(Payware) A6M2 Zero

**Martyn** · March 22nd, 2012, 01:00

Some pics of our upcoming A6M2 Zero for FSX

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**stiz** · March 22nd, 2012, 01:17

any chance of seeing the dirty prop spinner on the white zero being washed off? makes the rest of it look ugly

**Pips** · March 22nd, 2012, 01:45

Outstanding!

***Daube*** · March 22nd, 2012, 01:55

Fantastic !
It will be from "Just Flight", right ? (sorry for this question, I'm still unable to remember who works for which company here...)
Who "realistic" do you plan to make this aircraft ?

**Martyn** · March 22nd, 2012, 02:17

Yes this is a Just Flight product. We will be releasing more details about the aircraft shortly.

**YoYo** · March 22nd, 2012, 03:14

http://justflight.com/developProduct.asp?pid=1007 More pictures.

**roger-wilco-66** · March 22nd, 2012, 04:15

Great news, looking forward!

:ernae:
Mark

**Ian Warren** · March 22nd, 2012, 04:27

She looks great , with all the recent Pacific aircraft and freeware scenery , another Pearl Harbour or further a Real Virtual Midway :salute:

**mal998** · March 22nd, 2012, 04:42

Sweet!

Makes me want to jump in my Hellcat!

I will be picking this one up!

**jeansy** · March 22nd, 2012, 06:19

its looking good,

its in better condition than the ones ive seen for real(at least its in one piece)

**Bomber_12th** · March 22nd, 2012, 06:31

It seems like the perfect opportunity to finally duplicate the "oil canning" effect, well, with a Zero built for FSX and the vast material options available.

**fsxar177** · March 22nd, 2012, 10:17

Martyn,
The Zero has been long-overdue in FSX. This is great news! It's looking purdy..

Joseph

**Gibbage** · March 22nd, 2012, 10:32

Originally Posted by Bomber_12th

It seems like the perfect opportunity to finally duplicate the "oil canning" effect, well, with a Zero built for FSX and the vast material options available.

That skin effect is VERY hard to duplicate in normal maps. Thats why it hasent really been done yet.

**Bomber_12th** · March 22nd, 2012, 11:24

What I meant, is that with every past Zero built for any other flight sim, you would have to actually texture the aircraft to look like that, with all of the shadows and highlighting in the base textures themselves, in order to get close to the effect. With this being the first Zero that can support normal maps/bump maps (whatever you want to call them), I'm just saying it is the first opporunity that someone could have to reproduce this effect using the more advanced materials available in FSX (it does also require a good amount of specular (which would be accurate anyway) to show off such detail in the normal/bump maps). I'm not, in the least, saying that it hasn't been done well on other productions, and I know too exactly what goes into trying to duplicate such an effect.

**roger-wilco-66** · March 22nd, 2012, 11:58

Originally Posted by Gibbage

That skin effect is VERY hard to duplicate in normal maps. Thats why it hasent really been done yet.

I think the OZX HD Redux version of the Grumman Goose is a good example for that. Must have been a tough job.

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**Gibbage** · March 22nd, 2012, 17:13

Originally Posted by roger-wilco-66

I think the OZX HD Redux version of the Grumman Goose is a good example for that. Must have been a tough job.

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Thats a way of faking it, putting a random noise into the skin.

**crashaz** · March 22nd, 2012, 21:01

Ah Zero-sen! Looking good! All we need now are some Kate's and Val's

**Martyn** · April 19th, 2012, 02:06

The Zero is now available: http://www.justflight.com/product.asp?pid=1007

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**MartinM** · April 19th, 2012, 02:08

Cool !!

**roger-wilco-66** · April 19th, 2012, 05:54

Wow!!!

***stovall*** · April 19th, 2012, 08:48

Here is a good look at the Just Flight Zero and ChiChi Jima. The price is right and this very nice aircraft has found a home.

**roger-wilco-66** · April 19th, 2012, 10:10

Nice shots, Tom. I'll also buy it!

Cheers,
Mark

**Warrant** · April 19th, 2012, 10:18

Wow, looks great!

Will take a while before i can purchase it though...

Recently added to my hangar:

- Virtavia F-111
- Virtavia B-1B
- Milviz F-15E
- Iris F-15E Mudhen

And i'm off for vacation to Florida soon....

So no more funds for this beauty for a while :mix-smi:, but is on my whish-list for sure! :salute: