T-33 RCAF (Snowbirds)

[+1977Frenchie 1,037]

BTW, make sure that your numbers.lst matches with the Decals you have made for the skin...

 

The decal numbers and also the serial numbers were not a problem as they worked well.

 

I put on each skin the roundels, flags, ejection seat signs, rescue signs so they will not be as decals. What will be left for decals is the serial numbers, plane numbers, rcaf/caf letters and squadron lettering for the early T-birds.

 

Skins have been reworked accordingly and will do some tests tonight. If everything works fine, will only have to paint the skins and double check if there is no problems with them. 16 skins to check... quite some work ahead.

 

Then will check if the CT-133 plane i made + skins is working well, then release :)

 

Will surely put some pics tonight 

[+1977Frenchie 1,037]

1955 skin done and decals placed. Thx Wrench and 7eleven for the help!

 

 

 

 

1 down, 15 to go :)

[+1977Frenchie 1,037]

Situation of the project :

 

16 skins have their decals placed.

1 skin is completely painted

Looking to finish the other 15 skins in the next days.

 

This is a bit more complicated then i tought :)

[+1977Frenchie 1,037]

Now have 10 skins made... progress are made!

[Stratos 3,168]

Keep up the good work Frenchie!

[+1977Frenchie 1,037]

Thanks Guys. nice to know that these are wanted :)

 

made 1 more tonight, the 1978 one :

 

 

i'm now on 12 done and 4 to go (camo one's). This is where the real fun starts.

 

After these done, will have to check if decals fit with time period and we shall be ready to fly them gent's!

[+1977Frenchie 1,037]

Not a lot have been done today, but some work on the 1957 camo scheme. I discovered that the 4 camo scheme on the CT-133 were all different... so a little extra work here :) Also a little decal work have been done on every skin as i misplaced some..

 

Eye candy on the 1957 WIP camo scheme :

 

 

 

[+1977Frenchie 1,037]

Hi Guys,

 

Project still going on :)

 

Almost all skins are finished. Got the canopies to finish on the camo schemes, some decals verifications to be done on every skins, camo scheme of 1988 to complete and will be ready to upload...

 

There is 6 others RCAF skins i found in my documents and i could easely do them in the next weeks. I put a LOT of time on the 16 skins and i will need a break of this :)

 

So stay tuned and i will give dev. status on this project!

[+1977Frenchie 1,037]

Okay folks,

 

Between the hollidays and snow removal (it's common here to get a LOT in wintertime, but is that necessary to get day after day after day, lol), i am almost done. Even had the time to do the final regular scheme (year 2006).

 

So it makes a tally of 17 skins and as said before, there were still a few more to do as i found some i did not remember :) So what started as a little project came bigger and bigger :)

 

I might do a 1987 scheme also on release as it will be easy to do and the ''Flight School one'' in the mean time.

 

I only have to check if the decals are placed correctly a last time and adjust them, then final flight check before releasing!

[+1977Frenchie 1,037]

A little more made tonight :)

 

Checked the decals per time period and they now fit.

 

Completely made to more skins (1987 and 1991) :) Did the Flight School one, but too many problem up to now with 1 decal...

 

Test flight have been made to check if everything show properly.

 

Here is the two 1988 scheme and the 1991 and 2006 one's

 

 

 

 

So will now check if skins are okay and go on with upload!

[+1977Frenchie 1,037]

Project finished! Skins done :

 

1955

1956 (1)

1956 (2)

1957

1958

1960 (1)

1960 (2)

1965

1968

1970

1975

1978

1982

1986

1988 (1)

1988 (2)

1991

2002

Snowbirds Support

 

So a tally of 19!

 

Now i would like to take the T-33A files and make out a CT-133 one so i could tweak the engine to get the Nene engine instead of the regular engine. Any input on how to do it. I trid by copying the files in a new folder (CT-133) and changes the name in the T-33A.ini folder for CT-133 Silver Star but it is not working :)

 

Also, How come that even if by default it's the Fletcher tank that is on the loadout screen when i pop in game i have the F-80 regular tank? Even if i only put the Fletcher tank in the folder, i have the Fletcher tank in the loadout screen but when in game i did have the Fletcher tank, but no texture (all black)...

 

On these 2 i'm lost so any help would be great!

 

[+1977Frenchie 1,037]

Also, little problem with decals on 1951 to 1957 decals...

 

In reality, the underwing markings are reversed

 

 

I manually did the roundel and lettering of the right underwing (left side of image), but the decal for the number can't be put in the right direction. I tried the line Inverted =TRUE in the decals.ini, but what i would need to do is a ROTATION... Is there another command that would alloud a a 180 degrees rotation to a decal? If a create a decal, this will not match with the other plane decals (same number)...

 

As a solution, i made both underwing decals identical (they are looking the same direction), as per the left underwing (right side of image)...

[+1977Frenchie 1,037]

I'm on the final stretch.

 

Folder have been created to get the distinctive CT-133, based on the T-33A (no modification made to the fuselage, even if it shall be done as there was a slight difference between those two T-Birds).

 

Now i can select and fly the CT-133 OR the T-33A.

Decal folder have been done.

Little tweak in the CT-133.ini to change the T-33A engine for the nene one.

All links made in the ini's.

 

Now some test to try to solve the wingtip tanks problem i have but i'm about to get it (well i hope).

 

So final flights tonight to see if works properly and waiting for the 60cm of snow to fall this night!

 

 

 

[+Nyghtfall 2,102]

Also, little problem with decals on 1951 to 1957 decals...

 

In reality, the underwing markings are reversed

2_AB3.jpg

 

I manually did the roundel and lettering of the right underwing (left side of image), but the decal for the number can't be put in the right direction. I tried the line Inverted =TRUE in the decals.ini, but what i would need to do is a ROTATION... Is there another command that would alloud a a 180 degrees rotation to a decal? If a create a decal, this will not match with the other plane decals (same number)...

 

As a solution, i made both underwing decals identical (they are looking the same direction), as per the left underwing (right side of image)...

 

"ROTATION=180.0" should do the trick.

[+1977Frenchie 1,037]

"ROTATION=180.0" should do the trick.

 

Thanks Nyghtfall it did the trick!

 

I now have to solve some decals problem with some skins as it seems that 3 of them are screwing up everything :( But as they are common one i will put them directly on the skins so they will not be decals anymore and everything will be solved!

 

I hope to finish this soon, but with the snowstorm we have here, will not have many time to put on it (but i'll still find some).

[+Nyghtfall 2,102]

 

Now i would like to take the T-33A files and make out a CT-133 one so i could tweak the engine to get the Nene engine instead of the regular engine. Any input on how to do it. I trid by copying the files in a new folder (CT-133) and changes the name in the T-33A.ini folder for CT-133 Silver Star but it is not working :)

 

 

for the namechange you have to change the ini's name to the folder's name --> t-33a.ini to ct-133.ini for example and change the name in the ini itself (i read that you did this already).

 

P.S. nevermind, I've seen, you found that already :)

Edited December 30, 2016 by Nyghtfall

[+1977Frenchie 1,037]

Okay folks, now everything is done, except the wingtip tanks where i would only have the Fletcher one's.

 

If only i could figure that out, i could release my CT-133 + skins :)

 

Did not have much time as the snowstorm + high tides hit hard...

[+1977Frenchie 1,037]

Upload near to be done...

 

When done, will be in the section Cold War Era aircraft, Other origin. (even if the T-33A was a US Aircraft, the CT-133 was a licence buid T-33 in Canada Under official designation CL-30...

 

Will upload the file by the end of the day!