A-7E - VA-46 CLANSMEN (WIP)

[merida72]

This is my contribution ...

I hope to finish it soon ...

http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/9132/a7wip2.jpg (http://img811.imageshack.us/i/a7wip2.jpg/)




http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/897/a7wip1.jpg (http://img213.imageshack.us/i/a7wip1.jpg/)



http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/7549/a7wip3.jpg (http://img833.imageshack.us/i/a7wip3.jpg/)

:wiggle:

[skyhawka4m]

very nice!

[Dag]

Very good Merida. Pylon textures look very familiar :jump:

Thanks

[merida72]

textures "part" are not finished and in the screen are those of your fantastic repaint :icon_lol::redf::redf:

[Dag]

Feel free to use whatever you want but keep in mind my panel lines etc are a bit different from Ron & Co's ;-)

[merida72]

Feel free to use whatever you want but keep in mind my panel lines etc are a bit different from Ron & Co's ;-)


I know

I studied your textures ... are perfect ...

a question

build it from scratch or better only the parts that do not convince you?

[Rattler]

Me Thinks that Dag Has Been Recruited By the Navy.... LOL The Airforce Misses ya Dag And your Paints, JK Looks Great, Anotherone from Dag will Be Getting!!!

Keep Up the Great Work Sir! :salute::salute::salute:

[Dag]

I redid all panel lines, rivets, fasteners, markings and bump mapping. This was before the original Razbam textures got a "facelift".
Took me ages but I'm happy if you are.

Rattling Rattler;

There'll be more air force stuff but I have a few Navy ideas to look at first. A "Sidewinder" high vis and a TPS VA-15 Valions possibly.

[Rattler]

Looking Forward to it Sir, Both you and RobH have been Putting out some Quality Paints, Loving it!!:ernae::ernae::ernae:

[vora]

... A "Sidewinder" high vis ....

yessssssssssssssssssssssss!!11

pwetty please :kilroy:

[MenendezDiego]

that looks amazing!

[RobH]

Awesome paint merida72! Really looking forward to it! Thank you:ernae:

[Sundog]

Hell, it isn't just your textures, but the screenshots in and of themselves are excellent as well. :)

[Navy Chief]

:applause:

:salute:

Thanks for your efforts, Merida72!!

Looking forward to the VA-46 repaint!

Dag.....when you say TPS VA-15, do you mean a Test Pilot School repaint, and a VA-15 repaint?

NC

[peter12213]

Bruce...Luigi...Dag ... masterpiece loving that, a nice grey Corsair cannot be beaten in my opinion!

[Dag]

:applause:

:salute:

Thanks for your efforts, Merida72!!

Looking forward to the VA-46 repaint!

Dag.....when you say TPS VA-15, do you mean a Test Pilot School repaint, and a VA-15 repaint?

NC

Tactical Paint Scheme (greys) VA-15.

Thanks

[Navy Chief]

Tactical Paint Scheme (greys) VA-15.

Thanks

Somewhere I have an USN photo of one of the VA-15 aircraft (nose modex 314) that took a SAM hit, off the coast of Lebanon. Our XO was flying it. LCDR L. Kappel. The tail cone was visibly damaged. Can the BUNOs be changed in a repaint?

Pete

[Dag]

Hi,

Any graphic can be changed on a dds texture. I have a strict policy of not modifying\editing other peoples work, however.

Thanks

[merida72]

Hello DAG

can you advise me where to find good designs for copy of the panels and rivets accurately?

The Web is very little quality ...

I made this from scratch:

http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/1486/viking3q.jpg (http://img687.imageshack.us/i/viking3q.jpg/)

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/6369/viking2.jpg (http://img214.imageshack.us/i/viking2.jpg/)

http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/3665/viking1.jpg (http://img836.imageshack.us/i/viking1.jpg/)



but I am not convinced ...

[Navy Chief]

Is that the Alphasim Viking?

OUTSTANDING!

I really like the way your panels are clearly defined. The "dirtier" the better!!!



NC

[merida72]

Is that the Alphasim Viking?

OUTSTANDING!

I really like the way your panels are clearly defined. The "dirtier" the better!!!

