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Superb skin. Thank you!!!

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Regarding JG 6 Bf 109s: I remain skeptical that any of their planes carried the red/white/red Reich Defense band that shows up in these profiles. Nothing has been shown that Barkhorn's Dora-9 carried such markings, and I've not seen any original photos of their 109s that show them with such markings. 

 

Of course, this has no bearing at all on Julian's work - it's awesome, as always. :salute:

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But Barkhorn's Dora looks so much better with the red-white-red band ... too much research spoils the story – old reporter's wisdom ... :P

 

Just joking. ;)

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Yankee_One
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Yes, a little bit more paint does not hurt? this not a hardcore sim.

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3 hours ago, Yankee_One said:

Yes, a little bit more paint does not hurt? this not a hardcore sim.

 

Regardless of being "hardcore" or not. A short google search tells me that I wouldn´t go so far and say having a Reichsverteidigungsband is unlikely for Jagdgeschwader 6. AFAIK Eduard based both of its G14/AS schemes on original photography of planes shot down 1st January 1945. There is artistic licence going on however.

 

Green 1 at Thwente:

 

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also featured in one of Eric Mombeeks books:

 

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and yellow 19 at Groesbeek (Schwerdtfeger) as found in Manhro "Bodenplatte":

 

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and Koglers Fw 190 A9 in the same book:

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Yankee_One
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I own this model kit from Eduard, that s why i have chosen this profile

 

 

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David_4555
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I think artistic freedom is always welcome. We will never be able to replicate the real schemes 100% correctly anyway. Might as well take some creative liberties instead of making compromises for the sake of realism. Although when creative liberties are taken, I think it should be stated.  

Yankee_One
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Hi Julian,

 

may i ask you kindly for help?

 

 

Boelcke started to make some skins on the G-6AS too, but he ran into a little problem.

 

 

Its the triangle on the left side of the fuselage. There is only a white outline visible.The right side is ok.

 

Thank you very much!

 

 

Btw, as always a fantastic skin, as i mentioned it earlier, i love your work

 

 

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E69_julian57
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Hello @Yankee_One
The Stencils layer has a problem when trying to place it under another layer, in the template it looks fine, but in the game the C3 triangle border appears on top of the layer that should be underneath.
In Boelcke's skin only the triangle border appears, which is strange...?
In my case my templates do not have this error, if I do not do what I said above.

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Yankee_One
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Hi Julian,

 

thank you for your help. I will forward it to Beolcke.

 

Thank you for taking your time

 

S!

 

 

Yankee_One
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Hi Julian, found another one.

 

I do not have any original photos of this plane,. It seems to be a G-10. I have seen this as Green 1 too. I really dont know but i like the profile if you have plans to skin some more. Not necessary to make this one.

 

Thanks

 

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Ernie_McCracken
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On 5/25/2023 at 11:19 AM, LukeFF said:

Regarding JG 6 Bf 109s: I remain skeptical that any of their planes carried the red/white/red Reich Defense band that shows up in these profiles. Nothing has been shown that Barkhorn's Dora-9 carried such markings, and I've not seen any original photos of their 109s that show them with such markings. 

 

Of course, this has no bearing at all on Julian's work - it's awesome, as always. :salute:

 

Not having seen a photograph of a specific aircraft with a Defense of the Reich band, only means just that!  Meaning - we have not seen a photograph of a specific aircraft with a Defense of the Reich band.

 

We can't make an inference that because we have not seen a picture of a of well known and widely used aircraft with a well known and widely used unit paint scheme that such a paint scheme was never used on a certain aircraft; that would be erroneous - as it's more likely that such an lively did exist - statically speaking of course. The Bf 109 was the most widely used  Luftwaffe aircraft and the Jagdgeschwader band was used to help distinguish units in combat quickly.

 

Just because we have not seen a picture of a late Bf 109G with the JG 26 Defense of the Reich band doesn't mean the III./JG 26 did not paint the Defense of the Reich band on their aircraft.

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4 hours ago, JG7_X-Man said:

Not having seen a photograph of a specific aircraft with a Defense of the Reich band, only means just that!  Meaning - we have not seen a photograph of a specific aircraft with a Defense of the Reich band.

 

We can't make an inference that because we have not seen a picture of a of well known and widely used aircraft with a well known and widely used unit paint scheme that such a paint scheme was never used on a certain aircraft; that would be erroneous - as it's more likely that such an lively did exist - statically speaking of course. The Bf 109 was the most widely used  Luftwaffe aircraft and the Jagdgeschwader band was used to help distinguish units in combat quickly.

 

Just because we have not seen a picture of a late Bf 109G with the JG 26 Defense of the Reich band doesn't mean the III./JG 26 did not paint the Defense of the Reich band on their aircraft.

