22-01-2005 06:37									#1861
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Played with it some more, spliced a few parts and here

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	23-01-2005 12:29									#1862
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I was playing with my t-44, i tweaked the tracks and roadwheels as well as fixed the shadowing underneath the treads,

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	23-01-2005 16:07									#1863
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Excellent Erika

	25-01-2005 01:12									#1864
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I already posted these in Patine's Pacific war scenario thread, but just in case some of you aren't frequenting it. I will post them here too. There is a touched up Spitfire (fairline/Nemo), a touched up Zero (catfish/Nemo), one P-40 Warhawk (all mine baby), and a Kittyhawk in the service of the RAAF (mine too). Damn it feels good to be back!

Edit: Look a couple of posts down for the planes.

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	25-01-2005 02:15									#1865
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Looking good Jimmy!

	25-01-2005 02:15									#1866
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Panzers, YAY!
I was splicing any thing and everything from a group of german tanks, and this is the result,

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	25-01-2005 03:31									#1867
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Char b1.

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	25-01-2005 04:02									#1868
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I love Jimmy's P40 hawks!



I like those strange Nemo/Fairline/Catfish mutant Panzers by Erika too!

	25-01-2005 07:25									#1869
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Does anyone know if the Kittyhawk had the teeth like it's American cousin. I am having a hell of a time finding any pictures of them in Aussie service. I have found a couple of pics of Brit P-40's, is it safe to assume they would have the same color scheme? Case I am looking in your direction.

	25-01-2005 07:29									#1870
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Oh and thanks Gareth and Curt, I think these are definatly the best I have done in a long time. In order to get a camo version I might need to call on some help, anybody up for it?

	25-01-2005 10:59									#1871
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Sorry, I found some pics of Aussie kittyhawks and did some tweaking. So here is the newest P-40.

P.S. Does anyone know if the Yank P-40 should have the stars and bars or the circle star on the wing? I am also going to try and make a believable Nationalist Chinese insignia for the AVG. Now I just need someone who can do a good camo job.

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	25-01-2005 17:17									#1872
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If they are for ToT, I will happily do some camo layers for you.

If you can post an image of the camo style, I will have a crack at it...

	25-01-2005 20:46									#1873
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Thanks Curt these are what I have found.

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	25-01-2005 20:47									#1874
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and this

	25-01-2005 20:49									#1875
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Sorry had the wrong file above

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	25-01-2005 22:15									#1876
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quote: Originally posted by Jimmywax Does anyone know if the Kittyhawk had the teeth like it's American cousin. I am having a hell of a time finding any pictures of them in Aussie service. I have found a couple of pics of Brit P-40's, is it safe to assume they would have the same color scheme? Case I am looking in your direction.

The shark mouth and eyes scheme was devised by one of the British squadrons flying P-40s in N. Africa, and was then copied by the Flying Tigers. Don't know if the Aussies copied it as well. As for the cammo scheme - the Brits only used the P-40 in N. Africa IIRC and so the camo scheme was sand/earth brown which would not have been used by Australian squadrons in the Pacific.

EDIT: I hadn't let the page load the pic you posted above

Looks like the Australians used standard Brit pre1943 temperate camo of dark earth / dark green...

	25-01-2005 22:44									#1877
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I'll get on that tonight, and post it tomorrow, Jimmy!

	25-01-2005 23:30									#1878
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Sweet thanks Curt!

@ Fairline or anyone else who knows: The p-40 used by the British in N. Africa and the AVG was the original Tomahawk right. With the Kittyhawk later being used by the Aussie forces. I found one site that said the improved powerplant of the later Kittyhawk allowed it's nose to be shortened. Can anyone else confirm this, I have only found it on one site and all of my books are still in boxes about three hundred miles away (even though I moved like six months ago, damn! Am I lazy or what).

	25-01-2005 23:56									#1879
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Hello all, this is a question about unit recolouring. I was wondering if there is a proper way to take this fabulous battleship unit from Curt's Dictator and recolour it within the range of the limited Civ II pallet so that it appears to be a bright golden colour.

I have tried several unsuccessful methods to date, but I am positive that there is a way to do it right without having sloppy colour substitution issues. This is what I have been able to do so far, I hope somebody out there can show me the propper method. I believe I heard there is a method you can use involving Paint Shop Pro or PSP, but as a strict Photoshop man myself I'm not familiar with it.

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	26-01-2005 06:39									#1880
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World's biggest tank!!!

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	26-01-2005 12:18									#1881
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quote: Originally posted by fairline The shark mouth and eyes scheme was devised by one of the British squadrons flying P-40s in N. Africa, and was then copied by the Flying Tigers. Don't know if the Aussies copied it as well. As for the cammo scheme - the Brits only used the P-40 in N. Africa IIRC and so the camo scheme was sand/earth brown which would not have been used by Australian squadrons in the Pacific.

While a few Australian squadrons used the shark mouth, I don't think that it was at all common. Only a few aircraft in the pictures of P-40s on the Australian War Memorial's huge database of photos ( www.awm.gov.au/database/collection.asp ) has a Sharks mouth. Notably, all the pictures were taken in the Middle East, and none of the aircraft in the Pacific have a sharks mouth.

The attached painting by a offical Australian war artist may be of some help. It depicts P-40s based in New Guinea in late 1942.

	27-01-2005 16:54									#1882
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@ Sarsstock:

Recolouring a unit can be a painful process, excpecially when a unit is fromed by several elements with a unique color (or gradient) each. In the case of this battleship you have to isolate the deck, the plane and the terminal part of the smoke-funnels just as you did with the water. If you have enough skill with Photoshop you can do it manually or with the Color Range selecting tool. Then you can color your image (with the hue/saturation command) and convert it to the civ2 palette. This is the most delicate moment since you will probably have some pixels converted to a weird color. Select them and replace with the most similar colour in the civ2 palette. But.....why do you need a golden battleship ?

	27-01-2005 17:19									#1883
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@ Justinianum: Why? Mmmmaybe it´s his PRECIOUS

	27-01-2005 18:19									#1884
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For JimmyWax!

My attempts at the P-40 Warhawk, with Shark-Mouth motif, and in tropic camo mode!

I also added a Ki-84 Hayate for them to play with!

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	27-01-2005 19:58									#1885
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Nice, Curt. Would you be interested in revisiting some of the American naval aviation? There were some good ones posted fairly recently, but I think their proportions were out somewhat.

	27-01-2005 22:03									#1886
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What do you have in mind, Tech?
Gimme a link or a list of what you need...

If it is in ToT, I can give it a shot!

(Almost a cheesy catch-phrase!)

	27-01-2005 22:12									#1887
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Wildcat
Dauntless
Corsair
Hellcat
Avenger

ToT would be OK with me. Thanks.

	27-01-2005 22:55									#1888
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Gimme a fortnight (at the most) and I will deliver them all within that timescale!

	28-01-2005 03:14									#1889
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quote: Originally posted by techumseh ToT would be OK with me. Thanks.

Helldiver?

	28-01-2005 04:26									#1890
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I probably can fling that crate in too...

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