Ok, for the majority of the Fortress Malta campaign we'll be flying the Spitfire F Vc(2) trop 1942 which is a tropicalized version of the Spitfire with the big volkes filter under the nose. Originally these kites were painted with the standard two tone brown desert upper camo but since they were doing most of their fighting over water they were given a coat of blue on their upper surfaces which gave them this very unique look.
All the spitfires will carry the codes of the real squadrons you'll be flying as. If you want a personalized skin you can pick the individual code letter that goes with the squadron code and a favourite number that I can incorporate into the serial number on the tail. I'll also put your name under the cockpit. Only one letter can be used per AH squadron\HQ Flight, so it's first come first serve for those. I can put a small name or some such on the aircraft if you so desire but noseart will not really work due to the small area on the skin for it. Unless it is something very simple that can be done in a white or yellow color.
1st Squadron - 185 Squadron - Squadron Code GL in yellow
(http://s2.postimg.org/klr85pdu1/185.png)
Letters taken : Z, T, Q, B, U, D, O, P, X, G
2nd Squadron - 249 Squadron - Squadron Code GN in white, changes to T in light blue later.
(http://s12.postimg.org/6j5n4fbzh/249_E.png)
(http://s2.postimg.org/710g6ky15/249_L.png)
Letters taken : H, J, D, O, C, S, V, G
3rd Squadron - 126 Squadron then 1435 Squadron - Squadron Code MK in white for 126 then V in white for 1435.
(http://s16.postimg.org/ohdpda41x/126.png)
(http://s15.postimg.org/5ge6xpq4b/1435.png)
Letters taken : F, X, L, S, G
HQ Flight - 601 Squadron, 603 Squadron then 229 Squadron - Squadron Code UF in white for 601 and X in yellow for 229. (Not gonna bother with 603 skins, their code was X anyways)
(http://s7.postimg.org/87m2otqe3/601.png)
(http://s1.postimg.org/tz1ssucj3/229.png)
Letters taken : H, A
So you can respond here and pick your letters and numbers and what not. I'll keep this post updated with the letters people have chosen so it's all in one place. Oh and the individual codes in the pictures are not taken, just the ones I picked when making a skin for each.
DW
~S~ DW,
Great job on these....
2nd Squadron, 249 Squadron (Malta) - Please assign AH_Hollywood to GN-H and T-H aircraft
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Wood
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249 Sqd. #55 GN-J then T-J
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249 sqd #26 any letters
letter C if available
nIce job on the skins DW......I assume these models of the spits are carborated.....hic cup.... so battendown your hatches fellas and drink a little ginger ale ...to cure your hic cups... :bomb-034 looking forward to this campaign DW
as a foot note.... the book Im presently reading is about a french pilot who flew with the 602 and 603 ..... he was moved around quite a bit and became one of brittains most decorated aces
Beautiful.
Put me in anything available with an "H" and 369 on the tail
S!
Edit -
UF@H
X@H
MK-F then V-F and a small maple leaf where the nose art would go if at all possible.
Beauty skins DW nice job
~S~ Dw... #54 on mine please.. with RIP August on it someplace please.. if theres room...
~S~
Great work(a lot of it)DW and how you do it I will never understand but, we are all glad you know. Someplace on my ride I would like "RS" and me name under the office door if possible.
Thanks.
I see some guys are mentioning numbers but not letters. Keep in mind that the serial # is fairly small on the tail, the individual letter code will be far more prominent.
DW
GZ 54
Has to be a single letter though, in the pictures the individual code letter is to the right of the fuselage roundel, the squadron code is to the left. The squadron codes are whats painted on each aircraft and will be on all aircraft of that squadron, the individual letter is what can be picked. Sorry, I did'nt explain that very clearly.
DW
LOL ok Z please
What font do you use for the lettering?
Uh, it's a couple different ones. I think the one I use mainly is RAF_WWII_851ATH, the more curvy one is RCN_80_ATH. I got them at Simmers Paintshop. I had to cut and paste apart some of the letters and re-assemble them to look right, like the G in 185's code and the MK or maybe it was just the K in 126's code cause the ones in the font were'nt quite right.
I also use RCAF_60SQO_ATH, RCAF_60O_ATH, RAF_WWII_841_ATH, RAF_WWII_641_ATH, RAF_PW_ATH, RAF_45D_851_ATH and RAF_45D_841ATH depending on what matches the real aicraft closest.
DW
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O B..K B then DW. A "T" some place on there is fine with me and 'Taildrag' under the office door if possible.
My plan is to put names under everyone's cockpits.
DW
Has to be a single letter and J is already taken for your squadron.