 

Fully agree - trying to properly sort out everything with late-war Luftwaffe aircraft is an extremely difficult task, and often we end up having to rely on circumstantial evidence instead. For instance: JG 52 was assigned a Reich Defense band, but we have no photographic evidence of them ever using said band. Then again, JG 52 was widely photographed, so yeah, it's tough, that's for sure.

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On 6/1/2023 at 10:21 AM, Yankee_One said:

Hi Julian, found another one.

 

I do not have any original photos of this plane,. It seems to be a G-10. I have seen this as Green 1 too. I really dont know but i like the profile if you have plans to skin some more. Not necessary to make this one.

 

Thanks

 

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Interesting alternative. As most of the schemes are interpretations from black/white photography. Who can be absolutely sure that the band really is white/red and not white/green? I wont rule that out. Given the location Twente and the flight path of JG 77 on that 1st jan 1945 it is absolutely possible. And as mentioned above, in theory JG6 "should" have red-white-red band. I guess there are still a few miracles in identification to solve.

 

 

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A Skin of the JG27 would be awesome!

 

Especially III./JG27

 

or like that (i know its a G14)

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or

 

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BUT THIS IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ONE!!! ?

 

Asisbiz Messerschmitt Bf 109G6AS Erla 6.JG27 Yellow 2 Heinz Zimmermann WNr  412807 Austria 1944 0B

 

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III/JG2Gustav05
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On 3/18/2024 at 8:15 PM, FurphyForum said:

@III/JG2Gustav05 Good to see your back. 

Trying to be around as much as possible!

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good to see you back indeed... hope to see more 109 or 190 from you in the future

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Great work mate!

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5 hours ago, III/JG2Gustav05 said:

 Historically it should be G14AS. But anyway, we have what we have now.

https://www.mediafire.com/file/42yo3jg4z7lyuya/Bf109G6AS_2_JG300_Red10_Wolfgang_H.zip/file

 

 

 

 

Very nice! Actually we already have the G14/AS right now. G6/AS did have DB-605AS and didnt have MW50. So, if you turn on the MW50 in your plane config this means your engine is the DB-605ASM and hence a G14/AS.

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III/JG2Gustav05
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On 4/25/2024 at 4:25 PM, sevenless said:

 

Very nice! Actually we already have the G14/AS right now. G6/AS did have DB-605AS and didnt have MW50. So, if you turn on the MW50 in your plane config this means your engine is the DB-605ASM and hence a G14/AS.

Interesting info, Thank you for explanation. Always learn things great from you. I remember that the typical G14AS has bigger oil cooler as K4 does - 2 small bulges under nose. 

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On 5/9/2024 at 7:47 AM, III/JG2Gustav05 said:

I remember that the typical G14AS has bigger oil cooler as K4 does - 2 small bulges under nose. 

 

Erla or Mtt,

 

thats the question...

Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,...

 

erm, got carried away a little...

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Devil5O5
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On 5/28/2023 at 3:42 AM, Yankee_One said:

 

Hi Julian,

 

may i ask you kindly for help?

 

 

Boelcke started to make some skins on the G-6AS too, but he ran into a little problem.

 

 

Its the triangle on the left side of the fuselage. There is only a white outline visible.The right side is ok.

 

Thank you very much!

 

 

Btw, as always a fantastic skin, as i mentioned it earlier, i love your work

 

 

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In case any other skinner is encountering this problem, it is caused by selecting the DB 605/ASM engine. The game changes the interior fuel triangle from "B4" to "C3" to reflect the changes in allowable fuel grade on the real airplane. On the skin template, the "B4" triangle is on the port side forward of the Cross and the "C3" triangle is on the starboard side above the rear of the cross. Some real aircraft don't have a stencil in that area but leaving that area blank on the skin will give this visual error when selecting the ASM engine.  

Devil5O5
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Given that we don't have a proper G-10 yet (probably never) I've decided to skin some G-10 schemes for our G-6/AS. I know some skinners already do this on the K-4, but I think they look better visually on the G-6/AS.

 

Bf 109G-10 flown by Heinz Ewald of II/Jg 52 in February 1945 while based at Veszprem, Hungary.

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I have provided versions of the skin with and without the swastika on the tail.

https://www.mediafire.com/file/9t24jy6f8vw0pvb/109G6AS+II+JG+52+Ewald.zip/file

 

 

 

 

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easterling77
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10 hours ago, Devil5O5 said:

'What if" 109G-6/AS's of 9./JG 54 supposing the squadron got these instead of 190A-8's in May 1944.

 

"Yellow 5" flown by Arnold Braunschweiger 

"Yellow 13 flown by Donut Holstein
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Versions of both planes with and without swastikas included.

https://www.mediafire.com/file/320s6q7yvnwxswe/109G6AS+9_JG+54.zip/file

They look superb. Thanks for sharing.

 

Best greetings

DP

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Hopper64
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Great skins. Thank you!!

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