New CFS2 Messeschmitt Me410A1 Hornisse

Me410 Ground Steering & Torque Effect

For those of you that may have found it difficult to stay on the runway during take off because of no ground steering I have attached a aircraft .cfg file which will cure this.

Dave :very_drunk:
 
Just a note on the markings - this aircraft as marked was an A-3 photo-reconnaissance aircraft used by 2.(Fernaufklärung) F/122 flying from Sardinian and other Mediterranian bases. To represent a fighter or fighter bomber it will need a new livery, but I will bet that will not be long in appearing.
 
Ha ha! That's just typical, concentrate on the detailed things and miss the bleeding obvious ones!!

I never really gave it a thought as Chris had already done the tex, and being very nice I didn't cross check it.

As you say hopefully there will be a load of new skins forthcoming....and CK....you what to do next?! ;)

Cheers

Shessi
 
Yep, it's really easy to look at something so many times that you stop truly seeing it. I'm fully involved in the Deadalus Team Fw190 upgrade projects right now and even after all the time we've been working on the 190's I keep finding little things I've over looked. When we get that done I'll be getting back to finishing the 82nd Fighter Group Campaign I've been working on. So it won't be me doing the new 410 skins, but I'll bet UncleTgt or Morton won't be able to resist for long.

I did paint some new VB Me210 skins which will be part of the 82nd FG Campaign but of course that model is not up to the standard of the new 410.

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They look pretty good to me.

Even though I made the new 410 very FR friendly for CFS2, the VB ac, with a wee bit more detail, could be used as AI.

Cheers

Shessi
 
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Shessi,

I may see about trying to see if I can put pylons on the girl for wing rockets, so she can torment the "Dicke Autos." :a1310:
 
Shessi said:
Kelti,
Mamma-mia!...I do wonder what drugs you are on sometimes!? .....
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Oh my, ......:dejection:..... I oughta stop replying to threads on the fly at the office, while thinking to several other things contemporarily since I'm at work!

In the last three weeks I kept replying quite poorly, but don't worry, no drugs here my friend, only ageing and few glasses of good vino. Both can have their effect too! :very_drunk:

OK, I assumed the first pack you released was good for both simulators because I read quickly the readme and I saw "for FS9 and CFS2". I didn't have the time to try it in CFS2, but I imagine what it would have happened. As soon as I saw your CFS2 version posted I felt, once again, more than a little....:stupid:

Then a quick search here

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/soh_ftp/thumbs/9/4/4/38641341921726.jpg

revealed my last boboo: Watchdog22 did the repaints for VB's model.

If I am correct now, in WD22's repaint pack you and Obio worked on the dp file to add a ventral 20mm twin gun pod and a 50mm cannon, turning VB's model respectively into an A1/U2 and an A1/U4 bomber hunters.
The skin of the three repaint pack, I am using in my Italian front, is of WD22's A1/U2 flown by 1/KG 51, Beauvais, France 1944. It's hardly correct for an Hornisse flying this side of the Alps.

Over the weekend, I did adapt a new set of blurred prop disc textures to your new Me410, I can upload them soon.

Are you planning to make U2-U4 versions of this splendid model as well, via the same dp gun additions? If not I might try to give it a shot, so that I can have a new great looking bomber zerstorer to fly together with VB's model as AI wing mates, as you suggested. It would be necessary to have two aircraft installed, since the muzzle flashes of the additional ventral weapons would look quite bizarre when flying the plane in the original schnell-bomber configuration.

Knowing how accurate you are, I wouldn't be surprised to see a dedicated A1/U2-U4 fighter version soon!

Cheers and thank you again to both you and Chris, for devoting an extra effort to breathe new life into CFS2!
KH :ernaehrung004:
 
Hi Kelti,
That did make me laugh, my friend...:biggrin-new:

Sending emails or comments too quickly can have it's side effects, I know I've been there!

Right, as you say, I'd like to do another couple of versions of the 410, there were so many weapon configurations, that I'm going to have think about what to do. Of course most of that can be added with a DP in CFS2, but a photo recon version with a bulged bomb bay or the BK5 armed A2/U4 may be needed?

Cheers

Shessi

p.s Mav, didn't see your reply, thanks...and I'll get the cannon in the right position!
 
Shessi said:
Hi Kelti,
That did make me laugh, my friend...:biggrin-new:
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Shessi said:
.....but a photo recon version with a bulged bomb bay or the BK5 armed A2/U4 may be needed?
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Anything that might spark your interest in developing will be more than welcome here! I am sure Rami would love (and yours truly as well!) an A1/U2 or even an A1/U4 bomber Zerstorers to insert in his elaborate campaigns.

Thanks to BeePee and The B24Guy, who both gifted me with the links of some great downloadable books which I greedily grabbed, printed and bound here at the office, I am increasing my knowledge of both 8th and 15th USAAF B-24 units operations from the very beginning of their ETO-MTO deployment. It's an emotional reading, even if I knew already of the great sacrifices suffered by all airmen, I want to stress of all nations involved, during WWII.

What's interesting is the bomber crews' accounts of the type of Luftwaffe fighter planes attacking them, the Me410 Hornisse being mentioned very often from mid-1944 onwards.

It's up to you, depending upon how much work is involved for you. As a suggestion, I would consider building first the most diffused variants, which would cover the widest operation areas. Then, providing the effort to devoted to a hobby doesn't become too much :02.47-tranquillity:, the remaining variants such as the BK5 50mm cannon-armed /U4, which wasn't as diffused as the others.

Cheers!
KH :ernaehrung004:
 
Question

Hello,

I can do a repaint if you sent me the images on which you want it based.
Pm me on that.

I have always loved the looks of the 410 and I would like to add more weapons on it, but I do not know how.

Nick
 
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I love the plane, thanks guys. I am working on textures and modifying DP's that I worked up for the VB 410. WIP screen shot
 

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