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  • Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.

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A few DH Vampire repaints (wip)

JensOle said:
Looking very good Henry! Love the SAAF and scandinavian paints. What about a green Norwegian FB.52 from 336 or 337 Sqn ?
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I'm afraid this is not possible due to the mapping (see attached pics)

More repaints with improved netal textures:

RRAF

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RNoAF

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SAAF 1. Sq

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RAF 8. sq

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Another Swiss AF

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And the problem:

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It's a great metal texture, but I'm not sure it's really appropriate as the Vampires are more painted silver than natural metal. I'll be very happy to fly them either way though :salute:
 
CheckSix said:
They were painted Silver cos the Vamp were mostly made from wood minus the hot areas etc ... o_O
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He makes a good point. Not sure which parts were made of wood myself (I'm guessing the wings), but it'd probably be better to make them look less metallic if you can find out which bits were wood and which metal.
 
Tweek said:
He makes a good point. Not sure which parts were made of wood myself (I'm guessing the wings), but it'd probably be better to make them look less metallic if you can find out which bits were wood and which metal.
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The booms and tail sections were metal and the rest wooden afaik.



Edit: Seems that the wings were metal too.....

" It was built in two halves and from the nose back to just aft of the cockpit (the point at which the engine was attached) was a composite of a layer of balsawood between two layers of moulded plywood. Although wooden construction on a jet fighter may have seemed archaic, especially when many piston engine fighters of the day were being made of metal, the end result was very strong and (more importantly) very lightweight. The mid mounted, cantilevered wing was of all metal construction built around a single spar and covered with a flush riveted Alclad (a heat-treated aluminium, copper, manganese, magnesium alloy) skin. The all-metal tail booms carried the twin vertical stabilisers and rudders and a single tailplane and elevator between them, mounted high enough to be clear of the jet exhaust"
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http://www.nzwarbirds.org.nz/vampire1.html
 
I've been strugling to make a high speed silver and think that the finnish AF ine is somewhat closer, but i don't really know.

Jens, ive sent you a mail

Here are some more trials, i'll upload them as soon as i've done some unimportant RW stuff :kilroy:

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