Bristol Beaufort for FSX/P3Dv4.5

[DaveQ]

Henk Schuitemaker and I have finally finished putting the old Alphasim Beaufort into FSX and P3Dv4.5 and it's uploading as I type. My interest in this aircraft, which was obsolete at the beginning of the war in Europe, is because Arthur "Affa" Aldridge, my German teacher at school, flew them with distinction with 217 Sqdn. and I dedicate the work to him.

I've tried to recreate as many forms of the aircraft as it appeared during its brief operational career, including the Australian (DAP) version with P&W Wasp radials. While not strictly accurate it gives a presentable facsimile of these machines and there are 3 skins for it. There are a couple of issues (read the Read Me) but we hope you like it.

DaveQ

PS - First mistake! In the P3D folder, for the model.RAAFa, the model.cfg should read:-

[models]
normal=Beaufort_RAAFrad
interior=Beaufort_intRAAF

to denote the ASV-equipped Mk.VIII

The FSX folder is correct.

[Sundog]

Thanks Dave and Henk. I'll check it out when I get home from work. :very_drunk:

[AussieMan]

​Thanks for your great work Dave. will download as soon as available.

[AussieMan]

A beautiful job well done Dave and Henk. Especially like the P&W sound when at idle and it flies like the original Alphasim model flew.

Now to find those tins of olive drab or Jungle Green or whatever they called it and start splashing paint.

[DaveQ]

A beautiful job well done Dave and Henk. Especially like the P&W sound when at idle and it flies like the original Alphasim model flew.

Now to find those tins of olive drab or Jungle Green or whatever they called it and start splashing paint.

Foliage green...!

Glad you like it, Pat. The FDS is straight from the old Alphasim and makes for a very easy aeroplane to fly.

DaveQ

[hschuit]

Thanks Dave and Henk. I'll check it out when I get home from work. :very_drunk:

Hope you like it. It is amazing what Dave has achieved with his artwork, specs and bumps to make such an ancient model shine again. As a matter of fact, Dave has done 95% of the work, I only helped with some technical conversion issues and new CHT/Fuel Flow gauges.

Henk.

[JensOle]

Great to hear you have managed to get some life back in this old model! Would it be possible to share some screenshots?

[paul day]

Lovely model but would it be possible to have some thumbnails for the FSX model please. Texture 217B and 217P are the only repaints with thumbnails. Thanks in advance.

Regards Paul Day.

[FlyingsCool]

Lovely model but would it be possible to have some thumbnails for the FSX model please. Texture 217B and 217P are the only repaints with thumbnails. Thanks in advance.

Regards Paul Day.

Easy enough to make them with a screen capture (V key in FSX gets a .bmp file, open in Paint or GIMP or whatever and save as a .jpg), crop to liking, and resize to 256 x 128 image. Name as thumbnail.jpg and place in its associated texture folder.

[DaveQ]

Lovely model but would it be possible to have some thumbnails for the FSX model please. Texture 217B and 217P are the only repaints with thumbnails. Thanks in advance.

Regards Paul Day.

Sorry Paul - so used to P3D now I forgot to make all of them. Here's a zip file with all in. Unzip and copy the folders straight into the Beaufort folder. I suggest you over-write when asked.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/w5m77mavw2s3r6z/Thumbnails.zip?dl=0

DaveQ

[DaveQ]

Great to hear you have managed to get some life back in this old model! Would it be possible to share some screenshots?

Here are a couple Jens-Ole.

No.100 Sqdn RAAF out of Tadji, PNG 1945

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50041213512_875b1715a2_k.jpg

No.13 Sqdn RAAF out of Middleberg Island PNG 1945

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50041213022_aabcbde54d_k.jpg

39 Sqdn., Egypt 1943

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49980498363_daefdb0436_h.jpg


OK, three!!

DaveQ

[paul day]

Hi daveQ
Can we have some more screenshots please, especially A9-380. Thanks in advance.

Regards Paul Day.

[tommieboy]

Henk Schuitemaker and I have finally finished putting the old Alphasim Beaufort into FSX and P3Dv4.5 and it's uploading as I type. My interest in this aircraft, which was obsolete at the beginning of the war in Europe, is because Arthur "Affa" Aldridge, my German teacher at school, flew them with distinction with 217 Sqdn. and I dedicate the work to him.

