P38F - "Hat in the Ring" 

No idea on other work such as gauges but I like 'em. :-)
Thank guys for your hard work and ideas for me to try and expand on!
Shawn Griffin (sagginb) 11-24-01

Ideas, Shapes and Textures from:
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P-38F Lightning 94th Fighter Squadron "Hat in the Ring"

The 94th FS moved from the United Kingdom to Youk-les-Bains, Algeria on 14 November 1942
after the start of Operation Torch on 8 november 1942. 

This camouflage scheme and fuselage cockades represents a P-38F Lightning of 94th FS
shortly after the journey from England. The Hat in the Ring emblem wasn't applied frequently
but IMHO adds to the athmosphere. No other uselage markings were applied because of the exagerrated mirror effect on the P-38 
(cfr the 94th FS emblem).

I used a P-38 of Airbuddha as template for repainting and adding insignia.

Emil

emil@pandora.be
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Update Info:
I developed this completely re-made 3DZ model after Col. Gibbon sent me a Microprose model that he was trying to add boom air scoops to. He had added the shapes, but the usual rendering problems were a major problem and the work couldn't be seen from most angles. As long as I was going to tackle fixing that, I decided the entire airplane needed a make over to be an accurate representation of a P38. 

Most everything was either reshaped, moved or added to. I also did a non-mirrored medium distance model adapted to the new PCX, a repainted cockpit, and wing views specific to the skin. This skin painting is also by me.

After I rebuilt the model, I sent it back to the Col. for some work by him to make the tail non- mirrored. The shadow file is also Col. Gibbon's work. It is completely non-mirrored, courtesy mostly of the Col.s work. He contributed his solution to this and I was able to incorporate most of what he did. The entire nose, air scoops, tails, and the insignia areas of the wings are separate.

I would also like to thank Alessandro Borges for his 3DZ!Studio and 3DZ converter tools. Without these I could do nothing like this. 

Thanks, boys.

And as always, this model has an unmarked PCX included for anyone to add their own markings, with blessings from me.


Cheers,

Captain Kurt
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