Olham

Skin created from original OFF skins made by OvS/James Romano and Paarma/Arto Karttunen.
 
Albatros DIII early, DIII OAW and DIII skins could be copied and named different,
so they can be used as DIII, DIII OAW or DIII too;
 
example: Alb_DIII_OAW_t_Jasta 15 1917 Holz und Weiss.dds (copy and save as:) Ald_DIII_early_t_Jasta 7 1917 Godknowswho.dds
 
Hope you get it.

All my recent skins were made as an addition to the numerous and great OFF creations.
They are based on and use parts of the skins made by James 'OvS' Romano and Paarma.
 
While the OFF skinners have decided to present more weathered skins, like after weeks
of use in the field; I wanted to also have some skins of brand new delivered and freshly
painted aircraft. Hope you like them.
 
(If the emblem you see in the screenshot is missing, it was removed, so you can add your own).
To get them into OFF, you unzip the file to:
(your game folder) > campaigns > CampaignData > skins

All my recent Albatros skins were made as an addition to the numerous and great OFF creations.
They are based on and use parts of the skins made by James 'OvS' Romano and Paarma.
 
While the OFF skinners have decided to present more weathered skins, like after weeks of service
in the field; I wanted to also have some skins of brand new delivered and freshly painted aircraft.
Hope you like them.
 
To get them into OFF, you unzip the file to:
(your game folder) > campaigns > CampaignData > skins

All my recent skins were made as an addition to the numerous and great OFF creations.
They are based on and use parts of the skins made by James 'OvS' Romano and Paarma.
 
While the OFF skinners have decided to present more weathered skins, like after weeks
of use in the field; I wanted to also have some skins of brand new delivered and freshly
painted aircraft. Hope you like them.
 
(In some works, the personal emblem you see in the screenshot was removed,
so you can add your own sign)
To get them into OFF, you unzip the file to:
(your game folder) > campaigns > CampaignData > skins

All my recent skins were made as an addition to the numerous and great OFF creations.
They are based on and use parts of the skins made by James 'OvS' Romano and Paarma.
 
While the OFF skinners have decided to present more weathered skins, like after weeks
of use in the field; I wanted to also have some skins of brand new delivered and freshly
painted aircraft. Hope you like them.
 
(In some works, the personal emblem you see in the screenshot was removed,
so you can add your own sign)
 
To get them into OFF, you unzip the file to:
(your game folder) > campaigns > CampaignData > skins

All my recent skins were made as an addition to the numerous and great OFF creations.
They are based on and use parts of the skins made by James 'OvS' Romano and Paarma.
 
While the OFF skinners have decided to present more weathered skins, like after weeks
of use in the field; I wanted to also have some skins of brand new delivered and freshly
painted aircraft. Hope you like them.
 
(In some works, the personal emblem you see in the screenshot was removed,
so you can add your own sign)
To get them into OFF, you unzip the file to:
(your game folder) > campaigns > CampaignData > skins

Skin created from original OFF skins made by OvS/James Romano and Paarma/Arto Karttunen.
 
This skin's emblem is the Reichsadler, as it was designed at the time
of the Kaiser empire. The heraldic emblem of the eagle seems to go back
to the double-headed eagle, used for the arms of the "Holy Roman Empire
of German Nations" (Heiliges Römisches Reich Deutscher Nationen).
 
And for Widowmaker and OvS, I have added a little oil dripping.

Skin created from original OFF skins made by OvS/James Romano and Paarma/Arto Karttunen.
 
Here's the first downloadable Version of the Albatros D Va "Stropp" now.
Whilst the National Air and Space Museum gave her Lozenge pattern wings at
the restauration, Dan San Abbott from The Aerodrome believes, she rather had
DarkGreen/Mauve camouflage upper wing surfaces.
As that also fitted the colour design of the plane better (IMHO), I completed the
work with these wings.
I may add the other version later, too.

This is my first Albatros D.II skin, I think.
Since Baldric and Hauksbee asked for an older Bavarian design, which I had erased
unfortunately, I quickly built another again.
 
I made a Bavarian flag pattern for the tail section. I didn't go so far to make the pattern
on sides and top match correctly - that is a nervewrecking try-and-error work I didn't have
the time for. I think it works okay as it is.
 
