ndicki

That could get VERY complicated - and it still wouldn't really look right, because the nose is too long. You'd have to remove the carburettor scoop as well, and replace it with either the tropical Vokes or Aboukir filter, or simply the earlier small intake. I'll finish my input, anyway, and pass it on if anybody can take it further.

Now then, let's see if you've got your wits about you... Leading the flight is Squadron Leader Brian 'Sandy' Lane's P9386 'K' - as you can certainly tell......... Can't you?

Actually, if you can make the pilot grunt under the gees, can you make the engine grunt too? Always worthwhile thinking sideways a bit... Meanwhile, I've been busy. This is from 19 Squadron - I've got the serials of a number of MkIa aircraft that were issued to 19 Sqn during August and September, as well, so even that will be correct. Contrary to appearances, there's still quite a lot of work to be done, but the uppersurfaces panels and riveting are done, the gun-positions done (only the outboard one in each wing can stay unchanged), new 8 gun sound effects, tracers, etc, etc. More than meets the eye!

So what is it that causes that funny "grrrrumph" noise that you hear all the time?

Not sure that's possible in SF. Pity, really - another thing CFS does better. But the one thing CFS (I mean even the sort of heavily-modded CFS I run, not CFS from-the-box!) does badly is actual fighting. You can cruise around the sky quite happily without much risk of being shot down by the other lot. SF is much more convincing in this respect! Edit - First Eagles does something like that, now I think of it. The rotary engines do have a funny "grunt" noise which I think is linked to loss of power owing to gravity... I think. Bit complicated for me here!

No. All MkXIIs were fitted with C-type wings and B-type armament. Rather than have the .50 Browning stubs visible in the wrong place (in the E-type armament fit, the 20mm cannon are in the outboard of the two cannon positions, while in the B-type they are in the inboard one) I removed them completely, giving it a B-type wing as opposed to the correct combination of C-type wing with B-type armament. Confused? In any case, the B-type armament of 1x 20mm and 2x .303s per wing is what you get here, and it is the right one. Don't get confused with the MkXIV, which came originally in C and later in E flavour!

Looking very good!

Meanwhile, here's a clipped-wing, retracting tailwheel model with B-type armament and no rocket stubs. A MkXIIc?

My pleasure!

I must admit, I'd be glad to see a Thunderbolt - for the RAF in SEA, and as Messerschmitt-fodder in Europe and the Med! ;-)

Can the FM be tweaked so your carburettor cuts in negative G manoeuvres? We had great fun working that one out in CFS3...

Looking good! But don't finalise the gun muzzles until I've done the wing panels. It's easier to move the x,y,z co-ordinates around than it is to redraw the wing panels, which by necessity have to fit the wing shape correctly ! Also, Kevin's kind offer notwithstanding, I'll be doing my own decals. It'll get too complicated otherwise, you'll see...

View File Spitfire LF.MkVIIIc, SEAC Spitfire LF.MkVIIIc, No.607 Sqn RAF, 1944-45 No.607 (County of Durham) Sqn began flying on the Spitfire MkVIII in March 1944. The serial numbers included all correspond to LF.MkVIIIc aircraft built in late 1943 to early 1944 and shipped out to India. Credits: Model and flight dynamics by Third Wire Cockpit by Kesselbrut Decals, placement and data.ini modifications by ndicki The canopy is activated by toggling "shift 0" - RAF procedures dictated that the canopy should be open and locked back during take-off and landing. As the MkVIII had a retractable tail-wheel, I have removed the MkIX-type fixed tail-wheel. For use ONLY with SF2 including the Israel Expansion Pack. This will NOT work if you do not have the stock TW Spitfires installed and working. Submitter ndicki Submitted 04/25/2011 Category Spitfire

Thank you! And it's just got better - the tail-wheel has now gone. MkVIIIs had retractable tail-wheels, so it shouldn't be visible in flight. Nothing I can do about the rudder, though, I'm afraid. Uploading now!

Not to mention one or two other tweaks. And as I've understood that there are those who wish to return the compliment to the Japanese...

Soon... I need to redraw the panel lines around the gun housings, but there's already a Dark Green/Dark Earth one being done for a SEAC MkVIIIc, so there isn't much else to do before you can have a test version.

Well, it's been a long time coming, but I'm finishing off the first set of new hi-res skins for the TW Spitfire MkIX. Obviously other schemes will be appearing from time to time... Especially if someone can do be FMs for the MkI, MkII, MkV, MkVIII and MkXII, why not - I won't go into gory details about subtypes...

Actually, the Bf109e-1 and e-3 had a DB601A while the e-4 and e-7 had the DB601N, which had a higher compression ratio. DB601 A-1Up to 1,100 PS (809 KW) at sea-level with 2,400 rpm, up to 1,020 PS (750 kW) at 2,400 rpm and 4.5 km altitude, B4 fuelDB601NUp to 1,175 PS (864 kW) at sea-level and at 4.9 km altitude with 2,600 rpm, with C3 fuel Up to 1,270 PS (934 kW) at 2.1 km altitude with 2,600 rpmFigures from Wikipedia because I couldn't be bothered to get all my books out... ;-) Other differences were to do with the armament fit and internal plumbing, so they shouldn't have much impact on the FM. The only visible difference between the e-4 and e-7 was that by the time the e-7 came out, they'd realised that the Motorkanone wasn't going to work, and they'd faired over the cannon aperture in the spinner. The model, by the way, is by Russo_UK - I just uploaded it and did the odd bit of fiddling about. If you want a particular skin, give me a yell; I've got the template somewhere.

With Photoshop, I've simply made a selection of brushes which do 1, 3 or 5 pixel dots at varying distances from each other. Just brush them in! By the way, if you enjoy tweaking FMs, there are one or two ideas that need FMs doing... Like a Spitfire MkI and MkV FM for the stock TW model, or a plethora of Bf109g/k ones for Monty_CZ's S-99.... Only if you're interested!

You can't see the riveting anyway, unless you make it unrealistically heavy. I did full riveting on the 109, and to be honest, it's barely perceptible. But then it is anyway, so that's OK. The same for the Spit - flush-head riveting, so really, the best technique I know is to do the actual rivets white, with a touch of shadow and then blend them in... SF doesn't have the visual sharpness I'm used to from CFS3 - that cuts both ways. While I'm working, I actually draw the new panel lines in in bright colours rather than black, white or greys. That helps, too!

So do I, but don't tell anyone! It's not really any more trouble doing 2048s than 1024s, so I might as well. As they're BMPs, they don't suffer from detail loss the way they would if they were dds format, for example, so it doesn't matter one way or the other. I might just try using dds for my own though, but it would not be releasable - I'd have to hack the model, and as it's a stock one, that's a no-go!

Don't mention the War!

I vaguely remember hearing that somewhere before, but as I was busy on other things, I didn't think any more of it. Working on 2048 skins for the TW Spit IX at the moment. Quite a job - the original panel lines are not desperately accurate - I'm redoing at least the most flagrant!

Always good to have variety - you didn't step on anyone's toes, don't worry - I was just thinking of all the effort! If you're enthusiastic about doing flight dynamics, I'm sure there are one or two things that need a good man on...