I've tried to recreate as many forms of the aircraft as it appeared during its brief operational career, including the Australian (DAP) version with P&W Wasp radials. While not strictly accurate it gives a presentable facsimile of these machines and there are 3 skins for it. There are a couple of issues (read the Read Me) but we hope you like it.

DaveQ

PS - First mistake! In the P3D folder, for the model.RAAFa, the model.cfg should read:-

[models]
normal=Beaufort_RAAFrad
interior=Beaufort_intRAAF

to denote the ASV-equipped Mk.VIII

The FSX folder is correct.

Dave,

Was the correct zip file uploaded? The one that I downloaded is named Bristol_Beaufort.zip which differs from the name Bristol Beaufort for FSX / P3d v4.5.zip which is the one I expected to see in my download folder.

Bristol_Beaufort.zip has some PSD files included, and may be missing the P3D texture folders?

Thanks,

Tommy

[DennyA]

Same issue here: P3D folder was missing all textures, panel, and sounds. I copied those over from the FSX folder and was able to get it up and running in P3D V5, but I'm not sure if that was the intention or if the P3D version was supposed to have different textures. Looks and flies great, though!

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=77074&stc=1http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=77073&stc=1

[DaveQ]

To save on download space the P3Dv4.5 folder had only the models. All else was exactly the same so copy and paste from FSX.

Also you can delete the crew at shut-down; set the crew weight to zero. Similarly the torpedo will come by setting the weight to zero.

DaveQ

[tommieboy]

To save on download space the P3Dv4.5 folder had only the models. All else was exactly the same so copy and paste from FSX.

Also you can delete the crew at shut-down and the torpedo will come off; set the crew/torpedo weight to zero.

DaveQ

Thanks Dave!

:encouragement:

Tommy

[JensOle]

Thanks dave! It is looking good!

I have childhood memories looking in ww2 aviation books about the differences between the Blenheim, Beaufort and Beaufighter :-)

[DaveQ]

To save on download space the P3Dv4.5 folder had only the models. All else was exactly the same so copy and paste from FSX.

Also you can delete the crew at shut-down; set the crew weight to zero. Similarly the torpedo will come by setting the weight to zero.

DaveQ

Oh and Henk added a mouse click at the base of the control column; click to hide.

[AussieMan]

​I found a Beaufort paintkit on the Virtavia site and hoping it will work for this model.

[DaveQ]

​I found a Beaufort paintkit on the Virtavia site and hoping it will work for this model.
Yes it will. All my paints are based on it. The only thing you'll need is the ADF aerial file if you're doing an Aussie one, the foliage green and earth brown I used were researched so should be right, in which case just use the file in A9-380.

DaveQ

[AussieMan]

​Thanks Dave.

[Jafo]

My old man was in PNG back then. Crete was earlier in the War......Army Signals ...;)

[paul day]

Thanks for the thumbnails DaveQ.

Paul Day.

[BendyFlyer]

This work over and re-release of the Beaufort is very much appreciated. I purchased it some time ago and in the meantime the Aussie PC vendor went out of business so I could fix the issue of needing an internet product verification to install. So thanks after quite a few years the Beaufort returns to the Hangar.

[K5083]

Very nice plane! Thanks and commendations, guys. It changed my plans for my morning flight yesterday, and it looks and flies great.

August

[tommieboy]

Dave,

"All of the FSX models demonstrate an artifact in DX10 but not DX9. A black line appears on both nacelles top and bottom, back to the U/C doors. This is most likely caused by texture stretching affecting bump mapping. Therefore, DX10 needs to be turned off when flying the Beaufort in FSX. The aircraft is fine in P3Dv4.5."

I'm running FSX Steam Edition along with Steve's DX10 Scenery Fixer v5.3 and all seems well.

Tommy

[AussieMan]

Dave, the person who asked me about the Beaufort is eternally grateful and has asked me to pass on the thanks to you as he is not a member of the Out-House family. He was not expecting to see a Beaufort so quickly.

[DaveQ]

The pleasure's all mine, Pat. Glad to be of service.

Stay safe

Dave

[DaveQ]

I've been informed of a horrifying challenge (not allowed to use a negative word like problem...!)!:violent-smiley-031:

The unfortunate pilot of the late-war trainer (Y-SP) lost his body!:redface-new:. In removing the rear gunner I forgot to check the part and so mistakenly left pilot bereft of corporeal substances. This is now fixed for both sims and is available in the library under FSX Aircraft here (http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/local_links.php?action=jump&catid=33&id=26867).

DaveQ