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Fish Heads day out

Two more for the SAM pack... I-Dome David Sling

Did a tut on chutes in pinned area Flogger m8....chute animated with vertices and use a controller mesh to move and scale... I am led to believe this is a freeware version of the Yak-52...its done but im researching its pedigree to ensure its 100% NOT pirated if I release it...so it may or may not see light of day,..im tempted though to make one if it fails muster as its awesome.....took a lot of work to sort but I think its worth it...looks a stunner if im honest...really like this a\c...keep fingers crossed....The paint kit is listed and in freeware section at Virtavia..(Formerly Alphasim) so ok to use the textures...

"Above us only sky"...

It's simply revolutionary! Fantastic! Stunning!

If you want to make them shooting with silver bullits, then yes. If you want a little bit reality lower the values. The values means % hit rate.

RAF Filton. Spitfire Mk.I are waiting for next mission.

Few tweaks and ready to go high...

T-45s taking a tour of SWUS.. Time to take it down into the valleys.. Out of the hills and a fast run across the desert floor.. Then back to the Boat for debrief..

So......what was happening back in 2011 I wonder? Well there were rumours of a new version of Falcon 4 which was later released by Benchmark Sims (BMS), and in February of that year DCS: A-10C Warthog was released. The Strike Fighters community was eagerly awaiting the release of Strike Fighters 2: North Atlantic - and it was also the year that Combat Ace member Sophocles bit the bullet and decided to get into 3D modelling. Now many years later, he has now released what certainly looks like the best modelled aircraft ever to grace Strike Fighters 2, and that includes all of Thirdwires efforts. Many modder projects start and look promising and then wither and die (especially after so many years) so we decided to ask Sophocles some questions about this project. The F-5A thread starts around 2012 - what year did you start the F-5 model exactly? I started the model in December of 2011. I'd never done any 3d modelling, but I was determined to learn, having done a lot of free-ware/payware texturing work for CFS2 and FS9. What 3D programs do you use to create 3D models? 3dsMax.. It is unusual for someone to stay on a single project after all this time - what has kept you going all these years to continue the project? Well, I spent about a year finishing the external model (learning all the basics as I went along, ie. modelling, mapping, animating) and then another year doing the cockpit.. I'd planned for a release in 2014 but by that time my world caved in together with the Greek economy..) lost my business, house, went through divorce and even lost the dog!! As you can imagine, the last thing on my mind was the F-5A model!!! I tried over the years at times to re-invest in the project, but real life just kept getting in the way... Many Combat Ace members were involved in the project, some actively helping along and contributing in one form or another (will thank and present their contributions in their entirety when the project is complete), others offering encouragement and emotional support (this is the best thing about the Combat Ace community!) but the one individual who for the most part inspired the level of detail in the model; and who subsequently worked the hardest getting the project moving again was Volker (ravenclaw).. without whom the project would not have been revived (post-2017). I really need to get the F-5A out to the community because their support (and patience, LOL!) has been incredible. After this do you think you will continue to do other 3D models on this level? Sure, with all the knowledge and experience I've accumulated over the years, any new projects (and there are a few..) will take a fraction of the time .. given the world doesn't implode...again!!!!! With special thanks to Sophocles you can download Hellenic Air Force F-5A Volume 1 here and looks like there will be more high quality volumes to follow:

