Next load of Spitfires!

[ndicki]

Just gone in. Polish, Norwegian, Czech, French and American. Nine aircraft in all. and a new cockpit, specially modified from the Mk VIII. That is new with this upload; the previous upload used the Mk VIII cockpit directly.

https://i.imgur.com/GqBnPuc.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/2SxILAQ.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/SXijsfs.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/U6vyyUZ.jpg

[gecko]

Looking great Nigel!

[grizzly50]

SCHIWEEEEET!!!!!


:ernaehrung004:

[greycap.raf]

As much as it is a war machine made for killing people, MH353 looks extraordinarily adorable with those red and white bands around the cannon fairings. God is in the detail.

[ndicki]

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/soh_ftp/uploads/imageuploads/454315080081651783.jpg
A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category CFS 3 British Aircraft

Description: Early production models, Allied Forces 1% - 4GB Spitfire F.MkIXc (Merlin 61 and 63) Allied and Free Forces, Great Britain.

Spitfire Mk IXC BR640 MV-D (Merlin 61) Plt Off Charles A. Cook, No.133 Eagle Squadron RAF - No.366 Fighter Squadron USAAF, Great Sampford, 26th September 1942. (2 versions)

Spitfire Mk IXC BS126 NN-Z (Merlin 61) Flt Sgt Josef Prokopec, No.310 (Czech) Sqn RAF, North Weald, September 1944.

Spitfire Mk IXC BS143 FN-N (Merlin 61) No.331 (Norwegian) Sqn RAF, 16-08-1942 - 29-11-1942, North Weald and Manston.

Spitfire Mk IXC BS456 UZ-Z (Merlin 61) Flt Lt Jozef Zulikowski, No.306 (Torunski Polish) Sqn RAF, Northolt, late 1942.

Spitfire Mk IXC BS458 DU-F Turf Club 2 (Merlin 61) 2Lt A.C. Gaydos USAAF, No.312 (Czech) Sqn RAF, Bradwell Bay, late 1944.

Spitfire Mk IXC BS548 GW-B (Merlin 61) No.340 (Ile de France) Sqn RAF, Biggin Hill, November 1942.

Spitfire Mk IXC EN172 RF-J (Merlin 61) No.303 (Kosciuszko Polish) Sqn RAF, Northolt, Summer 1943.

Spitfire Mk IXc MH323 WX-K (Merlin 63) Flg Offs Franciszek Wiza and Erazm Wardzinski, No.302 (Poznanski Polish) Squadron RAF, Northolt, late 1943.

The Spitfire MkIX was introduced in the early summer of 1942, and scored its first kill in the hands of Flt Lt Donald Kingaby of No.64 Squadron on 30th July 1942 over Boulogne in Northern France - an FW190, precisely the aircraft the MkIX had been developed to counter.

The MkIX went on to become the backbone of RAF Fighter Command, and was supplied both during and after the War to numerous countries. The new engine used a two-stage supercharger to increase power especially at higher altitudes; where the Spitfire MkVs Merlin 45 would produce only 750 hp at 30,000 feet, the new Merlin 61 produced 1020. This engine was developed further into a number of specialised versions with improved performance at all levels.

Aircraft fitted with the Merlin Mk.61 or 63 were widely referred to within the RAF as the Spitfire Mk.IXA. This has nothing whatsoever to do with the armament fit and served only to distinguish it from the later LF.MkIX, or Spitfire Mk.IXB.

Bear in mind that the vast majority of Spitfires were not assigned to individual pilots and were therefore used as needed according to availability. This means that very few aircraft bore any personal markings or artwork of any sort, and those few which did tended to be those used by flight leaders or above. The typical working Spitfire did not carry personalised artwork.

Upgrade of the Zuyax/3A Spitfire MkIXc.

Credits: Model by Zuyax/Three Aces, tweaked and updated by Rene Leppä.

Cockpit By Stephan Seybolt, Daniel Holtz, Clive Morley, Rob Stevenson and John Whelan, modified to Mk IX standard by Stephan Seybolt and Daniel Holtz.

AvHistory Spitfire Mk.XIV 4.00 Flight Model by gregoryp of AvHistory modified to Mk.IX airframe, Merlin 61 and Merlin 63 standard by Rene Leppä.

