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POSTED: The Last Starfighter

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Tango_Romeo

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I've just uploaded an original F-104G made specifically for CFS2 from a source file by Massimo. She should be available for download by tomorrow. :woot:

She is fully-animated, with a simple VC and nice 2D panel as well. She's armed with the 20mm Vulcan and the AIM-9L 8-sec timed Air2Air missile. :gossip:

PLEASE...****. :whistle:
 
They can run...

Jagdflieger said:
Good news at twice the speed of sound.Thanks!
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...but they cannot hide! She'll do every bit of 1500 Kts at altitude. :karate:

A few shots of her goofing around Kunsan-by-the-sea......:rollerskater:
 
A fistful of....

...screenies, and a few screenies more. :friday:
 
And for you HOTDOGS....

....who just can't stand the wingtip tanks, I've uploaded a second version without them. :ernae:

This second version also includes an alternate skin for a NASA F-104.:engel016:

Now is there anything else I can do for you today? :caked:
 
Caution...

Neither version of the F-104G has been multi-LODed as yet. :faint:

Heck, I need an excuse for a v2.0, don't I? :friday:
 
Yabba dabba do! :ernae: Tango you really have done a marvellous job on the 104. Especially glad you've provided the option of flying clean.

I'm watching the upload section like a hawk, so I can grab the Starfighter as soon as it's available.

Thank you, thank you, thank you. :)
 
Terrific! Makes me think of the "good old times" when they were the backbone of the Norwegian Airforce.

Mort
 
She ain't perfect...

.., but she ain't heavy; she's my baby! :kiss:

I'm working on a bare metal skin, but an artiste' I am not....I really have to labor at it...usually with mediocre results. :help:

I'll probably be busy for the next couple of days trying to get the LOD MDL files done for posting.....for you HOTDOGS who just can't live without filling the sky with planes. That'll be ver. 2 MDL file update. :costumes:

There will be a ver. 3 MDL file to correct an as yet un-named defect. :faint:
 
I am downloading both versions now...will get cracking on a bare metal skin for this sexy beast. I assume that the model is shinable.

OBIO

GOOD NEWS: Since Tango mapped this to the original textures, and I have the camo version by Henry Williams and since I have been trying to get Massimo's 104 to work in CFS2 for some time...I have the repaint templates done already!
 
Very good...

OBIO said:
I am downloading both versions now...will get cracking on a bare metal skin for this sexy beast.
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....good news! To me the F-104 is not the F-104 except in USAF bare metal....The shinier, the better! :jump:

However, since I did map the MDL to the Italian templates for the original FS2000 model, any repaints of the Massimo plane should work well. :kilroy:

I will be working on refining this aircraft for sometime to get some issues with the landing gear sorted.....so there's plenty of time for repaints, etc. :typing:
 
There's a nice Norwegian...

Morton said:
Terrific! Makes me think of the "good old times" when they were the backbone of the Norwegian Airforce.

Mort
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...Air Force skin for this plane over at Surclaro.com already to download. :engel016:
 
THe MDL files have been run through MDLC V85 to shine them up. The texture files have been enlarged to 1024 by 1024 to give better detail and less blurring. The bare metal has been applied to the fuselage, tanks and tail pieces. Just have the wings to go.

Then I can begin slamming on some insignia and markings.

OBIO
 
A caution to everyone.....

The startup sequence on the engine is long, so wait for the Engine Start Sequence Complete message before attempting to move the aircraft....OR she will pull heaviy to one side. :gossip:
 
Great Stuff.....

OBIO said:
THe MDL files have been run through MDLC V85 to shine them up. The texture files have been enlarged to 1024 by 1024 to give better detail and less blurring. The bare metal has been applied to the fuselage, tanks and tail pieces. Just have the wings to go.

Then I can begin slamming on some insignia and markings.

OBIO
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....I'm looking forward to the new skins more than I have for anything recently. :wave:

Check your PMs. :ernae:
 
A small request.

A very, very nice model, any possibility of redesigning it into an 'A' model Starfighter, the one with the narrow rudder, this seems to be the only Starfighter not available.
 
Shucks...

jim001 said:
...any possibility of redesigning it into an 'A' model Starfighter, the one with the narrow rudder..l. seems to be the only Starfighter not available.
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...As far as I can tell this G (actually it will pass as any model BUT an A.) is the ONLY F-104 available for CFS2. That's why I did it. :wave:

Of course, the narrow rudder and shorter rudder fairing of the A are relatively simple to do and entirely possible.....though I believe it also had a slightly narrower fuselage than the G. :typing:

I'll take a look at doing it after I finish the final upgrades to the MDL files for the G....i.e. multi-lod and refined landing gear system.
I hope to have the updated MDLs for both the wingtip tank and no tank versions posted sometime early next week when OBIO has the bare metal textures finished.
 
Multi-LOD...

..., Improved Gear Animation and Texture tweaks now accomplished on both MDL files.....took me twelve hours that I did not think I had in me. And have just shipped them off to OBIO's Shine Shop for a buffing. Will post them soonest for simple drop-in replacement. These 'shined' MDL files will also make OBIO's new baremetal skin look awesome. :kiss:

She'll be absolutely bitchin'. :faint:
 
She'll be absolutely bitchin'. :faint:
And I thought I was the only one who still used that phrase :icon_lol:

Another GREAT plane for the hangar !
Many Thanks to both of you !
OTTO
 
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