Raaf 707

***jankees*** · May 5th, 2015, 07:44

I wanted to do something else from KC-97's and P-38's so I revisited the Captain Sim 707.
It could be someone else painted this already, but I couldn't find anything, so...
(still wip)

**Mach3DS** · May 5th, 2015, 07:54

I don't have this one, is there a kc135 version of this as well? or AWACS? Looks fantastic Jankees! I wish I had 10% of your skills! I would love to petition CS to rerelease a version of their model that incorporates the diffuse alpha.

**DaveB** · May 5th, 2015, 08:03

Simple looking but quite lovely. Another stunner JKB

ATB
DaveB

**expat** · May 5th, 2015, 08:08

CS 707 is wonderful a wonderful aircraft. Would be great to have some shiny polished alloy paints for it.

Rick, there have been some C-135 (no boom) paints done for this but it is on the 707-300 PAX model, the KC-135 has the older design, shorter fuselage so its not perfectly accurate. CS have a - separately priced - AWACS version.

***jankees*** · May 5th, 2015, 08:56

yes, it's a nice model.
Here's a few more shots of progress:

**DaveQ** · May 5th, 2015, 09:06

Lovely paint of a beautiful aircraft Jankees!! I remember being surprised to find some at Richmond air base when I was driving back to Sydney from the Blue Mountains in 2001. Thought they'd have been gone by then.

DaveQ

***Jafo*** · May 5th, 2015, 13:32

I did one a couple of years ago....but it broke...

[A.O.M.]

**DaveB** · May 5th, 2015, 13:34

hahahahaha..

Dave Garwoods Beaufighter used to do that when I had a beta on my old AMD XP3200 rig. Thank goodness I can run it now

ATB
DaveB

***Jafo*** · May 5th, 2015, 13:45

That happened when I was painting it...8.8.8 bitmaps were a bit of a load.
Back to DDS and it was OK [and since then a bit more PC grunt]....

Here it was buzzing YMML. They were dirty buggers...

**DaveB** · May 5th, 2015, 14:13

Yes indeed

I had to remove the VC from the FS9 version to stop it crawling along in low double figures (the CS707 that is). Never bothered with the FSX version.
ATB
DaveB

**Ian Warren** · May 5th, 2015, 14:34

Great Paint JK

, Just for you Jafo , another JanKees paint loosing the engine in the more civil way

***Jafo*** · May 5th, 2015, 14:53

Seems flying in a 707 could get 'interesting'...
Define 'interesting'....

Actually...my first inter flight [as part of the RMIT Architecture course] was on a chartered 707 ....back in '72 ...

**511Flyer** · May 5th, 2015, 22:48

I may be wrong, but weren't the engines thrown back over the top of the wings when ejected? I recall seeing a TV programme about this many years ago, when an engine came off a 707 on take off from Heathrow.

D.

**Ian Warren** · May 6th, 2015, 01:12

The Heathrow incident the engine powered forward and oscillated, the one you maybe confuse with was the DC-10 out of O'hare were the rear bolt gave away first then rolled across the top and rolling into the ground due to damage to control surface course the aircrew not knowing they lost the engine plus the weight , the Heathrow accident engine power off causing a fire , the crew were so quick witted they turned the 707 back on a reverse course .. landed it before the entire aircraft was engulfed in flames with the lost off only from memory one cabin member ...

**expat** · May 6th, 2015, 02:14

**Ian Warren** · May 6th, 2015, 02:31

Looks great expat , doing a little research the other day , tho not a C-135 , the first USAF aircraft in this cat first landed at Christchurch in 1963 , back then the runway 02/20 was 1930M that same year they rebuilt/lengthened the runway another 427M given it extra for the first QANTAS arrival in 1965 .

**roger-wilco-66** · May 6th, 2015, 03:38

Hmm, very nice, I think I have to dig the CS707 out again and try it in P3D.
Lovely repaint, Jankees, I like the contrast between the painted parts and the natural metal, looks very realistic.

Anyone tried a Tex Johnston barrel roll in it :-) ??

Cheers,
Mark

***Jafo*** · May 6th, 2015, 05:11

Another one I did back around 2012...again buzzing YMML...

Travolta's...

**vonstroheim** · May 6th, 2015, 15:41

Originally Posted by 000rick000

I don't have this one, is there a kc135 version of this as well? or AWACS?

To complement its Boeing 707-300 line, Captain Sim has a 707-300C freighter version...

...and a Boeing VC-137...

...and a Boeing E3 Awacs...

Metal2Mesh includes an AI tanker in its Dassault Mirage 2000C package (you need the VRS Tac Pack though, which I don't). I converted it to a flyable KC-135R by merging Captain Sim 707 VC (from their free demo version) with the M2M tanker exterior, and it's fun! But no landing gears, and no way to animate the boom or rogues... basically just a waste of time... but that's what I like, hacks and experiments...

**Bjoern** · May 7th, 2015, 08:39

Doesn't the 707 Demo cockpit cease to work under certain conditions?

If you need a freeware 707:
http://simviation.com/fsnd/menu.html

**vonstroheim** · May 7th, 2015, 14:34

Originally Posted by Bjoern

Doesn't the 707 Demo cockpit cease to work under certain conditions?

Yes you're right, the CS707 demo has a non functionning VC, when installing the demo the regular way.
But you're in for a surprise when using this VC with another exterior MDL, most gauges are not working, right, but yokes, rudder pedals, throttles, cockpit door, and similar animations are working fine! And that's good enough for me most of the time.

But merging this AI tanker with the VC of the freeware 707 by Alejandro Rojas Lucena is obviously the way to go... much less hassle...

Now back to the Tu-134 thread! Plenty of action over there!