Colourful Comets.

I not too recently found this one in both FS9 and X. A very nicely done model. Also very fun to fly!
 
Very very nice work. Any chance to see the French Mail aircraft? Not sure of colors ectra.? Thanks for sharing - like the looks of all your work Sir. Take care.

Ed
 
edmoore235 said:
Very very nice work. Any chance to see the French Mail aircraft? Not sure of colors ectra.? Thanks for sharing - like the looks of all your work Sir. Take care.

Ed
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Ed,

the 2 French ones are above, F-ANPY & F-ANPZ, they both wore the above schemes, F-ANPY also wore the 'Cité d'Angoulême IV' legend with pennants on the tail and some nose-art, can't quite make it out, if anyone has some info please step forward. F-ANPZ at some point was tested by the Armee de l'Air and wore French roundels and possibly the serial code E-109. Both French Comets wore the bright red throughout.

The link to my main source of info again,
http://www.xs4all.nl/~tozu/dh88/index.htm

Jamie
 
OleBoy said:
I not too recently found this one in both FS9 and X. A very nicely done model. Also very fun to fly!
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When I've had my fill, I'll upload my paint kits so maybe someone can update them for FSX, I don't do anything with X apart from fly, it's my escape from the constant tweaking I find myself doing in 9, lol. Hence I have no painting experience in X, nor do I want it, then I may start tweaking that too, :isadizzy:

Jamie
 
Thanks for the comments guys, they're nothing to fancy, just a bit of fun. Not completely accurate either, the mapping has meant artistic license has played a decent part with positioning, etc. Also there are some really bad mapping 'anomalies' on the inner nacelles, they are present in the default paints too. Nothing I can do about that, sorry.

I also can find no reference as to where the 'Reine Astrid' legend is placed on the green'un. I may opt for the nose as opposed to the nacelles as it would mean it would also show on the inner nacelles where those anomolies exist :banghead:

Jamie
 
For Ed & Corsair,

the French ones dressed up posh.

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The diagonal band is a guess, it's visible in the picture at the aforementioned site, colour unknown. Also the nose art on F-ANPY is best guess, on one side only, is both sides more likely? Also have no clue what it represents. Also mapping has meant that the roundels have had to be brought inwards a bit, in reality they were further out and crossed over onto the ailerons, mapping made this impossible, sorry.

Jamie
 
It is a fact of life, the limits of the default microsoft aircraft limit a lot of really neat stuff. I really admire all that you have done!!! Well done - Bravo.

Two more Comets
A fourth Comet, F-ANPZ, was built for the French government, with a mail compartment in the nose. I see that you have a repaint of this one.

The fifth and last Comet named G-ADEF Boomerang was built for Cyril Nicholson, and piloted by Tom Campbell Black (of Grosvenor House fame) and J.C.McArthur in an attempt on the London-Cape Town record. It reached Cairo in a record 11hr 18 min but the Cape Town attempt was abandoned due to oil trouble. I have tried to find a picture but no joy.
Thanks and take care.

Ed
 
Great site that Jamie, and great work on the -88's :salute:

love the looks of that Caudron and the Grigorovich...
 
Wow, fun site. That German what-if is really cool but most likely impossible to repaint default DH88 that way. Your repaints look outstanding. Thank you for sharing. Take care.

Ed
 
Yup Ed,

I am going to try it, things might need to be moved and/or scaled, but should be able to get something done.

I do think that Grovsenor House II should be a Mossie though, I'll maybe get round to painting the AH/JF one in a 'what-if' scheme. One day, lol. I aim to do the Royal Blue one too.

Thanks for the kind words everyone, most schemes above are done, others underway. The VC textures need finished as they use a sepparate bmp for the exterior when viewed from the VC. Someone had a real brain-fart with that one, lol.

Jamie
 
What a wonderful job - a really neat paint job. Jamie, is it really needed to redo the views. It is just a very small pieces of the wing & tail. I would download and use all your repaints even without the redo. Take care.

Ed
 
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