Howdy crazyflak!
Been a while, hasn't it? You are correct, the skin is meant to be used for a flat canopy Dora. It's kind of an
oddball aircraft...it's been misidenitfied as '< - + -', being the personal aircraft of Obslt. Gerhard Michalski.
Recently discovered photos published in Jerry Crandal's Dora books "reveal a small 1 inside the chevron designating
it as a Geschwaderstab aircraft, not necessarily that of Michalski's."
Here's a color shot taken from film footage of the plane after it was captured, being inspected by US personnel:
And a black & white shot taken some time later...it's suffered some damage and the canopy has been removed:
It's the only documented D9 with the JG 4 Knight's Head emblem...add to that the wacky RLM 75/76 camo spots on the
nose, RLM 74 used to fill in the fuselage balkenkreuz, an overall 74/75/76 finish with 83 oversprayed on the spine, and
74/75 mottle on the fuselage...it's really a unique looking bird. A very busy paint scheme to say the least
.
The 'late tails' are on tap...hopefully done this weekend. I need to adjust some things in the template, basically
just removing the 'painted on' tires and replacing some lines for the landing gear covers. I ended up getting
overwhelmed with college courses and had to step away from skinning for a couple of months...
but, I'm back at it again
Cheers,
KC
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