Flight Replicas Douglas DC-4/C-54/Carvair Released

[Crusader]

I think we are all looking forward to our many very talented artists here at SOH showing off their skills in the days ahead .

Rich

 

[BendyFlyer]

Hope we see a Transocean paint at some point. They will fly anything anywhere!

Yes they were a fascinating outfit ran all over the globe in lots of different aeroplanes, very strong in the Pacific-Asia region. Done in by other vested interests not keen on competition in the US and elsewhere.

 

[BendyFlyer]

Apart from the paints to come (and hoped for) after a couple of days of exploration I am astonished by the variety of the model types that came as standard with this package, something for everyone, literally. Think Mike has set a gold standard here too. I think I am most impressed by how frame friendly this one is, compared to some more recent single engine types, this one runs as smooth as butter on my low end system.

One question, are weather radars capable of being integrated into a couple of these ?, I note the displays there, and that it could be done with the North Star.

 

[Josh Patterson]

This is on my get list! In visiting the website I see they ALSO have a Canadair Northstar! Also now on the get list!

 

[Crusader]

I would love to see a 1947 Eastern Airlines paint scheme for this excellent DC-4.

A very good year . The year I was born . It's also one of my favorite Eastern paint schemes . Hopefully we'll see this one day .

Rich

 

[Rokl57]

With the release of the Carvair memories come back. About 50 years ago it was a very familiair sound when the Carvairs departed over the city of Delft near Rotterdam, heading for Southend.
Already made several trips over the Northsea and Channel with this new superb product. (thanks Mike ) Even on my (very)old system from 2008 -win 7-32 - NVIDA GeForce 8800 GT it runs smooth.

Just started to play with the paint kit... below a first result, which still need some adjustments in the alpha layer.
The logo I have made some years ago, initially for the FS2004 Jens Kristensen Carvair in progress, which was never released.

G-AREK 1974

Cheers,

Rob

 

[jankees]

hey, another one from Delft!
Welcome to the forum, and a nice paint too!

 

[Rokl57]

Thanks, Jan Kees

This re-paint is still in progress.....
It is merely a colour replacement of the stock G-AOFW file but have to change window arrangement, bump and spec files and alpha's as well.
This will take some time, but when finished i'll try to upload the files.

 

[Rokl57]

An easy one to re-paint...
The stock G-AOFW in 1975 livery, with the Star Truckin 75 cartoon when BTM productions leased this A/C for touring rock groups in Europe.

cheers,
Rob

 

[AussieMan]

Aussie paint request

I'm having a few problems with my eyes at the moment Need new glasses) and can't spend much time painting this wonderful aircraft. Airlines of NSW had one DC-4, VH-INJ also known as "Big Julie" (information given to me by a friend who flew DC-3s and F-27s for ANSW). Also of note is the Royal Mail emblem is in the blue band aft of the passenger door.

Below are a few photos of INJ.

 

[Fireball6]

Start a "Berlin Airlift" - Painting ...... it is so much fun to fly and paint this beauty. Mike, you did a very, very fine job on the DC-4

 

[jankees]

I just uploaded these two on OZx:

and I started work on this one:

 

[SeanTK]

I love flying the Carvair in P3D! Excellent support from Flight Replicas too regarding a gauge issue I had!

Examples of potential liveries for repainters:

http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/1348/pics/5479_1.jpg

http://aviationtraderscarvair.com/xcar-n55243.jpg

http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/1348/pics/5480_1.jpg

http://aviationtraderscarvair.com/xcar-n80fa.jpg

http://aviationtraderscarvair.com/xcar-n103.jpg

Also for the repainters, here's a very good listing of profile views of a wide variety of operators of the Carvair. Hope we see some liveries for this unique aircraft!

http://aviationtraderscarvair.com/xsections.htm

 

[AussieMan]

Tonight I was able to have my first look at this wonderful aircraft and install the repaints so far provided. I thought that Mike had excelled with the North Star but he has really nailed it with this model. I was impressed that both an Ansett Carvair and the ANA DC-4 had also been included. One aircraft however one aircraft that was conspicuous by its absence was the Ice Pilots Buffalo DC-4. I am not complaining as I know that some repainter will produce a repaint.

To help you out: https://www.google.com.au/search?q=...avvpDXAhUEUbwKHV5MCRoQsAQILg&biw=1523&bih=754. Looking through that page I did not realise just how many schemes Buffalo had used.

ANA aircraft VH-ANA that is included in the package was tragically lost on the 26th of June 1950 when it crashed on the property "Betty Bow" 19km NW of York, Western Australia. It was on a flight from Perth's Guildford airport to Adelaide with the loss of 29 lives, 24 passengers and five crew. More details can be found here: http://www.aussieairliners.org/dc-4/vh-ana/vhanacrash.html

 

[klnowak]

Hello,

is there any chance to get this very nice plane to other shops like simmarket, or justflight or something like that ?

Thanks
Klaus

 

[mike_cyul]

Hello,

is there any chance to get this very nice plane to other shops like simmarket, or justflight or something like that ?

Thanks
Klaus

The DC-4 will be uploaded to the third-party vendors in a week or so. The aircraft are available only at Flight Replicas for the first week or two in case changes need to be made.

Mike

 

[scotth6]

Tonight I was able to have my first look at this wonderful aircraft and install the repaints so far provided. I thought that Mike had excelled with the North Star but he has really nailed it with this model. I was impressed that both an Ansett Carvair and the ANA DC-4 had also been included. One aircraft however one aircraft that was conspicuous by its absence was the Ice Pilots Buffalo DC-4. I am not complaining as I know that some repainter will produce a repaint.

To help you out: https://www.google.com.au/search?q=...avvpDXAhUEUbwKHV5MCRoQsAQILg&biw=1523&bih=754. Looking through that page I did not realise just how many schemes Buffalo had used.

Indeed Pat. I would love to see some Buffalo paints too. I'm sure it won't be too long before someone has a crack at a few of them. We now have really great quality payware aircraft covering almost the entire Buffalo fleet (as far as I can tell). I don't think there is an Electra yet (could be wrong) although there is pretty good freeware of that aircraft available.

I notice there are a few different schemes for the DC-4 cargo and tanker aircraft too.

Cheers,

 

[ColoKent]

Agree! An L-188 Electra would be wonderful. The KBT one is nice, but getting long in the tooth.

Kent

 

[Moses03]

and I started work on this one

jankees- Great to see the Transocean in progress.

 

[TiAr]

I have really been looking forward to this one. Had my first test flight last night. Fabulous.

I would really like to see the USAF livery shown in this 1956 youtube clip of C-54 landing in Japan. That is the same time that my dad was flying them into Tachikawa AFB.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ctuj5zdRDE

Perhaps I have one for you, Jeff.

Finished "Sacred Cow" Truman´s ara.

WIP VC-54D USAF 42-72622 of 1958 - FEAF.

A legend: Air America´s N12191, also WIP.

Thomas