RCAF Sabre Mk.6 hacks

[jocko417]

Hi all, here are some late model Canadair Sabre 'hacks' using SF8's great F-86E model. Just a few to wet the ol' whistle.

Skins are almost done, presently trying to overcome some mapping issues on the underside of the wings - panel lines get all skewed on the right side.

Canadair Sabre Mk.6 23518 of No. 430 (Silver Falcons) Sqn, RCAF, 2 (F) Wing, Grostenquin, France, early 60s. - imagine a 6-3 wing...

Canadair Sabre Mk.6 23512 of No. 439 (Sabre-Toothed Tigers) Sqn, RCAF, 1 (F) Wing, Marville, France, early 60s.

Canadair Sabre Mk.6 23755 of No. 441 (Silver Foxes) Sqn, RCAF, 1 (F) Wing, Marville, France, early 60s.

Although the camo was a standardized NATO pattern, I will change it slightly on every aircraft... as soon as I get off my lazy butt...

Canadair Sabre Mk.5 23353 of Weapons Flight, No. 1 (F) OTU, Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada, early 60s. - imagine a hard edged, fenced 6-3 wing this time...


Skins will be available on the Flight Ontario website soon.

 

[VaporZ]

Thanks for the info jocko417 !

With your message, I just discovered Flight Ontario Web Site.

http://www.flightontario.com/index.html

A lot of Ontario sceneries to download. ( Thanks ! )

Please let us a message when the Sabre repaints will be available for downlaod.

Good Job !

VaporZ

 

[Wild Bill Kelso]

Looking great, jocko!

... presently trying to overcome some mapping issues on the underside of the wings - panel lines get all skewed on the right side.

Hmmm - could you post a pic of this issue?
It's been a while since I did the Bluenose Squadron repaint on the SF8 Sabre and some Luftwaffe skins as well, so I can't remember a specific issue in this region.

Cheers,
Markus.

 

[jocko417]

First off, the lines are done, pity I can't do the outline of the landing gear doors as they are mapped from a slightly different location on the texture, so the edge lines end up running through the center of the doors

So this is as good as it gets (they are actually sharper in game, stupid jpeg quality...):

The underside of the right wing is pretty warped. Here is a pic of the right side lines (in white) superimposed on the left side lines (Black, at 100% opacity):

As you can see, you have to draw the right side completely different from the left side in order to get them to look correct in the sim.

Here's a pic of the lines as they appear in game, with some RCAF roundels (they are not in the standard location but you get the idea), see how the right side roundel is stretched slightly? Thankfully most camo RCAF Sabres did not carry underside markings but the odd one did (Roundels or RCAF+3 markings depending on the era) so I'll have to squish it in the skin so it'll look right in the sim...

Here's a couple more 2 Wing Swords:

23630, coded AS-630 of No. 416 (Lynx) Sqn, RCAF, 2 (F) Wing, Grostenquin, France.

23421 of No. 421 (Red Indian) Sqn, RCAF, also of 2 Wing.

23455, coded VH-455 of No. 444 (Cobra) Sqn, RCAF, 4 (F) Wing, Baden-Soellingen, Germany.


Just need to tweak the camo patterns so they don't all look identical and they should be good to go.

For those who'd like some gunnery practice:

23213 of Gunnery Flight, No. 1 (F) OTU, RCAF Station Chatham, NB, Canada.

Remember to clean off the cordite when you're done, it's corrosive

 

[Rubberlegs]

Hacks or No Hacks! Look good!!

Hacks or no Hacks!...They sure look good to me there Jocko! Am going to move the old 'clunck' CF-100s into my 'in-active ' hanger for a spell and make room for your upcoming repaints...Thanks!

Walt
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