ndicki

Thx, the more decals and skins for the stangs, the better he he. She's my fav over the Spitfire.

You wouldn't want to try dogfighting against a Spit with anything other than another Spit, believe me! Admittedly, the Mustang had range and payload, but when it comes down to close-in knife-fighting, the Spit has better turning and rolling, and heavier armament.

adding the formation and landing lights

 

wrench

kevin stein

See what I mean? Useful!

Thanks! That does look useful. Also Kevin has done an improvement package that I need to check through before I do anything myself - no point in duplicating effort!

Got a USAAF Spit IX on the table at the moment... That should keep the Yanks quiet for a bit!

@ ndicki - Great work with the Spits!

 

Slightly OT but I'd really love to have one with normal (unclipped) wings and the pointy fin/rudder - just like the old Matchbox kit!

So would I! But unfortunately, there are only the two, rather than the... ten or twelve variants I'd like to see! A MkVIIIc would be useful, too, as well as a MkIX/XVI with a cut-down fuselage. Just for starters! Anyway, it's keeping me out of trouble for the time being. Mustang's next, too.

The Matchbox kit was real rubbish, though, be honest. Almost as bad as the ancient Airfix MkIX that they are still selling!

Coming up soon...

No.4 Sqn South African Air Force. They switched from Kittyhawks to Spit MkVs in July 1943, and to MkIXs in May 1944, making them the first SA squadron to use the Spitfire, and to be issued with the MkIX.

No need for that

Brilliant news! Plus Monty's models are very good!

Meanwhile, I'm off on MkIXc and XVIe aircraft... There's lots to do! Not to mention some of the weirder efforts, such as Rolfe Arne Berg's final a/c, complete with Norwegian markings!

Now, we just need decent opponents .... and our Jouney to SF2 WW2 will be complete...

 

wrench

kevin stein

How about working on TK to get an S-199? I can think of a few things that might happen to it!

Meanwhile, dogfighting against other Spitfires is a useful training challenge!

The Universal wing was actually the C-wing, since it could mount anything from 8 .303 Brownings to 4 20mm Hispano cannons...of course C-wing Spitfires usually carried the same armament as the B-Wing.

 

I think you could also mount two .50 cal MGs and 2 Hispano cannons, but judging how these guns were mounted on the E-wing, that was probably done only as a field modification.

 

FYI, I have a rather complete list of all RAF squadrons that have flown the Spitfire...

SpitfireSqds.pdf

Useful! Thanks.

 

Serial numbers can drive you nuts

LoL! Tell me about it! I'm doing the Mustang MkIV as well - that's even worse. Most sources give three blocks of s/ns, which is correct, but neglect to tell you that the final block (KM744 - KM799) was not fulfilled...

All the Spits I've done so far correspond to late-build LF.MkIX aircraft, though as the armament fit wasn't recorded - Universal wings, by that point - I can't guarantee whether they were fitted with C-type or E-type armament. And I haven't checked which squadrons they served with! Sometimes you have to draw the line somewhere, and SF isn't the same as modelling individual aircraft.

I will take all them thank you! Love the Spitfire.

 

 

Uploading just as soon as I can make it comprehensible!

Just off the top of my head, Y2 is No. 442 Sqn RCAF. Later converted to Mustang IVs.

Have you jumbled the s/ns and individual letters? One of the most unrealistic and annoying things the SF series does in attribute individual letters, serials, etc, in strict order - 000=A, 001=B, 002=C and so on. So you end up with Red Flight in A, B, C and D, Blue Flight in E, F, G and H, and so forth. Totally unrealistic. But if you start with 000=D, 001=K, 002=B, etc, then it looks better... My two penny's worth, in any case!

(Hello all - Back again after a while!)

I've been fiddling with the new SF2I Expansion Pack Spitfire - the stock markings are OK-ish for post-war Spits at a pinch, but to be honest, they still needed work. So I've been busy.

As these stand, I've done set-ups for MkIXs in Middle East and Home/NWE colours typical of 1943-45. You get correct RAF markings, serial numbers, individual letters and squadron codes that correspond to mid-late War deployments. If I get very creative, other things may follow... If anyone's interested, I'll try and sort out the bits into some sort of coherent package and upload it over the next few days.

Options.ini

 

 

 

 

 

Jan

Cheers, Jan - that was what I'd found!

Hi all (back after a break!)

I was wondering how you change the end date so that in Single Mission, you can fly after December 1918. FE would make a very good platform for 1920s and 30s air fighting, too...

Any ideas?

Edit - Flap over. Found it.

Try looking for one of those places that imports ex-Soviet Army vehicles. I know a few in the UK, but none in Canada.

I really wouldn't if I were you - they expect you to drink a glass of water with it. Horrid stuff.

Hi Stan! Long time, no see...

True - in the film, he played Howard, while another actor played Capt. Richard Todd of 7 PARA. Odd...

Makes a change from today's actors, who would faint and go weak at the knees at the prospect of doing anything remotely dangerous or bellicose. It used to take real men to play real men...