Geezer

Been busy with Real Life lately. When I did get a chance to sit down and mod, I realized I was tired of looking at the same old stuff. So, I started fooling around with some of the China Skies stuff. Many historians think WW2 started in China in 1937, the period covered by these models.

Factually correct. No engine will run very long if it is vibrating that much. It indicates something is badly out of balance/alignment. I'm guessing Third Wire used excessive vibration because it looked cool, not because it was realistic. Same with gun muzzle flashes. Any veteran will tell you that muzzle flash is usually seen only in low light conditions. But, many sims deliberately show excessive muzzle flash because gamers have been conditioned by Hollywood to expect it. Video below shows .50 cal firing - there is smoke but no flash. http://www.military.com/video/guns/machine-guns/the-m2-machine-gun/3015650566001/

Nice work.

Saw a posting by LloydNB today - some time ago he said he might be interested in skinning a Sea Gladiator. So, I got the version with the tail hook working, plus experimented with some test colors.

Steve, nice colors.

The Webley pistol needs simplification - its borrowed from a 1937-38 China mod I toyed with several years ago.

Thanks. Gterl and I have spent a lot of time doing research. First, I'm trying to capture the improvised look of the Republicans and then I'll make the Nationalists.

Nice job! When I was in SE Asia, my outfit's base flight was still operating KC-97s as transports (not tankers) in 1969.

Been playing around with Republican figures.

Spent the morning working on Gladiators - finally got the guns to fire correctly. Having figured that out, I'll apply lessons learned to the Hurricane.