A new Bf-109E rounds out the collection.

[denisch]

Yo Die Staffel,

I noticed you've posted a yellow nosed Bf-109E4 in the CFS1 download section, THANKS! But as I recall you also had a Bf-109D at your old site. What are the chances of you posting the "D" model so we out here on the net can round out our DS 109 collection. I know you may not be ready to post your older aircraft and are probably working on another CFS1/2 projects but the "D" would be nice to go along with the "E/F/G & K" that you've already posted. I'm looking forward to whatever you've got up your sleeve, even it the "D" is not possible.

By the way, thanks for the P-40 you just put up also, she looks great!

[DieStaffel]

Greetings Denis,
I never had a D version, though I could make one. Perhaps I might make it in Spanish colors? I have a few other things on the burner right now. I am considering a Ju87D tankbuster version. I will think about it.

Thanks

DieStaffel

[denisch]

Greetings Denis,
I never had a D version, though I could make one. Perhaps I might make it in Spanish colors? I have a few other things on the burner right now. I am considering a Ju87D tankbuster version. I will think about it.

Thanks

DieStaffel

Hi Mike,

Didn't you have a "D" version in your 1930's collection of aircraft? And it was all decked out in Condor Legion colors of the Spanish Civil War to boot? Either way it would round out your Me-109 collection just fine!

Good to hear you've got other things going on!

And a Ju-87 Tankbuster would be nice, in winter camo would be better. Those 30mm cannon can be deadly, even in air to air combat.

[DieStaffel]

Greetings,
it is 37mm and dont get to excited, the magazines hold only 6 shots.

DieStaffel

[Ivan]

Hi Denisch, DieStaffel,

Richard Osborne's "109D" AFX is available at Freeflight Design which is where I got it. It actually looks more like a E than a D model. I made a bunch of changes to the plane for my own use, but am not planning to release it because I have never gotten permission from the original author.

DieStaffel, it seems like we took radically different approaches to reworking the same model. My approach was just to change a few shapes especially around the fuselage spine and the supercharger intake and take out a few bleeds around the cockpit area. I didn't want to spend a lot of effort or time on the plane because I figured I would eventually build a 109 from scratch anyway.

- Ivan.

[denisch]

Greetings,
it is 37mm and dont get to excited, the magazines hold only 6 shots.

DieStaffel

37mm, that's right! Thanks for setting me straight. I have Just Flight's tankbuster Stuka (boy, that goes a long way back!) and have used it in air to air combat. She worked well in long range, head to head engagements. Those big cannons can make a real mess out of an enemy fighter real fast. But if you get into a turning contest forget it, the Stuka doesn't turn that well.

[Ivan]

Hey DieStaffel,
Just out of curiosity, what else do you have on the build list? I am not pressing if the list is a secret.

- Ivan.

[DieStaffel]

Greetings Ivan,
If you read the agreement from Freeflight Design you will see that you can download, make modifications and upload providing you dont do any of it for money and credit the original author. Thats what I did. As for my build list, its no secret. I am current working on several planes right now. A P-38J that you can actually dogfight in, a P-38E which will be harder for you to dogfight in, a P-36 in Dutch East Indies colors for the CFS2 buffs, a nightfighter version of the Ar234(one only was built, so why not?) and I have several other planes I could do sometime in the future, like a P-39, P-63, F86, Mig15, Buffalo and a F9F.

I have also some AI planes I am looking at. A Short Sunderland, Ju52, Ju88 and a DB7(A-20). Now these planes wont have pilots in them, or landing gear, so they wont be made into flight models(to many parts, and there are enough of the FSDS versions not to make it worth my eforts).

Thats whats going on.

Have fun

DieStaffel
PS I hoped you guys liked my Bf109E, a bit of extra work went into that. Check out the CFS2 version.

[Ivan]

Hi DieStaffel,
Yes, I know about the Freeflight Design Shop's agreement on reworks and uploads. I just figure that for most designs, I can build a visual model in just a little more time than it would take me to rework someone else's to my satisfaction and I would even own it if I were to build it myself. I mostly use the designs I get from there to mess around a bit and perform some quickie fixes to see if my guess as to a proper fix (mostly of bleeds) really would work as expected.

