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TA-4J Skyhawk Work-In-Progress

I was SO sad when the Blue Angels transitioned out of their F-4's into A-4's. It's a great plane, no question, but it's just not the big, loud, smokey, ugly, crowd pleaser the Phantom is, you know?

That VA-127 reminds me of the Top Gun A-4's for some reason...
"Break NOW, Jester!" :loyal: :encouragement:

Have fun, all!

Pat☺
 
I am more excited about this little scooter than any other airplane in development for 2019. I still fly the Virtavia A-4 regularly and love Dinos work. This is a great marriage! Cant wait.
 
Since I have not posted anything about this project here lately, I thought it was time to share some updated pictures... The modeling is almost finished, the flight model is in place and I am proceeding with systems programming (which is relatively simple...afterall this aircraft was designed to be simple also in real life)...

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Is there room for one more late FSXer? :running:

As the Flying Stations Sea Fury was the final straw to oush me from FS9 to FSX, so too, will this model pull me over to P3D.

Possibly this very weekend .... :biggrin-new: That will give me a few weeks (months?) to figure out the new platform.

Outstanding work, Dino, right up my alley, and after Dean's RF-8, will be the USN package I most look forward to. I love that you've done both VT- and VC- paints.

I hope to catch up with you guys more when I make the switch ... :)

dl
 
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Trial repaints for export versions...
 

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delta_lima said:
Is there room for one more late FSXer? :running:

As the Flying Stations Sea Fury was the final straw to oush me from FS9 to FSX, so too, will this model pull me over to P3D.

Possibly this very weekend .... :biggrin-new: That will give me a few weeks (months?) to figure out the new platform.

Outstanding work, Dino, right up my alley, and after Dean's RF-8, will be the USN package I most look forward to. I love that you've done both VT- and VC- paints.

I hope to catch up with you guys more when I make the switch ... :)

dl
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Welcome to the dark side.....

Dave
 
It's difficult for these old eyes to see the markings on the middle one; is that a Kiwi? They look great, but they're going to look better on my PC. ;)
 
Sundog said:
It's difficult for these old eyes to see the markings on the middle one; is that a Kiwi? They look great, but they're going to look better on my PC. ;)
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Correct...a Kiwi it is!
I have been a little lazy on this as New Zealand had much flashier repaints and this was the easiest one to make ;-)
 
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Welcome to the dark side.....

Dave
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Thanks.

Installed it last night. On my old beater i5 machine with the GTX660. I was pleasantly surprised it even ran, with mid-ish settings. Getting a video card upgrade today.

Good times are a’rolling ... :)

Dino - these shots look delightful. You’ll get my first P3DV4 add-on purchase, that’s without a doubt.

DL
 
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Carrier ops at dusk...
 

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It looks like soon: :wiggle:







From FB:

A color match review revealed a blatant mistake in the light sea-gull grey, which was way off in the color space... I don't understand how it was possible that I had not seen this before. Anyway I had to redo the base livery and all the related repaints. The current list of repaints for the TA-4 is now as follows:
VT-7
VT-22
VT-86
VA-127 Aggressor
VC-8 Aggressor
VX-4
VF-126 (As recently restored)
Skyhawk 518 (shown in the picture...still not finished)
Israeli Air Force
Royal Australian Navy (late scheme)
Royal New Zealand Air Force (later scheme)
...I'll probably add a couple before release.
Do not worry too much if your favourite scheme is not on the list, the package will have a decent paintkit available at launch (or very shortly after it).


Speaking of launch and releases... I have clearly missed the deadline of the end of June for the Beta. But it is not too far off, really. Basically some minor tweak to the radio and navigation system are needed, and the transponder cannot be operated from the cockpit yet. Everything else is in place and functional... not 100% feature complete but functional.
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but my fingers are crossed for one seater also :wink:.
 
The awesomeness continues. I'm still starry-eyed like a little kid every time I start P3D, and contemplate one day seeing the TA-4J here. I've not flown one since I tried porting over the FS9 Razbam model in the early days of FSX, and could never get it to run properly in that sim, especially with DX10.

This is such good news, I'm tickled with excitement.

My only question / hope - is there a way to reduce the size of the effects for the navigation lights and beacons? I have the same issue with the F-14 and T-45. Again, not wanting to complain or be an ingrate - but hopefully it's a small fix now rather than monkeying around with MCX later after the fact.

Maybe it can't, or it's just your preference, which I respect. Not stopping me from buying, though, that's for sure. Christmas in the fall? How cool would that be?

:ernaehrung004:

dl
 
FSX and I guess P3D default nav and beacon lights are WAY too large/bright. I periodically replace these (unless embedded in the model as is growing practice) with some smaller light effects.

The modeller that has really nailed the aircraft lights is Hiroshi Igami of POSKY/SkySpirit/TDS fame. He makes them pretty much invisible by day, and small pin points at night, which is how my eye sees aircraft lights in real life.
 
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