USCG PBY Catalina [Archive]

HenryW

May 19th, 2009, 08:07

A fun scheme:

:bump:

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u36/Wyrneh/Catalina/p4.jpg

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u36/Wyrneh/Catalina/p3.jpg

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u36/Wyrneh/Catalina/p2.jpg

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u36/Wyrneh/Catalina/p1.jpg

Mr.Mugel

May 19th, 2009, 08:12

I don´t usually like fictional repaints too much, but this one is great! That just matches!

Epsillon

May 19th, 2009, 08:14

This plane is so beautiful with that scheme!
Nice work, Henry...:applause::applause::applause:

Stephan

Barvan40

May 19th, 2009, 08:14

Looks fantastic Henry. :applause:

Are any of your paints for the Catalina available for download yet? Would love to see them released.

CG_1976

May 19th, 2009, 08:16

:applause::applause::applause:Beautiful. Please let me know were I can Download her. Any USCG paint is welcomed in my hanger and or flightline.

HenryW

May 19th, 2009, 08:22

Thanks, me too thinks this scheme suits the Cat very nice. My paints are not really finnished yet, needs some more work. I'll notify in a post when they are available.:wiggle:

gajit

May 19th, 2009, 08:42

I agree - bleeping brilliant! :applause:

Helldiver

May 19th, 2009, 09:34

A very pretty PBY but highly ficticious. All Coast Guard PBY's had a nose turret and hatch. They are necessary for gaffing the mooring. I got a picture but I can't seem to load it.

gajit

May 19th, 2009, 09:44

A very pretty PBY but highly ficticious. All Coast Guard PBY's had a nose turret and hatch. They are necessary for gaffing the mooring. I got a picture but I can't seem to load it.

I'd love to see it

LTCSZ

May 19th, 2009, 10:11

OK, we are all drooling...Where can we get this repaint? A great job, and thanks for donating your time and talents to our hobby...

Steve

warchild

May 19th, 2009, 10:20

well, i certainly cant say anything that hasnt already been said, except for one thing. everything that has been said is an understatement....
This bird was definately made for thatpaint job.. Looking forward to it's completion..

JimC1702

May 19th, 2009, 10:26

WOW, that is by far the best-looking paint I've seen on the Cat yet!

Jim

HenryW

May 19th, 2009, 11:03

I've done some small improvements like aligned the daygloo bars with the leading edges as you can see in the pics and uploaded to flightsim.com. I tried to upload here but haven't got any access here yet.

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u36/Wyrneh/Catalina/1-1.jpg

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u36/Wyrneh/Catalina/2-1.jpg

doublecool

May 19th, 2009, 11:30

a real beauty Henry :applause: :applause::applause:

Cazzie

May 19th, 2009, 12:11

Am I reading gajit's age correctly or is he Helldiver's poppa? :icon_lol:

Really fantastic paint and making me ever more envious of you people that already have this wonderful flying machine. It'll have to wait until the next check I am afraid. Aerosoft's work is A-One, like A2A, I'd but everything they produce if I had the money!

Caz

PM headed your way HenryW.....

Helldiver

May 19th, 2009, 12:11

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c333/Robfolsom/Cat-1.jpg?t=1242759597

peter12213

May 19th, 2009, 12:16

gorgeous coast guard paint can't wait to get it!!

Helldiver

May 19th, 2009, 12:17

Without the turret they'd be no way to catch the mooring. That Catalina would have to ground based. Too bad for places like Winter Island.

warchild

May 19th, 2009, 12:17

Does flightsim take a while to post new uploads?? cant seem to find this one..

IanP

May 19th, 2009, 12:23

They seem to update the fs.com library once a day, Pam. Occasionally more, but usually once a day.

Regarding Helldiver's comments, I've not tried - how hard is it to switch textures between models? Could you just apply these textures to a model with a nose turret?

Mithrin

May 19th, 2009, 12:27

How cool!

warchild

May 19th, 2009, 12:27

Thanks Ian.. guess i'll have to try and be patient..