A P-39 is also on my build list and a P-38 comes close from time to time. The main problem I have with the P-38 is that the CG moves significantly between gear up and gear down. (All the wheels retract backwards which pushes the CG back in flight, but if the CG is correct in flight, then the ground handling suffers.) The A-20 project has even made it as far as gathering drawings and specifications, though I am somewhat obligated to finish one of the other twin engine planes (B-25, He 177) before I start another.

Attached are screenshots of my version of Richard Osborne' 109E.

- Ivan.

[DieStaffel]

Greetings Ivan,
Bit of a difference between his and mine:-

I am better at fixing someone elses stuff than designing originals from scratch.:banghead: :isadizzy: That was Gerry's job.

Thanks

DieStaffel

[Ivan]

Hi DieStaffel,
I hadn't heard of Gerry before looking at the credits for your planes. Do you two still work together. You seem to be a pretty good team.

Yes, we do seem to work with different emphasis. I have looked at quite a few AFX's out there and try to get a version of any one that is available to see how others do things, but have never based any of my designs on someone else's. I have a naming convention for polygons that seems to work fairly well for keeping things straight in my mind (as if they ever were) so others' naming conventions confuse me.

Mostly what I try to do on other's projects is to remove bleeds and adjust shapes. Generally I do quick fixes as an exercise. I generally don't try to relocate textures because that is the part I hate even when doing my own planes.

- Ivan.

[DieStaffel]

Greetings Ivan,
I still keep in contact with Gerry, but we have gone our seperate ways. He is currently in another state, so we dont get together much at all. He used to build remote control flying planes from scratch and he had certain computer skills, so I invited him to help me build planes for Harts War(which never took off). I have all of our original work, plus lots of stuff we acquired for Combatflightsims Inc. We got permission from designers such as Mike Hill(Meteor, F80, Ju52 and B-24), Dennis Wasnich(Yak-9) and Berndt Drefel(Fw190 Series, P-38, Ar234) and Eric Johnson(P-40 series) Gerry and I built from scratch the Mustangs, Ju-87, P-47D, Bg109 Series(except the E which I did), Typhoon, Hurricane Series and the Bf110 as well as an A-20 AI version I havent done anything with yet.

I have now found a Spitfire in AFX and though it is poor quality, I shall fix it up and make it CFS2 compatible(as well as CFS1). It gives me something to do as a hobby.

AS for textures, they are a pain, but I think I got the hang of it. Eraffiti does an excellent paint job, puts me to shame!

Have fun

DieStaffel

[Ivan]

Hi DieStaffel,
My deal with the Spitfire was that I had never seen a really good Mk IX version, so I started to build one. Actually the real reason was probably more like I wanted to own one. One of the folks here pointed out the payware version of the Mk.IX at Abacus which is actually a pretty good model.

Sounds like you folks were busy! I figure I have done about 20 designs to various stages of completion over the last few years. I figure I have only uploaded about 10 or 12 and perhaps another 3 are in a releasable stage.

I figure I have rebuilt Patrick Didier's Fw 190A-5, Someone's Fiat G55, Richard Osborne's Me 109E, James Elwood's Lysander, Harald Reuter's P-40E, a Fw 190D, and probably a few others I can't remember at the moment.

I believe I do quite well in locating the textures on the more recent models but the actual texture files although precise are cartoonish in character. I generally like the results though.

Good Luck with the Spitfire. (Which Mark is it?) Send it to me if you want me to check it out. You can be pretty certain I won't be releasing it or basing my work off of it since I already have my own.

- Ivan.

[Ed Philly]

to folks who don't know Ivan personnaly.

he is a fountain of knowledge.

in our earlier/younger years we would duel and get p'd off on each other.

in my mind he was my 'ground mechanic' who took care of details. i was the pilot who just jumped into the cockpit and flew battles. could care less how the 'skins' looked but wanted the cockpit panel to be right.

whatever

he is a good guy

din't hep in CFS2 with carrier red-knuckled landing....lol. it blew up in moments with prop stuck on edge after gear collapsed....lol....after sweating to stop somehow as i skidded down deck to edge.

read my signature. i had a good bowel movement when landing.

Ed
note my flap settings and elevator. i tried like heck.