Beanie 4 Posted April 7, 2009 Here is a little Ruskie skin I finished working on this weekend Excellent skin Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rick Rawlings 138 Posted April 7, 2009 Hey Rick, Those are great. Here's one from my first mission with a new pilot tonight. Lined up beautifully on an ACE, and my gun jams!!!! Oh my God! Tell me about it! I swear the bounding box on the N17's Lewis gun is twice the size of everything else on my plane! At least 60% of the time that I am hit at all, the Lewis goes down and I have to bluff my way out of the flight! At least you got a good picture and lived to tell the tale, however! RR Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
griphos 0 Posted April 7, 2009 The N17 Lewis is new to me. One of my first flights in it. So, I hadn't experienced what you're suggesting. Very interesting. I very well could have taken hits on the gun while downing the one right before this guy. I might have taken them from THIS GUY! When my gun jammed in the Pup, I could almost always fly around a bit pulling on the trigger occasionally, and when it cooled down, it would start working again and I was back in business. But I chased this guy for a very long time, and all I got from the gun was two or three individual and random bullets for all my trigger yanking and cursing. I'll keep an eye on that. I have to say I'm not crazy about that targeting sight/cone/whatever in the cockpit, but in that second shot, I was lined up to start sawing on the left lower wing all the way through the cockpit to the right lower wingtip if only I could do more than yell curses at him! I don't have a good feeling about this Lewis gun! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rick Rawlings 138 Posted April 7, 2009 I have to say I'm not crazy about that targeting sight/cone/whatever in the cockpit, but in that second shot, I was lined up to start sawing on the left lower wing all the way through the cockpit to the right lower wingtip if only I could do more than yell curses at him! I don't have a good feeling about this Lewis gun! Prior to 1.3 it was lined up with the seat and was actually very useful. I actually got a 56% accuracy on a campaign mission shooting down 3 Albatross DIIIs, which I have not even come close to on any other plane. Post patch, you just have to get used to the new hit point, somewhere alolng the lower edge of the sight it seems. I find the F6 view to be largely useless as it is too zoomed in. Overall the Neiuport series are great planes, although I might just be saying that since I have spent 90% of the time since I got this game in RFC #40! RR Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
griphos 0 Posted April 7, 2009 (edited) RFC40! That's my squad now! I've flown almost exclusively Pups in 8 and 9 RNAS, but in MP, I've wound up in N17s a fair bit and liked the way they flew, so I started a campaign as Mick and he started in 40. I plan to move with him as he did through the war, assuming, of course, I last longer than a few weeks! Any RFC40 tips?! I like how the airfield is so easy to spot in the middle of that marsh/forest whatever it is. And I'll give the Lewis a fair shot. If it helps my percentage, I'm all for it. I'm pretty much a 15-18% man so far. Edited April 7, 2009 by griphos Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cameljockey 3 Posted April 7, 2009 That guy had blue eyes! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Schlissefahrt 0 Posted April 7, 2009 (edited) That guy had blue eyes! HA! That, sir, is a line from Memphis Belle! I love that movie, and its a great line, and that is also a great screenshot! :) Edited April 7, 2009 by Schlissefahrt Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red-Dog 3 Posted April 7, 2009 Some nice shots of the terrain detail within the game.This is over Corcieux the french sector. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UK_Widowmaker 571 Posted April 8, 2009 (edited) Two adversaries meet...two different occasions...Two different results. The first, resulted in me (DVIIF) getting chewed to bits by the Rear Gunner, when I climbed into his Field of Fire, and was forced to make an Emergency landing. Our second meeting, I risked all, by diving straight at him in a swooping pass....although the gunner hit me, I managed to set fire to his fuel tank..... I wouldn't like to be the hapless crew in that furnace!!! Edited April 8, 2009 by UK_Widowmaker Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wels 2 Posted April 8, 2009 Hello, great screenshots. Widowmaker this burning R.E.8 looks really bad , i guess i would indeed rather jump .. Greetings, Catfish Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UK_Widowmaker 571 Posted April 8, 2009 Hello,great screenshots. Widowmaker this burning R.E.8 looks really bad , i guess i would indeed rather jump .. Greetings, Catfish Yeah..they didn't walk away from that one!