Roy Chaffin's New B-25J

**Sascha66** · August 25th, 2012, 08:08

F*****g awesome! And there will be an FS9 version for those of us still sitting on the fence on FSX after 6 years ... like me

Thank you ROy Chaffin, the previous version is a keeper which has a place of honor in my hangar ever since release I don't remember which year!:salute::salute::salute:

**Navtech** · August 26th, 2012, 07:54

Where I can download this plane ?

***modelr*** · August 26th, 2012, 08:13

Originally Posted by Navtech

Where I can download this plane ?

From the link in the first post to this thread. When the page opens scroll down under the first screenshot a few lines and the download link is listed. There ar two links, one for the 32bit version, and down a couple more lines, the link for the 64bit version.

**Blackbird686** · August 26th, 2012, 08:28

Originally Posted by modelr

From the link in the first post to this thread. When the page opens scroll down under the first screenshot a few lines and the download link is listed. There ar two links, one for the 32bit version, and down a couple more lines, the link for the 64bit version.

erm... the link appears to be broken. Tried with both IE8 and Google Chrome and message keeps comming up: "not available"

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BB686:USA-flag:

**Navtech** · August 26th, 2012, 08:59

Indeed

**Naismith** · August 26th, 2012, 09:05

Just tried - its working

**Navtech** · August 26th, 2012, 10:10

Just tried - its working

What you tried ? .. the plane or the download (can be confusing lol)
Just tried (again!) the download and it's not working (using different internet browsers)

**YoYo** · August 26th, 2012, 10:25

Originally Posted by Navtech

What you tried ? .. the plane or the download (can be confusing lol)
Just tried (again!) the download and it's not working (using different internet browsers)

For me too. The website with this file cant load.

***Roger*** · August 26th, 2012, 12:18

Try this for the 32 bit version http://roychaffin.co.uk/fs2012/rcsb25fsx32bitv275.zip

**pfflyers** · August 26th, 2012, 12:30

Roger, thanks for the link. Seems to be working for me.

***Roger*** · August 26th, 2012, 13:04

Originally Posted by pfflyers

Roger, thanks for the link. Seems to be working for me.

I just removed the www. from the download address and that seems to work...no idea why, lol?

***WarHorse47*** · August 26th, 2012, 14:00

Originally Posted by stovall

I have uploaded the late star version of the B-25. Enjoy.

Thanks, Tom. This works well in current FS9 version. Any other RCS repaints hidden in your closet??

:ernae:
--WH

***stovall*** · August 26th, 2012, 15:20

Sorry Warhorse47, with all the great talent out there painting the RCS B-25 this is the only one I did just to fill the gap with a late star. You should be able to do a search for the fantastic paints by a number of artists. Love this aircraft in the PTO.

**pfflyers** · August 26th, 2012, 15:27

I don't have FSX but downloaded Tom's repaint on a whim and tried it in my FS9 version. Since it worked ok I went ahead and downloaded the 32bit FSX pack. I unzipped it and took out the "new" texture folders and put them in my FS9 folder. The painted varients, usa1942 and desert, work fine 'out of the box'. The bare textures contain some dds bitmaps that need converting. They look pretty nice and breathe a little new life into the ol' bird.

Thanks to all the painters and to Roy for the aircraft.

**OleBoy** · August 26th, 2012, 18:00

Copy and paste the link in a new browser window for the one you want and hit enter.

32bit
roychaffin.co.uk/fs2012/rcsb25fsx32bitv275.zip

64bit
roychaffin.co.uk/fs2012/rcsb25fsxw764v275.zip

***jankees*** · August 26th, 2012, 21:13

Originally Posted by stovall

Sorry Warhorse47, with all the great talent out there painting the RCS B-25 this is the only one I did just to fill the gap with a late star. You should be able to do a search for the fantastic paints by a number of artists. Love this aircraft in the PTO.

As far as I know, I was the only one that ever did any repaints for this bird, but Roy would not allow me to publish them.
He has now included them in this package though. I am not aware of any other paints?
As for converting my dds textures, just open the ds files in dxtbmp, flip them vertically and save as bmp and you're done

**YoYo** · August 26th, 2012, 21:42

Originally Posted by Roger

I just removed the www. from the download address and that seems to work...no idea why, lol?

Bingo! This idea works :-) . Perhaps he has a wrong link/script on the website with hyperlink.
Thx a lot.

**Navtech** · August 26th, 2012, 21:44

Thank you for the links ! :salute:

***WarHorse47*** · August 27th, 2012, 06:25

Originally Posted by jankees

As far as I know, I was the only one that ever did any repaints for this bird, but Roy would not allow me to publish them.
He has now included them in this package though. I am not aware of any other paints?
As for converting my dds textures, just open the ds files in dxtbmp, flip them vertically and save as bmp and you're done

I was going to wait for the FS9 update, but elected to take this route. Other than the new textures, I'll be curious to see what additional changes are in the next version.

While we're on this subject, I'd be curious to know if the texture for "Yellow Rose" will ever be available? I know there was a special FSX CD version for the CAF, but I don't know if that's still available or not or if this texture will eventually be published. I don't need the CD as I don't have FSX and I'm happy with my current freeware version, but I wouldn't mind making a donation to CAF in exchange for the addtional texture if that were doable.
:ernae:
--WH

***modelr*** · August 27th, 2012, 17:12

Concerning repaints, copied directly from the copyright and piracy policy page in the manual folder:

RepaintsRCS Panels will not grant permission for any repaints of this package. The only repaints allowed, will be those done by RCS Panels team members. Any requests for particular liveries should be sent to RCS Panels at :- roy@roychaffin.com

If you find any anywhere, other than from RCS, they are technically illegal.

Also, this IS NOT the MAAM B-25, altho Roy did work on it in the early stages, it has been proven time and again to be a totally different model. (Much like the swingman Grumman Duck fiasco.)

**olderndirt** · August 27th, 2012, 17:40

Installed the 64 bit version and it looks great. A person on another forum commented about the lack of glass - is this a possibility?

***WarHorse47*** · August 27th, 2012, 19:03

Originally Posted by modelr

Concerning repaints, copied directly from the copyright and piracy policy page in the manual folder:

RepaintsRCS Panels will not grant permission for any repaints of this package. The only repaints allowed, will be those done by RCS Panels team members. Any requests for particular liveries should be sent to RCS Panels at :- roy@roychaffin.com

If you find any anywhere, other than from RCS, they are technically illegal.

Also, this IS NOT the MAAM B-25, altho Roy did work on it in the early stages, it has been proven time and again to be a totally different model. (Much like the swingman Grumman Duck fiasco.)

Just so there is no misinterpretation here, we are strictly discussing RCS created/approved repaints. But thanks for the reminder anyways.
:ernae:
--WH

***FlameOut*** · February 9th, 2014, 04:50

I had to revive this old FSX thread to let FSX users know that Roy Chaffin has released his B-25J for PrePar3D v.2

http://www.roychaffin.com/rcs-panels.html

***Navy Chief*** · February 9th, 2014, 14:22

NICE!!

NC

***falcon409*** · February 9th, 2014, 14:51

Originally Posted by FlameOut

I had to revive this old FSX thread to let FSX users know that Roy Chaffin has released his B-25J for PrePar3D v.2

http://www.roychaffin.com/rcs-panels.html

Be aware that this version is meant to be flown with 2D pop-up panels. There is a rough VC, but it's non-clickable and only partially textured. Just FYI.