Fairey Albacore repaint WIP

[UncleTgt]

Trying out some repaints of Baldy's Fairey Albacore ...

[gedm]

Nicely done Uncle, are ya goin to up load?

Cheers :ernae:

G

[UncleTgt]

Not quite finished, want to do a 36 Squadron RAF version for those desperate Singapore missions:rolleyes: .
Once that's done, I'll upload in a single skins pack ...

[baldy]

Nice job

baldy

[Jagdflieger]

Nice indeed. I'm going to have to get the old Albacore dusted off again.

[hewman100]

Hi Uncle, where'd you find the info on the 119 Sqn all-black Applecore? The only one I've ever come across only had the Squadron codes and no individual aircraft letter.

[UncleTgt]

... it's a pure guess, I can't find anything reliable about code letters & markings for 415 squadron RCAF Albacores or 36 Squadron RAF Albacores.
I Just liked the idea of twinning the all-black albacore with a Wellington XIII, complete with radar aerials, & go hunting E Boats & R Boats! Plain black with no codes just doesn't feel right ...

[Buddha13]

Hi all,
At last another Albacore.There was an nice older model done some time ago by Baldy.Nice to get an updated one.

Buddha13

[UncleTgt]

Don't get too excited, it's just some new paint jobs - it's still Baldy's original model, a bit more detail on the skin is all ...:typing:

[hewman100]

I may have some info on their aircraft, no pics though, if you want it. I forgot that 415 Sqn took 119 Sqns codes when they took on the Albecores.

[UncleTgt]

I may have some info on their aircraft, no pics though, if you want it. I forgot that 415 Sqn took 119 Sqns codes when they took on the Albecores.

Thanks, I'll take any help you can give me ...:woot:

I don't like "plain" skins, but all the same, I don't feel comfy about having to make up too much. Even a/c serial numbers I could use would be better than guessing.

[hewman100]

Culled from the folling sources:

Coastal, Support, and Special Squadrons of the RAF and their Aircraft by John D.R. Rawlings

Scale Aircraft Modelling Magazine, October 1989. Article on 415 sqn RCAF by Andrew Thomas.


Aircraft known to be on 415 Sqn strength ( those asterisked went on to form core of 119 Sqn)

X9271 'NH-J1' *
BF588 'NH-M' *
BF600 'NH-P1' *
L7123 'NH-C1' *
X9130 'NH-X1'
X9222 'NH-A1'

This aircraft known to be on 119 Sqn strength:

X9281 'NH-K'

All aircraft were transferred from FAA. Whether all retained the 'ROYAL NAVY' is unknown. Squadron codes is Red, Aircraft codes in White

[UncleTgt]

Hewman - :woot:Thank you!

[miamieagle]

Thank you!

[UncleTgt]

Latest ...

:kilroy:

Thanks to Hewman for the lead on the RCAF codes

Baldy responded to my request for a mdl file fix on the rudder - thank you!

I've tweaked using Martin Wright's mdlmat to cover up the texture gaps as much as poss ...

Working on an airfile & aircraft.cfg that makes it a half decent AI aircraft, whilst at least allowing a player to get airborne ... is Obio still FS9 ing?

Sounds - Not a lot around for a Bristol Taurus engine. I think Lawdog's D3A1 Val set as a close fit - any other suggestions?

Think I'll leave the panel as Baldy's - cockpits not a strong suit, the repaint learning curve is steep enough!:faint:

[UncleTgt]

Slight hiccup with uploading:typing:

Whilst that gets resolved, I started playing with Shessi's Wellington X ...

:wiggle:

[Jagdflieger]

Just the color scheme on the Wellington to try and penetrate Shessi's Kammhuber line at night.

[UncleTgt]

Thanks to help from the administrators, I got the uploading side sorted & they're up

I put them up as separate a/c as the night skins need to use a modified mdl file to the daytime skins (plus it keeps the file size down!).:typing:

... now back to the 415 sqdn Wellington ... how to code the radar antennae to accept the right skin colours ...

[xavierb]

Great repaints. Thanks, UncleTgt!