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    BOO has just uploaded Hurricane P2923 AG Lewis 85 Sqdn!

    BOO has just uploaded Hurricane P2923 AG Lewis 85 Sqdn!

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    This unique and battle worn aircraft was one of the 85 Squadron aircraft flown by South African AG Lewis DFC and bar, a double "Ace in a day" He flew this aircraft during the July of 1940 at least. A brief summary of his life and career can be found here - https://samilhistory.com/tag/ag-lewis/

    The aircraft has its under surfaces roughly overpainted in sky and traces of the previously applied "Battle of France" Black and White scheme remain on its port side fuselage. The sky is roughly applied to the leading edges of wings also. On the port flank some additional darker green paint has been applied around the "R" code for reasons unknown (this is placed to match the in-game Markings). A pair of gas warning panels (instead of the more usual one) and a higher demarcation on the nose further add to the schemes "oddness".

    I used CheckMySix's (KeefyBoy) original skin as a template from which I traced in the sky colour over Mayor Setbacks Default TF4.5 Skin adding the gas panels (now with red doped edges) and a few other bits such as the aluminium internal colour to the carb scoop, the pain discolouration around the R code and the large fin flash that should match the ingame markings.

    The skin is designed to be used with the in game markings and so will not be 100% accurate with them (P2923 has no underside roundels and somewhat ugly and rudumentay code letters) but there we go.

    The skin is already weathered (using edited layers from CheckMySix's Layered hurricane template) but also taking up the in game slider to about halfway looks about right to me. To get a reasonable approximation of the aircraft the serial number should be P2923 and 85 squadron codes (VY) and the letter R should be used
    Last edited by BOO; Jan-01-2018 at 13:55.

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