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#3309281 - 06/02/11 03:26 PM Three more skins - Bf109E-3 in different greys as JG26 were experimenting...  
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All three of these are JG26 aircraft and all three wear different mixes of grey. Some believe the Luftwaffe used captured stocks of paint to try and come up with something more suitable to use over the channel while others believe these greys were done by mixing for example RLM65 with the existing green colors 02, 71 and 70. I tend to believe the "mix theory" as aviation paint is a complicated matter and I don't think it is likely that any old paint would be used on fighter aircraft. That's a very simplified statement but I'm hungry and it will have to do for now smile



White-13 flown by Walther Blume has been photographed in color. At first it seemed to be painted in RLM02/71 but when compared to the RLM02 visible on the enginbearers and a Klemm trainingaircraft in the background it's obviously not RLM02 but possibly a mix of RLM02 and RLM65.


I used similar mixes for Gallands very intersting mottled camo...


Horst Perez' aircraft is also known to have been grey, it has been confirmed when the aircraft was restored that it was painted in greys but it's not RLM74/75 which wasn't used on a wide scale at the time. (It did exist in small quantities for trials though, all according to Ken Merrick)

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#3309300 - 06/02/11 03:59 PM Re: Three more skins - Bf109E-3 in different greys as JG26 were experimenting... [Re: Cpt_Farrel]  
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#3309327 - 06/02/11 04:23 PM Re: Three more skins - Bf109E-3 in different greys as JG26 were experimenting... [Re: Cpt_Farrel]  
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The 2nd 1 looks fantastic(as they all do),cant wait to get in from work everyday to see what you have done.

Thanks mate.

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#3309341 - 06/02/11 04:35 PM Re: Three more skins - Bf109E-3 in different greys as JG26 were experimenting... [Re: Cpt_Farrel]  
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Wow, I've got screenshot drool on my face, too bad my puter just does not do this game justice even with screenshots. I uploaded your previous skins but they all had an orange tinge to them. Darn. smile

#3309346 - 06/02/11 04:36 PM Re: Three more skins - Bf109E-3 in different greys as JG26 were experimenting... [Re: Cpt_Farrel]  
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The second skin with the right lighting, a blurred prop layered in plus a prairie sky backdrop would look marvelous.

Well, they'd all look marvelous

#3309406 - 06/02/11 05:40 PM Re: Three more skins - Bf109E-3 in different greys as JG26 were experimenting... [Re: Cpt_Farrel]  
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Beautiful work Cpt

#3309436 - 06/02/11 06:16 PM Re: Three more skins - Bf109E-3 in different greys as JG26 were experimenting... [Re: Cpt_Farrel]  
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#3309492 - 06/02/11 07:25 PM Re: Three more skins - Bf109E-3 in different greys as JG26 were experimenting... [Re: Cpt_Farrel]  
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Nice job as usual Captain! thumbsup


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#3309506 - 06/02/11 07:46 PM Re: Three more skins - Bf109E-3 in different greys as JG26 were experimenting... [Re: Cpt_Farrel]  
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Download isn't working on the 1st one mate.

#3309588 - 06/02/11 10:02 PM Re: Three more skins - Bf109E-3 in different greys as JG26 were experimenting... [Re: Cpt_Farrel]  
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Yeah, I noticed - or rather - some other people noticed. It's sorted now.

#3309644 - 06/02/11 11:46 PM Re: Three more skins - Bf109E-3 in different greys as JG26 were experimenting... [Re: Cpt_Farrel]  
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Very nice.

Curious, was messing around with some of the textures using the nvidia DDS plugin. What format do you save the skins in? i'm pretty sure i figured out they are 8 bit, but are they explicit alpha, interpolated, DXT5 or what?

#3309696 - 06/03/11 01:24 AM Re: Three more skins - Bf109E-3 in different greys as JG26 were experimenting... [Re: Cpt_Farrel]  
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#3309756 - 06/03/11 02:50 AM Re: Three more skins - Bf109E-3 in different greys as JG26 were experimenting... [Re: Ajay]  
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#3309887 - 06/03/11 07:06 AM Re: Three more skins - Bf109E-3 in different greys as JG26 were experimenting... [Re: swampthng]  
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Originally Posted By: swampthng
Very nice.

Curious, was messing around with some of the textures using the nvidia DDS plugin. What format do you save the skins in? i'm pretty sure i figured out they are 8 bit, but are they explicit alpha, interpolated, DXT5 or what?


Didn't understand half of that... smile I use the JPG files as the game wants, not modding involved.

#3309901 - 06/03/11 07:32 AM Re: Three more skins - Bf109E-3 in different greys as JG26 were experimenting... [Re: Cpt_Farrel]  
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Skins are saved as .jpeg's mate

#3310039 - 06/03/11 01:29 PM Re: Three more skins - Bf109E-3 in different greys as JG26 were experimenting... [Re: Cpt_Farrel]  
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#3310284 - 06/03/11 06:21 PM Re: Three more skins - Bf109E-3 in different greys as JG26 were experimenting... [Re: Cpt_Farrel]  
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Ah, i was messing around with the terrain files. Guess i mistakenly assumed skins were working the same way.

#3310286 - 06/03/11 06:25 PM Re: Three more skins - Bf109E-3 in different greys as JG26 were experimenting... [Re: Cpt_Farrel]  
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Always top class work! thumbsup


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#3343311 - 07/16/11 08:25 PM Re: Three more skins - Bf109E-3 in different greys as JG26 were experimenting... [Re: Cpt_Farrel]  
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Wonder where Cpt Farrell is these days

#3343333 - 07/16/11 08:50 PM Re: Three more skins - Bf109E-3 in different greys as JG26 were experimenting... [Re: Cpt_Farrel]  
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