Det's Hangar

[Cybermat47]

On 4/7/2018 at 2:21 PM, DetCord12B said:

646th Bombardment Squadron liveries added.

 

Features:

• 8U-A through 8U-F (six aircraft).
• Custom weathering.
• Custom nose art.
• Invasion Stripes.
• Crew placards.
• Kill markings.

 

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Perfect for my new PWCG career, many thanks!

[DetCord12B]

Long time no update! The JG 77 and 54 packs had some serious gap and alpha issues. These have been remedied, and special thanks to @ICDP for pointing me in the right direction. JG 300 for the K4, SG 10 for the F8, KG(J) 27 for the D9, and KG 51 for the 262 have all been added. Also introduced a new screenshot format that'll display all the liveries included as opposed to a screen here and there of a single aircraft. That wasn't really working out.

 

This is part of a larger project to update those birds needing it and to replace all of the livery screenshots. One the Luftwaffe is complete, I'll move over to the RKKA and Allied sides to update any aircraft requiring it, update the livery screens, and add aircraft to the existing Sqdn's.

 

Changelog:

• Bf-109 K4 JG 77 Pack updated 16-7-2020
• Bf-109 K4 JG 54 Pack updated 16-7-2020
• Bf-109 K4 JG 300 Pack added 16-7-2020
• Fw-190 F8 SG 10 Pack added 16-7-2020
• Fw-190 D9 KG(J) 27 Pack added 16-7-2020
• Me 262 A1 KG 51 Pack added 16-7-2020
• Updated all screenshots for the above aircraft.

New screenshot format.

Spoiler

 

EDIT - Let me know if anyone runs into permission issues via the DL.

Edited July 17, 2020 by DetCord12B

[FurphyForum]

Thx Det, I'd give you an up-vote , but I'm all out for today... Consider this as one. +1

[Atomic_Spaniel]

Superb!   Thank you for sharing!

[JG_deserteagle540]

@DetCord,

 

Your Luftwaffe  Alpha paint layer is a real master piece!

The shiny fake paint layer is removed and replaced by a realistic paint layer which looks more like a cheap primer paint. Exactly what they used at the end of WW2.

 

Great work and thanks a lot!

[DetCord12B]

13 minutes ago, JG_deserteagle540 said:

@DetCord,

 

Your Luftwaffe  Alpha paint layer is a real master piece!

The shiny fake paint layer is removed and replaced by a realistic paint layer which looks more like a cheap primer paint. Exactly what they used at the end of WW2.

 

Great work and thanks a lot!

 

Someone on the forums posted an image of a pilot (1942?) standing next to the tail assembly of a 109 where you can see the pilots reflection on the vertical stabilizer and the high sheen applied to it, so the early LW paints were very gloss like. The late-war stuff on the other hand tends to be very matte in appearance as you said.

 

Anyone have that image or remember where it is? 

[sevenless]

7 hours ago, DetCord12B said:

Anyone have that image or remember where it is? 

 

Well known shot of Gottfried Weiroster and his polished Bf 109 G-5/R6 (W.Nr. 15 912 ) "Red 3" of JGr. 50 in 1943. Those guys were after Mossies, so every kph counted. Hermann Graf´s and Alfred Grislawki´s machines of JGr. 50 are the same.

 

 

https://www.luftwaffe.cz/weiroster.html

 

On 7/17/2020 at 1:59 AM, DetCord12B said:

 

• Me 262 A1 KG 51 Pack added 16-7-2020

 

Excellent addition. If you could find some time to do your magic on 3./KG 51 Me 262s that would be highly appreciated.

 

Edited July 19, 2020 by sevenless

[DetCord12B]

2 hours ago, sevenless said:

 

Well known shot of Gottfried Weiroster and his polished Bf 109 G-5/R6 (W.Nr. 15 912 ) "Red 3" of JGr. 50 in 1943. Those guys were after Mossies, so every kph counted. Hermann Graf´s and Alfred Grislawki´s machines of JGr. 50 are the same.

 

 

https://www.luftwaffe.cz/weiroster.html

 

 

Excellent addition. If you could find some time to do your magic on 3./KG 51 Me 262s that would be highly appreciated.

 

 

That's the picture! Thanks for sharing that. As for the 262's of 3.KG 51, do you have any reference material for the other birds in the group?

