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The screenshot theme solution... VA-127 Nickname - Cylons HMA-169 Nickname - Vipers CVN-70 USS Carl Vinson Nickname - Battlestar

Still not as ugly as the BAC Lightning though... Oh yeah, I said it, Poms. Come at me, Commonwealth bros!

Trailer - mentions DX11

OK, I started to shape it more like this, here is the latest rendition. Total balancing act though, trying to keep the poly count down while getting smooth corners/edges. Here's where I'm at so far; but to be honest I'm not totally happy with it for some odd reason. But maybe it's decent enough - just let me know what changes need to be done to it? Also, is the bend too sharp/angled - see render 2? P.S. just noticed the "notch" width in the horizontal stabilizer needs to be increased (made wider). Yeah, I'm kind of thinking the lower poly count is some of what's bothering me, for example here is a higher poly version.

What if the Germans would have selected the 201 too:

OK, thank you all with special thanks to VonS for the info and diagrams, extremely helpful. I'm going to take each section at a time and once perfected move onto the next section. Let us start with the tail only for now. Please see revision. Is this better? What adjustments need to be made?

Update, big thank you to russouk for his help.

The RFC and French did fly a few 2 seater variants as well, so if you do mange to do a 2 seater, then we could use Stephens rifleman mod for his Taube .

@Swambast, man... you´re in trouble!!!!

Sorry about the previous vid, the bloody commentator had verbal gob poops !! Also that Bleriot is I think a replica, however it displays a different tail profile to the one you are thinking about, maybe it was just the early XI's that had the small rudder/stabiliser ? Anyhow heres another vid of the Shuttleworth Collection Bleriot, which is original, and is the oldest airworth aircraft in the world, although they dont actually fly it per se, rather they do a short hop down the runway, which is understandable really considering its historical significance. Also there are some nice views of the Anzani engine as well at the start of the vid. As a little treat I found this replica Taube as well, I know its unrelated to the topic at hand, however.....................

A new one of these would be nice as well for the Galipoli Front

I know that someone of you guys are very excited with this kite, but it's useless in combat. No fixed guns. The pilot was fully exposed. Anyway it should be interesting to see how it flies.

I owe someone a favor, of which includes some help on some First Eagles support. While I am very constrained for time and not around as much, let me try to oblige your request if I can. Full disclaimer this is NOT my original model; it is a publicly available and permissible model that I have started to update and convert for use in First Eagles. Note I am out of my element and not knowledgeable in this genre, so will need some guidance if I were to continue this.

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I have a feeling that these were hand built in about as many variations as you can count. If I may make a humble suggestion, try to save each time you change it. You probably can release about 10 different visual versions that would match at least one picture or diagram. I’ll be happy with any versions released. Thank you

OK, thank you for the info. Side note, there are literally several photos with varying degrees of discrepancy on the shape of the vertical stablizer/rudder - I am not sure which to follow! For example, Geezer's differs from what I see in some of the source photos, and some of the source photos differ from others...Here is another revision on the "new rudder" but I need guidance on which "version" to use and any adjustments you might like, please. Don't worry about any of the textures/UV Mapping for now, that will all be fine tuned later. Edit: Also side note, I noticed the horizontal stabilizer in many photographs had a "notched section" to accommodate the rudder. I made that adjustment as well in the model, please advise of any needed changes regarding that.

Have never had better trees or treelines in FE2 before tinkering with the alpha settings in the terrain data inis. A few more representative pics. below - will upload the relevant files in a day or two under my FM thread. Also, some observations regarding the "AlphaObjectTextureMaterial" entry of the terrain data inis (relevant for those of us on AMD vid. cards): // depthbuffercheck must be TRUE, otherwise trees visible through aircraft even when flying // depthbufferwrite must be FALSE, otherwise chopped and blocky trees and foliage artifacts // alphatestenabled may be set to FALSE for even more tree intersection and overlap, although I think it works adequately at TRUE // mipmap must be set to TRUE, otherwise small sparkling lights/flickering of trees and forests if set to FALSE Von S More varied spring/summer trees More types of conifers, firs, etc. Winter landscapes looking more robust, different trees outlining roadways, rivers, etc. Unrelated photo - to get a lighter-colored skin for the early Tripe by Stephen, open "Photos" in Win10, apply the "Sahara" filter, and re-save.

