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Offline Fidd

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« on: February 08, 2004, 10:53:12 PM »
...Of Gleed 244 Wing. Not complete. Clipped wing unavoidably seems to cause small graphics glitch on air-scoop when viewed from underneath:



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Offline Kweassa

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« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2004, 11:26:09 PM »
Wow, how was that possible?

 Alpha textures???
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Offline ramzey

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« Reply #2 on: February 09, 2004, 12:03:11 AM »
wow nice discovery!

i try this on old AH but skin become weird
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« Reply #3 on: February 09, 2004, 04:53:16 AM »
Wow!  That's really impressive! :)

BTW Fidd, found these RAF penants that you might find useful if you're doing a Sqn Ldr, Wg Cdr or Gp Capt marked aircraft - http://www.flags.net/UNKG7.htm
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« Reply #4 on: February 09, 2004, 05:30:13 AM »
The roll rate's undermodelled; it's another facet of HTC's well known LW bias!
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« Reply #5 on: February 09, 2004, 06:29:03 AM »
Excellent Fidd - back to the old days - but even better !!
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Offline Fidd

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« Reply #6 on: February 09, 2004, 08:29:29 AM »
Thanks, that'll save a few minutes work! Do you know if the pennant was carried both sides of the cockpit?


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Wow!  That's really impressive! :)

BTW Fidd, found these RAF penants that you might find useful if you're doing a Sqn Ldr, Wg Cdr or Gp Capt marked aircraft - http://www.flags.net/UNKG7.htm
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Offline Replicant

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« Reply #7 on: February 09, 2004, 10:51:23 AM »
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Thanks, that'll save a few minutes work! Do you know if the pennant was carried both sides of the cockpit?


Yeah, the pennant is usually only applied to tbe port side of the aircraft.
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Offline Fidd

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« Reply #8 on: February 09, 2004, 10:59:21 AM »
Hmmm Osprey books show other aircraft carrying pennants on starboard side as well, but as they don't show both sides of the same aircraft I can't tell!
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« Reply #9 on: February 09, 2004, 11:10:14 AM »
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Hmmm Osprey books show other aircraft carrying pennants on starboard side as well, but as they don't show both sides of the same aircraft I can't tell!


Hmm... the only explanation is that it's applied to the side you access the aircraft.  BTW, is this a Sqn Ldr pennant that Osprey show being on the starboard side?  I think the Sqn Ldr pennant can be applied either side but the port is the norm.

I know that Typhoon's only have it on the port side, like the Typhoon in AH with Wg Cdr pennant.  I think Spitfires and Hurricanes are on the port side too.  (AH Spit14 has Wg Cdr pennant on port side too).

Here's the BBMF Spitfire displaying the Wg Cdr pennant on the port side:


and not visible on starboard side


I'll dig through my books and see if there is a clearer definition of which side it's normally applied.
« Last Edit: February 09, 2004, 11:17:23 AM by Replicant »
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Offline Fidd

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« Reply #10 on: February 09, 2004, 11:14:54 AM »
No I was talking about pictures all of Vb's within the Osprey book, as access is only possible from the port side, some Spits at leats carried pennants on the non-access side. What I can't (yet) discover is whether or not they carried them on both on the same aircraft.

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Hmm... the only explanation is that it's applied to the side you access the aircraft.  BTW, is this a Sqn Ldr pennant that Osprey show being on the starboard side?  I think the Sqn Ldr pennant can be applied either side but the port is the norm.
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« Reply #11 on: February 09, 2004, 12:33:06 PM »
Explain this alpha texture thing....lol and how you apllies it to the spit for clipped wings.

thanks,

Waffle


BTW - am currently working on a spit also...lol
 will post some pics soon.
« Last Edit: February 09, 2004, 12:35:55 PM by Waffle »
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Offline Fidd

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« Reply #12 on: February 09, 2004, 12:41:58 PM »
use an editor to look at bitmaps of instruments. look for ones that end  .... _a.bmp. these are alphas. how they work should be self-evident.
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« Reply #13 on: February 09, 2004, 03:16:15 PM »
What does the wing look like edge on... or Tip on?

Does it appear hollow?
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« Reply #14 on: February 09, 2004, 03:35:14 PM »
It has no discernible thickness, ie you either see the top or bottom. It's certainable useable graphically, except for that annoying artifact on the cooler.


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What does the wing look like edge on... or Tip on?

Does it appear hollow?
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