Author Topic: Mk XVI.... (Read 1660 times)

Squire · « **Reply #15 on:** October 24, 2005, 07:23:28 PM »

Its going to look awesome in D-Day stripes.

Some info on MK356 which was a LF IXe that flew with 443 Sqn RCAF:

http://www.raf.mod.uk/bbmf/fighters.html

Bruno · « **Reply #16 on:** October 24, 2005, 07:33:18 PM »

It looks real good, all the Spitfires do. What is next Seafire Mk III? Or Spitfire LF.VIII?

Congrats to the modeler and skinner...

lasersailor184 · « **Reply #17 on:** October 24, 2005, 07:48:00 PM »

I hate invasion stripes. I hate invasion stripes with a passion.

Btw, the Pink Spit 9 and the Blue Spit 5 better be the first planes skinned.

vorticon · « **Reply #18 on:** October 24, 2005, 08:20:47 PM »

for some reason, it looks quite a bit like a hurricane to me?

ramzey · « **Reply #19 on:** October 24, 2005, 09:53:18 PM »

its undermodelled!

Bronk · « **Reply #20 on:** October 24, 2005, 09:57:53 PM »

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Originally posted by Karnak
It looks very nice, for a butched Spitfire that has had it's poor wings mutilated.

Now I will just hold on and hope for a Spitfire LF.Mk VIII so that I'll be able to fly a "real" Spit with good performance.

Wondering how many bottles of scotch it would take to get HT to model the Mk XII. If all us spit fans chip in who knows.
Also thought the tail wheel was retractable in the Mk XVI

Bronk

Squire · « **Reply #21 on:** October 24, 2005, 10:05:14 PM »

Well thats the joy of skins, there are lots to choose from. I like D-Day stripes on some a/c, but not on every single scheme, no. Historically the IXes had them so thats why I would like to see it.

Karnak · « **Reply #22 on:** October 24, 2005, 10:05:31 PM »

No, the Spit XVI is just a Spit IX which is a development of the Mk V's airframe.

The Spitfire Mk VIII introduced things like retractable tail wheels and shortened ailerons. The Mk XIV, XVIII and XIX are developments of the Mk VIII airframe. The Spitfire F.21 was a major redesign of the Spitfire and all Spitfires and Seafires above Mk 21 are based, in part at least, off the F.21.

Bronk · « **Reply #23 on:** October 24, 2005, 10:13:17 PM »

Karnak thank you for clearing that up about the MK XVI.
Now I realy want the Mk VIII. It just seems rite to have the transitions in airframes to the Mk XIV.

Bronk

fartwinkle · « **Reply #24 on:** October 24, 2005, 10:52:22 PM »

Yep looks really good on homepage.
How bout puting it in the game?

BigB717 · « **Reply #25 on:** October 25, 2005, 12:14:18 AM »

looks to me the rudder needs some work...

in pictures you guys show, the rudder is flat at the trailing edge.

on htc homepage, it is not...

so which is right for the HTC version?

Karnak · « **Reply #26 on:** October 25, 2005, 12:25:44 AM »

Every photo I have of the Mk XVI shows the rudder to be curved as SUPERFLY made it on AH's Mk XVI.

hubsonfire · « **Reply #27 on:** October 25, 2005, 12:52:44 AM »

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Originally posted by lasersailor184
I hate invasion stripes. I hate invasion stripes with a passion.

Btw, the Pink Spit 9 and the Blue Spit 5 better be the first planes skinned.

Oddly enough, I am 100% with you on this one. Add the light blue IX skin as #3 on the list.

Krusty · « **Reply #28 on:** October 25, 2005, 01:18:47 AM »

Personally, I think all the similar schemes for the spits get old. I like the blue, the pink, and the non-standard schemes (i.e. the sand/brown for the SpitV) but if you just have grey/green and different number codes, ya only need 2 of those (1 with, 1 without invasion stripes). After that it gets old, fast. I ran out of interesting 190a5 skins for the same reason. Superficially different details but the rest of the scheme is the same

Karnak · « **Reply #29 on:** October 25, 2005, 01:40:39 AM »

That is one reason we really want the Mk VIII Krusty. It has the widest variety of camo schemes of any Spitfire Mk. North Africa, Pacific, USAAF, RAF, RAAF, ect, ect....