Call for research material... (Fairchild C119G Boxcar)

[sp762]

Hi Friends,
A model without cargo doors (used for heavy loads drop) ?

yes, the doors could be taken off for delivery of outsized loads. In some cases by air drop, but also, for example artillery pieces transported with the trails hanging out the back of the plane.

Really excited by this project!

[tjsdn1375]

Any chance your FSX/P3D LDR C-119 Boxcar is still in development???

Tjsdn

[morpheusfz]

Tjsdn 1375 You understand nothing right? 

[SSI01]

My First Sergeant in the AF was a chief gunner aboard both AC-119Gs and AC-119Ks. From what he told me you are correct about the impressions one gained from flying in the aircraft - big, slow, bulky - but also immensely strong. His bird got a 37mm hit over the HCM trail one night, had a hole in the floor big enough to drop a VW through. This resulted in severe damage to the aircraft's hydraulics, fluid soaked the parachutes but they put them on anyway, maybe just for peace of mind. At any rate they got home all right. The birds must have been effective, he and all his squadron mates had prices on their heads.

I did ask him one time why he never transitioned into AC-130s, with all their improvements. His answer told you something about the -119's simplicity. He asked me which one I would rather try to escape from in an emergency - a high-rise hotel or a log cabin.

[falcon409]

Any chance your FSX/P3D LDR C-119 Boxcar is still in development???
Tjsdn

Yes, it is still being worked on. There is no time line for completion, but you'll know when everyone else does. Probably when it's posted here!

[tjsdn1375]

Tjsdn 1375 You understand nothing right? 

Why? just understand anything? I can understand.....

[tjsdn1375]

Yes, it is still being worked on. There is no time line for completion, but you'll know when everyone else does. Probably when it's posted here!

Oh, Okay I see...

[Crusader]

Really looking forward to this one along with many others here . A classic old twin transport .

Rich

[SH427]

Just a teeny tiny little bump.

Any news/updates?
I go a couple days forgetting this is a thing and then suddenly remember.

[Penzoil3]

Really looking forward to this! You're doing a lovely job, on an ugly old bird. My grandfather worked in the factory in WWII. He always refered to them as "split tail b**tards."
So I've always had a soft spot for the Fairchild.
LOL
Sue

[mvg3d]

Hi Friends,
Some pictures from an Italian C-119's restoration....

http://www.centroaeronauticoantoni.i...restauro_2.htm

[Firekitten]

Just a teeny tiny little bump.

Any news/updates?
I go a couple days forgetting this is a thing and then suddenly remember.

It's still in progress SH427, one of the team is a little busy at the moment with harsh Canadian Winters, so we've partially shelved the project till he gets more time. We're still going, and it will still be done, don't worry!

[Penzoil3]

Thanks ! Really looking forward to this. Love the Navion.
sue

[tjsdn1375]

cant wait any longer when is this bird going to be release

[Firekitten]

Read my post literally two above this...

Due to one of the team being busy at the moment, there is a delay, but we will get it released as quickly as we can. I'm afraid there isn't much we can do to speed it up.

[Penzoil3]

Drool ! Thanks for the update. We all have lives that interfere with our simming. We understand... I'd send him some Arizona sunshine if I could.
LOL
Sue

[Penzoil3]

Drool ! Thanks for the update. We all have lives that interfere with our simming. We understand... I'd send him some Arizona sunshine if I could.
LOL
Sue

Ahh, bump !

[Penzoil3]

Hope this is still alive ?
Sue

[Penzoil3]

Hope this is still alive ?
Sue

Bump ! Still alive ? It's SUMMER !

[falcon409]

Bump ! Still alive ? It's SUMMER !

I haven't spoken to Larry or Rachael in a while concerning the 119, but I know they set it aside for various real world reasons and as yet I don't think they've gone back to it. Maybe one of them will see this "bumped" thread and comment further.

[Penzoil3]

Thanks! I appreciate your reply. I hope they do.
Sue

[Firekitten]

Can't speak for Larry, but we've both been a little burned out with simming after a long run of developing. I know I worked on the Mallard for fs9 and FSX/p3d, and Milton's lodestar and ventura projects and a couple of Iris Jobs. It was a busy year. We will return to this... for sure, but we do plan to get back to it, please be paitent, this stuff is actually rather hard and time consuming, we will finish it, its not like its a year later, we started this in January really... a lot is done, its just real life happened.

Heck I'm off around the country a lot with work, and i get home, the last thing I want to do is develop and texture, I want to sit and game, sim, or relax... but we will have it!

[ksw1375]

Any new to the C-119??

[falcon409]

Hello, Any new to the C-119??

Nothing has changed. Don't look for any movement on this project. I can't say that it's dead certainly, but it's not going anywhere right now.

[Tako_Kichi]

Just to let folks know I am back to working on this project after a lengthy lay-off. All the modelling changes have been made to the external model and the interior cargo area (except for maybe a couple of pieces of eye-candy like steps and loading ramps) and the VC is coming along by leaps and bounds since I came back. I still need to flesh out the central console and the overhead console but it's getting there.

This is what the VC looks like at the moment, I'm still mapping parts so that they can be textured.