DW
~S~ DW,
MK-X and V-X Please and thanks!
Quote from: _AH_Jetdoc on November 17, 2015, 03:28:46 AM
can I have the D
Yup.
I'm keeping the first post up to date with the letters guys have taken, where it says "Letters taken" under each squadron. So you guys can always check there.
Also no need to specify for each squadron, whatever letter you pick will be applied to both.
DW
Which skin folder does it go in? Do I have to create a new folder?
The skin folder name should be SpitfireMkVc16lbs.
DW
Letter L for me DW in a hurry didnt read the whole thing power maybe going off. I will recheck messages when I have the chance.
S~
i'm confused, as usual, but I'll take my best guess and say Q should be either the answer or one of the answers you're looking for.
let me know if that works and if I get to pick other stuff, too.
Thanks.
If I do my own skins with non-group lettering (non-historically correct) lettering, will I be ostracized ?
Quote from: _AH_BBQhead on November 19, 2015, 02:37:16 PM
S~
i'm confused, as usual, but I'll take my best guess and say Q should be either the answer or one of the answers you're looking for.
let me know if that works and if I get to pick other stuff, too.
Thanks.
You can pick a favorite number to put into the serial number. A little name would be ok or as I said something very simple in terms of art.
Quote from: _AH_Jack on November 19, 2015, 02:46:39 PM
If I do my own skins with non-group lettering (non-historically correct) lettering, will I be ostracized ?
Yes. And hung. And shot. And run over by a buick.
DW
I told you! I told you!
Wait, you KNEW about this Hogan?? Why did'nt you STOP him???
No more skins for Hogan!
DW
How do you stop a clown vomiting rainbows?
I did warn him not to go against the wishes of the All Mighty Skinner. I told him of the wrath that could envelope us all.
Praise be to Al... wait....um... that's for a different website.
Bumping this.
DW
I can take a J letter DW
H, J and D have already been taken for your squadron, Vipes.
DW
Letter O please, thank you.
Well all I can say is it's about time.
S~
I'm gonna take another stab at an answer..
I already asked for a Q. So I'll keep that part and say: Q, 68, and an arrow. ( Like a bow and arrow arrow )
Did I win?
O yea, when you read arrow, read it like this AAAARRo. Yes, it's supposed to be mildly annoying when you hear the little voice in your head say it that way. Try it again and really listen. AAAARRo If it's not annoying you, you're not doing it right.
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Don't ya jest LOVE that BBQ?
Did someone say "Q"?
(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz164/z5o1135/Star-Trek-TNG-Q-Who.jpg) (http://s824.photobucket.com/user/z5o1135/media/Star-Trek-TNG-Q-Who.jpg.html)
Quote from: _AH_BBQhead on November 30, 2015, 02:14:10 PM
AAAARRo If it's not annoying you, you're not doing it right.
No it's not annoying me but when I view this message I think of something similar, AAAASSSSho....
DW
I think I'll go with B since our Squadron Leader is'nt taking it.
So BBQ, what exact model of ARO do you want? I mean it seems a little odd that you want a Romanian off-road vehicle on your Spitfire but hey, who am I to judge?
This one looks kinda funky...
(http://offroadaction.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/2002_aro_246_03.jpg)
DW
Am I wrong or were we supposed to gain some sort of personal skins? did I miss the link to them ??
Quote from: _AH_Bear on December 18, 2015, 03:19:36 AM
Am I wrong or were we supposed to gain some sort of personal skins? did I miss the link to them ??
Only for the Spitfires which we are weeks away from getting in the campaign, so I have'nt made the skins yet. I'm letting the requests pile up here and then I will make them all and zip em up into one big pack and post the link.
DW
Thinking about this more, Hogan is the equivalent of our Wing Commander and it was a perk for them to pick their own codes. They often used their initials, for example Wg. Cdr. Peter Prosser Hanks used the codes PP*H. So Hogan, as Wingco you can pick all your code letters if you so choose, lucky bastard.
Something else higher ranking pilots often did was have their RAF rank flag\pennant on the side of their aircraft, usually just forward of the cockpit.
So the Wing Commander pennant looks like this:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/UK-Air-OF4-Flag.svg/315px-UK-Air-OF4-Flag.svg.png)
The Squadron Leader flag comme ca :
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/UK-Air-OF3-Flag.svg/315px-UK-Air-OF3-Flag.svg.png)
So for Hogan, Bear, Hollywood and Lippy (unless you don't want me to) I'll add the appropriate one to your kites.
