I'm with you Dave. Can't wait to get back to complete the Harpoon project. These are looking so fine.
Won't be much longer getting the Republic XP's out the door and we'll be here.
I'm with you Dave. Can't wait to get back to complete the Harpoon project. These are looking so fine.
Won't be much longer getting the Republic XP's out the door and we'll be here.
Just uploaded an AI package for those of you who like to sprinkle these things around airports.
See the details here: http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforum...6&linkid=18407
These are lower poly, lower texture size stripped models for light use as AI.
Hi there,
Two new repaints for the AI Harpoon are available now here http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforum...7&linkid=18454. They feature PV2's of the Royal Netherlands Navy and the Portuguese Air Force.
Those eight flightsimmers who downloaded the repaints first, may have noticed that in one of the texture folders the turretrail.bmp was missing. Just copy the turretrail.bmp from the other texture folder into the incomplete one and the issue is solved. The mistake has been corrected from download nr. 9 on.
The screenshots below have been made by Sir Milton himself. Many thanks!
Cheers,
Maarten
... showing mag compass locations.
I guess the best thing about finishing up the Republic Experimentals project is getting back to the Harpoons. I really want to get this completed properly. Still have some VC work to do and some textures and gauges cleanup. This must get done before we get on the Lodestar project full steam.
Yes, for me too. Investing some time flying to re-familiarize myself with everything and making list of "to-do's".
Milton:
Can you tell us where the A-20 Havoc fits into the schedule of you and your associates ??
Thanks in advance.
Current work plan:
Complete the Harpoon project.
Complete the Lodestar Civilian, C-57/C-60, and Ventura modeling/textures mapping
Begin modeling the A-20G Havoc
Revisit the F7F-1/2/3/3N to improve exterior mapping and virtual cockpit
Note that all of these projects overlap so progress continues on all fronts while previous projects are completed.
Really looking forward to the Lockheeds, although getting checked out in the Jugs is keeping me busy.
Glad to see that the A-20 is not far off. That's a plane I've really wanted to see nicely done.
Milton, I just wanted to bring something to your notice. Some Harpoons had diamond tread tires, also so did the Ventura, Lodestar and the A-26 Invader. So I decided to make a diamond tire tread texture for the Harpoon. However when I went to view the texture on the Harpoon in the sim, it looked stretched on part of the tire. Here's a pic...
I went to try it on the A-26 as well but it turned out the same. Would it be possible to un-stretch the tire model?
BTW, the cockpit looks great, even if its still a WIP!
MRogers,
When I use a straight grooved tire, I often map it simply as I did with these aircraft mentioned.
For a patterned texture, one must map the tires cylindrically.
I will change the Lodestar/Harpoon/Ventura models when I get back into them but I cannot do anything now for the A26 models and all the variants. There are certainly better textures that could be used to replace the grooved textures I did though. :-)
can the tire textures from the A-29 Grizzley be adopted to the Lockheeds ?? they were nicely done !!
rgds
t creed
the XA-38 is what I meant to type...
rgds
t creed
That's absolutely fine Milton about leaving out the A26.
Regarding pic's, books I have read had photo's of RNZAF PV-1's with the same kind of tread tires as the grizzly's, same for the C-60's during WW2, and the same in the late 40's for the New Zealand National Airways Lodestars, probably at that time in the late 40's there was still a lot of new wartime treaded tires available in stock. Unfortunately I can't scan these pic's at the moment, but I'll try dig up some pics from the net.
Here's a link to a picture of an RAAF Lodestar...here you can see the tread on the tire. The NZNAC civil Lodestars had tires like that, and same with C-60s
http://www.adf-serials.com.au/2a67.htm
http://ww2today.com/3rd-may-1943-no-...-daylight-raid <<--click on the Ventura photo to enlarge it, this one is a British RAF MKII Ventura which was different in appearance to the PV-1 but here you can see the treaded tire. Most of the RNZAF PV-1s had tires like that and I would think most US Venturas had the same too
Unfortunately that was all I could dig up from the net. I can't find any pics of wartime PV-2s either. They would have had treaded tires on them in the Pacific theater, like the PV-1s.
I just love the treaded tires on the Grizzly!
Thanks!
Hallo Milton,
as I still are serching for cockpit and interior pictures for the Harpoon I found this interesting site:
http://www.warbirdinformationexchang...8160&start=570
perhaps you still know it.
If not I hope you can find there somme interesting stuff for you and your team.
Holm- und Rippenbruch
Yours
Papi
Thank you Papi. Yes, I am aware of this site and thread; have followed it from the beginning. I am very appreciative of Taigh Ramey's work. He provided many photos for the AT-11 project a few years back from his AT-11 restoration. He has also provided photos and drawings of the Harpoon project to assist in some of my questions regarding the ECU setup. Taigh Ramey is a wonderful and talented man who has earned the respect of many in the business.
Hallo Milton
oh you are lucky in America where the people are very "sportive" and like to share their work. It is not assame in germany ! I tried to get some photos and help for a Casa 1.111 (spanish version of the Heinkel He 111) pfff any answer.
Nevertheless I would like to send you three screenshots to show you where i am with my panel for the Harpoon. I changed the main panel. And hmmm I' m not
realy glad with it.
but the radio and radar operators position might perhps be interesting.
Yours
Papi
good morning Milton,
if you want I would send you the panel for test before relase as perhaps you can use something out of it.
But by mail it would realy be too big, even without the gauges.
So if you can indicate me a way how to - - - I will send it to you.
For the moment I work also on the Fw 200 Condor panel and a total rework of it's airfile.
Other question to you: would the Lodestat also be avaible for FS2004 ?
That would be very fine !
I kow you still have a lot of work in the tube; but why not a german aircraft as the He 111 in the variant before it geot the full glazed nose,
or the spanish variant Casa 1.111 ? or a Me 109 G-12, the two-seater variant?
For the moment the plane I use most the time for experiancing new scenes or to have a look how is the real weather home in brittany is one of your AI-Harpoons with one of my "light" panels.
yours
Papi
I found a couple of online discussions that ranged from "they used whatever was in the parts stores" to a couple that discussed tires being spec'd for field conditions/geography/surfaces.
One of the latter is here: http://forum.armyairforces.com/Tire-...gn-m90892.aspx
Although small, a couple of the attached images may be helpful.
It does seem likely that, once in the theater, tires may have been replaced with whatever was 'on hand' as there are numerous pictures of a/c with more than one tread pattern installed.
"To some the sky is the limit. To others it is home" anon.
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” -Albert Einstein
Thanks for the research. I do have a diamond pattern shared by Manfred Jahn as used on the Grizzly but not the pattern shown here. Maybe a good enough picture will be unearthed that will allow a portion of the pattern to be used to make a template for an alternate tread pattern.
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