Saw this on Imgur. Had to share this here on CombatACE

OGMA Dragão - OK Flight, Aeronautica Militar, 1942 At the outbreak of World War Two in September 1939 the Portuguese 'Estado Novo' Government (led by Prime Minister António de Oliveira Salazar) immediately announced that whilst the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance of 1373 remained intact, Salazar considered that Portugal was free to remain neutral in the war as the UK Government had not sought Portuguese assistance. On September 5th, 1939 the British Government confirmed their understanding of Salazar's announcement but regretfully explained to Salazar that they were no longer able to supply the 15 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I fighter aircraft recently ordered by Portugal. With most of their Gloster Gladiators having been transferred to the Azores the Aeronáutica Militar had literally a handful of obsolete fighter aircraft with which to defend the Portuguese mainland. In a speech to the Portuguese parliament on September 11th 1939, Salazar boldly announced that Portugal would design, manufacture and deploy it's own indigenous fighter aircraft before the end of 1940 further announcing that Oficinas Gerais de Material Aeronáutico (OGMA) already had a design on the drawing board at their Alverca do Ribatejo factory that would be urgently expanded to accommodate the production of the new fighter - soon to named as the OGMA Dragão. OGMA's design was a fairly conventional low-wing monoplane featuring all-metal construction but with fabric-covered control surfaces typical of the era. The planned powerplant was the Bristol Taurus III radial engine but as OGMA were nervous about getting these engines from the UK they made an early decision to switch to the Pratt & Whitney R-1830-17 Twin Wasp 14-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine. Whilst lacking cockpit armour and self-sealing fuel tanks the Dragão was well armed with four Browning .50 caliber machine guns all firing through the propeller arc. Development moved swiftly and by March 1940 the Dragão prototype was taking shape at the OGMA factory but the first flight was delayed due to persistent hydraulic problems with the undercarriage retraction. Finally, on August 15th 1940, Paulo Coluna (OGMA's chief test pilot) took off from Alverca do Ribatejo for a successful 40-minute maiden flight. Entering service in February 1941 the Dragão remained in low-rate production until 1944 and it's low wing loading of 26.9 lb/ft2 gave it outstanding turning performance with relatively light controls even at close to maximum speed but the low power was a serious handicap at all altitudes with poor acceleration and a low top speed of 329mph.

Damn Russo, you´re always good for a surprise!

That's great angelp, some more Western SAMs to fill in the blanks on maps.

Target for today: RAF Filton near Bristol. FW-187 Falke over Bristol Channel near Cardiff Task: Escort six Ju-88 which attack RAF Filton. Its only a diversion attack, to lure RAF fighters away from main strike. The plan was working. A Hawker Hurricane squadron took off and tried to attack the bombers. Our fighters engaged them and shot them down. Here: kill one! An other Hurricane is doomed. The result of the attack: The airfield was missed, but the bombs hit the Bristol Aircraft Company factory. The home of the Blenheim bombers is a ruin now. Heading home after sucessfull mission. No bomber lost. No fighter lost. 8 Hurricanes shot down. Well done everybody! The last few meters, then we had dry feets and a daywork was done.

A 99kt warhead. 10 times more than the Hiroshima bomb. Its a little bit overrated. Doesnt it?

that's gonna leave a mark that won't rub out!

oh! they know they`re dead! one hell of a shockwave with that wt! good stuff!

Okay, I made my first test. I took the 40MM_L60 Bofors cannon from a M42, and I changed the following line in the GunData: WarheadWt=9.0 to WarheadWt=99999999.479980 What do you think it happened when A-10 went to hunt down two M42 in the middle of the desert? ... Yaaaaaaay, Nuclear rounds!! Also I tried setting tailgunners to shot flaks but appearently it didn't work, is it as easy as setting true to TimeFuzed? May be I am missing out something...

OGMA Dragão Mk.I - OK Flight, Portuguese Aeronautica Militar, 1944

Also decals for the u2`s...2 non ss are CIA nearest camera and the far one is 9th Recon wing at Beale AFB...the ss version taking off ,S/R is decaled for 9th RW at Osan AB...

landing at the paint barn

https://www.google.com/search?source=univ&tbm=isch&q=Boeing+818&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjyz7HA6OvqAhUaHcAKHX24AAoQsAR6BAgLEAE&biw=1766&bih=871

Flak Bait

Dhimari Vanguards

Hansajet proto

Ilyushin Il-10 'Beast' - 6th Attack Regiment, Parani Army Air Force, 1945 Skin Credit: Charles

Training day for some Skyhawk pilots coming aboard the Lexington...

Im liking this jet....Someones in for a bad day.....

Still a 15/10 babe compared to the Blackburn Skua though. Christ, that thing fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down!

One of those particularly awful British aircraft, the damn thing was a liability, it was awful , and in some cases fatal to use from a carrier, it was as manoeuvrable as a 3 wheeled bus, and it was just basically crap in all respects......Oh and pig ugly as well.

I´m in love...

Photo Bird (Girl in the cockpit is sweet too)

Another Philippine 'sader.