Edited July 19, 2020 by DetCord12B

[DetCord12B]

Changelog:

• Hs 129 Sch.G1 Pack updated 19-7-2020

[sevenless]

13 hours ago, DetCord12B said:

 

As for the 262's of 3.KG 51, do you have any reference material for the other birds in the group?

 

Unfortunately not. Neither the chronicles by Jan Horn nor Wolfgang Dierich nor the Smith&Creek books contain any pics of 3./KG 51 planes. We only have the numbering codes and color codes for each squadron and staff I./KG 51.

 

9K+(X)B = green = Staff I./KG 51

9K+(X)H = white = 1./KG 51

9K+(X)K = black/red = 2./KG 51

9K+(X)L = yellow = 3./KG 51

 

So you need a little artistic license for doing skins, however it seems unlikely that the paintshop differs dramatically from planes of 1./KG 51 or 2./KG 51 of the same timeframe, more or less all of them either had the nose painted in squadron color and some also had additionally painted the fin-tip in squadron color, like in this case of the well documented 9K-BH or 9K+YH of 1./KG 51:

 

http://falkeeins.blogspot.com/2011/03/kg-51-me-262-blitzbomber.html

 

https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235032926-148-monogram-me-262/page/2/

 

https://www.asisbiz.com/il2/Me-262/KG(J)51-9K.html

 

https://forum.warthunder.com/index.php?/topic/455711-secondary-historical-paid-skin-for-me262-a-2a/

Edited July 19, 2020 by sevenless

[DetCord12B]

6 hours ago, sevenless said:

 

Unfortunately not. Neither the chronicles by Jan Horn nor Wolfgang Dierich nor the Smith&Creek books contain any pics of 3./KG 51 planes. We only have the numbering codes and color codes for each squadron and staff I./KG 51.

 

9K+(X)B = green = Staff I./KG 51

9K+(X)H = white = 1./KG 51

9K+(X)K = black/red = 2./KG 51

9K+(X)L = yellow = 3./KG 51

 

So you need a little artistic license for doing skins, however it seems unlikely that the paintshop differs dramatically from planes of 1./KG 51 or 2./KG 51 of the same timeframe, more or less all of them either had the nose painted in squadron color and some also had additionally painted the fin-tip in squadron color, like in this case of the well documented 9K-BH or 9K+YH of 1./KG 51:

 

http://falkeeins.blogspot.com/2011/03/kg-51-me-262-blitzbomber.html

 

https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235032926-148-monogram-me-262/page/2/

 

https://www.asisbiz.com/il2/Me-262/KG(J)51-9K.html

 

https://forum.warthunder.com/index.php?/topic/455711-secondary-historical-paid-skin-for-me262-a-2a/

 

Good to go. As stated previously however, I still need to finish updating the Luftwaffe, RKKA, and Allied aircraft and their sections before moving on to any other projects. On top of that I still have a massive update to conduct for the Achtung Panzer! mod as well as resuming work on the War in the West mod. 

 

I'll certainly do what I can, mate.

[DetCord12B]

○ MiG-3 122 IAP Pack added 23-7-2020

○ Pe-2 S87 125 GV.IAP Pack added 23-7-2020

○ Yak-1B 6 GV.IAP Black Sea Fleet added 23-7-2020

○ Spitfire Mk.VB 57th GIAP Pack added 23-7-2020

 

RKKA and Luftwaffe additions thus far.

 

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Edited February 2, 2021 by DetCord12B

[DetCord12B]

The Flying Pig is no longer alone!

 

The 509th FS is almost done and will entail the aircraft utilized within the squadron and those that I could actually research and reproduce, most of which I had to hand jam with regards to the nose art. Ugh, I miss the simplistic Luftwaffe side of the house. The 510th will follow this release, followed by a unnamed P-38 Sqdn, followed by the 332nd Fighter Group or the Tuskegee Airmen.

 

 

EDIT - Forgot to add that the weathering layers have been completely revamped and updated.

 

As for Tuskegee themselves, I spent a number of weeks on a full conversion mod though it never panned out. I altered the textures and the normal maps and all it rendered was a white guy in blackface due to the model format. It is what it is as they say.

Edited February 2, 2021 by DetCord12B

[DetCord12B]

You guys ready for one hell of a story? It doesn't matter, here it goes. ?

 

So I ran into a whole slew of issues attempting to recreate the 509th and 510th Fighter Squadrons P-47's. I found data and info and renditions of these aircraft all over the web, like everywhere. Some appeared to be spot on while others invalidated the previous data, others validated it or changed completely past a certain date. Ridiculous. Pilots were killed, captured, or simply disappeared after bailing out, but the aircraft tended to keep its Reg. and even the nose art post passing on to the next pilot.

