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Nice skin Klepa, thanks ;)...but the picture of the skin does not appear in your post.

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Very nice...

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WIP: Douglas Boston IIIa, 88Sqn. When It's finished I'll post the download link:

 

It would have been finished by now but I "blinked", and when I awoke I was convinced I'd deleted. Even after a proper night's sleep I was convinced it was gone so I started again...

 

...sad but true :wacko:

 

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5 hours ago, Johnny-Red said:

WIP: Douglas Boston IIIa, 88Sqn. When It's finished I'll post the download link:

 

It would have been finished by now but I "blinked", and when I awoke I was convinced I'd deleted. Even after a proper night's sleep I was convinced it was gone so I started again...

 

...sad but true :wacko:

 

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At last, a decent RAF skin. Great stuff mate, looking forward to it  :)

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Posted
10 hours ago, Johnny-Red said:

WIP: Douglas Boston IIIa, 88Sqn. When It's finished I'll post the download link:

 

It would have been finished by now but I "blinked", and when I awoke I was convinced I'd deleted. Even after a proper night's sleep I was convinced it was gone so I started again...

 

...sad but true :wacko:

 

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Where you find that nose art?:( ....i was looking (g00gle),not find any gud:biggrin: BTW super skin!!:salute:

616Sqn_Johnny-Red
Posted
2 minutes ago, szelljr said:

Where you find that nose art?:(

 

I try not to rely too heavily on Wings Palette for reference images, but it's often a good place to start research as their side profiles let you know what's out there (and a few of them are very good quality themselves):

 

I first really noticed BZ264 on Wings Palette: http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww2/a/551/9/0#30, but on review I realised I already had pictures of this plane in volume 2 of "2nd Tactical Air Force" (p.256) by Shores and Thomas. Also a google image search (by airframe serial) revealed that wikipedia holds a picture of the same plane, taken a few missions earlier.

 

I would always recommend running a google image search by aircraft serial for RAF / Commonwealth aircraft as this has often given me a lot more sources to work from.

 

 

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IS there any of you artists willing to make me a (Free French) Douglas Boston of No. 342 Squadron with the D-Day stripes?

I'd be forever thankful. :)

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You will find a bunch of pictures in this link.

Like this one : 

 

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Here's a colored example of a plane someone did for me in War Thunder back when I was playing this game, the paint colors are possibly wrong.

 

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I'm guessing olive drab over grey would be the likely base for a lot of the FF aircraft. 

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616Sqn_Johnny-Red
Posted (edited)
1 hour ago, =FEW=Hauggy said:

IS there any of you artists willing to make me a (Free French) Douglas Boston of No. 342 Squadron with the D-Day stripes?

I'd be forever thankful. :)

 

The short answer is "yes": But it might be someone who works faster than me! lol

 

I am already committed for the forseeable future (I have 9x Spitfire Skins and a pack of 6x P40's promised), so I hope some other kind soul will grant your wish. BUT, if you can't find another taker I will do it for you as soon as I can.

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Posted (edited)
2 hours ago, =FEW=Hauggy said:

IS there any of you artists willing to make me a (Free French) Douglas Boston of No. 342 Squadron with the D-Day stripes?

I'd be forever thankful.

Same as JR above. Give me a shout if you're stuck. I aint quite as busy by the sounds of it but slightly busy nevertheless...

A20 based on a Wings Palette A20g 'Ton Of Fun', hence the forward '57' having to be smaller.

I just love the name, kinda suits this beastie dontchya think?

 

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Skin Download HERE

As EVER, special heads-up to ICDP for the template!!

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SOLIDKREATE
Posted

Nice work gentlemen!

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Looking forward to more! Thanks guys!

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Posted

Very Nice Raptor ;)

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Raptorattacker
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ps The spinners on the A20 are actually black in the video because I was having trouble locating the parts in the template but I eventually did and now they're polished ali, okay?

3 hours ago, =FEW=Hauggy said:

Here's a colored example of a plane someone did for me in War Thunder back when I was playing this game, the paint colors are possibly wrong.

Send me the WT template and I'll do it for you. There'll be a lot of info on that which will be useful?

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=FEW=Hauggy
Posted
40 minutes ago, Raptorattacker said:

ps The spinners on the A20 are actually black in the video because I was having trouble locating the parts in the template but I eventually did and now they're polished ali, okay?

Send me the WT template and I'll do it for you. There'll be a lot of info on that which will be useful?

https://live.warthunder.com/post/11655/en/

There it is.

Thanks!

SOLIDKREATE
Posted

I think I'm going to make one of my Grandfathers unit planes that he was a Turret Gunner on. He flew in the 640th BS.

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Raptorattacker
Posted
5 hours ago, =FEW=Hauggy said:

There it is.

Thanks!

It'll be a few days okay?

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=FEW=Hauggy
Posted
2 minutes ago, Raptorattacker said:

It'll be a few days okay?

Sure thanks it's more than okay!

