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bazzar
June 14th, 2010, 15:57
What did these have in common?....:engel016:
bazzar
June 14th, 2010, 16:01
and let's not forget the Royal Navy...
bazzar
June 14th, 2010, 16:07
The only US Navy fighter aeroplane in continuous active service from before Pearl Harbour to VJ day.:salute:
mal998
June 14th, 2010, 16:14
The only US Navy fighter aeroplane in continuous active service from before Pearl Harbour to VJ day.:salute:

Wow...now that's what I'm talkin' about!

Where, when, whose, how much?
forgeknight
June 14th, 2010, 16:22
A much wanted addition to my Naval hanger. Is this new? Old? Reality? Dream?
PRB
June 14th, 2010, 16:28
Holy Moly! For the love of God, man, when? :jump:
bazzar
June 14th, 2010, 16:52
Just Flight, just as soon as you badger them to get it released...:running:
Scratch
June 14th, 2010, 16:55
Mud is gonna freak!
bazzar
June 14th, 2010, 17:03
Cat and trap's a blast...:engel016:
deathfromafar
June 14th, 2010, 19:39
Gonna but that bad boy for sure! WOW!
mfitch
June 14th, 2010, 21:13
I have a few CVE's just waiting for that.
expat
June 14th, 2010, 23:45
What a stunning model!! Going to have to spring for this one, after all, it's a Grumman!
MDIvey
June 14th, 2010, 23:51
You've excelled yourselves with this one. When i saw the pics on your development page a while back I thought this looks as though it will be good... but the end product amazing!

Matt
bazzar
June 15th, 2010, 00:46
Thankyou Matt much appreciated. Yes I have recently found that feeding modelers gets quite good results. I suppose they'll be wanting shoes next...:engel016:
roger-wilco-66
June 15th, 2010, 01:09
Beautiful work, Baz! :ernae:
I surely will have to get that one!


Cheers,
Mark
stiz
June 15th, 2010, 01:51
heck yea!! :applause: :applause:

and i've got the crash cart ready for when mud sees this :icon_lol:
txnetcop
June 15th, 2010, 03:28
That definitely will bring on a flurry of activity among warbird lovers! Outstanding BAZ!
Ted
lifejogger
June 15th, 2010, 04:25
That is going to look real good flying with my SBD.:jump::jump:
Pips
June 15th, 2010, 14:32
Absolutely stunning!:jump: My fave US Navy aeroplane - that and the Brewster Buffalo. Just luv those tubby aircraft.

By the by Baz, how is the landing gear retraction modelled? In the F4F a pilot had to manually hand crank the gear up and down - 50 odd revolutions for memory (don't quote me on that).
bazzar
June 15th, 2010, 16:23
The undercarriage is modeled and animated exactly like the real one (also based on the F3F)

We have however, shortened the crank handle animation in the VC, guessing you wouldn't really want to crank it 28 turns (yes, 28!) to get the gear up or down, especially heading for a trap on a carrier!

That gear is surprisingly strong despite its flimsy appearance and complex arrangement. I never tire of watching it collapse into those big wells...
Zommoz
June 15th, 2010, 17:43
WOW!!! That's a BEAUTY! ... but I was under the impression that these weren't catapulted, so I fired up Google to educate myself (don't you love the age we live in!) and found this (http://burtonia.com/ww2/kleiss/index.html) little nugget... thought those of y'all that haven't seen it yet might appreciate it.
(Of course, thanks to the internet, I am no closer to the truth about the cat thing...:isadizzy:. Maybe someone here can elucidate...?)
bazzar
June 15th, 2010, 18:05
No they wouldn't have been catapulted but in FSX the stock carrier has them so it's fun to use them.

In fact, in trials we can takeoff quite happily into a head wind with flaps as the real ones used to.
They lift off around mid-deck.
forgeknight
June 15th, 2010, 18:29
Any idea if this one might go up for sale in time for fathers day (this weekend)? I cant think of a better gift for my kids to give me!
bazzar
June 15th, 2010, 18:49
I doubt it mate, still a little beta testing to finish.