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A not very scientific way of measuring

I used a not very scientific (and perhaps not completely reliable) way of checking the the diameter of the propeller.

I took a head-on screenshot from the AH Spitfire. And measured the the wingspan, which was 1400 pixels. Than I draw a circle around the propeller and measured the diameter, which was 500 pixels.
The wingspan of the real Spitfire Mk.Ia was 36ft 10", which is 9.12 m in the metric world. 9.12 / 1400 * 500 = 3.26 m.

So based on this somewhat debatable method, the diameter of the propeller is actually quite accurate.

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And as you can see below the dimension of the propeller from the A2A model is about the same, while the shape of the prop blades on the AH model is more accurate.

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Cheers,
Huub
 
It is indeed the Supermarine S6 from the 1929 Schneider trophy package.

I always liked the model, but personally I thought the blue was far too bright and the alpha made the aluminium far too shiny (Especially compared with the unrestored one in the London Science Museum). So I decided to give the model a new coat. I thought it would be a quick job, but it actually took much longer than I had expected.

Well judge for yourself, the original:

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And my attempt to make it look a bit more realistic:

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And next to that, I have the fastest of them all.....

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The Macchi-Castoldi MC.72 by Giovanni Clemente

When somebody is still interested I can upload the Supermarine S6b repaint.

Cheers,
Huub
 
Sticking with Supermarine products...

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As Alan Deere's Spitfire has been repainted enough, I have chosen an other aircraft from the same No.54 Squadron. The Spitfire R6709 coded KL-T was flown by the New Zealand Pilot Officer Colin Gray. Colin Gray got his first kill on May 25th 1940, when he shot a Bf109E over Gravelines near Dunkirk. He finished the war as Wing Commander with 27 kills, two shared, six probable and four shared probable kills. This score makes him the top scoring New Zealand fighter ace of the Second World War.

The scenery is a Maunsell Army fort from Ian Elliot's Thames fort package. In a simulator the impossible is possible. As the aircraft flew spring 1940, while the Army Fortresses were not build before 1943! Spitfire R6709 (by then in use by 313 Sqn) was written off after an accident at RAF Martlesham Heath, 26 June 1941.

The model is a the AH/Justflight Spitfire Mk.I. I have modified the model and removed all gloss/shine. A fully working demo from this model (non-modified) can be downloaded here : https://www.justflight.com/product/spitfire-download

Cheers,
Huub
 
Personally I like a touch of gloss

So here the R6709 with the original AH model file.

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A repaint is never ready until you start to over do things. But I think I will soon upload this repaint. (Once I have sorted out what I messed up....)

Cheers,
Huub
 
And the next one is nearly there as well

Another Spitfire which was active during the Battle for France.

The Spitfire N3250 flown by Pilot Officer Allan Wright of 92 Squadron. The unit retained their pre-war GR unit code, until the switch was made to QJ. The aircraft had the standard "day/night" bottom wing surfaces while the rest of the bottom surfaces was aluminium.During WWII Allan Wright was credited 11 confirmed kills.

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Again as soon as I found out what I messed up, I will upload this one as well :biggrin-new:

Cheers,
Huub
 
huub vink said:
It is indeed the Supermarine S6 from the 1929 Schneider trophy package.

I always liked the model, but personally I thought the blue was far too bright and the alpha made the aluminium far too shiny (Especially compared with the unrestored one in the London Science Museum). So I decided to give the model a new coat. I thought it would be a quick job, but it actually took much longer than I had expected.

And next to that, I have the fastest of them all.....

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The Macchi-Castoldi MC.72 by Giovanni Clemente
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Like the S6's blue, I find the red a bit unrealistic. The red on your Re.2005 would be better in my opinion. I think all of the Schneider racers could use some of your skills!
 
KC013 said:
Like the S6's blue, I find the red a bit unrealistic. The red on your Re.2005 would be better in my opinion. I think all of the Schneider racers could use some of your skills!
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Thanks for the kind words KC013, and I can assure you there are several Schneider 1929 aircraft on my to do list including some Italian aircraft. The Macchi-Castoldi MC,72 is not from the Schneider 1929 project but was done by Giovanni Clemente I have looked at many pictures of the original which is currently under restoration. And I think I have some ideas what I would like to improve on these textures.

But first I will try to finish the textures for the AH Spitfire I intended to do.

This one is available in the library already for a few days

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And this one I have just uploaded a few minutes ago

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We have reached August during the Battle of Britain, and the next repaints will have roundels on the bottom of the wings....

Cheers,
Huub
 
At the time of the Battle of Britain the US Navy was flying around in color schemes like these:













Captain Kurt's CFS2 F4F-3 Wildcat working well in FS2004.
 
hawk_sh said:
At the time of the Battle of Britain the US Navy was flying around in color schemes like these:
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And they went to war that way! The insignia on the nose signifies participation in the euphemistically named "Neutrality Patrol," when the U.S. Navy assisted the Royal Navy in protecting convoys from the Kriegsmarine's Ubootwaffe in ways that sometimes erupted into small scale but deadly shooting matches. On the American side at least a destroyer was lost. The U.S. Navy's orders to participants were that any U-boat kills they might make should not be reported or recorded.
 
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