The skin is based on much of the original OFF-Skinner's work - thank you, OBD-Skinners!

The third of 5 new Albatros skins for the "Italian Front" user-built missions
is an OeFFAG Albatros D.III 153 with handpainted curl camouflage ocre on dark green.
The craft from Flik 41J (Fliegerkompanie 41 Jäger) was flown by Godwin Brumowski.
 
The skin file must be unzipped. Then it goes here:
 
OBD Software > CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields > campaigns > CampaignData > skins
 
Thanks to all OBD skinners for their over 3.400 skins - your works inspired me!

The fourth of 5 new Albatros skins for the "Italian Front" user-built missions
is another OeFFAG Albatros D.III 153 from Flik 41J.
 
The skin file must be unzipped. Then it goes here:
 
OBD Software > CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields > campaigns > CampaignData > skins
 
Thanks to all OBD skinners for their over 3.400 skins - your works inspired me!

The last of 5 new Albatros skins for the "Italian Front" user-built missions
is a dark-green OeFFAG Albatros D.III 153 from Flik 55J.
 
The skin file must be unzipped. Then it goes here:
 
OBD Software > CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields > campaigns > CampaignData > skins
 
Thanks to all OBD skinners for their over 3.400 skins - your works inspired me!

The second of 5 new Albatros skins for the "Italian Front" user-built missions
is an OeFFAG Albatros D.III 153 with the Backhausen & Söhne screenprinted
swirl-camouflage fabric.
The fabric was made by RAF_Louvert for this purpose - thanks a lot for this
skillful job, Lou - must have been nervewrecking to join the parts!
 
The skin file must be unzipped. Then it goes here:
 
OBD Software > CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields > campaigns > CampaignData > skins
 
Thanks to all OBD skinners for their over 3.400 skins - your works inspired me!

The first of 5 new Albatros skins for the "Italian Front" user-built missions
is a plain OeFFAG Albatros D.III 153.
 
The skin file must be unzipped. Then it goes here:
 
OBD Software > CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields > campaigns > CampaignData > skins
 
Thanks to all OBD skinners for their over 3.400 skins - your works inspired me!

Albatros D.V "Windrose"
 
Inspired by the 3. Albatros D.Va built by THE VINTAGE AVIATOR, I made this skin.
The plywood of the TVA craft was varnished with a clear laquer with a warm redbrownish tone added.
It looks like a darker honey, or amber.
Together with the mauve and green upper wing camo, it goes very nicely.
 
The skin file has to be unzipped, and goes into this folder:
 
OBD Software > CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields > campaigns > CampaignData > skins
 
If you want to use it on an Albatros D.V early (the "hunchback one", you only need to delete the word "later_" with one subline.
 
The skin uploaded here has no capital "H" on the wing; I thought you'd like to use your own pilot's first letters.
 
Thanks again, OBD skinners, as I was inspired your your over 3.400 skins, and worked after them.

For this Albatros I have made a new Mauve-Green camo. JFM wrote to me, that the darker tone
on the B+W photos was most likely the green; so I used Fokker's dark green here.
Then I made a slightly lighter Mauve after the tone used in the Lozenge patterns.
Wether it is historically correct or not - I liked what I had got.
 
I used it on an early Albatros D.V - that is the originally delivered version with the headrest.
This was later mostly removed by the Jastas for better vision, and finally given up by Albatros.
But I wanted to fly one of these with an own skin, and here it is for all to use now.
 
Jasta 10 was one of the four Jasta of "Richthofen's flying Circus" (Jasta 4, Jasta 6, Jasta 10
and Jasta 11) - they were always in the thick of it. When they had the D.V they were in northern
Flanders. So, if you want a lot of action, this skin could be the right one to use. Enjoy!
 
Many thanks to the OBD Skinners, who created the immense output of over 3.400 skins for OFF.
I work from their original works and would have been lost without that.

After a lot of experimentation with plywood textures, I have come up with this version
of a Jasta 2 skin for an Albatros D.V (uprated).
It is meant to be a factory-new D.V, but with the hood and wheel covers painted in the
Jasta's dark green already. The white tail section was the Jasta's hallmark.
The wings even carry the line "Nicht auftreten!" (No step!)
 
I wanted to provide a skin with no special, personal markings, so that everyone can
attach their own designs, without building a totally new skin.
 