IanP

May 19th, 2009, 12:47

It's probably missing something critical that I can't see offhand, but I just ported the Lelystad paint (which the USCG one looks like it is based on) onto the USN PBY-5A MIL and... well, it hasn't obviously not worked, let's put it that way. But it took a bunch of file renaming and the nose turret appears to be untextured (i.e. black framed).

So it isn't impossible to give the USCG a turret... ;)

warchild

May 19th, 2009, 12:58

Ian? This is a dumb question i know, but did you change the file names??

IanP

May 19th, 2009, 13:03

...But it took a bunch of file renaming and the nose turret appears to be untextured (i.e. black framed)...

I did indeed!

Basically, you have to go through and replace the CIV in each texture filename with MIL in the texture.whatever folder you are copying across. I didn't look where the turret texture was, so I don't know whether it is a standalone texture or part of another sheet that is ignored on the civilian paints.

This was only a quick rough test to see whether it was feasable. I've actually deleted the copy now, as I'm easily confused by having two identical thumbnails in the aircraft selection window. :isadizzy:

It wouldn't take me long to repeat the procedure, though.

HenryW

May 19th, 2009, 13:37

All right, i'll try to do a Noseturret version, here is some progress:

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u36/Wyrneh/Catalina/turret.jpg

IanP

May 19th, 2009, 13:44

...or, you know, Henry could save me the hassle... :ernae:

Thanks!

(But the turret texture question is going to bug me now and I'll have to work that out tomorrow anyway. :rolleyes:)

warchild

May 19th, 2009, 13:55

Thats what i get for not reading the entire post before letting my brain race off to some thought or another.. Sorry Ian.. My eyes never made it to where you stated you renamed all the files..
Can i blame this on my ADD??? pweeeaaaase??? :engel016:

Helldiver

May 19th, 2009, 14:34

Oh boy, that really looks nice, really nice!

CG_1976

May 19th, 2009, 22:20

Another Beauty. :medals: I'm gonna have to find some help to help me finish McCalla field with fishermans Pier at MUGM NAS. At least I have Dinar Key CGAS by MoCat to base these beauties at.

Lateral-G

May 20th, 2009, 05:03

IanP

May 20th, 2009, 05:11

Can i blame this on my ADD??? pweeeaaaase??? :engel016:

Always blame the last person who left for everything. That way, no-one is ever truly found responsible for it. :bump:

On the downside? Doesn't look like fs.com has been updated yet at the time of writing. Bah.

Edit: Heads up!:

<center>FSX - FSX Warbirds </center> <center>FSX US Coast Guard PBY Catalina
</center> <center> [ Download (http://www.flightsim.com/kdl.php?fid=135432) | View (http://www.flightsim.com/zview.php?cm=list&fid=135432) ] </center>
Name: uscg_pby.zip (http://www.flightsim.com/kdl.php?fid=135432) Size: 23,835,713 Date: 05-20-2009
http://www.flightsim.com/o/USCG_PBY.GIF FSX US Coast Guard PBY Catalina. This is a repaint of the Aerosoft Consolidatd PBY5A Catalina in the colors of U.S. Coast Guard utilizing the paint kit provided by Aerosoft. Textures only. By Henry William.

Helldiver

May 20th, 2009, 10:25

Henry, Will you be putting on the turret version on too?

HenryW

May 20th, 2009, 10:49

Henry, Will you be putting on the turret version on too?

Yes, but i have to apply all the textures on the other bmps, that means that i am forced to paint it again :kilroy: If i apply the textures used on the CIV version on another model, it will look corny.

warchild

May 20th, 2009, 10:54

Thanks Ian :D :D

jimjones

May 21st, 2009, 02:52

Beautiful plane, paint and scenery. Just could not help but to want to land in the lakes below the tetons and see the nice reflections. Thanks Henry. Looking forward to the turret version too.

http://i578.photobucket.com/albums/ss230/jimjones_04/Cat04.jpg

doublecool

May 21st, 2009, 03:08

Thanks Henry :jump::applause: :running: