First Class Simulations Wellington Bomber

To me the textures look pretty good, and then some. If they look like wood grain from 6 inches away, so be it, how often do I fly in spot mode at that distance? Can't see it being a problem.

However, if they bother me that much, heck, I'll repaint it myself to my own preference. Paint kit or not, I never use them anyway, always make my own, that way I can only blame myself, lol.

From the screenies I saw, it was the model and textures that sold this for me, both look great. If I wanted absolute realism, I'd learn to fly, build a time machine and join Bomber command circa 1938. That not being the case, I'm happy with my SIMULATED airplanes.

Still looking forward to it,
Jamie
 
JDTinballs said:
To me the textures look pretty good, and then some. If they look like wood grain from 6 inches away, so be it, how often do I fly in spot mode at that distance? Can't see it being a problem.

However, if they bother me that much, heck, I'll repaint it myself to my own preference. Paint kit or not, I never use them anyway, always make my own, that way I can only blame myself, lol.

From the screenies I saw, it was the model and textures that sold this for me, both look great. If I wanted absolute realism, I'd learn to fly, build a time machine and join Bomber command circa 1938. That not being the case, I'm happy with my SIMULATED airplanes.

Still looking forward to it,
Jamie
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Well put Jamie, lolol.... :applause::applause::applause:

I fell for the VC and those exterior textures right off...
 
d0mokun said:
Tastes are tastes and an opinion is not necessarily a review.
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I agree with what you say about personal taste, but any review is only ever one person's opinion, no matter how "fair" they try to be. I always try to take others' experiences and opinions into account when I'm writing, as well as my own, and will continue to do so with this one.

Personally I really like the black and I don't have huge problems with the camo texture effect. My only significant problem with the texturing is that the wood/dope effect continues over the metal parts of the engine. That's not a case of "it doesn't look good from six inches away", it's simply not correct. On the other hand, you took the time to try and make a texture effect rather than leaving them flat, which is a big plus point in my book.

Unless I find something totally amiss when I sit down and start testing more deeply (which seems unlikely), then it'll be a positive review anyway.

As for contacting you, to be more specific, I meant "I'll contact the publisher, who almost invariably will then pass it on to you because they don't know the answer"... ;)

Cheers,

Ian P.
 
I need to add that payware reviews are quite useful if you're strapped for funds, and a few companies are making roughly the same product. I.E. 2 vendors are making a Wright Flyer package and you only have the funds for one...
 
Panther_99FS said:
One reason why I don't look at reviews in depth is because one person's lump of coal is another's diamond :mixedsmi:

Case in point - Roger is quite happy :)
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That's a pretty good point Panther...and it applies to just about everything that can be reviewed (Movies, books, cars, planes, toasters, garbage disposals).

well...maybe not garbage disposals....
 
I have to say that reviews just pass me by. More often than not it's the skinny on the OH that gets me, usually P's fault.

Jamie
 
Two years ago this Welly was released , ****e! how time has flown , 30 missions at this stage were No.115 Squadrons X3662 , KO 'P' for popsie got knock around a little and had riggers start doing a little work to it , very little information after this period but figured a paint is due and shortly like next few hours .

Course in New Zealand we were very proud of our No.75 Squadron , a unit gifted to the NZ by the United Kingdom due the gallant epics and in one case climbing out on the wing digging his claws so to speak in the fabric to put an engine fire out , this feat earned Sargent James Ward of Wanganui a VC :medals:.

This is not a great model , a lot of work can be done to bring it up to scratch , the Cockpit is what sold me on the model and always promise the history walky bouts and create / paint our NZ plane .. for starters figured the UK gets a look in first , waiting on relevant details for our NZ counterpart .. the above just need to get it to look more WAR weary tender love and care .

One thing i need to ask is how many off you Vickers Wellington Pilots found the MKIII look and operate like/look like a MK1C other than the Paints ... all III had the four gun rear turret .

Any other paints or attempt s at restoring this early WWII Bomber to flightsim site or any other ?

Cheers Ian
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Arise, thread!

This is on sale at Just Flight right now, buy two FCS packages for $38. Is the FSX version in the package a native FSX SDK plane? (ie: DX10 compatible?)

Also, same question on the Lancaster, since that's what I'd probably pick up as the second plane. Thanks for any info!

My great uncle was an RCAF Wellington pilot in WW2. His plane was damaged in combat and he stayed with it to give his crew a chance to bail out, and then attempted to crash land it. Sadly, he didn't survive the landing.
 
DennyA said:
Arise, thread!
My great uncle was an RCAF Wellington pilot in WW2. His plane was damaged in combat and he stayed with it to give his crew a chance to bail out, and then attempted to crash land it. Sadly, he didn't survive the landing.
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Denny , I re-installed , had a WIP changing textures and sorts , if you have the aircraft details your uncle flew .. maybe a photo , but if not i could research it for you then you have a connection . :medals:


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Thanks, Rog! Purchased and downloading both planes now.

Ian, I don't have any photos or details of the specific plane he flew. His name was Pilot Officer Franklin Benedict Morgan. RCAF officer who flew for 38 Squadron RAF.

From his brother's biography:
"On the night of July 13, 1942, Frank and his crew successfully completed a bombing run on Tobruk in North Africa. Their aircraft fuel tanks were shot up and the aircraft was blown off course by adverse weather conditions. With flight petrol tanks registering almost empty, Frank ordered his crew to bail out. He insisted on staying with the plane in order to bring it down safely. The plane crashed north of Cairo. Frank was taken from the scene to #13 Scottish General Hospital, where he died of multiple wounds on the following day."

He'd been shot down once before, on Oct. 20, 1941, after bombing Bremen. They had just dropped a 4,000 pound bomb (!) and they were attacked by German night fighters. The attack caused fuel leaks and they did a forced landing on choppy waters in the North Sea. The entire crew managed to cram into a single dinghy, and they spent 12 hours floating around and freezing until a fighter spottend them and circled them until they could be rescued. According to his logs it was the first time an entire crew had been rescued after a forced sea landing.

Also just found this page, which lists his squadron: http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/collections/virtualmem/detail/2209540
 
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That would be amazing, Ian! Thanks so much for for looking into it. There's a 38th Sq. paint scheme in the default package, but it's a couple of years earlier in the war.
 
DennyA said:
That would be amazing, Ian! Thanks so much for for looking into it. There's a 38th Sq. paint scheme in the default package, but it's a couple of years earlier in the war.
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Looked at many schemes they all appear of 38 Squad but b/w photos and same only difference was the lowering tone of the markings on the wings and lower to mid fuselage painted black - some have serial numbers and others void .

The squadron then moved to the Med and even operated Merlin X powered Wimpys in same unit which appears to be weird , then went to maritime role in mid late 1942 , its finding details and even logbook info or even the aircraft serial that will help .

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