SOH Team Project - Grumman Tracker, Trader, Tracer

[gribouil]

THe E-1 is not my favourite one but I must admit that you've done a really good job Duckie!

[Milton Shupe]

Man! There is a lot of work in just getting the basics in place an she seems to be spot on! Great details all around.

[Snurdley]

Just a little update on the -3. At the rate this is going, I think I'll just release the paint kit with basic panel lines and stenciling, and leave the weathering at the discretion of the painter.

[Milton Shupe]

Just a little update on the -3. At the rate this is going, I think I'll just release the paint kit with basic panel lines and stenciling, and leave the weathering at the discretion of the painter.

Your call Sir, but I think its a great idea too. :-)

Thanks a bunch!

[ferondoe]

Your call Sir, but I think its a great idea too. :-)

Thanks a bunch!

Hello Milton,
I downloaded the Grumman Tracker Paint kit and I will be happy to paint the color traker to civil security, but it will then dificil to control my work. Is it possible to find this model anywhere?
Thank you very much for your reply.
Best Regards
Marty

[Milton Shupe]

Hello Milton,
I downloaded the Grumman Tracker Paint kit and I will be happy to paint the color traker to civil security, but it will then dificil to control my work. Is it possible to find this model anywhere?
Thank you very much for your reply.
Best Regards
Marty

Hi Marty,

Thank you for your interest. What paint kit do you have (for what aircraft)?

[Milton Shupe]

As soon as we have paint kits available for download, I will post links for interested texture artists.

Right now, all I have is the C1A uploaded:

http://www.flightsimonline.com/mas/soh-c1a-paintkit.zip

I hope to have the E1B and S2F-3 paint kits soon.

EDIT: Here is the S2F-3 Paintkit:

http://www.flightsimonline.com/downl...3_paintkit.zip

[ferondoe]

As soon as we have paint kits available for download, I will post links for interested texture artists.

Right now, all I have is the C1A uploaded:

http://www.flightsimonline.com/mas/soh-c1a-paintkit.zip

I hope to have the E1B and S2F-3 paint kits soon.

Hello Milton,
Thank you very much Milton. The Turbo model interest.
Best regards
Marty

[Milton Shupe]

Hello Milton,
Thank you very much Milton. The Turbo model interest.
Best regards
Marty

Hello Marty,

Thank you ... my mistake.

I will upload that for you today.

EDIT: Marty, I have two turbo models: Military and the CDF Tanker. I do not have a straight civilian model of the turboprop. Give me a few days and I will try to do one for you and other people with an interest in straight civilian models. Thanks

EDIT 2: Marty, I need more information about your pictured turbo. The PT-6 engines are different and the model is different than what I have. So to be accurate, I need to know the number of props used on each engine. Dave posted a "Turbo Differences" many moons ago. If you can help identify this one by this text, that would be helpful. Please read:

"I've been researching information and pics of the turbo prop variants for awhile. There appear to be basically three main turboprop variants.
1. The Marsh/IAI version Milton has done, which was used by the Argentine Navy. (the only military user of this variant) This version retained the vibration damper on the left horizontal stab and was converted from the long fuselage and long stabilizer S-2E/G Tracker. In my previous post, I included a pic of the prototype in USN markings still.
2. The Marsh tanker conversion used by the CDF, most of which appear to be converted S-2E/G Trackers. Notably, the CDF birds do not have the vibration damper on the left stab. This would be a de-militarized version of Milton's bird with a more pointy nose cap and pointy chromed spinners. Marsh also converted a few S-2A's to Turbo Tracker configuration as tankers, which retained the S-2A stabilizers.
3. The Grumman conversion used by the Taiwanese forces, which used the same engine (Garrett) as the Marsh conversions but had a 4 bladed prop and different exhausts. The nacelle is similar to the Marsh conversion. Notably, these didn't retain the searchlight.
4. The Conair conversions which used the PT-6 engines with 5 bladed props. This engine has exhausts on both side of the nacelle near the front (due to the PT6 being a reverse flow engine, inlet at the aft end and exhaust at the front). These were conversions of CS2F's and S-2A's with short fuselages and stabilisers. These appear to have retained the vibration dampers on the stabilizer. These also have the more pointed nose cap.

Just putting this out there to help clarify versions and available color schemes, especially for the version Milton has produced. Information is good!
Dave "

EDIT 3: I see from the picture it is a Conair conversion, but I cannot see what count of props it has. And, it does not have a pointed nose as suggested in #4 above.

EDIT 4: Okay, this is going to take a while as I have made fuselage changes in the belly and redid the tail cone area and reshaped teh nose, and I am totally reshaping the nacelles. So when I get done, those three major parts will have to be remapped for textures. I will contact you when it is done, likely next week at the earliest.

[Milton Shupe]

Just an update here. If anyone sees anything I have missed, please "shout it out". Thanks

[Snurdley]

I'm putting out a call for any photos of small data stenciling as seen on an in-service SF2-3. Thanks for any help!

[ferondoe]

Just an update here. If anyone sees anything I have missed, please "shout it out". Thanks

Hello Milton,

Here are some pictures:











The aircraft is equipped with two Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67AF free turbine, with reverse pitch propeller, and developing 1424 shp (1509 ESHP) to ISA + 31 ° C.

[Milton Shupe]

Marty,

Great pictures. I thought when I first looked at your request, I could do it in a few hours. However, after closer inspection, it will take much longer, likely 50-80 hours before totally complete. So, I am withdrawing my intentions to do this one for you.

I have 10 aircraft in progress right now, trying to release 2 of them this weekend, and have two others that people are waiting for me to map so that they can get painted.

So, I am not sure when or if I could even work on this.

My apologies for getting your hopes up.

[Blackbird686]

Just to keep things current, I'm bumping this one up. Hoping that (avoiding the word "soon") someday, we'll all have one, if not all of these in our virtual hangars.

BB686

[Milton Shupe]

I appreciate everyone's patience.

We have a number of things in progress but the key thing being the panel and gauges.

Since no one stepped up to contribute panel and gauges, we must await Scott's available time to get it done. He is getting close now.

Not a problem for me as I have plenty on my plate.

There are many excellent textures completed and more in progress. They are all awesome textures, very impressive.

We also have gaucho_59 working on the interior textures for the C-1A and E-1B, almost completed.
The S2F-3 is getting close.

Once we have the panel and gauges, I think I can release at least two of these aircraft, maybe three by then.

The CDF Turbos can be released with the KA350 panel if folks are impatient. Its panel and gauges come after the radials' panel.

Thanks for understanding.

There are a lot of hours invested here and still more to go, but the end products will be fun.