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Damaged Aircraft

I am working on a template for one damaged and skin for another one that shows some engine work being done. At Guadalcanal because of fine dust and dirt the engine life was short. The fighters had a change out rate of about every 25 hours.
 
bobhegf said:
I am working on a template for one damaged and skin for another one that shows some engine work being done. At Guadalcanal because of fine dust and dirt the engine life was short. The fighters had a change out rate of about every 25 hours.
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I could whip up that twin wasp rather easy. make it into a weapon Bgl and attach it like a pylon. then when you alpha channel the cowl it would be exposed.

what do you think?
 
Aircraft For Sale.

Just a little used by a little old lady who took it up and dove on enemy bombers on Sunday.

If interested contact bobhegf this post.
 

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Well seeing how the engines won't show on the static planes. I'm going to do soemthing else with them. They will still work on the Players AC. I have an alpha channel to take out the front of the AC so they will show through.
 
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Well seeing how the engines won't show on the static planes. I'm going to do soemthing else with them. They will still work on the Players AC. I have an alpha channel to take out the front of the AC so they will show through.
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I think I can do the BGLs. its going to take time. I'll be able to use the Engines in the models as well.

Bob,
Are you able to find any pics of The planes being repaired. I have a few. mostly for the wildcat. I'm tring to find out how if they only did inframe work on the engines or if they were pulled. Most of the pics i did manage to find only show the inframe service.

I'm looking for a crane or rigging used to pull them and maybe a cradle or stand they may have used. I know in combat conditions they would do only what was needed but i'm sure major work was needed as well.

If you stumble on any of this please pass it on.
 
Blood_Hawk23, to give you some idea of how rough it was on Guadalcanal , the refueling of aircraft was done by hand using a hand pump pumping gas out of a 55gal drum. They repaired the runway using some captured enemy equipment and loaded bombs by lifting them up using there own backs as hoist which included the 500lb bombs. They most likely built some frame and hoist to pull engines and props. Here are 2 pictures of the aircraft boneyard at Henderson Field. Notice that the engines are still on the damaged aircraft. I think it is more likely that they worked on the engines while they were attached to the aircraft. I have a mech. working on an engine. You can find it along with other CFS2 infrastructure personal here at SOH. Look for MTO_PTO personal.
 

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Thats kind of what I thought.

Well I'm working on the BGLs again. I'm not sure if I'm going to do LODs on them. I still don't have that figures out. But I have the TBF Advenger about 50% modeled. I added the Wright Cyclone to the model and I'm going to add a new prop. I just have to get the landing gear down then I can merge it to the model.

I'll get pics in a bit.
 
I have this in my infrastructure. Thought you might be interested.
 

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bobhegf said:
I have this in my infrastructure. Thought you might be interested.
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Kool. I like the rig they made. A few bits of steel only 2x4s. I imagine they used a tube "A" frame with a hoist to take it off the plane. that would have had to been a complete rebuild. probably parts off those scrapyard planes. Thats only a guess.
 
Allen said:
It took about an hour. Model is an multi LOD and is set up to use un mirrored textue. Has no destoyed look.

The attached zip has a CFS2 useable object and gMax source.

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Its taken me almost all day to do the advenger. how did you do that so fast.

Well at any rate the Advenger is almost complete. I will make a destroyed version of it after I'm finished with the static.

Looks great Allen. I might have to take some parts from it. If you don't mind that is. those flaps are a Killer.
 
Allen I can get them on the ground but was never able to get them to lean on a wing, how did you do that? Also the color that I need is gray can I change skins on yours?
 
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