Skins and some sounds by Nigel Dickinson.

Pylons by Rene Leppä

To check it out, rate it or add comments, visit 1% - 4GB Spitfire F.MkIXc (Merlin 61 and 63) Early production models, Allied Forces.zip (http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/local_links.php?linkid=23073&catid=80)
The comments you make there will appear in the posts below.

[alcanallen]

Really nice job but i don`t want to be critical but the prop seems to rotate constantly at all throttle settings,the other Spits etc have different appearances at different speeds see Attached picshttp://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=54857&stc=1http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=54858&stc=1http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=54859&stc=1http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=54860&stc=1 you can actually see the blades through the perspex at different speeds.
Can this be altered?
alcanallen
ps love the new cockpit.

[ndicki]

Something funny seems to have happened to your cockpit. Have you got all the shared files, etc? I suspect that may be a part of the problem.

[gecko]

Looks like some files are missing, but I think he means the actual prop blur texture, which if you look at Nigel's pics, clearly has all four blades blurred but still distinct. I'm retry sure all the Zuyaks Spitsmare like that. A new fully blurred prop texture would fix this. In real life with the naked eye you can barely see a spinning propeller.

[sdsbolt]

hard to tell but I think he's missing the blurred prop texture "3gb_Spitfire9C_F_xxx_Prop.dds"

[alcanallen]

Sorry chaps i went through everything and reinstalled the files, and eurika!now that cockpit,it`s really great can it be pasted to the viii`s with a name change?
again apologies to the creators,damn fine work.
alcanallen :icon29:

[Bravo/4]

Why would you want to past it to the VIII, this pit is based off the VIII pit?:confused:

[greycap.raf]

Quite a good question, especially as the only difference (at least that I know of) is the lack of the tailwheel indicator light on the IX as there's naturally nothing to indicate. But to answer the question - yes it can.

[gecko]

An improved Mk.VIII cockpit is being readied for release which will fix an issue with some parts being too reflective. It will be identical to the Mk.IX cockpit with the exception of the tailwheel light as mentioned above. It will use all the same files, as does the current Mk.VIII, so there shouldn't be any need to copy the Mk.IX cockpit over.

[gosd]

Great ! :encouragement:

[ndicki]

These are RAF UK and North-West Europe LF.MkIXc aircraft, so the second type of MkIX, optimised for performance at lower levels than the F.MkIX, in order to take on the FW190 at its best altitude. The LF.MkIX went on to become the standard production model.

You get 8 LF.MkIXs with the type-specific flight dynamics, and one more F.MkIX which deserved to get into the package as well. One or two rather unusual ones here...

https://i.imgur.com/KwOdF2c.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/BhknQvZ.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/Iu3QKqO.jpg

[sixstrings5859]

Nice work. Thank you!!

[ndicki]

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/soh_ftp/uploads/imageuploads/276615094735312639.jpg
A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category CFS 3 British Aircraft

Description: 1% - 4GB Spitfire F.MkIXc (Merlin 61) and LF.MkIXc (Merlin 66 or Merlin 66 25lbs boost) Royal Air Forces, Great Britain and Nothern Europe

Spitfire F.Mk IXC (Merlin 61) BS104 YO-R, Flg Off T.K. Ibbotson, No.401 Squadron RCAF, Lympne, Autumn 1942

Spitfire LF.Mk IXc (Merlin 66) EN554 FY-Y, Sqn Ldr Jack Charles, No.611 Sqn, Biggin Hill, 15th May 1943

Spitfire LF.Mk IXc (Merlin 66) MH242 SK-A, Sqn Ldr M.E. Blackstone, No.165 Sqn RAF, Lympne, May 1944 - April 1945

Spitfire LF.Mk IXc (Merlin 66) MJ239 LO-B, Flt Lt Ken Charney, No.602 (City of Glasgow) Sqn, No.125 Wing, 2 TAF, Ford, June 1944

Spitfire LF.Mk IXc (Merlin 66) MJ502 OU-L Prince Tungi Tonga II, No.485 Squadron RNZAF, Drem, Scotland, January 1944

