Heading out of South America and back to the Caribbean.
Nice cloudscape, Forest ! Nice plane too !
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Nice cloudscape, Forest ! Nice plane too !
Bomber_12th
SOH-CM-2025
That screenshot makes me wish the Asobo/Microsoft Mustang had an opening canopy too, which would make it a bit more fun. Having spent Christmas weekend sick with COVID, I'm glad to be feeling well enough to back to doing some virtual flying again while I have the week off from work. I was thinking of the 352nd FG and The Battle of the Bulge while flying 'Moonbeam' over the winter landscape.
Fnerg
SOH-CM-2023
I hope you have a speedy recovery John, covid sucks.. take the time to rest and take care.
Finished this, now on Flightsim.to
FZ692 ON THE TARMAC by Doug Smith, on Flickr
DAKOTA FZ692 TAXI AT CWHM by Doug Smith, on Flickr
C-47 FZ692 OVER BC by Doug Smith, on Flickr
Finished this, now on Flightsim.to
FZ692 ON THE TARMAC by Doug Smith, on FlickrDAKOTA FZ692 TAXI AT CWHM by Doug Smith, on FlickrC-47 FZ692 OVER BC by Doug Smith, on Flickr
Bomber_12th
SOH-CM-2025
I absolutely love this repaint of the CWHM Dakota, Doug, it is superb! Here is just a smattering of screenshots I took this evening.
shotgunshack
SOH-CM-2023
That screenshot makes me wish the Asobo/Microsoft Mustang had an opening canopy too, which would make it a bit more fun. Having spent Christmas weekend sick with COVID, I'm glad to be feeling well enough to back to doing some virtual flying again while I have the week off from work. I was thinking of the 352nd FG and The Battle of the Bulge while flying 'Moonbeam' over the winter landscape.
Glad to here you are on the mend Bomber. Yes although if the canopy fell back onto the fuselage as in real life that would be even better! I would guess having two animation movements would be too complex.
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shotgunshack
SOH-CM-2023
Bomber_12th
SOH-CM-2025
The gun bay looks familiar. Pictured below is my work for Warbirdsim, 12+ years ago, in FSX - with properly-marked feed chutes with red paint (indicating left-side... the right-sight chutes had green paint), as well as authentically-painted ammunition tips (black indicating armor-piercing, silver indicating armor-piercing incendiary), authentic inspection stamps and placards, etc. The three-digit numbers on the guns being the last three digits of the individual aircraft's serial number (applied to the guns in the field). It's a shame to hear about the AH P-51 canopy animation issue, with the rear of the canopy not properly "latched down" - excusable if it was 20-30+ years ago, but it is common knowledge now about how the P-51D canopy functions. Not just two side rails and rollers, but another, nearly identical, rail and roller in the aft upper fuselage with which the rear of the canopy is also attached. As the canopy is rolled back, it rotates slightly downward at the back, hinged at all three locations of the canopy rollers. I remember it was a bit of a bear to animate authentically, but nothing that couldn't be done in one afternoon's time.
bazzar
Charter Member 2018
Lovely shot. Interesting angle. And if we ever get an afternoon John, I suspect we might get to the canopy. Happy New year.
Paul K
SOH-CM-2026
Heading out of South America and back to the Caribbean.
Forest
As good a shot of that wonderful PMDG model as you'd ever want to see. Just lovely !
shotgunshack
SOH-CM-2023
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shotgunshack
SOH-CM-2023
The gun bay looks familiar. Pictured below is my work for Warbirdsim, 12+ years ago, in FSX - with properly-marked feed chutes with red paint (indicating left-side... the right-sight chutes had green paint), as well as authentically-painted ammunition tips (black indicating armor-piercing, silver indicating armor-piercing incendiary), authentic inspection stamps and placards, etc. The three-digit numbers on the guns being the last three digits of the individual aircraft's serial number (applied to the guns in the field). It's a shame to hear about the AH P-51 canopy animation issue, with the rear of the canopy not properly "latched down" - excusable if it was 20-30+ years ago, but it is common knowledge now about how the P-51D canopy functions. Not just two side rails and rollers, but another, nearly identical, rail and roller in the aft upper fuselage with which the rear of the canopy is also attached. As the canopy is rolled back, it rotates slightly downward at the back, hinged at all three locations of the canopy rollers. I remember it was a bit of a bear to animate authentically, but nothing that couldn't be done in one afternoon's time.
My hat off to you John. The Warbirdsim P-51D was a beautiful model in FSX and the early P3D.