that it might be but it's about the best FSX Native model there is for the Lancaster (having self-shadowing, 'Bump' Map, Specular map etc...), i still use the PD one in FS9 though... anyways, here's an update... still a fair whack to do including removing the Alpha Channels, Adjusting spec map etc... but the B-Type Camouflage is shaping up...
ok... first camo bird is done, might feather the camouflage edges slightly but not quite decided yet... anyways here we have W4118 ZN-Y, called 'Admiral Prune' of 106Sqn based at RAF Syerston, this particular Lancaster was flown by Guy Gibson in '42/ early '43
Wow. Very nice.
Wait. I think I smell smoke. :mixedsmi: Nah. That's just Matt with his new computer.
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Originally Posted by WarHorse47
Wow. Very nice.
Wait. I think I smell smoke. :mixedsmi: Nah. That's just Matt with his new computer.
Now I'm going to be checking the download section every 5 minutes instead of every 5 hours...
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yeah i'm just tweaking a few little bits now, getting Thumbnail images, writing the usual bumf... then i can do a few other Lanc B.I's...
I don't know which squadron it was or the particulars behind the tour, but yes, there were three or four RAF Lancs dispatched from the UK for a postwar tour of the US and Canada wearing black and white schemes. There was a kid I chummed around with in high school who was the son of one of the maintenance crew members who went on the tour and decided to settle in Canada when he left the service. I remember seeing his scrapbook with newspaper articles and photos about the tour as well as a squadron patch that he'd kept.
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ok just uploading the initial 3 to Flightsim.com as well as here... :salute:
Found the article in the July 2006 issue (No memory problems yet it seems!) . The No. 35 Squadron flew to the USA from July 8th till August 29th 1946, with 16 Lancasters still painted in the 'Tiger force' colours. (And one York for technical support.)
The official name was 'Operation Lancaster' but is was also known as 'Operation Goodwill'. They flew from Britain to the Azores on towards Gander and then started a tour that led them from New York to Buffalo, Detroit, Chicago, St Louis, Kansas City, Denver, Long Beach, San Antonio, Washington and back to New York.
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thanks for the info Ferry! just working on another couple... have uploaded pack 1 to Flightsim.com so they should be up in next day or two, upload here had to be shelved while i figure a way to meet the filesize limits... might have to split it down from a 'Triple pack' to singular paints...
latest out my paint shed, basking in the wonderful Greek sunshine... LE-P (LL966) of 630Sqn at RAF East Kirby in Summer 1944
Looks awesome MattReally gorgeous job!
Thanks FK, just took the newest girl out for a spin... A2ussie of 460 (RAAF) Squadron from RAF Binbrook in Summer 1944, meets a Tiger Force Lanc... an impromptu Formation 'photocall' was immediately put into action..
...just some nice formation flying... nothing happens quickly in a Lanc, with certain notable exceptions...
just as a H/U first 3 are available on Flightsim.com now :salute: filename:fcslancbi_trip.zip
You're my super star of the month Matt. Maybe even of the quarter;-)
Any idea if or when that gorgeous polished metal might hit the shelves?
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thanks Dougal.... the really shiny one is in with that 3 pack... i'm just working on #3 of the second 3-pack now, LE-P of 630Sqn, AR-A of 460(RAAF) Sqn and the third... well, thats being kept a secret till i get more done
Oh cool, downloading now. Again, many thanks matt!!! (and all other repainters too)
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no problem, still debating what to do as the 3rd B.I for 2nd Triple pack, 6th B.I total...
Awesome repaints Matt! DLing them now!!! :salute:
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cheers guys, i've just decided on #6..... now i can think about the second pack of 3...
Excellent work :salute:
I'd love to see a Thumper Mk.III paint (the latest BBMF livery, with 'City of Lincoln' still on the starboard side). I have some decent top-shots for reference if you want
well next one will be a break from the normExcellent work :salute:
I'd love to see a Thumper Mk.III paint (the latest BBMF livery, with 'City of Lincoln' still on the starboard side). I have some decent top-shots for reference if you wantfor a BBMF paint to really work we'd need a Lancaster with Lincoln rudders
Nice, looking forward to it
i can now unveil the new girl, which finishes off the second triple-pack.... ok this one was a B.X variant but we work with what we have so represented here on a B.I with H2S
KB772, 'R' for 'Ropey', 419 (RCAF)Sqn, RAF Middleton St. George, 1945
EDIT @ 0018GMT: Pack is now uploading to Flightsim.com
well.... one last shot for tonight, the new Work In Progress (code for "I'm on my chinstraps here, having a break for an hour or two")
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