Screenshots Redux

**skylane** · May 4th, 2022, 05:20

Sightseeing in a four-engine flying boat! Yes, why not.

Beautiful plane, and beautiful scenery!

***UncleTgt*** · May 9th, 2022, 04:58

It's a bit of a Frankenstein model, Skylane. I'm using it to learn how to do things with GMax.

The crew is taken from Stuart Green's Betty, & the prop blades are off Thicko's B5N2 Kate. The prop disk is from one of Akemi's Zeros. The basic aircraft is the main LOD from Piglet's H6K5. I added a dorsal gun position, & some fuselage fuel bladder details. I then worked on the vc instruments.

Parts animate as they should, & it shows & flies in CFS 2. I need to complete the airfile & DP.

Unfortunately it's single LOD, but seeing it's never likely to show up in large numbers, that's probably OK.

***Shessi*** · May 9th, 2022, 06:25

Very nice there UT!

Look forward to the fruits...

Cheers

Shessi

**mav** · May 10th, 2022, 02:00

Probably old news.... but alpha did one these....

Cheers me

***UncleTgt*** · May 10th, 2022, 12:45

Mav

The Alpha bird is a H6K5 - note the lack of a bow gunner, just some strange (invented?) flexible MGs in the nose.

The -5 moved the nose gun to the cockpit roof, you can see a small turret in your screengrab.

I also thought their dorsal "cellar door" gun position was suspect too - my research could only find evidence of a simple circular hatch, where the dorsal turret was in the pre-war -2's.
Anyway, the main reason was to try new things in GMax.
Ideally I wanted to make it multi-LOD, like Piglets original, but don't seem able to get it to export from GMax once I add any lower lods back in, so 2 steps fwds, 1 step sideways ...

**Hiede** · May 23rd, 2022, 17:36

From what my son has worked on.

Aleutions

**Hiede** · May 23rd, 2022, 17:39

Some more pics.

***highpockets*** · May 24th, 2022, 11:29

Looking good Heide! That youngster a whole lot more skilled than this old dinosaur.

**Captain Kurt** · May 24th, 2022, 14:26

Nice !!

**aussie** · May 24th, 2022, 17:18

Nice work,

He fly's much better than I do, I can never hit the carriers

Cheers
aussie

***highpockets*** · May 25th, 2022, 18:37

Me either aussie!!

***bearcat241*** · May 25th, 2022, 23:40

Bravo!

Getting the most captivating action screenies possible can be as challenging as the action itself, with all the angling, timing, pausing and positioning, etc.

**kdriver** · May 27th, 2022, 11:34

I've done a WW2 version of the Felixstowe flying boat base thanks to Martin Klein for the authentic hangars (they still have their WW1 paintwork) and Ian Elliot for the hammerhead crane.

***Shadow Wolf 07*** · May 27th, 2022, 14:09

My Morobe PNG airbase and PT Boat base:

***UncleTgt*** · June 4th, 2022, 03:34

Solomons, but further to the North & West ...

**aussie** · June 4th, 2022, 04:44

Some great screenshots there UncleTgt, Shadow Wolf 07 and kdriver.

BTW did anyone ever work out how to drive a floatplane into the water from the land or its something that just can't be done?

aussie.

**skylane** · June 4th, 2022, 23:09

Very nice pictures, guys!

Aussie, you mean an amphibian like the PBY-5A? I never tried, but I think it will probably not work due to the different contact points for wheels and floats.

**aussie** · June 5th, 2022, 00:25

Originally Posted by skylane

Very nice pictures, guys!

Aussie, you mean an amphibian like the PBY-5A? I never tried, but I think it will probably not work due to the different contact points for wheels and floats.

Yes that's exactly what I meant, I was just hoping with the advancements in LWM that maybe a solution was available. It does just come down the differences in the contact points types. Thanks for the reply skyline

aussie

***Rami*** · June 5th, 2022, 04:44

Good morning,

Now that I have my lesson plans complete for the year, it's wonderful to be able to post in CFS2 again. Kevin - You did a great job on Felixstowe.

UncleTgt,

Your Solomons pics look delightful. Nice work!

***Shadow Wolf 07*** · June 5th, 2022, 12:01

Originally Posted by aussie

Some great screenshots there UncleTgt, Shadow Wolf 07 and kdriver.

BTW did anyone ever work out how to drive a floatplane into the water from the land or its something that just can't be done?

aussie.

Cheers aussie:
I done it from my Morobe base.

See that small "runway" at the bottom of pic 4? I had the seaplane there, locked the brakes, revved her up. Then I released the bakes and hit the gear key at the same time (that way she doesn't sink). You can do the same from any base or beach with an amphib.

***UncleTgt*** · June 11th, 2022, 01:20

Some more airbase work ...

**aussie** · June 11th, 2022, 01:59

Wow UncleTgt! nice blended sceneries, very impressive. When do you think they will be ready for release so I can check them out up close?

Cheers

aussie

***UncleTgt*** · June 13th, 2022, 02:29

Aussie,

Thanks for the kind comments.

I'm not sure on timeline - SOH member Skylane is creating some Jap mission packs involving the raids on Henderson. As part of this project, he needed the Jap bases on Bougainville, so I redrew Bougainville, Choiseul, Sortland & the Treasury Islands, to build upon those sceneries already included in the "87 Days" update by Capt Kurt. Creating Ballale, Shortland & revamping/relocating Kieta, Buka & Kahili was a natural next step.

Skylane has been developing some missions from my earlier New Britain scenery too. It really changes your POV when you're dogfighting Wildcat's over Savo & have one eye on your fuel gauge!!!

All this required some revisions of airfiles, so Akemi's Zeros/Rufe's could be used - without compromising combat behaviour too - so lot's going on!!!