For example this is one of Prosser's aircraft, you can see the Wingco pennant on the side :
(http://www.markstyling.com/spitfiresv/spit.V.56.jpg)
DW
Nice.. i like it :happy-112:
Drool.
Sign me up
Same here.
DB*H
S!
Same Here MA*R
GZ*B
Sorry gents, DW mentioned only the Wingco gets to choose his code letters. (glasses)
Squadron leaders can add the pennant if they want to.
S!
S! DW
Flag please.....
Quote from: _AH_Col._Hogan on December 19, 2015, 02:35:01 PM
Sorry gents, DW mentioned only the Wingco gets to choose his code letters. (glasses)
Squadron leaders can add the pennant if they want to.
Correct.
DW
Pennant as well ty
Bumping this again. The first Spitters arrive in two weeks, so I'll do up all the skins I have requests for sometime next week and zip em up into a big pack.
Remember what letters are already taken for each squadron are listed in the first post of this thread.
Vipes, you still have to pick another letter as J was already taken.
(http://s11.postimg.org/nx9r0ymo3/Spits.png)
"Why does Hogan get custom codes? I don't get custom codes. Screw you Hogan!!!"
DW
Ooohh. pretty.
Alright guys I will start doing these skins up this week, so if you want to request one ideally get it done by week end.
DW
13 for me or SC
Has to be a single letter, Shrt. S good?
DW
AS for the special number it is 44 for the serial
D*3
Yeah, I think you already told me that, or maybe I just assumed it. Either way you got 44 in your serial, yours are already finito.
DW
#26 C
Quote from: _AH_Nh3Dave on January 06, 2016, 03:05:59 AM
D*3
I may have misspoke on comms Dave, the letter goes with the squadron code, the number is incorporated into the serial. So since your in 1st you'll have GL*D and the 3 will go into the serial.
DW
~S~ Did someone say something about skins. Sign me up for one please sir.
Pick an available letter for your squadron (you can see which are already taken on the first post in the thread) and pick a number to go into your a/c serial.
DW
Quote from: _AH_Jetdoc on January 07, 2016, 04:01:00 PM
31
When you did'nt pick a number before I thought you might want 31, so I had it there already.
DW
99 G for Gator plz :drinking-29:
#50, after that it really doesn't matter to me DW. Z would be nice, but, its my understanding its taken which is ok. So, Other than 50 I'm kewl with what ever you come up with and thanks.
Yeah your evil squadron commander took Z. Oh wait, he's my evil squadron commander too. Did I say evil squadron commander? I meant to say really, really nice and not evil squadron commander.
DW
That's ok DW, really any would do and Ill make it my own.
Just bumping this in case anyone still wants a skin for this campaign. You can reference the first post for what letters are already taken in your squadron. Couple of my pictures in the original post don't work anymore but I guess that's ok.
DW
S! DW, check your PM's. I sent you a request, but I fear it may be too tall an order.
Quote from: _AH_DarkWolf on March 01, 2016, 10:17:59 PM
Just bumping this in case anyone still wants a skin for this campaign. You can reference the first post for what letters are already taken in your squadron. Couple of my pictures in the original post don't work anymore but I guess that's ok.
DW
Another bump for anyone who wants nose art for the spits. DW is taking care of the letters and historical markings. I'm just focusing on nose art. I can also add victory tallies below your name. I just need to know how many german or italian aircraft kill flags, and also any train, or ship kills. So PM me with any ideas/requests and IL do my best to draw something up. There isn't a ton of room on the MkVc, so you have to be flexible. S! Fellas and a huge shout out to DW for an awesome campaign and taking the time to personally create historic personalized skins for us, it's alot of work, and he has always helped me out.
Thanks Doc, Great to have you back.
S!
Bumping this again for the new guys\newly returned guys. If you are in need of a campaign skin, check out the first post in this thread and post what letter you want (of the letters still available, check first post to see what letters are taken) and a favorite number for the serial if you have one. If you have a simple noseart or aircraft name, I can't probobly do that too.
I simply ask you treat your personalized kite better than Archie did the first time out in his :
(http://s31.postimg.org/c45fwycfv/Archieskin.png)
DW
Oh man, he broke it!
Put me in at X@Z please DW.
Leave my name off.
Thank You Sir
kawilder
I noticed you were flying GL*X last mission wilder, so I added X to the taken numbers for 185. If you are gonna keep flying with 1st you could carry on using that skin if you want.
DW
OK, I was worried I may have tied on someone else's numbers. I will keep the GL-X then sir.
Thank You.
kawilder
See what happens when you use the wrong glue,,, SEE!
Now you know better,,, don't cha?
I would just blame them of stealing my letters,lol.
kawilder