A/O suggested that this topic should have its' own thread. Nuf said.

There will be 3 planes each from the III Gruppe's 4 Staffels and the Gruppe Stab.

plane 00 is the Adujtant Spring 1945


plane 01 is White 4 of 9/III JG27

Looking forward to use them

Don't worry about the leading edges matching up with the rest of the wing. I'm already correcting that. The leading edge is reversed on the texture panel and they do not come with directions.

Good start Mike,

well done mate,

looking forward to flying them


cheers,



Pobs

Mike,

Iīm preparing some larger-scale profiles and reference material for you.
I know Michael Reimerīs website, but he offers well-researched and excellent profiles (in small scale) besides outdated and obsolete material.
Do you prefer III./JG 27 or other Gruppen of JG 27,too?

I prefer to do when possible (read documented) a single squadron. But when that informantion is scarce I'll do planes from the same group/gruppe. So, for JG 27 I'm going to use 9-12 staffel from III Gruppe. Right now 43-4 skins from each staffel is what I have found.

Anyway, the more the merrier.

Mike,
so far I have ALL your skins!

I had always desired multi-skin squads for many years......
you made that desire come true with this communities boundless
modding and coding, and your tireless painting!
You guys are greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
AO

Nice

Thank you for the compliments gentlemen.

White 10 and White 6 are finished (unless FranZee has a correction).







Schwarm 1

10/III JG27

Red 7





Red 1



The droptank has been repainted

Awesome!

Thanks COl.

Fran, how is that research packet coming along?

Hummm, Mike - my scanner has gone belly-up - more black/white copies than colour. Iīm still experimenting - patience, old friend, your next beer goes on me

OK Fran.

In the mean time...

Red 23


Red 6


Schwarm 2

Schwarm 3 reporting in...

Yellow 2


Yellow 13


Yellow 1 Staffelkaptain


Yellow 8

Lovely work Mike, these are looking really nice ...


cheers,



Pobs

Reference material sent, Mike-

hope it helps. Do you need drawings for the stencilling of the K-4?

Every little bit helps Fran. I've got Blue 7 and 16, and need to find 2 more from 12 Staffel.

12 Staffel III Gruppe JG 27

Blue 7


Blue 16


Blue 2


Blue 11

Didn't any of those guys use the same tin of paint?

Or, were they borrowing bits off of other planes?

Either way,, a very impressive set of skins Mike!

1. No
2. Yes
3. Thanks Col.

The conversion to 8-bit is next. Then off to Talley-HO...

I think I have picked a reasonable palette for the 8-bit version of the unit...











more to come...

10 Staffel is converted to 8-bit palettes.

Still more, 11 Staffel...

12 Staffel...










I just need to pack them up and wait for Sandbagger.

Cheers!

Fabulous, Mike

The reason for this colourful chaos is quite simple:
1) The RLM was switching in 1944/45 from the old grey/grey camoes to new green/brown camoes, allowing some green/Gray comopuflage as interim to use up obsolete paint
2) The delivery of pre-fabricated and pre-painted parts such as engine covers tailfins, rudders and elavators by subcontractors (sometimes furniture producers for the wooden parts usingstenciled blotches and lacquers suited for plywood surfaces)
3) The omission of skypaint for the undersurfaces, leaving the bare alu surfaces)
4) The war situations did not allow to coordinate the proper deliveries of parts

Danke Fran...

Got them Mike, and they look even better with a 24bit terrain below them.

Both sets of the III/JG 27 have been sent to Sandbagger for Talley-Ho.

Lovely work Mike,


thanks for all the time and effort mate




cheers,


Pobs

Thank you Pobs. And, thank everyone for the compliments.

Great work I really like these.

I maybe behind our game, so I have a question about how do you get the different skins for the differnt aircraft to show up in game? Like the screen of them all on the runway. I probably missed a utility or something. I am using the OAW128e control panel and don't see were to use these aircraft.

This is were the MS-18 prefix for the skins come from, explaining why I can not find were to put this file of planes.

Any help is appreciated.

The MS number relates to EAW 128C/D and OAW. In EAW all the planes have assigned slot numbers anmd names. This plane the Bf109K is slot 18. So, when it is selected for an earlier version the selector and EAW know that plane is added.

In 128.e the slot system still works but it doesn't use the MS prefix. The skins go into specific plane sets and the OAW selector allows you to add and remove skins from within the set. Mr. Jelly is much better at explaining this for you. I'm still trying to finish the base plane set and haven't really done much in manipulation of the sets.

You control the number of planes through the hanger screen, and mission menu, choose a ground start and you will have planes lines up to take off.