FW D9 "fixed" (Request)

[Vastarien]

As I said in another thread, I find FW 190 D9 too battered up and in a bad condition. As my skinning skills are pretty low, I wish to request a "fixed" version of the standard skin, one with holes over wings, machine gun cowling, etc. plugged. Is there anyone willing to do it?

 

Thanks in advance.

 

https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/54280-on-the-state-of-fw-190-d9/?tab=comments#comment-825976

 

 

Edited October 3, 2019 by Vastarien

[ICDP]

Some of the holes you highlighted are standard on the D9 and were holes on the real thing.  I have removed the ones from the wings and the cowling top.  Copy this to the following folder.

 

IL-2 Sturmovik Battle of Stalingrad\data\graphics\Planes\Fw190D9\Textures

 

It will replace the stock skin as long as you have mods enabled.  Enjoy

 

https://btcloud.bt.com/web/app/share/invite/E959cNXF9M

Edited October 3, 2019 by ICDP

[Vastarien]

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Some of the holes you highlighted are standard on the D9 and were holes on the real thing.

Excuse my ignorance, I just assumed they weren't.

 

Yes, fantastic! Thank you very much.

[ICDP]

You are welcome.

[Raptorattacker]

Spoiler

As ICDP says, they are MEANT to be there. If you look at pictures of one in real-life you'll see that those holes are pretty much all there...

Edited October 4, 2019 by Raptorattacker

[Finkeren]

IIRC the holes in the wings are there to prevent moisture from building up inside the airframe.

[Danziger]

2 hours ago, Raptorattacker said:

As ICDP says, they are MEANT to be there. If you look at pictures of one in real-life you'll see that those holes are pretty much all there...

Spoiler

 

For Christ's sake! Put that under a spoiler before that swastika gives me the vapors!

 

Edited October 4, 2019 by Danziger

[szelljr]

5 minutes ago, Danziger said:

For Christ's sake! Put that under a spoiler before that swastika gives me the vapors!

 

 

[Raptorattacker]

1 hour ago, Danziger said:

For Christ's sake! Put that under a spoiler before that swastika gives me the vapors!

OOOPS!! Sorry, I was doing about 18 different things at the same time!! My apologies and thanking YOU for the heads-up!... 

Edited October 4, 2019 by Raptorattacker

[Grancesc]

6 hours ago, Finkeren said:

IIRC the holes in the wings are there to prevent moisture from building up inside the airframe.

 

That these maintenance openings were there, is undisputed. Could you show any literature or documents proving that these holes were open on the D9? I doubt that very much. The wing of the D9 is identical to that of the A8 and there the holes were always closed. It is also illogical that this opening served to prevent moisture entering in the D9 and why not in the A8. In rain, and in NL and northern Germany this happens regularly, gallons of water would have penetrated through these holes in the wing/fuselage.

I do not want to exclude, that single D9s did look pretty run down back then. But it is a pity when the majority of D9s are displayed like scrap heaps in BoX. Why are K4, A8 und 262s looking normal?  I think each maintenance chief would have been ashamed to send a plane in such conditions into a mission. Furthermore, the D9s came fresh out of the factories during that period of time. They did not have time to look so weathered and miserable.

[ICDP]

The Jerry Crandall Fw 190 Dora book 3D drawings show them to be access ports for the aileron/flap actuating pivots.  Vastarian is correct about these particular holes not generally being left open.

 

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Jerry-Crandall-Focke-Wulf-190-Dora/dp/B00NBI9OZ0

Edited October 4, 2019 by ICDP