You dam right!!! :)

Useless in combat? Represents an improvement on me.

OK VonS, should be easy enough to sculpt into what you are looking for. I'll start with the rudder changes and post updates as things progress. Also, can you send me as a starting point the 45hp variant of the MS Type G you have in your FM package please.

Your man in the green overalls looks old enough to be Bleriot!

The Emld N.28 also has a tweaked FM included in my large FM and realism pack for FE2. I did create a very similar FM for Geezer's N.28 too (located in the relevant package with Geezer's aircraft) - but there is something wrong with the prop. disc at certain rpms in Geezer's model - something that I can't fix unfortunately via data ini tweaks (I believe that Crawford tried fixing the prop. disc too but neither of us was successful with that). Anyway, the Emld N.28 is a very good choice. If this thread must turn into a (very humble) request list, the only one that comes to mind immediately is --- get ready for this one everyone --- the Bleriot XI (of whatever variant, but I particularly like the 45-hp Anzani or later 7-cylinder rotary type). That one has been vaporware for a while. Needless to say, and knowing myself how much time it takes to tweak things (let alone make models) - take your time fellow modders. Any new items for FE2 are greatly appreciated whenever they are released, but please don't burn out making the models. Thanks again Stephen for your excellent Tripehound variants - I'm getting close to finishing with my FM tweaks for the three variants and will post under the "Tripe Variants" thread when ready with those. Happy flying all, Von S NOTE: Those with excellent model-making capabilities are more than welcome to tinker with the N.28/28a in the package containing Geezer's aircraft, under the "New Aircraft" thread (p. 25). Maybe the only real problem with that model is that the tga files for fast and slow prop speeds need tweaking, and the dark disc problem (with the prop.) will disappear. Can't say anything more on that since I'm just a mere FM tweaker and ini file cruncher.

Emld has a very nice Nieuport 28 here: https://combatace.com/files/file/3962-nieuport-28-c1-v102-with-cockpit/ It has a fully functional cockpit and decals. v.Deutschmark also made some skins for it. https://combatace.com/files/file/4197-eddy-rickenbacker’s-n-28/ https://combatace.com/files/file/4196-douglas-campbell-n-28/ It looks like Geezer replaced one LOD in Emld's plane.

Corsairs - The USN Work Horses of the Korean Air-to-Ground War, Korea 1951. (TMF F4U-4B with new lines, rivets, paint, etc. Original decals by Wrench.)

Rivets I use 1 pixel black and for highlight overlap a white pixel.....or 4 etc and overlap white with the black rivet layer...like on the wing pic...and alter transparency to suit.. photoshop you can get lines of dots for rivets and theres brushes out there peopl e have made of panel lines...you click start then finish line and up they pop.. or like fuselage if high res you can do better rivets..(round raised or sunken etc)

MiG-15's on Patrol, Korea 1952. Pasko's old MiG-15bis with new lines, rivets, paint, etc.

File Name: JF 17 Thunder Block II + Weapon Pack File Submitter: JuanchoGomez File Submitted: 02 September 2014 File Category: JF-17 JF 17 Thunder Block II for Strike Fighters 2 with pakistan weapon pack ############################################################### Includes: Fuel Tank Pl-9 IR missile Pl-12 BVR missile MAR-1 Anti Radar missile C802A Anti Ship missile CM-400AKG Cruise Missile LS6 Stand Off GPS bomb WMD7 Targeting Pod LT 2 LGB bomb LT 3 LGB bomb ############################################################### Fix for those who have the pilot problem https://www.mediafire.com/?4ro0c8uio890e1f ############################################################### Credists: 3D model and Skin: Juancho Gomez Data ini: Juanma 360 Click here to download this file

Some information needed, any feedback will be appreciated and especially from members from turkey regarding these TB2 parts I just couldn't find any.