 76, the rest was bare metal.

Japos Fw190D part 2 has a great section on this, discribing each known type and which factories and production batches used what type of undersurface

[Jaypack44]

I would be interested! I really like all 3 of those skins! Where exactly can we find these skins? Are they at M4T?

-Rich

I heven't uploaded any of them yet, but I will probably end up doing quite a few skins, so look for them on M4T in the next few weeks. I'm thinking about doing packs for a few different squadrons, as well as some single skins.

[Jaypack44]

here's another of the JG 301 skins:

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Wait 'till my oh frustration gets here...

[Phas3e]

Not to point things out but its the same aircraft you already have in the first bunch.

"Blue 15" had been around for some years but recent photos and info have found it is actually 'yellow 15'

so you were closer with the first one

[Jaypack44]

Ok, here's a few skins I made from JG 26: a few minor bugs to correct, but they're done for the most part:

[Guest]

love em, yellow tail especially, can't wait.