Spitfire LF.Mk IXc (Merlin 66) MK126 5J-G, No.126 Squadron RAF, Culmhead and Harrowbeer, Spring-Summer 1944

Spitfire LF.Mk IXc (Merlin 66) MK355 FU-H, Flg Off Vernon Lancaster, No.453 Sqn RAAF, Airfield B11, Longues-sur-Mer, June 1944

Spitfire LF.Mk IXc (Merlin 66 +25 lbs boost) NH346 LK-M. No.87 Squadron RAF, Zeltweg, Austria 1946

Spitfire LF.Mk IXc (Merlin 66) NH432 OU-D, No.485 Squadron RNZAF, No.135 Airfield, Summer 1944


The Spitfire MkIX was introduced in the early summer of 1942, and scored its first kill in the hands of Flt Lt Donald Kingaby of No.64 Squadron on 30th July 1942 over Boulogne in Northern France - an FW190, precisely the aircraft the MkIX had been developed to counter.

The MkIX went on to become the backbone of RAF Fighter Command, and was supplied both during and after the War to numerous countries. The new Merlin 61 engine used a two-stage supercharger to increase power especially at higher altitudes; where the Spitfire MkV's Merlin 45 would produce only 750 hp at 30,000 feet, the Merlin 61 produced 1020. This engine was developed further into the Merlin 66 which was optimised for higher performance at 22,000 feet to match the FW190's best performance height.

Aircraft fitted with the Merlin Mk.61 or 63 were widely referred to within the RAF as the Spitfire Mk.IXA. This has nothing whatsoever to do with the armament fit and served only to distinguish it from the later Merlin 66 LF.MkIX, or Spitfire Mk.IXB.

Bear in mind that the vast majority of Spitfires were not assigned to individual pilots and were therefore used as needed according to availability. This means that very few aircraft bore any personal markings or artwork of any sort, and those few which did tended to be those used by flight leaders or above. The typical working Spitfire did not carry personalised artwork.



Upgrade of the Zuyax/3A Spitfire MkIXc

Credits:

Model by Zuyax/Three Aces, tweaked and updated by Rene Leppä

Cockpit By Stephan Seybolt, Daniel Holtz, Clive Morley, Rob Stevenson and John Whelan, modified to Mk IX standard by Stephan Seybolt and Daniel Holtz.

AvHistory Spitfire Mk.XIV 4.00 Flight Model by gregoryp of AvHistory modified to Mk.IX airframe, Merlin 61, Merlin 66 (+18 lbs boost) and Merlin 66 (+25 lbs boost) as appropriate by Rene Leppä.

Skins and some sounds by Nigel Dickinson

Pylons by Rene Leppä

To check it out, rate it or add comments, visit 1% - 4GB Spitfire LF.MkIXc (Merlin 66) RAF package (http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/local_links.php?linkid=23129&catid=80)
The comments you make there will appear in the posts below.

[gosd]

Us fighter boys really like these planes . Thanks a million !:encouragement::very_drunk:.

[Daiwilletti]

Hi Nigel, these look great :medals:.

Do these models incorporate some of the effects and cockpit damage developed by Daniel for the Mk VIII?

There were also new gun xdps and tracers. I see Daniel is credited for some stuff.

[phrog_phixer]

Absolute perfection! Thanks all!

[ndicki]

Hi Nigel, these look great :medals:.

Do these models incorporate some of the effects and cockpit damage developed by Daniel for the Mk VIII?

There were also new gun xdps and tracers. I see Daniel is credited for some stuff.

No, not really - Daniel is one of the people who worked on the cockpit, which is the one from the Mk VIII with one small modification to remove the tailwheel light and solve the specular problem. But otherwise we haven't tried to incorporate any of the effects or guns, simply because it was already getting complicated! The guns do have their own specific sounds though, which mean (if they ever work, which is another thing) that unless we modified those from the Mk VIII, we had to start with the AvH originals.

[gecko]

Unfortunately the cockpit effects cannot be added without adding emitters to the external model, which can't be done without a gmax source.

[gecko]

Nice set by the way, great to have some proper D-Day skins for this model!

