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#4327313 - 01/09/17 07:46 PM Praise for OvStachel  
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I am repeatedly amazed by the quality of the new Albatros skins in UE. They are stunning in both their quality and the sheer number of them. I fly with a different one on each new mission. Even though it's not historically accurate I'll even choose skins from other jastas just so I can admire them. There are so many that it seems like I'll never see them all.

Thank you for making this great sim that much better. I salute you, OvS.

#4327319 - 01/09/17 08:01 PM Re: Praise for OvStachel [Re: hoongadoonga]  
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+1 !

I wish he could have finished the new ones for all Jastas;) They look so much better now, old ones appear lesser in quality once compared to the beauties OvStachel created for UE.

#4327344 - 01/09/17 08:46 PM Re: Praise for OvStachel [Re: hoongadoonga]  
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Originally Posted By: hoongadoonga
I am repeatedly amazed by the quality of the new Albatros skins in UE. They are stunning in both their quality and the sheer number of them.


+1 I couldn't agree more. The new skins are outstanding. Is their an HD skinpack in the works for the rest of the planes? rofl


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#4327500 - 01/10/17 05:13 AM Re: Praise for OvStachel [Re: hoongadoonga]  
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Thanks fellas. I appreciate your kind words and I am very happy to hear you are enjoying them all. It was an enormous project that took a long time but was worth it. Post pics when you can. It always fun to see what becomes of all the work that goes into this game from all aspects of it.

As for the rest... I'm presently reworking the OAW D.III with many tips and pointers from JFM incorporated as best I could. There is definitely a noticeable difference between the the two manufactures now.

Also... I have to thank Paarma for helping me and allowing me to use a few parts from his vast and gorgeous Alb D.V collection. He definitely inspires me to bring out the finer details and get them right.

When I complete the lot of the OAW skins,(i have no time frame) I'll talk it over with the rest of the team as to how they will be incorporate into the game for release. If I can keep releasing more skins I will. It's like building model airplanes... you can't just build one. LOL!

All the best,

OvS


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#4327529 - 01/10/17 10:41 AM Re: Praise for OvStachel [Re: hoongadoonga]  
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Hi,

Thanks James, I must say again the new alb D.III´s looks great, you have again shown your skills. Its nice to see how its possbile to improve still the skins details. But of course the whole Sim looks totally different than in the early days.

Cheers

Paarma

#4327626 - 01/10/17 04:54 PM Re: Praise for OvStachel [Re: hoongadoonga]  
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Hi OvS any change we see something happen on the MS parasol, Fee or the Nieports?

#4327652 - 01/10/17 05:57 PM Re: Praise for OvStachel [Re: hoongadoonga]  
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Hi Dutch. Not sure what you're looking for in those. They're all really nice skins, albeit the Nieuports are showing their age a little, but still look awesome by any standard.

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#4327660 - 01/10/17 06:45 PM Re: Praise for OvStachel [Re: hoongadoonga]  
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Still think the Fee and the MS could use some fine detail overhaul to reach the Albatros level you did.
As you know There is always room for something better. :-)

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#4328394 - 01/13/17 09:54 PM Re: Praise for OvStachel [Re: hoongadoonga]  
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I saw this one today. What does this mean (in English)? Is it just "don't step here"?

#4328399 - 01/13/17 10:22 PM Re: Praise for OvStachel [Re: hoongadoonga]  
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Yes, if not exactly, that's the sentiment. But those placards should be rotated 180 and positioned up forward of the spar.



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#4328407 - 01/13/17 11:28 PM Re: Praise for OvStachel [Re: hoongadoonga]  
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Oops, that tiny detail...may prove too much work...(nice pic JFM, VonHippel, I think it´s his mount, had a bad day on this one?).

#4328422 - 01/14/17 01:16 AM Re: Praise for OvStachel [Re: hoongadoonga]  
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Jim. I have a picture of that writing where it is somewhere on my drive. I've never seen it in the position that Von Hippel's D.Va has it in. Looks like a warning to mechanics.

Cool picture though. If I recall correctly, the picture I have was from the left rear, with someone standing by the cockpit. I'll look for it this week. I'm away for the weekend.


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#4328427 - 01/14/17 02:20 AM Re: Praise for OvStachel [Re: hoongadoonga]  
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Hey, guys! cheers

That placard was stenciled near the leading edge on DIIIs, DVs, DVas. Perhaps the D.I, but I can't remember if so; I'll go through some photos, too, and look. That location can be considered standard, although the location is VERY hard to see in most photos, so the "Nicht Auftreten!" is often out of view. There could be an anomaly where one was in the location in the screenshot (and love to see the photo! Can't have too many Alb photos) but it wasn't standard. Besides, any damn fool knew not to stand on the trailing edge of a lower Albatros wing, well away from the spar! On the leading edge, the placards are by the wheels. Guys would grab the center section strut/step up on the tire, and then the next natural step would be onto the wing. Hence, the warning not to step there because the spar to support their weight was further aft.

Here's a D.III with them plainly visible (if you save the image and open it full size):



Great view of one on a DV:



EDIT: I didn't think there were any on the D.I, and I just went through a bunch of photos and saw none. Same with the D.II. Seems logical to me, since those planes had two spars in the lower wing and the forward spar was closer to the leading edge than that of the single-spar D.III. Thus, although I have no documented proof of this, common sense suggests guys used to standing on the D.I/D.II's front spar were in danger of falling through/otherwise damaging the wings of later Albatros models with single-spar lower wings. Hence need for the warning on D.IIIs, etc.



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#4328977 - 01/17/17 12:43 AM Re: Praise for OvStachel [Re: hoongadoonga]  
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Jim...

ok I back home and I found them all... from what I am seeing, this was not a factory application, but a field mod that mechanics applied. It's a little random to be factory applied. What do you think?








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#4328992 - 01/17/17 02:35 AM Re: Praise for OvStachel [Re: hoongadoonga]  
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Let me thank the excellent work of OV Stachel and JFM in researching skins for WOFF. It's no Albatros, but I thought you gurus might like this detail from the outer wing section of the last DVII OAW with its original fabric, located in a small museum in Knowlton, Quebec, Canada. "Hier anheben" is "Lift here."


#4329053 - 01/17/17 12:50 PM Re: Praise for OvStachel [Re: hoongadoonga]  
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Hello!

OVS, of course I'm familiar with the photos of that airplane, so thanks for the reminder! cheers I can't say if it was factory or field applied--its rarity suggests the latter--but I *can* say that based on thousands of Albatros photos, that location was used infrequently. I said before that any damn fool knew not to stand on the trailing edge of an Alb wing, but apparently one or two DID smile and based on that experience this warning was needed. Let's go through our photos and see if we can find more with stencils in that rear location.

BTW, why did you include the photos of the D.IIIs?


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