A Lockheed "Rounder"

Just uploaded NC34217. In an earlier thread for the Lodestar, there was pic of it and expressed interest in that particular paintscheme. I never did find any history on it, but the pics I've found were all dated 1948.

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Now to sort out the General Motors Air Transport Section one.
 

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Yes Sir; one of my motivators for this project from the civilian side was this aircraft. Ya done good Willy! :jump:
 

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Thanks Milton. I still think it's a shame that there's so little out there to find on that particular Lodestar other than those two pictures.
 
Willy said:
Just uploaded NC34217. In an earlier thread for the Lodestar, there was pic of it and expressed interest in that particular paintscheme. I never did find any history on it, but the pics I've found were all dated 1948.

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Now to sort out the General Motors Air Transport Section one.
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Hi Willy,

My apologies for being late, but here is the history of this beautiful bird. Source: "The Lockheed Twins" by Peter Marson (publ. Air-Britain, 2001).

Cheers,
Maarten
 
Nice investigative work Maarten :)

So there ya go Wily; we need a fictional Tennessee Pipeline Construction Co livery :) :wiggle:
 
Hi,
That aircraft had a 32 year flying life, which seems pretty good as I don't suppose the TPCCo bothered too much about maintaining the old bird. These 'skins' being created are fantastic :applause: and now that I've learnt (!) how to lower the shine they are all flying about as if they've not been washed for years.
Thank you Milton and Team, Mick, Willy, andre19, and mvg3d (Manuele) for the aircraft and liveries.
Andy.
 
Thanks Maarten! Sounds like it had a varied career.

Milton, N5114 of General Motors Air Transport Section (a former GM division) is in the paint shop getting it's lines laid out this morning. (trying to work in a few P-80s in between the Lodestars) We've had a bit of difficulty with the color of the cheatline, but think we've got that finally worked out.
 

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Just finishing up with the fictional executive Lodestar. Not a classic paint at all, but I needed a change and thought a modern paint scheme would be something different.

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now that I've learnt (!) how to lower the shine they are all flying about as if they've not been washed for years.
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How best to adjust the shine? I want a well groomed looking paint but on my machine these are coming out just a bit too hot.
 
Andre19 said:
Just finishing up with the fictional executive Lodestar. Not a classic paint at all, but I needed a change and thought a modern paint scheme would be something different.
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Pretty close to the 727 M-STAR scheme ! Good choice ! I love this scheme !
 
expat said:
How best to adjust the shine? I want a well groomed looking paint but on my machine these are coming out just a bit too hot.
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The C-57 and C60A have NR (non-reflective) models in the folder to give you that flat, camo-like appearance. The MF model is Marty Feron's reduced glare model.

Could you post a screenshot of one that looks HOT and tell me what model it is?
 
Hi Milton,

at first I want to thank you for creating this series of mighty flying machines. It's great fun to take them for a spin.

Just finished a 'winter wonderland' Lodestar-flight from Kake to Skagway (good old Misties) and one question came to mind. How to operate the ADF? There are hardly any VOR stations up there. I just couldn't find out, how to set one particular frequency. I could only adjust the frequency band.

What did I oversee ???
 
Could you post a screenshot of one that looks HOT and tell me what model it is?
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This model = L18W. but comes up with certain paints on the PW models. Think it is down to the modded envmap I use to get great reflection on the B-58!

Only want to dial out a very small amount of polished alloy shine ..

 
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Hi Milton,

at first I want to thank you for creating this series of mighty flying machines. It's great fun to take them for a spin.

Just finished a 'winter wonderland' Lodestar-flight from Kake to Skagway (good old Misties) and one question came to mind. How to operate the ADF? There are hardly any VOR stations up there. I just couldn't find out, how to set one particular frequency. I could only adjust the frequency band.

What did I oversee ???
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The "fine" adjustments are just to the right and left of the Volume knob below the freq band selector.
 
expat said:
This model = L18W. but comes up with certain paints on the PW models. Think it is down to the modded envmap I use to get great reflection on the B-58!

Only want to dial out a very small amount of polished alloy shine ..

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Oh, I thought you were referring to specular 'Hot' spots (sun glare).

You can decrease the glossiness by lightening the alpha channel.

Or, if you are in FSX, you can have a different envmap for each paint scheme.
 
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