[ndicki]

Nice set by the way, great to have some proper D-Day skins for this model!

More to come... There are some of the Free Forces ones. There are Belgian, French, Dutch and Czech LF. MkIX aircraft in the package.

https://i.imgur.com/kSe5kGa.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/Th0wXn0.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/WAAxUKh.png

[Led Zeppelin]

Thanks for the preview, beautiful! :jump:

[ndicki]

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/soh_ftp/uploads/imageuploads/167415096134319164.jpg
A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category CFS 3 British Aircraft

Description: 1% - 4GB Spitfire F.Mk IXc (Merlin 61) and LF.MkIXc (Merlin 66) Free Air Forces, Great Britain and Northern Europe.

Spitfire F.Mk IXC (Merlin 61) BS248 AH-O, Captain Olav Djonne, No.332 (Norwegian) Sqn RAF, North Weald, from 17th October 1942.

Spitfire LF.Mk IXc (Merlin 66) MH417 NL-L, Cdt Rene Mouchotte FAFL, No.341 (Alsace French) Sqn RAF, Biggin Hill, August 1943.

Spitfire LF.Mk IXc (Merlin 66) MJ291 NN-N, Flg Off Otto Smik, No.310 (Czech) Squadron RAF, Mendelsham, Spring 1944.

Spitfire LF.Mk IXc (Merlin 66) MJ966 GW-B, Sgt-chef Denys Boudard, No.340 (Ile de France) Squadron RAF, Merston, 6th June 1944.

Spitfire LF.Mk IXc (Merlin 66) MK265 3W-B, Sqn Ldr LCM Eendenburg, No.322 (Dutch) Squadron RAF, Deanland, September 1944.

Spitfire LF.Mk IXc (Merlin 66) ML294 MN-E, No.350 (Belgian) Sqn RAF, Westhampnett, July 1944.

Spitfire LF.Mk IXc (Merlin 66) NH214 SZ-G, Wing Cdr Aleksander Gabszewicz, CO No.131 (Polish) Wing RAF, Belgium, late 1944.

Spitfire LF.Mk IXc (Merlin 66) NH571 5A-L, No.329 (French) Squadron RAF, Airfield B8, Sommervieu, France, June 1944.

The Spitfire Mk. IX was introduced in the early summer of 1942, and scored its first kill in the hands of Flt Lt Donald Kingaby of No. 64 Squadron on 30th July 1942 over Boulogne in Northern France - an FW190, precisely the aircraft the Mk. IX had been developed to counter.

The Mk. IX went on to become the backbone of RAF Fighter Command, and was supplied both during and after the War to numerous countries. The new Merlin 61 engine used a two-stage supercharger to increase power especially at higher altitudes; where the Spitfire MkV's Merlin 45 would produce only 750 hp at 30,000 feet, the Merlin 61 produced 1020. This engine was developed further into the Merlin 66 which was optimized for higher performance at 22,000 feet to match the FW190's best performance height.

Aircraft fitted with the Merlin Mk.61 or 63 were widely referred to within the RAF as the Spitfire Mk.IXA. This has nothing whatsoever to do with the armament fit and served only to distinguish it from the later Merlin 66 LF.Mk IX., or Spitfire Mk. IXB.

Upgrade of the Zuyax/3A Spitfire Mk IXc.

Credits: Model by Zuyax/Three Aces, tweaked and updated by Rene Leppä.

Cockpit By Stephan Seybolt, Daniel Holtz, Clive Morley, Rob Stevenson and John Whelan, modified to Mk IX standard by Stephan Seybolt and Daniel Holtz.

AvHistory Spitfire Mk.XIV 4.00 Flight Model by gregoryp of AvHistory modified to Mk.IX airframe, Merlin 61, Merlin 66 (+18 lbs boost) as appropriate by Rene Leppä.

Skins and some sounds by Nigel Dickinson.

Pylons by Rene Lepp.

To check it out, rate it or add comments, visit 1% - 4GB Spitfire LF.MkIXc (Merlin 66) Free Forces.zip (http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/local_links.php?linkid=23135&catid=80)
The comments you make there will appear in the posts below.

[hairyspin]

Cracking work, gentlemen! :applause: