LV (0001) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr
LV (0003) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr
LV (0005) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr
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Nice retro vibe to this one.Originally Posted by jankees
T43
staying with Dutch aircraft... (nice one, Zsolt!)
N321 (0002) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr
N321 (0004) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr
N321 (0006) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr
N321 (0008) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr
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Jan Kees, is this Texel you're overflying, with Vlieland in the distance ?..
Thanks!
It is indeed, well spotted!
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There's something happening here
work in progress:
RW(0001) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr
but I can't find a good picture of the mission markings and badge on the right side:
can anyone help?
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Strats (0003) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr
Strats (0004) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr
Strats (0006) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr
Strats (0001) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr
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Hi Spad, great to see your dipping your toes into the MSFS waters.
There's something happening here
Joe Cusick
San Francisco Bay Area, California.
I am serious, and stop calling me Shirley.
As you may know, the paint scheme on the Lone Star Flight Museum's F4U-5N (NX43RW) is based on the paint scheme worn by the F4U-5N flown by US Navy night fighter pilot Guy Bordelon, who was the US Navy's only ace during the Korean War. However, being quite an old restoration, going back to the early 1990s, the paint scheme isn't terribly accurate. For instance, the original had low-vis markings, with most of all of the white paint muted light blue, and rather than a black anti-glare shield, it would have been non-specular sea blue. Also, being an older restoration, all of the interior surfaces are painted in Imron grey primer rather than original Zinc Chromate or Interior Green paint.but I can't find a good picture of the mission markings and badge on the right side:
can anyone help?
The bombs are painted with crescent moons (denoting night missions), and the highly-faded insignia is that of the squadron, VC-3 "Chukar Pups", though it is reversed in direction from how it should be: https://www.flickr.com/photos/tifosiblake/5638404884/sizes/o
BTW, in many photos it's hard to see the aircraft's registration, NX43RW, but it's painted below the elevators, in a lighter shade of blue compared to the overall glossy sea blue: http://data3.primeportal.net/hangar/don_busack/f4u-5n/images/f4u-5n_12_of_14.jpg
Here are some photos of Guy Bordelon's original F4U-5N, showing the low-vis markings with most of the white paint muted light blue. The aircraft of course also had the big radar fairing on right wing.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/153116...52407/sizes/l/
https://www.asisbiz.com/il2/Corsair/...ea-1953-01.jpg
https://www.asisbiz.com/il2/Corsair/...ea-1953-02.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Lt_Guy_Bordelon_USN_fighter_ace_Korea.jpeg
It makes me wish we had a F4U-5 variant in MSFS (a very different airframe compared to the F4U-1D/FG-1D).
Last edited by Bomber_12th; August 11th, 2023 at 15:29.
https://www.flyingtigerantiques.com/...-on-twill.html
Is this the emblem ?
Yes, and that's the way it was painted on the original, though the decal on the restored example faces backwards (https://www.flickr.com/photos/tifosi...04884/sizes/o/).
Here is a little guided look around the excellent freeware scenery of the Military Aviation Museum located in Virginia Beach, Virginia (https://flightsim.to/file/52438/42va...viation-museum). Each structure is modeled and textured to match those you can find when visiting the real location. Also, all of the aircraft in these screenshots are either copies of the very aircraft that are owned & operated by the museum (via repaints), or are of the same type. The museum boasts one of the largest collections of flying WWI and WWII aircraft in the United States, with a large grass runway. The scenery makes use of one of the vintage aircraft libraries, placing specific WWI and WWII aircraft around the airfield, which in some of the screenshots I have installed and in some others I have purposely uninstalled (very simple, by just moving the library folder in or out of the community folder).
The main museum hangars, which house the majority of the museum's flying aircraft, are modeled off of the Art Deco age of the 1930s, including a period-style water tower used for the fire suppression system. The owner, Jerry Yagen, has been a long-time friend of Kermit Weeks, and you can see how Weeks' Fantasy of Flight, built several years beforehand, provided inspiration for the design of the MAM main facilities. The Corsair in this screenshot is the Milviz/Blackbird model, with a repaint depicting the museum's FG-1D BuNo. 92508 (N46RL), available here: https://flightsim.to/file/55447/milv...ogers-goodyear
There are a couple of genuine World War Two era structures located at the museum/airfield site. One of these is an original control tower that once stood at former RAF Goxhill, which became the first USAAF airbase in England in 1942. Becoming neglected and quite dilapidated over the decades following WWII, the control tower was eventually acquired by Jerry Yagen and was disassembled, brick by brick, and shipped to the US. At the museum, it was reconstructed and restored to its wartime appearance. The Spitfire in this screenshot is the FlyingIron model, with a repaint depicting the museum's Spitfire Mk.IX MJ730 (N730MJ), available here: https://flightsim.to/file/15921/spit...s-query-n730mj
Another angle on the Goxhill watch tower. The Tiger Moth in this screenshot is the Ant's Airplanes model, with a repaint depicting the museum's Tiger Moth T-5525 (N6463), available here: https://flightsim.to/file/50590/de-h...er-moth-t-5525
Another genuine World War Two era structure at the museum/airfield is a hangar from Cottbus, Germany. Originally built in 1934 for use by a flight school, during World War Two the hangar was put to use by the Focke-Wulf company, which at Cottbus manufactured and test flew the Fw 200, Fw 190 and Ta 152. Although severely damaged in an 8th Air Force bombing raid in 1944, it was repaired and continued to be used throughout the Cold War. Jerry Yagen acquired the hangar in 2004 and had it disassembled and shipped to Virginia Beach where it was reassembled on the western end of the airfield. Today, it houses a number of the museum's 1930s and WWII-era German aircraft. The museum owns and operates the only flyable Ju 52 in North America, but a repaint of that specific aircraft has not yet been done, so I have used a different repaint here. The Ju 52 is able to be moved inside the Cottbus hangar, and flanked by smaller German types (including an original, static, Fw 190A).
And another screenshot in front of the Cottbus hangar. The museum's Bf 109G-4 WkNr.19257 (N109GY) is one of only two DB-powered '109s currently flying in North America. This is of course the FlyingIron model with the repaint I just recently released, available here: https://flightsim.to/file/59433/mess...r-19257-n109gy The Storch is part of the static scenery.
To house the museum's impressive number of replica World War I aircraft, a WWI-style hangar was built based on the design aesthetics of a 1918 blueprint drawing for an "Aeroplane Twin Shed" built for the Royal Flying Corps. However, instead of twin bays, three were built in order to accomodate the number of aircraft, and sliding doors were added, where as originally the open bays would have simply been covered with canvas curtains. Other modern amenities incorporated include a concrete floor, climate control (for protecting the wood and fabric aircraft), a modern electrical system and hurricane fasteners for the roof. Although not depicted here, a repaint of the museum's replica Curtiss Jenny (N6898C) is available here: https://flightsim.to/file/50136/curt...d-jenny-n6898c
And finally, just a couple screenshots, taking off from the grass runway, and another overall view of the airfield from the air. Although I've heard another flight simmer describe the runway as being small and challenging, that's only really an impression based on the trees that line the runway. The runway is nearly 5000 ft long and 190 ft wide, so actually quite large, and it was more than ample for when they used to own and operate the B-17G 'Chuckie' (before it was sold to the Erickson Aircraft Collection). Some of the other larger types that fly at the museum/airfield include the Ju 52, C-46 Commando and PBY Catalina.
thank you for the info, John. I don't think there is anybody that knows as much as you do about warbirds. Strange that they messed up the paintscheme, the RW on the tail instead of the NP, the colors...
But I was asked to paint the warbird, so RW it is.
Meanwhile, I was enjoying the Flying Iron Spitfire:
IDF (0002) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr
IDF (0007) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr
IDF (0005) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr
IDF (0001) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr
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Vergaserheizung...
The yellow valve, lower right of the instrument panel, when opened, will spray fuel on the windscreen for deicing (though it will also slowly drain your fuel tank the longer you leave it open, as FlyingIron went as far as coding it to drain fuel at an accurate rate).
I've been loving all of the formation screenshots. That's something I used to do all of the time back in FSX, and will have to get back into it again (it made for something unique/different than the usual flying/usual screenshots). I've only done it a few times so-far in MSFS.
John, I use Flight Control Replay for the formation shots, works well for screenshots I find.
Meanwhile, thanks for the info on NX43RW, here is the end result:
NX43RW (0004) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr
NX43RW (0009) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr
NX43RW (0007) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr
there are still a few differences with the real aircraft, but since it is a different model Corsair anyway, I hoped you guys wouldn't mind...
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TP314 (0002) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr
TP314 (0004) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr
TP314 (0007) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr
TP314 (0006) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr
TP314 (0008) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr
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Thank you.
The longer you spend with this thing the more it gets under the skin.
Loving the depth of the model, it must have been a pleasure to execute.
Good shots
What distance value do you use?
for the flightcontrolreplay you mean?
0.01 nm distance, -15 ft altitude offset in this case
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yes,thank you
these are a bit closer, 0.008 nm
NP-VE (0009) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr
NP-VE (0007) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr
NP-VE (0002) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr
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chat (0002) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr
chat (0005) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr
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