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Topic: Bloody Yanks!
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3dp
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posted 03-01- 09:35 PM
   
Bloody Yanks (of which I must confess to being one!)! Over paid, over sexed, and now at RAF Harkness! I have added a USAAF section for British aircraft used by US forces under the Miscellaneous section on my site.Other relatively minor changes are: 1. I finally graduated up from my 12.5 inch viewable monitor and can now display and take screen shots at 800x600 resolution. Consequently, the images all look a little better now. If you copied any of them and converted them to BMPs for use in the game's Hangar, you may want to check these out as possible replacements. 2. The European Corsair II scheme in the Royal Navy section has been changed to an F4U-1, Corsair I, scheme. A PPF file has also been added in the GUI Modifications section to put it in the British stable in the Hangar. 3. An RAAF Spitfire VIII scheme has been added in (you guessed it) the RAAF section. A PPF file has also been added in the GUI Modifications section to put it in the Australian stable in the Hangar. 4. Both German schemes in The Enemy section have been darkened slightly. 5. The requisite PPF files to put the British types for which I've added US schemes into the US section in the Hangar have also been added in the GUI Modifications section. Enjoy! Note: This message also appears in the FS Sites section. ------------------
Be seeing you,
3dp
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Mauricio
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posted 03-03- 02:57 PM
Very Nice!IP: Logged |
Snake
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posted 03-03- 03:56 PM
3dp your site is one of the classiest sites for SDOE. And your skins are second to none. Keep up the good work.Snake IP: Logged |
3dp
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posted 03-03- 11:26 PM
Thanks for the kind words! Onwards and upwards with the best WW2 sim out there . . .------------------
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3dp
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Pachy
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posted 03-04- 04:25 PM
Fellow skinner,I have a question about the Spitfire MkV 335th Fighter Squadron. The yellow outlined roundel seems to indicate this aircraft took part in Operation Torch, however, I can find no evidence this squad (part of 4th Fighter Group at the time) went to North Africa. However, some American Spitfires did take part in Torch, for example the 31st FG took off from Gibraltar on 8th November, and met the GC III/3 over Tarafaoui in Algeria, one spit and three D.520s being shot down in the fight. Can you enlighten me here? Or am I just insanely nitpicking as usual  ? [This message has been edited by Pachy (edited 03-04-2001).] IP: Logged |
3dp
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posted 03-05- 12:14 AM
Someone asked me about something similar once before in regards to the Martlet/Wildcat. The source for my USAAF Spit VB was Osprey Publishing's "Spitfire Mark V Aces 1941-45" by Dr Alfred Price. In his description of the relevant color plate, he makes no mention of the aircraft ever leaving England and gives its base as Debden in the UK. Perhaps when painting over the RAF roundel, this was common practice for units which had once served in the RAF? Osprey titles are extemely well researched, so I think it's probably acurate.The whole "Torch" thing confuses me. If the sources I have are correct, Royal Navy aircraft "disguised" as US planes did NOT carry the yellow surround! Go figure. USAAF aircraft seem to have carried the yellow surround as a matter of course in the Mediterranean until June 1943, after which, the standard "bar" was added under the circle/star and the whole thing was surrounded in red! Again, the RAF is my specialty, but so far as I can tell, the only arm which added the yellow surround to its markings specifically for the Torch operation was the US Navy. Can anyone else out there enlighten us further? Please . . . ------------------
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3dp
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Pachy
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posted 03-05- 02:59 AM
Yup, that was me Few people have this obsession, you know Well. I've seen other paint schemes with the outlined roundel... Maybe it was also used in a totally different context, that's all. Now, about Brit planes: I generally agree with you statement, except in one of my Ospreys there is a pic of a RN Sea Hurricane with the outlined roundel. Are we confused enough yet? Anyway, thanks for your paint schemes, they're great! IP: Logged | |
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