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wels 2 Posted April 8, 2009 Hello, just some screenshots, in no particular order - but showing goodies and problems .. Nice planes ! Escorting Rolands with my Halberstadt. Nice cockpit view, only problem is my Halberstadt gets wet My flight really landed ! They do land, even if it takes time, they make a very loong leg for the last approach. Pilot or observer bailing out - but there's still someone left in the cockpit ? Damage of the wing looks good, i mean it's bad - nice damage modeling ! This Nieuport followed me for some hundred yards flying reverse (!) without losing altitude, shooting and hitting me all the time. Imagine hitting someone in a Nieuport flying reversed ?! Greetings, Catfish Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UK_Widowmaker 571 Posted April 8, 2009 (edited) YUK!...Sliced up by own propeller...shoulda stayed with it!...great damage modelling like you say Wels!...but I have been put off my Bacon Sandwich by that screenie!! Edited April 8, 2009 by UK_Widowmaker Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Paarma 0 Posted April 8, 2009 (edited) Hey Widowmaker! Where you get that blue swastika fokker!? Did you know that that same blue swastika was used in Finnish airforce during 1918-1945 or even later after ww2? Edited April 8, 2009 by Paarma Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UK_Widowmaker 571 Posted April 8, 2009 (edited) Hey Widowmaker! Where you get that blue swastika fokker!? Did you know that that same blue swastika was used in Finnish airforce during 1918-1945 or even later after ww2? Yes, I did know thanks Paarma...this is why I made it It's in the download section.... where us amatuer skinners hang out http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autoc...amp;showcat=351 Edited April 8, 2009 by UK_Widowmaker Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peeppu 207 Posted April 8, 2009 Pilot or observer bailing out - but there's still someone left in the cockpit ? Damage of the wing looks good, i mean it's bad - nice damage modeling ! Catfish I have often the same problem Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canvas Wings 1 Posted April 9, 2009 Pilot or observer bailing out - but there's still someone left in the cockpit ? Had a similar experience with an FE2 -snuck up low and behind and popped two quick burst into it. It wobbled, a little debris flew off, and though I did see it start to smoke, it must have flamed because both crew members jumped. The Fe lumbered on for another hundred metres or so, then it *did* burst into flame - at which point *another* pilot and observer bailed out. My guess is the Brits are getting low on aircraft and have to double up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rabu 9 Posted April 9, 2009 (edited) The Upper Hand Neat shot.. Wels: That second shot of the CP is neat too, looks like you found the "Eyepoint" commands? Edited April 9, 2009 by rabu Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Paarma 0 Posted April 9, 2009 Very nice work Widowmaker :) Yes, I did know thanks Paarma...this is why I made it It's in the download section.... where us amatuer skinners hang out http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autoc...amp;showcat=351 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olham 164 Posted April 9, 2009 My best lasting pilot so far, "Wolf" Mahlo, has many encounters with SPAD XIII. So far, they always lost, except on one occasion, were they outnumbered us terribly, and we were chased back over the lines. But next time, our revenge cost them four more of these planes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snoopy syndrome 0 Posted April 9, 2009 My best lasting pilot so far, "Wolf" Mahlo, has many encounters with SPAD XIII.So far, they always lost, except on one occasion, were they outnumbered us terribly, and we were chased back over the lines. But next time, our revenge cost them four more of these planes. French foxes against german wolves! It's realy a wild world...i hope you got your anti-rabies up to date anyway! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UK_Widowmaker 571 Posted April 9, 2009 Very nice work Widowmaker :) Thank you Paarma! (I think you will really like my next Finnish Fokker!!... A little bit 'special' and just for you!! ) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olham 164 Posted April 10, 2009 (edited) Wow, Red Dog - hey, Good-lookin'! Just tested a new skin, and had a little tango with SPADs to add salt to the soup. This situation was right after an almost-crash. While I attacked the right fighter, the left SPAD zoomed through my sight inbetween us, large as a barn! Had I seen her coming, she would have got a lethal burst! But my reaction wasn't good enough - it was a nano-second, so to say. For more pics, see skinning thread. Edited April 10, 2009 by Olham Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