 

Historical records are hard to come by in theater. They change. They altered current rosters, serials, losses, transfers and the like. Needless to say I was tired. I was tired of looking up aircraft and their pilots that existed and then went home, or crashed, or died.

 

So I shot a mate of mine I served with in Iraq and Afghanistan an email, a guy that does actual aviation art, like the real stuff, hand-jammed, not modded models. He didn't respond. I was pissed. It wouldn't be until two-weeks later that I received a call from a Dr. K at the Smithsonian. Now, Dr. K can be whomever you want her to be but she dumped 30+ gigs of data right into my external. I not sure if this was something she wasn't supposed to do but she did it nonetheless.

Edited August 5, 2020 by DetCord12B

[Mysticpuma]

On 8/1/2020 at 6:58 AM, DetCord12B said:

You guys ready for one hell of a story? It doesn't matter, here it goes. ?

 

It wouldn't be until two-weeks later that I received a call from a Dr. K at the Smithsonian. Now, Dr. K can be whomever you want her to be but she dumped 30+ gigs of data right into my external. I not sure if this was something she wasn't supposed to do but she did it nonetheless.

 

Interested to know.....30+ Gigs of what data? Paintschemes, flight data, field reports? Intrigued....and also relating to what Groups?

[DetCord12B]

On 8/2/2020 at 5:10 AM, Mysticpuma said:

 

Interested to know.....30+ Gigs of what data? Paintschemes, flight data, field reports? Intrigued....and also relating to what Groups?

 

Schematics, field/service reports, artist renditions, palettes, swatches, schemes, all kinds of stuff. However, after having gone though a lot of the material it isn't just WWII. It rolls into Korea, Vietnam, late Cold War era and the mid-90's. So a lot of it isn't even related to the subject matter.

[DetCord12B]

509th and 510th Fighter Squadrons added for the USAAF.

 

 

[Hien-0_1*]

Brilliant! I am speechless !! Many thanks!!!
Your works is my absolute favorite?

I love your idea of creating units packages

But i find the number of planes a little unfortunate.
If you'd rather have eight aircraft per unit (instead of six), you would have two full squadrons of a unit. Maybe you could add to your previous work. I think a lot of pilots would be grateful to them(Just an idea from me. OK? ?)

greetings
... and keep it up!

[DetCord12B]

On 8/6/2020 at 6:34 AM, Hien-0_1* said:

Brilliant! I am speechless !! Many thanks!!!
Your works is my absolute favorite?

I love your idea of creating units packages

But i find the number of planes a little unfortunate.
If you'd rather have eight aircraft per unit (instead of six), you would have two full squadrons of a unit. Maybe you could add to your previous work. I think a lot of pilots would be grateful to them(Just an idea from me. OK? ?)

greetings
... and keep it up!

 

Thanks for the kind words.

 

As for the number of aircraft I tend to spend a month plus per package in research, assets, and creation. Now while you might find it unfortunate, I find it all consuming. If you want more birds then I'd suggest doing it yourself. I'm sorry my work isn't good enough and or doesn't meet your standards.

[Hien-0_1*]

Sorry, i may have put it wrong (i don't speak english, they are online translations). I think your work is first class and for me it is the best thing I've seen. And I am very grateful to you for every skin you set here. I am really obsessed with your work, but I wasn't aware of the amount of work you put into it. I didn't want to criticize at all, just make a wish! Sorry !!!

[DetCord12B]

If you previously downloaded the JG 300 pack then you need to remove it. The JG 300 zip I uploaded here was the wrong version, the really wrong version. Attempting to copy over this update will not work as the naming nomenclature has changed.

 

Spoiler

 

 

 

On 8/8/2020 at 3:03 AM, Hien-0_1* said:

Sorry, i may have put it wrong (i don't speak english, they are online translations). I think your work is first class and for me it is the best thing I've seen. And I am very grateful to you for every skin you set here. I am really obsessed with your work, but I wasn't aware of the amount of work you put into it. I didn't want to criticize at all, just make a wish! Sorry !!!

 

It's not your fault @Hien-0_1*. Much like the other 30+ million other Americans I'm in the process of running out of money and facing destitution. I simply took my frustrations out on you. Sorry, mate. 

