 
    Hi Gentlemans! 
    This is the second release of my skins,  the second public release with some improvements. FINAL BUILD.
    Thanks any comments idea or suggestion...please drop a mail or open new thread on forum...

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 *  Bf-109 Ga-4 and Ga-6 fighters, Royal Hungarian Air Force (RHAF) 101. PUMA (Cougar) Squadron. Veszprem-Jutas Airbase.
    1944 early spring, to 44' late summer. Light RLM  65/76/74/75 camouflage  with full national and eastern front,  yellow identification markings.

 *  V7.+53  Me-109G(a)-4 early camo
 *  V7+87  Me-109G(a)-6 / R3 early camo
 *  V8+04  Me-109G(a)-6 / R3  late war,  low visiblity camo.  Flown by  fohadnagy  (1st. Lieutenant) Pavay -Vajna Gyorgy on 1944 June 16 scramble mission.

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 *  On June 16,  the 15.th AF  658 bombers with 290 escort fighters crossed the southwestern border of Hungarian Kingdom 'en route'  to their targets.
     The bombers intercepted by the 101.th ' Cougar ' home defence fighter group over the Balaton lake with 28 ( ! ) Me-109G fighter. The fighters started
     at 9 AM. from Veszprem-Jutas AB.  
     1 st. Lt  Pavay downed one P-38 after long dogfight but later, when he try to land for rearming and refuel the plane, bounced by a couple of Lightnings 
     and knocked out his engine at low level when on final approach to landing. Successfully belly landed with burning engine on the grassy field of  Veszprem
     AB, but the ' ladders' (Hungarian nick for P-38...) stayed close, and strafed the wreck site one by one,  for the pilot scalp.  After the third or fourth pass the                  marauding cowboys leaved  the scene to soutwest direction... 
     The V8+06 totally burned out, but the pilot survived the attack...
     On this hard day  the ' PUMA' sqd. suffered heavy losses by escort fighters (5 KIA +1 wounded pilot (Pavay), +  6 planes written off  +3  40% damaged.)
     Americans payed heavy toll:  lost 8  P-38 Lightnings and one P-47 Thunderbolt (all of them claymed by 'PUMA s' ) but none bombers over Hungary.
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 *  Early camouflage scheme used only until late summer,  when the nationality colours overpainted (nor applied on the newer built aircrafts...) same as insignia
     white crosses. The grey shades darkened slightly and the demarcation line between the 74\75  &  65 colors lowered on the fuselage sides.  Latest models
     uses 82\75,  \ 76 or \ 65  colors (but it's unusual on G(a)-6... ) and sometimes combined with remained old colors if short new paint supply.  Quartered spinner                pattern used until 44 late summer,  later dark colors (22, 70, 82) or wide spiral pattern used widespreadly.

 *  Translation of the 101 th. 'PUMA' sqd.  emblem text is the follows: OUR LEADER IS THE COURAGE (upper half)  (AND) OUR WINGMAN IS THE LUCK ! (lower half).
 
 *  These skins uses  'new' 3dz Model, and originally,  based one of Fabio's superb Italian G6 skin. 109 layout template by Claudio Wilches work.
     After several small adjust and remap, only  the antenne mast size shortened for better match the Ga-6 subtype 3Dz and added weights under the ailerons.                         Tropical filter deleted eg. shortened, Hungarian versions not used them... Correct  vector added for undercarriage elements (now visible...).  Horizontal 
     stabilizer and elevator shape,  size and their position adjusted.  Eng. cowl weapon bulges deleted from V+753 because this batch  (from V+7... to about V+768.) 
     assembled with MG-17 cowling guns by short MG-131 supply and standardised as G(a)-4 subtype. Wing views and under surface modifications by me. Rotating
      prop hub originally by  Mr.Johnson. 

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  *  Problems:

  -  When adjusted the horizontal stabilizer shape,  small texture warping found on the upper left side near the rudder, but i can't see any anomalities with 3DZstudio. 
  -  RS and vector problems with new aileron weights...
  -  Sometimes the stabilizers+elevators looks over the tail lower side elements.  Maybe vector problem only.  


  *  Unzip the files and copy required version *.tpc and *.3dz files into your European Air War directory. To return to the default skin, delete it from the EAW root       directory.

     

      Have fun ! ...and see you over the Balaton lake.  So sorry again for my poor English...

      Kristoforo
      glidesloope@freemail.hu
      December 2002