The underlying basic design I worked from is the work from our OBD skinners; and
without their great work I would have been lost.

This skin was created after Ernst Udet's D.V skin as made by Paarma / OBD.
You may fly it at Udet's side in Jasta 37, Phalempin, in summer 1917. Enjoy!
 
Unzip the file to:
 
[your game folder] > campaigns > CampaignData > skins

ThisAlbatros D.V would have flown in 1917.
It's black tail marking would fit with the Jastas 12, 16, 17 or 32.
I have left off my personal black and white "M" marking, so that you can add your own
emblem, sign or letter here.
The skin is based on the original Albatros D.V skin file from OBD, and I would like to
thank all OBD skinners for their inspiring great works. Thanks also to elephant, who
helped me with many details and photos.
 
Extract the file to your desktop. Then change "Jasta X" to the desired Jasta number; like "Jasta 12".
You can also change "MySkin" into your own name.
 
Then put the file into the skins folder in your sim:
 
CFSWW1 Over Flanders fields > campaigns > CampaignData > skins
 
Enjoy!

This is a skin for an Albatros D.Va OAW from Jasta 77b, 1918.
 
Albatros D.Va OAW were based at Vraignes aerodrome from 18. April - 23. April 1918
and at Foucaucourt-en-Santerre from 24. April - 30. May 1918.
 
The Jastas of the German kingdoms Bayern, Württemberg and Sachsen had the additional
letters b, w or s behind their numbers. So this skin is for the Bavarian unit Jasta 77.
The Balkenkreuz shows, that it's flying in 1918.
 
The emblem is showing a phantasy creature, a kind of Bavarian chimera: the "Wolpertinger";
an animal made of the parts of various creatures.
 
I want to thank OvS and Paarma for their countless original skins, from which I always work.
 
To get the skin into your sim, unzip it to:
[your game folder] > campaigns > CampaignData > skins

ALBATROS D.V and D.Va Factory-new Johannisthal & OAW Skins / 1917 and 1918
 
Since several OFF-flyers had asked for generic skin templates which they could paint their
own emblems or decorations on to, I have made four such templates for the Albatros D.Va.
All four present the facory-new Albatros D.Va, freshly delivered.
I know that many of you are into weathering effects. Well, such effects can much easier be
added to a new plane, than to be removed. So please feel free to add as much weathering
and battle-wearing as you like.
 
While the D.V was only built by Albatros-Werke Johannisthal, the D.Va was also produced
at "Ostdeutsche Albatros-Werke" (OAW). I got a lot of help (see below) about the details of
these builds; the guys told me several differences between the two production lines.
Many may regard these as minor ones, and perhaps call us "nitpickers", but we wanted to
get it pretty close.
 
The differences I regarded here are these:
 
1. Albatros Johannisthal used salmon ribtape on the wings; OAW used light blue tape.
 
2. Crosses on fuselage sides were further back on Johannisthal planes than on OAW built ones.
 
3. The weight tables were different
 
4. Factory placards were placed under cockpit for OAW; on the nose onJohannisthal built ones.
 
5. Albatros-Logo looking in flight direction on the Johannisthal-, and rearwards on OAW-built ones.
 
Finally, there is proof that rudders were covered with upper dark Lozenge as well as light underside fabric. I didn't find any evidence so far for the OAW using the light, and Johannis- thal the dark fabric, but I wanted to present both versions and so I did it that way.
 
Although the work on these skins took me quite a long time, there surely are still many bits and details, which could be more correct, but I ask all nitpickers to overlook those, and still
enjoy the bird. These skins are made for your pleasure - and for your own paint shemes.
 
The helping hands, brains & eyes on this project were from:
 
elephant - nitpicking corrections and detail
 
Jim "JFM" Miller - help with detail pictures and some facts
Dave "Blowhard" Douglas - metal parts and wheel
 
Without your help I wouldn't have got so far - thank you guys!
I also wish to thank the OBD skinners for the countless skins with all
the historical details - you guys lured me into this hobby with your work.
 
 
HOW TO INSTALL A SKIN
 
Unzip the file(s) and move them into this folder:
 
[your sim] > campaigns > CampaignData > skins
 
You may change the Jasta number, but you must not - if you leave No. 1,
you would always find the skin faster in the briefing screen, where you
select a personal skin. Scroll below the historical ace skins, and mine
will be among the first skins.
You can, for your identification, change the names "Johannisthal" or "OAW"
into something personal, but keep the ending .dds - otherwise it won't work.
Enjoy!
 

