[Chieff]

Theres not much said about these formation ships...which were also important in war-and there is no skins for il2...so ill try make some of them in future
some info: wiki

-reason is my personal joy and love for heavy bombers..one of favourite B24

i will upload skins soon as they r done...(i still work on color tunning and metal surface,etc and will update skins)
-i want to share it with you-they might be usefull for realistic coops,etc..

this is my 1. project and lot of effort....bla bla
B-24D Assembly Ship
41-23683 "The Green Dragon"
389th BG "The Sky Scorpions", US 8th AAF, Hethel, Norfolk, 1944
(though its original B24D version..ive made it for B-24J..only playable in il2-i hope someone will make other models in future)




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some other ideas for future:B-24D Assembly ship 'First Sergeant' of the 458th BG at Horsham-St-Faith

or

http://www.historicaviation.com/Image.p ... size=large

p.s. in other hand i use this post to encourage skilled skinmakers to make some new skins and moders to make liberators cockpit :wink: :lol:

[Guest]

have you seen these skins: http://www.mission4today.com/index.php? ... ls&id=4659 ?
...just what you're after, methinks. 8)

[Chieff]

thx for sharing that dude :thumbsup:
lol i....guy made that skin already :hanged:

[Gonzo]

Great skin Chief, can't wait to see the rest!

[BomberBoy]

Even though I already made this particular skin doesn't mean you shouldn't try it yourself. I learned by doing and a lot of the skins I made had already been done, too. From this angle the stripes look pretty well lines up. It looks like you just need to pick up some of the details (cowl flaps, front of cowling, remove the yellow from the turret) and you'll have a good skin!

Making skins like these is harder than it looks! Some of them have lots of stripes, dots and other markings that don't stretch well on the plane.
This is a good example of stripes that just didn't want to line up!


Keep it up and let's see some more!

[Chieff]

Even though I already made this particular skin doesn't mean you shouldn't try it yourself

baaah if i only knew that u already made it....khaha, i waste my entire day and lost 3L of sweat .... u did great skin of Green Dragon also

wait wait wait....in your signature...Jarink?u are that guy who made all that skins??
if yes then u must know i realy aprecciate ur work

yea that skin u made its very nice.very good imitation


when i draw strafes i tryed to place countures in same positions like in reality,so as markings..i moved them to right place
...and yes..i DL ur skinpack i saw all ur work - :pray:
p.s.
about cowl of flaps,and front cownling...u can color only bottom and only top(u know that good )... and when u color that,u color all engines...not one paticulary..so i left it this way...i saw Jarink.. (if is that u)coloured engines in other way(i can easy describe it with THIS)picture ,and that for nose turret..yes...i cant find that place where i need to remove yellow color

...man i wonder how ur making that skins so good...i use Adobe Photoshop CS4 and in the same time i run IL2 to see my progress and what i need to change on skin.if there is an easier way please could you tell me...thanks! !S!
:drinking:

[BomberBoy]

Yep, I'm him. It's a long story why I didn't use the same alias here as I do pretty much everywhere else...Thanks for the compliments!

The cowl flaps are in two places. The upper set is at the bottom edge of the skin near the right corner. The lower set is along the right edge, just above the outer engine.
The cowling front is on the lower wing (along the right side of the skin) around the wheel. The turret parts are in the middle of the skin above the inside rudder/fin and below the control panel and ball turret side piece.

If there's an easier way to skin, I'd love to hear about it! Seriously, it just takes practice and trying different things to see what works for you. I think you have made a good start.

Edit: I forgot to address the striped cowlings...
Here's the reason I did it striped. It always helps if you can find an actual photograph!

[Chieff]

i was tryn to find real scheme...i knew this was just an model...and from this picture i see that im wrong...please if you have some linksfor other projects,etc-please pm it to me

im going to correct my skin right now
EDIT:i found some pictures of TGD,if id just had them before... look 2 right engines(impossible work for il2)...top of fuselage...its arrowshapped conours..i didnt notice that..


heres my finalwork..im done i guess:

before:

new color:


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