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Another Duck?

The Ducks is looking amazing! Will have a nice home waiting in my hanger for it! The landing gear looks almost identical too the F4F's. The F4F was hand cranked though.
 
You are doing an amazing job Paul! Your engine is for sure one of the best I have ever seen!

Huub
 
OleBoy said:
No need unless things change. Last I read Paul was releasing as freeware. :)
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In all the years I have been flying Microsoft Flight Simulator the thing that really made it enjoyable was all the freeware add-ons people made, this is my giving back amongst other things provided I get it done.
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I’m enjoying test flying it. Screen shots.
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Gibbage said:
The landing gear looks almost identical too the F4F's. The F4F was hand cranked though.
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This is from the <ST1:date 8/13/1939 revision of the J2F -4 and -5 maintenance manual. I’m not sure how I will simulate the hand cranked gear retraction in FSX.
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I’m torn between the Grumman F4F and the Colombia XJL-1 as my next project. The F4F is tempting because the parts are the same as the J2F in respect to the gear and wings.
Note the disc brakes on this F4F. They are an upgrade installed by the restorer. The original brake system was a standard automotive hydraulic shoe brake with Borg Warner parts.
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<st1:City><st1:place>Columbia</st1:place></st1:City> took over production of the J2F during the war while Grumman concentrated on fighters. There were only two XJL-1s built and test flown then they were forgotten and disappeared from aviation history.
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Well if you dont take the F4F, its on my list of possible next projects after the Seabee is done. I really like the stubby guy, and I already have one modeled with over 10 million polygons! (NOT a flight sim model)
 
Gibbage said:
Well if you dont take the F4F, its on my list of possible next projects after the Seabee is done. I really like the stubby guy, and I already have one modeled with over 10 million polygons! (NOT a flight sim model)
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That settles it. I was leaning towards the Columbia. I'd love to see the one with 10m polys.
 
Are you guys actually talking about an F4F, the Wildcat, or the plane shown in the pic above, which is an F3F? I like both, I just want to be sure which one I should be excited about. ;)
 
My bad, I typed 4 when I ment 3 and that puts me back onto the F3F instead of the XJL-1 for my next project if Gabbage was talking about the Wildcat.
 
Ya. Right now im strongly leaning twards an F4F (Wildcat) as my next project. I dont mean to hyjack this thread though.

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On my old model, every fin on every cylinder head is modeled. Even the panel lines and rivits are modeled. There is NO WAY FSX can handle this model, but its an amazing reference and you can also bake normals from the high polygon mesh. Even each chain link on the gear retraction is modeled. Its that detailed.
 
Gotta' love those Grummans (and Republics too).

Next Project? F3F puleeze!

We haven't had a first rate version of this iconic plane for FSX, and there are loads of paint schemes for the F3F.

Yep, that would be my choice! Here is a great little video on the "Flying Barrel" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Os19XiWGDjs

Thanks for the Duck and thanks in advance for the F3F (I hope). :)
 
Gibbage,
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That looks fantastic, you get the feeling you can run your hand down the surface and feel all the rivets. The engine is excellent very nice visual model. When can we expect textures? BTW, it’s not a highjack just a general discussion and I don’t see the point of starting a new thread.
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Mal998,
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I loved the video and had to play it a couple of times, not to watch but to listen. I’m a music buff of the era and hearing the vocals of Al Bowlly with the Ray Noble Band singing “The Very Thought of You” was a pure joy. This link is going right into my F3F reference folder. When I get through with the Duck I’ll go to work in earnest on the Grumman F3F-1.
 
It’s been asked. My avatar is a picture of me taken in June of this year. The Carl Vinson (CVN-70) is in the background having just docked in <st1:place>Pearl Harbor</st1:place> after getting rid of the remains of that infamous person. The cap is VFA-22 “The Fighting Redcocks”, my sons squadron.
 
Paul, glad you enjoyed the vid.

Hats off to you and your son and The Carl Vinson! I and many others anxiously await the Duck and then the F3F.

Most appreciated to be sure!
 
Dont expect textures on the F4F for quite some time. Im knee deep in Seabee right now and wont start production on the F4F till I finish the Seabee and confirm with the rest of my crew on what we want to do next.
 
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