RF-4B.....

[+daddyairplanes 10,139]

has anyone released a RF-4B outside of the Vietnam Air and Ground expansion packs? I know the RF-4C is available at C5's old site and in NF4+ but got to thinkin on the Marine bird as i was reading yesterday. if no one has i'm askin the permission out in the open here to make a few skins and release. kinda pertinent given VMFP-3 had several dets out on Coral Sea from i believe 75-83. i've already placed the DECM as appear post 73 tho i will need to figure out a tail_rwr as they did have that too.

very early in thought process on this, opinions/ advise welcome.

[+FLOGGER23 3,040]

Just out of curiosity, are you makinh the Playboys one???

[+daddyairplanes 10,139]

i could, i'm very early in the process here. just played around with DECM to see if the F-4N ones would work. but shouldn't be too hard as only 3 squadrons flew it and only two had more than one paint scheme..

Edited April 6, 2012 by daddyairplanes

[Icarus999 70]

has anyone released a RF-4B outside of the Vietnam Air and Ground expansion packs? I know the RF-4C is available at C5's old site and in NF4+ but got to thinkin on the Marine bird as i was reading yesterday. if no one has i'm askin the permission out in the open here to make a few skins and release. kinda pertinent given VMFP-3 had several dets out on Coral Sea from i believe 75-83. i've already placed the DECM as appear post 73 tho i will need to figure out a tail_rwr as they did have that too.

very early in thought process on this, opinions/ advise welcome.

 

They flew off the USS Midway on several deployments...Cool low vis Gull grey as well as TPS schemes in the mid eighties

[Wrench 9,801]

I'd say go for it; as long as the original builder is a Freeware signatory, or if it's TMF, permission is obtained.

[+Soulfreak 6,510]

Volker has the RF-4B on his to do list i think.

[+daddyairplanes 10,139]

dang it. cool on the permissions (as the original RF-4C was a TMF project) but don't wanna step on someone else's toes. plus i don't have the experience for a redone cockpit(and am sure Volker would knock another one out the park), but do have skins ready from my fighter Phantom project and a decal.ini prepped already. hmmmmph...

[+ravenclaw_007 7,622]

i have the RF-4B and RF-4C in work but that will take a while , the cockpits are almost done and the aircrafts need only some new exhaust nozzle but i have no time to finish them this year , so what ever you do go a head with it

 

if i´m done with the F-16C and the Mig-29 (i think next year ) i will contact you and we can work together to make some very nice phantoms , ok with you ????

 

looking forward to some nice skins

 

if you need a cockpit pick one from my RF-4E´s

Edited April 8, 2012 by ravenclaw_007

[delta_lima 0]

Really interested in any USMC RF-4B skins, particularly earlier (high-vis). Did these WIPs ever progress?

 

Insofar as the model is concerned, is what is shown in these shots the TMF RF-4C, from here: http://www.column5.us/classic/aircraft6.shtml I assume so, but still figuring out what of the old Gen 1 stuff works in Gen 2. It would be nice to know that RF works well in Gen 2 ...

 

thanks kindly,

 

DL

[+76.IAP-Blackbird 3,557]

Is there a big external difference between C and B model?

[+ravenclaw_007 7,622]

some

[delta_lima 0]

To my standard, they're not major external differences. System-wise, the main differences were in the camera/sensor suite. To my view, I'd be happy with using the C model as a basis for a B - reasonably close, at least for the interim. In fs2004, for example, there was some fantastic repaints of the Marine RF-4Bs that used Alphasim's RF-4C model as the basis - and I found the results fantastic. A Ravenclaw B would be superb, of course ... but that looks like a long ways out.

 

I'm just curious what became of these "B" paints, and if the C model is what you need to use them.

 

Naval/Marine recce ... love it!

 

DL

 

EDIT - didn't see Ravenclaw had responded while I typed ... again, just my opinion.

Edited September 28, 2012 by delta_lima

[+daddyairplanes 10,139]

some progress on TPS. leave the tanks and insignia alone easy fixes. the radome is bugging the snot outta me right now tho!!!!!! maybe a decal.......

[slick cowboy 142]

searching for an RF-4B... but only found this thread

did anything happen after this? nothing in the downloads except for the vietnam expansion pack...

 

i'm wondering if Sundowner's F-4 template would fit this bird, at least to have hi-res skins instead of the current 512x512

[+daddyairplanes 10,139]

not much since the last post.  several other projects in front of this esp a Sierra Phantom skinpack but with the reminder will take another look at it for springish next year unless you are interested in picking it up. in that case i can pm you what is done as well as serial nums and resources

[DEVIL11 31]

Are u gonna have any CAG and Xo paint schemes

[slick cowboy 142]

been working on it, so far VMPF-3 and VMCJ-1

but I need to get rid of the slimers and I can't find them in the lights in the data.ini

where do i look for them

the RF-4B don't seem to have slimers

 

 

[+daddyairplanes 10,139]

again slick, will search for and pm ya files after christmas.  i had gotten the slimers off the fuselage and tail but to do so on the wingtips leaves a hole in the model.  one thing not tried is a dark decal to go over the self illuminating mesh.  also gotta check because they defineatly had DECM after 74/75  and some got -10 engines same as the J. not sure if they had slimers in the 80s can check photos later.

 

not trying to blow ya off, just have a family of 5 and so rather busy the next few days, as well as trying to get a few current projects wrapped while on break

[slick cowboy 142]

okido, will hold off for now

 

have fun with the kids :-)

 

(maybe i'll reskin the RF-8G meanwhile...)

[slick cowboy 142]

actually i found this thread in the SF1 section, where the slimers were somehow taken off

http://combatace.com/topic/49813-rf-4b-usmc/

 

same RF-4C model I think...

[+Sundowner 4,813]

These are summat I was working on ages ago.....same basic RF-4C model but tweaked for SF2 and the slimers removed....

 

 

 

 

 

Maybe a stand in until Volker can get to make some "proper" ones..

 

Edited because I couldn't get the screenies to show...

Edited December 28, 2014 by Sundowner

[+ravenclaw_007 7,622]

i will try to make them this year , the  C version is almost done i just have to add the short engine nozzle and add the refueling probe for the spanish version , some details like antennas are missing to

 

and the Templates will take some time

[+Sundowner 4,813]

No rush Volker but let me know if there's anything I can do.

[slick cowboy 142]

i tried working on the antiglare, but somehow it's always splintering... drives me nuts

I got it more or less on one side, but the other side keeps splintering... can't seem to get it right... it's continuous struggle... deleting, adding, reloading

at least i got the nose right, but still...  the nose seems to have a different gloss then the rest of the front fuselage...

 

 

[+daddyairplanes 10,139]

Are you doing the anti glare direct on skin or as a tga?