[Bearcat]

On 7/26/2020 at 1:51 AM, DetCord12B said:

The Flying Pig is no longer alone!

 

The 509th FS is almost done and will entail the aircraft utilized within the squadron and those that I could actually research and reproduce, most of which I had to hand jam with regards to the nose art. Ugh, I miss the simplistic Luftwaffe side of the house. The 510th will follow this release, followed by a unnamed P-38 Sqdn, followed by the 332nd Fighter Group or the Tuskegee Airmen.

 

 

EDIT - Forgot to add that the weathering layers have been completely revamped and updated.

 

As for Tuskegee themselves, I spent a number of weeks on a full conversion mod though it never panned out. I altered the textures and the normal maps and all it rendered was a white guy in blackface due to the model format. It is what it is as they say.

 

 

 

EXCELLENT! I remember in DCS it was very similar..  The model was so much more detailed than in IL2 and I had to really work to get the eyes and all lined up .. but I was able to do it. That would be a great feature in this sim... I know it seems minor to some.. but being able to see yourself.. in your virtual aircraft ... or even someone who looks like you ... is a good feature. I think that eventually they will get to that but it just isn't a priority now.. So far I have not been disappointed in this sim at all.. 

[Hien-0_1*]

15 hours ago, DetCord12B said:

It's not your fault @Hien-0_1*. Much like the other 30+ million other Americans I'm in the process of running out of money and facing destitution. I simply took my frustrations out on you. Sorry, mate. 

That sounds bad.
The same everywhere, it is a difficult and uncertain time (which hopefully will soon come to an end).
As a distraction (a little to watch):

 

http://luftwaffeinprofile.se/index.html

 

http://luftwaffeinprofile.se/fighter.html

Take care of yourself and stay healthy !!!

[DetCord12B]

Someone asked for these ages and ages ago, I simply forgot. I did several fictional versions on several early aircraft by request for someone, though the name escapes me, sorry. So I've decided to turn them into a new project for the birds in question on the actual airframe in which they belong. 

 

JG 27's late, late war schemes WIP.

Spoiler

 

On 8/10/2020 at 12:43 PM, Bearcat said:

 

 

EXCELLENT! I remember in DCS it was very similar..  The model was so much more detailed than in IL2 and I had to really work to get the eyes and all lined up .. but I was able to do it. That would be a great feature in this sim... I know it seems minor to some.. but being able to see yourself.. in your virtual aircraft ... or even someone who looks like you ... is a good feature. I think that eventually they will get to that but it just isn't a priority now.. So far I have not been disappointed in this sim at all.. 

 

 

It still doesn't look right though. At all. Both fail to convey the facial features of a black pilot and it still looks like a white guy in blackface. I understand the barriers and all with regards to the pilot models, but I'd rather not even attempt it than have it look so out of place that it isn't even worth considering. It might be niche within niche, but I'm hopeful we'll get a proper Tuskegee pilot model somewhere down the line as I'd really like to fly as the Red Tails.

 

On 8/10/2020 at 2:20 PM, Hien-0_1* said:

That sounds bad.
The same everywhere, it is a difficult and uncertain time (which hopefully will soon come to an end).
As a distraction (a little to watch):

 

http://luftwaffeinprofile.se/index.html

 

http://luftwaffeinprofile.se/fighter.html

Take care of yourself and stay healthy !!!

 

I've always wondered who did all of these amazing profiles I see scattered throughout the internet. Now I know.

 

EDIT - @sevenless your 262's are next on the docket.

Edited August 12, 2020 by DetCord12B

[sevenless]

7 hours ago, DetCord12B said:

EDIT - @sevenless your 262's are next on the docket.

 

Fantastic. I love your JG 27 109 skins as well!

[DetCord12B]

JG 27 added.

 

Spoiler

 

On 8/12/2020 at 7:26 AM, sevenless said:

 

Fantastic. I love your JG 27 109 skins as well!

 

Let me know if you come across any reference material for them.

[DetCord12B]

Spoiler

 

Edited August 26, 2020 by DetCord12B

[JG_deserteagle540]

? Beautiful 

[DetCord12B]

Heads up.

 

I've removed the 262 liveries as I felt they're just not up to par and are in many ways substandard, though feel free to keep them if you wish. The 262's will return with the release of @sevenless 3./KG 51 request.

[SMARTAZZ]

These look great in pictures bet will  look amazing when flying in the game!!!