For MFJ 1 (Marine-Feldjagdstaffel) I wanted a skin, that would suit the Naval situation;
that would somehow fit with the north sea. And so I picked one of Paarma's skins, that
had an overall Lozenge camouflage - even on the fuselage. (I forgot, who's skin it was
originally - sorry).
The dark greyish-blue-green colours fitted well with MFJ-1's colour, which is yellow.
 
This Albatros D.Va shows the Balkenkreuz, which got introduced in March or April 1918.
MFJ-1 was based at Coolkerke by the North Sea.
Again I want to say a heartily "Thank you" to OvS and Paarma from OBD for all they have
created with so much love and detail - a fund of countless skins I shamelessly made
use of to compile my own ones. Hope you enjoy them.
To get the skin into your sim, unzip it to:
[your game folder] > campaigns > CampaignData > skins

ALBATROS D.V and D.Va Factory-new Johannisthal & OAW Skins / 1917 and 1918
 
Since several OFF-flyers had asked for generic skin templates which they could paint their
own emblems or decorations on to, I have made four such templates for the Albatros D.Va.
All four present the facory-new Albatros D.Va, freshly delivered.
I know that many of you are into weathering effects. Well, such effects can much easier be
added to a new plane, than to be removed. So please feel free to add as much weathering
and battle-wearing as you like.
 
While the D.V was only built by Albatros-Werke Johannisthal, the D.Va was also produced
at "Ostdeutsche Albatros-Werke" (OAW). I got a lot of help (see below) about the details of
these builds; the guys told me several differences between the two production lines.
Many may regard these as minor ones, and perhaps call us "nitpickers", but we wanted to
get it pretty close.
 
The differences I regarded here are these:
 
1. Albatros Johannisthal used salmon ribtape on the wings; OAW used light blue tape.
 
2. Crosses on fuselage sides were further back on Johannisthal planes than on OAW built ones.
 
3. The weight tables were different
 
4. Factory placards were placed under cockpit for OAW; on the nose onJohannisthal built ones.
 
5. Albatros-Logo looking in flight direction on the Johannisthal-, and rearwards on OAW-built ones.
 
Finally, there is proof that rudders were covered with upper dark Lozenge as well as light underside fabric. I didn't find any evidence so far for the OAW using the light, and Johannis- thal the dark fabric, but I wanted to present both versions and so I did it that way.
 
Although the work on these skins took me quite a long time, there surely are still many bits and details, which could be more correct, but I ask all nitpickers to overlook those, and still
enjoy the bird. These skins are made for your pleasure - and for your own paint shemes.
 
The helping hands, brains & eyes on this project were from:
 
elephant - nitpicking corrections and detail
 
Jim "JFM" Miller - help with detail pictures and some facts

Dave "Blowhard" Douglas - metal parts and wheel
 
Without your help I wouldn't have got so far - thank you guys!
I also wish to thank the OBD skinners for the countless skins with all
the historical details - you guys lured me into this hobby with your work.
 
 
HOW TO INSTALL A SKIN
 
Unzip the file(s) and move them into this folder:
 
[your sim] > campaigns > CampaignData > skins
 
You may change the Jasta number, but you must not - if you leave No. 1,
you would always find the skin faster in the briefing screen, where you
select a personal skin. Scroll below the historical ace skins, and mine
will be among the first skins.
You can, for your identification, change the names "Johannisthal" or "OAW"
into something personal, but keep the ending .dds - otherwise it won't work.
Enjoy!
 
Olham

Skin created from original OFF skins made by OvS/James Romano and Paarma/Arto Karttunen.

Skin created from original OFF skins made by OvS/James Romano and Paarma/Arto Karttunen.
 
Albatros DIII early, DIII OAW and DIII skins could be copied and named different,
so they can be used as DIII, DIII OAW or DIII too;
 
example: Alb_DIII_OAW_t_Jasta 15 1917 Holz und Weiss.dds (copy and save as:) Ald_DIII_early_t_Jasta 7 1917 Godknowswho.dds
 
Hope you get it.