Take all the time you need. :)

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@Community

 

I'm preparing a "fake" mission for the JG 1 and a special one dedicated to the Fw-190 A6 from Sturmstaffel 1& Bf-109 G6  from JG 3 (Topcover). Since there are no heavy bomber the A20 suits anyway perfect. Would someone help me out and paint a group (12 different skins) for the area 1943 (RAF bombers) and 1944 (USAAAF bombers) which fit for the A20 eben if there are B25 or Marauders involved?  

 

The Timeframe is early 1943 to late end of 1943 and early 1944 till invasion (after that to many  USAAF Fighter showed up, and Spitfire alone is not so immersiv ;) 

Raptorattacker
Posted
3 hours ago, RaFiGer said:

I'm preparing a "fake" mission for the JG 1 and a special one dedicated to the Fw-190 A6

I'll see what I can do but time is of the essence. What sort of timescale are you working on? PLUS, I'll do 'em if you promise not to scratch the paintwork on the Havocs!!

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@Raptorattacker

 

Timeframe is loose, because of work issues and travelling because of that. So the missions are right now planned for May 2018 ;)

 

Hey, I will take care of them & not ruin anything :)

 

I promise :salute:

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Raptorattacker
Posted
1 hour ago, RaFiGer said:

Timeframe is loose, because of work issues and travelling because of that. So the missions are right now planned for May 2018 ;)

Okay, that sounds do-able. Leave it with me but don't be afraid to 'nudge' me just to remind me? :)

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I use gimp - is anyone else have problems with the fitting of the layers in the 4K skin? Ive tried 2 fresh psd files and both, when exported, shift many of the elements in the layers to the left. The most noticeable result is that some of the aircraft parts appear on the trailing edge of the rudder and the Russian star is shunted forward.  

 

In some areas to the left of the canvas the wire frame and layers seem to fit fine, in others to the right of the canvas it doesn't.

 

Any help appreciated.

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Posted
45 minutes ago, Raptorattacker said:

Okay, that sounds do-able. Leave it with me but don't be afraid to 'nudge' me just to remind me? :)

 

Yes I will, no problem at all :)

Posted

Hi Rap,

 

Ton of Fun,

 

do you know how much fun i will have to fly this baby?:lol:

 

Thanks for that nasty beauty skin. Love the camo;)

Raptorattacker
Posted
1 hour ago, Yankee_One said:

do you know how much fun i will have to fly this baby?

Yankee, it's an absolute pleasure, as always. You KNOW the score, don't scratch the paint!! :P

Raptorattacker
Posted

I always liked Piz-DoFF, nice one!

616Sqn_Johnny-Red
Posted (edited)

Boston IIIa 88Sqn RH-B BZ264:

 

"B for Beer" was originally Wg Cdr Spencer's plane, but Sqn Ldr GR Pushman and his crew manned it on most sorties. It was active during the first half of 1944, and the skin is based on the aircraft as it was received by 151 Repair Unit for an overhaul. The white symbols on the "bomb-log" represent smoke-laying sorties.

 

Download Here

 

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Many thanks to IDCP for the template and to Jason for getting it out to us. :salute:

 

 

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15 hours ago, Raptorattacker said:

Yankee, it's an absolute pleasure, as always. You KNOW the score, don't scratch the paint!! :P

 

Tell that the FLAK crew. It seems they dont like me and make a bunch of scratches.:lol:

 

 

Raptorattacker
Posted

Ha! Ha!

=IL2AU=chappyj
Posted

Doing a selection of 22 SQN RAAF Pacific A20s

 

She's Apples. 

 

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And Spirit of Sport. 

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A20B INVASION STRIPES SET - GIMP PROJECT TEMPLATE

 

http://www.mediafire.com/view/c2ii18e9zbuvcuc/A20_Invasion_Stripes.xcf

 

Sorry, I'm too lazy to take screenshots and this is my first upload here or to Mediafire so I hope it works. 

 

The xcf template has the Black and White stripes from 1944 for the A20. It contains 2X USAAF variations (one with the markings cut close to the National Insignia and one where the markings are cut in a larger square around the NI and one RAF version. All version s are "rough cut" to depict their rough field application. No smooth, blended lines here. 

 

Each version is depicted in 3 types - Full, Lower surfaces only and removed. In cases where paint is depicted as removed ive attempted to show the distress and discolouration on the factory paint. In total there are 9 variations. 

 

Each version has multiple layers (black, White, faded, rough paint etc) to allow the user to blend it and alter colours and effect more easily. National Insignia are also included to all the layer group to be placed OVER the stencilling as I believe would have happened when painted in the field. 

 

Finally, Ive included a very quickly done less reflective and shiny alpha  (this is intended to help a user ecavulate the paint in game and isn't meant to be a final full version).

 

Sorry its Gimp only. 

 

Cheers

 

BOO

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Raptorattacker
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A20B

 

454thBAP - 334thBAD

Good and Grubby!!

 

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Skin Download HERE

Thanks to @ICDP for the Template

On 01/04/2018 at 1:56 PM, =IL2AU=chappyj said:

Doing a selection of 22 SQN RAAF Pacific A20s

I got a great picture of DU Q if you want it. Pretty hi rez?

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13 minutes ago, Raptorattacker said:

 

 

I got a great picture of DU Q if you want it. Pretty hi rez?

Yea please ! Always good to cross ref with other sources 

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