AH DC-3 Releasing March, 2022?

[DaveWG]

Nice work Jankees, thank you.

 

[Javis]

Thanks for the compliment. Any opinions on the colour/tone on the KLM blue?

Myselve (and some others) not completely happy.

Experiment with Royal Blue/Kobalt-Blue:

I'd stick with kobalt blauw, Marcel. That's the darker blue in your screenie, right ? (new)

Got this sample of Kobalt Blue :

But like you say, that particular tone is not carved in stone... ;-) But it just looks and feels right, doesn't it ?

Somehow i just like what i see here although not natural lighted. Check the red fueltank covers for comparison of color:

The blue color here just feels very familiar.(i have seen them for real you know, KLM DC-3's, 4's, 6's, 7's, Connies, Convairs, Viscounts and Electra's, right there on the tarmac of what is now called 'Schiphol-Oost'. On the panorama terras above the restaurant sipping on a bottle of 'Joy'.. ;-)

A question if i may, Marcel, is it your intention to do more KLM DC-3 schemes ?

Thank you very much again for giving us a KLM DC-3 to fly in our precious MSFS world !

 

[mgr]

I'd stick with kobalt blauw, Marcel. That's the darker blue in your screenie, right ? (new)
A question if i may, Marcel, is it your intention to do more KLM DC-3 schemes ?

It's indeed the more darker blue (new) in the screenshot, due to the jpg compression it's not that clear.
Going indeed for the "kobalt blauw", which is also the blue of the official flag.

Funny thing is if you look up the official colours of the Flag you get several different RGB values for the same RAL-number:

RAL website RefSIM RAL2
Rood RAL2002 #C63927 ac3c28 #bf3922
Wit RAL9010 #F7F9EF f8f5ee #f1ece1
Blauw RAL5013 #232D53 152742 #193153

At the moment using #232D53
https://color-hex.org/color/232d53

Have you any KLM DC-3 livery which is your favourite?

Marcel

 

[Javis]

It's indeed the more darker blue (new) in the screenshot, due to the jpg compression it's not that clear.
Going indeed for the "kobalt blauw", which is also the blue of the official flag.

At the moment using #232D53
https://color-hex.org/color/232d53

I'd take that anyday. It's a beautiful blue. Great site, Marcel ! Really gives you the blues !

Have you any KLM DC-3 livery which is your favourite?

Sure ! :

Jan

 

[Javis]

And here's the starboard side :

(© A.J.Jackson Collection)

 

[mgr]

This one is already done:
https://flightsim.to/file/44576/dc-3-klm-the-flying-dutchman-ph-daz-classic-retrofit

 

[Javis]

This one is already done:
https://flightsim.to/file/44576/dc-3-klm-the-flying-dutchman-ph-daz-classic-retrofit

Really !!?? ..... Thought i'd seen them all over at flightsim.to..

Thanks for the tip, Marcel ! Looks lovely ( i have no photo of DAZ but DAT doesn't show the blue cowl round..)

Ok then, i'd like to change my fav to whatever KLM livery i like 'em all !

What do you think about bringing back virtual PH-DDZ from the realms of FS9 ? We (Maam-Sim) did a lot of work back then to represent the real DDA PH-DDZ in FS9, including the typical panel and gauges. Ok, not really KLM but maybe as a tribute to the real DDZ which sadly cannot be seen here anymore (thank you Dutch Aviation Authorities! ).

To me atm it's unclear if she will ever fly again (registered in the UK for all i know..)

It's a nice colorfull livery, don't you think, Marcel ? And i made sure it's not on flightsim.to yet... ;-)

Thanks again my friend !

 

[jankees]

I made a slightly shinier retrofit version for my Swissair paint:
Swiss(003) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

Swiss(006) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

 

[Javis]

That's a great shot, Jan Kees ! She looks fantastic, almost 3D !

 

[mgr]

I'd take that anyday. It's a beautiful blue. Great site, Marcel ! Really gives you the blues !

Update is available: https://flightsim.to/file/45337/douglas-dc-3-c-47-klm-flying-dutchman-ph-tcy-circa-1946

 

[DennyA]

Before Paine Field became such a pain to work with that the Historic Flight Foundation finally gave up and moved to Spokane, I saw their awesome DC-3 flying a number of times. It would be awesome to see that livery for the MSFS DC-3! (There's a Pan AM, but it's a different PA livery.)



https://flightsim.to/request/livery/21817/historic-flight-foundation-pan-am-dc-3-n877mg

 

[YoYo]

Thx mgr! (just thumbnail is with old blue)

About cockpit issue I noticed it to, however I did own mod for this, now I see its ok, I see classic cockpit.

 

[jankees]

nearly done:
NZNAC(005) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

NZNAC(009) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

NZNAC(007) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

 

[Fnerg]

I'm 98% finished my RCAF template, and then I can create a few Canadian liveries for this great model! Thanks AH!

Image10 by Doug Smith, on Flickr


Image23 by Doug Smith, on Flickr

 

[Javis]

Update is available: https://flightsim.to/file/45337/douglas-dc-3-c-47-klm-flying-dutchman-ph-tcy-circa-1946

She looks absolutely fantastic, Marcel ! Thanks a lot !

If you ask me blue is spot on. Well done!

(remember to set your cowl flaps to Trail.. ;-)

 

[YoYo]

I'm 98% finished my RCAF template, and then I can create a few Canadian liveries for this great model! Thanks AH!

Nice too! Good to see many new skins. Thx. Maybe I'll do something as well, but till now not too many free time :/.

Btw. I added the small issue with thumbnails too: https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/dc-3-few-thumbnails-do-not-match-to-the-model/562848 (only silver paints).

 

[jmfabio]

I must say that I love all the skins that are coming out for this plane. I am impressed at the talent! I have been flying the wheels off it in various places around the world. I use skins that are appropriate for the part of the world I am flying in.

I used to be able to muddle my way through a skin in previous versions of the sim (FS9 and FSX). But I have opened up the texture files and can't make heads nor tails of them.

So, I come with my hat in my hand and request a skin, if I may do so. I love flying in New Guinea and for this place I would love a military skin of the Jungle Skippers. I like the remoteness of New Guinea. The lack of nav aids and the necessity of vfr flying is very attractive. The remoteness is reminiscent of my desert war experience in a field hospital in Saudi during the Gulf war.

Would someone be kind enough to do a simple skin for me? It would not involve any nose art, just numbers and lettering. Below are some examples.







I prefer the middle picture because of the olive drab rather than the olive green. I thank you in advance to consider it.

Regards,

Joe

 

[YoYo]

Yes, we have plenty

 

[Javis]

Collins Radio Set not working ??

Not sure if it's the latest MSFS patch (f.i. i can't use Ant's Tiger Moth anymore because of a constant flashing Tablet ! Anyone see this too ? ) because i did not use the Collins radio set before (still trying to be good friends with the DC-3 flying/landing her... ) but i just can't get it to work. All i get out of it is what looks like a 'Test' phase. The digits light up everytime i right click my mouse button, no matter where the mouse pointer is at that moment. That's all...Release the button and the lights die out again..

The manual says all comms and navs radios can be turned on/off with the small knob at the bottom left. If i click the actual knob however it says "Swap Comm1" or "Swap Nav1" etc. Not 'On/Off' or anything like that...

In short, does any DC-3 pilot here work with the Collins Radio Set ? Question: how do you turn it on ??... Is mine broken somehow ??...

Thanks a lot for any hints/tips !

 

[YoYo]

You can turn on/off radio by pressing Battery switch (internal). I dont know any other method. Those knobs are for volume (however it does nothng or the impact is very small and you can swap freq, thats all).