NC


IRIS Freeware S-3 :salute:

[Navy Chief]

IRIS Freeware S-3 :salute:

I knew that; I don't know why I said Alphasim! A almost "Senior" moment.....

NC

[Dag]

Merida72,

I didn't find very good sources on the net either. I worked mainly from books, I have an extensive aviation book collection. I found the following useful:
- Bert Kinzey's Detail and Scale on the A-7 aircraft
- Squadon & Signal Walkaround on the A-7
- Verlinden's Lock On on the A-7D/K

Also do a google search on "A-7 walkaround photos", I found a picture series somewhere withe pretty good close-ups on the various parts of the airframe.

Thanks

PS great Viking :-)

[Navy Chief]

Merida72,

I didn't find very good sources on the net either. I worked mainly from books, I have an extensive aviation book collection. I found the following useful:
- Bert Kinzey's Detail and Scale on the A-7 aircraft
- Squadon & Signal Walkaround on the A-7
- Verlinden's Lock On on the A-7D/K

Also do a google search on "A-7 walkaround photos", I found a picture series somewhere withe pretty good close-ups on the various parts of the airframe.

Thanks

PS great Viking :-)

Luigi,

When Ron started on the A-7 project years ago, I sent him all of my books on the Corsair II. I have all the ones you listed, and several more. Plus, I made two trips to the Naval Aviation Museum at NAS Pensacola, to do research in their library. Those trips were a labor of love, because that museum is my favorite place to go. I could spend days and days in that place. The people who work in that library (in fact the entire museum) are so very helpful. If you ever get a chance to visit it,....DO!

Pete

[merida72]

Good news!!!

as I can surely go to visit it :wiggle:


:ernae: :ernae: :ernae:

[navychief8]

Merida72

Are your repaints of the S-3 available for downloading anywhere? :salute:

[merida72]

Merida72

Are your repaints of the S-3 available for downloading anywhere? :salute:


It's WIP at the moment... :ernae:

[navychief8]

Outstanding, Looking forward to them. Maybe a Hi-vis VS-22 Duece-Duece

[Navy Chief]

Outstanding, Looking forward to them. Maybe a Hi-vis VS-22 Duece-Duece


Were you with VS-22? And if so, were you at Cecil Field?

Pete

[fsafranek]

This is my contribution ...

I hope to finish it soon ...


:wiggle:

Looks very nice. I like the "action" screen shot with the ship in the background.
:ernae:

[VCN-1]

Just curious as to the status of the VA-46 TPS scheme.


VCN-1

[skyhawka4m]

Hello DAG

can you advise me where to find good designs for copy of the panels and rivets accurately?

The Web is very little quality ...

I made this from scratch:

http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/1486/viking3q.jpg (http://img687.imageshack.us/i/viking3q.jpg/)

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/6369/viking2.jpg (http://img214.imageshack.us/i/viking2.jpg/)

http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/3665/viking1.jpg (http://img836.imageshack.us/i/viking1.jpg/)



but I am not convinced ...


Any chance we could get this as a paint kit? At least I know this jet is flyable and I've always loved the S-3.

[peter12213]

Not likely it's no where near finished and it's vc is unusable in FSX! The problem was it couldn't be shared because of gauge and copywrite issues I think he said!

[Prowler1111]

Ah, the IRIS S-3..we got that dude in the pipeline as well, being moved forward and backwards like a hammock, if i get some time i will do some work on it and then we´ll see..

Prowler

[ZsoltB]

When will be available the VA-46 CLANSMEN repaint?

[Warhawk1130]

Cool...2 of us working on RB A-7 repaints! I hear ya on the panel lines...finally got rid of them LOL.

Nice to see interest in painting on a bird that is over 2 years old.

Any one that wants my reduced opacity textures just drop me a line...I don't own them...RAZBAM does...I merely made it look more accurate IMO.

[mustangman13134]

Can't wait for it to come out!:salute:

[VCN-1]

Wow.

There will be a lot of VA-46s available.

Here is another: http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=&Name=CLANSMEN&FileName=&Author=Russel+R.+Smith&CatID=root

VCN-1