On 8/5/2020 at 3:38 PM, DetCord12B said:

509th and 510th Fighter Squadrons added for the USAAF.

 

 

 

Edited August 25, 2020 by SMARTAZZ
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[DetCord12B]

KG 51 added.

 

First and foremost I'd like to thank @sevenless who's aid, feedback, testing, and in-depth historical knowledge propelled this project forward and without whom it'd have never been completed. So a round of applause or upvote when you get the chance.

 

Secondly, this will be the last update for quite some time.

 

The economic situation in the US and around the world is fairly perilous and my typical income norms of CTR GFX design for aviation and airlines has pooped the bed, obviously. The industry is done. Even the odd game CT from the likes of Ubi and EA has dried up and I've dipped into my savings to the tune of 300K just to keep my bills at bay. The only option available to me is to go back into contracting, something I told myself I'd never do again. So I'm headed to Africa.

 

Specifically Kenya and ops into Mali. This contract is specified at 45 days for an extension of 80, so if I miss a check in please report this page to the moderators so they can admin as needed. Cheers and take care!   

Edited February 2, 2021 by DetCord12B

[Missionbug]

You have provided us with some excellent art here DetCord12B, thank you very much, really appreciated.

 

Be careful from here on in with your venture to foreign lands, get back safely.

 

Wishing you all the very best, Pete.

Edited August 29, 2020 by Missionbug

[SMARTAZZ]

Thank you for the great work, hope all works out for you. These are very crappy times right now. Best wishes!?

[sevenless]

7 hours ago, DetCord12B said:

KG 51 added.

 

First and foremost I'd like to thank @sevenless who's aid, feedback, testing, and in-depth historical knowledge propelled this project forward and without whom it'd have never been completed. So a round of applause or upvote when you get the chance.

 

 

Glad you gave me the opportunity to be part of this endeveour. The skins turned out great. Take care in Africa. Mali has turned somewhat "hot", so I whish you good luck, good health and a safe return.

[DN308]

@DetCord12B, Take care, especially in Mali. Knowing well this land, please take care of yourself

Edited August 29, 2020 by DN308

[BlackHellHound1]

Stay safe @DetCord12B
Hopefully you'll have a little time to enjoy Africa at least. 

[SARFlytitus]

Take care M8 !!!

[BMA_FlyingShark]

Take care and be safe.

And a big thank you for everything.

 

Have a nice day.

 

[DetCord12B]

Got back on Monday.

 

Central Africa is ludicrously hot (humidity), and this is coming from someone that lives in East Texas now where the humidity is unbearable at times. I developed swamp-ass, my feet were soaked through my boots, and I ruined a t-shirt, all of which occurred in under 2 hours of stepping off the plane. That aside, I've never seen a more beautiful and poverty stricken nation in my life. Met a few guys that have made it their mission to kill as many poachers as they can. Met a few guys that have made it their mission to kill as many Boko Haram as they can. Kinda makes my Western-led-life-bullshit-problems utterly pale in comparison. I'm already looking to go back, they really need help.

 

I was afforded the opportunity to work on some content from my hooch in my free time and even ran into a few IL-2 aficionados downrange. Even managed to setup a local server thanks the the S6 guys so we could do some MP. I didn't have a flight stick so I was more or less assed-out, but it was fun to watch five people run a mission and scream and yell at each other in person. 

 

Anyway, I started working on a D9 JG 26 series before I left. I utilized the ribbon pattern camo scheme simply because I thought it looked amazing, as do most late-war Luftwaffe paints. It's something you don't see very often and it tends to vary according to squadron, though JG 26 appears to have utilized it en-masse with regards to a singular unit and features what's akin to a gift/Christmas ribbon draping diagonally across the fuselage. During this process I felt that the developer prop-hub/spinner was far too blurred, I hated it, and decided to make a new one. I spent countless hours, and I mean countless dedicated to making a new one, a better one. It wasn't until it was completed that I realized why they'd done what they'd done.

 

My spinner looks amazing. I know that's pompous and arrogant, but it does. However, it became evident why the 1CGS texture artists made it the way they did and boy was I wrong in being such and asshole with regards to it. So I'm dropping this version here for you the user to test and render feedback. Personally speaking, I couldn't look at it (spinner) for more than 30 seconds without developing a headache.

Edited February 2, 2021 by DetCord12B

[Hopper64]

Just glad you’re back and in one piece!! Beautiful work as always.