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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: easymo on December 10, 2000, 11:22:00 PM
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Seen the new Frank over at agw. Unfortunate choice of paint. But other than that, what a looker
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Personally, I think it's a hideous paint scheme. They may have some fine looking aircraft models but the paint jobs leave something to be desired on many of them.
-Westy
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What, no link? Don't tease me like that! (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
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http://www.iencentral.com/warbirds/new_images/wb3art/ki84_1.html (http://www.iencentral.com/warbirds/new_images/wb3art/ki84_1.html)
Sorry bout that (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)
-Westy
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Wow, that scheme IS butt-ugly. Still a wonderful plane, but a butt-ugly finish. (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)
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Clearly the ground crew is in the process of stripping the old paint off in preparation for a complete repainting.
What? This is a sim? There is no ground crew?
Ok then, it's butt-ugly.
Looks like they couldn't decide whether to use a silver or green paint job, so they used both.
Yuck. One more reason I never have liked WarBirds and probably never will.
J_A_B
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(http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/frown.gif) <shakes head>
Quote from Iceman`s Sitrep:
"A WarBirds III aircraft created by Adam FLATCH Lau was just completed. The aircraft is the “Ki-84, Frank”. Thank you Dean "kiwi" Mahoney, for finding us the source data we needed to created this aircraft."
and the appreciation thread.....
http://agw.dogfighter.com/agw//Forum3/HTML/016777.html (http://agw.dogfighter.com/agw//Forum3/HTML/016777.html)
Quote from Kiwi:
"I owe a lot to a man who just die..he was a freind of Saburo Sakai..He died not so long ago too..he helped me get flowers to Saburos wake!! Which I wrote from Warbirders around the world ..we talked a lot about the war,And Planes ..he was an ace ..12 kills I think...4 days ago his wife come for dinner ..with lots of old books..And a good contact for info on planes..he taught me a lot..I will miss him"
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Skybax
328th Fighter Squadron
www.352ndFighterGroup.com (http://www.352ndFighterGroup.com)
Blue Nosed Bastards of Bodney
[This message has been edited by sky_bax (edited 12-11-2000).]
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With all do respect to kiwi San. Jumping into a plane (even a virtual one ) with a suicide paint job ain't gettin it.
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Sky-
Don't get your back up. I don't think most are slamming WB, just that paint job. In my particular case I merely mean it is an ugly scheme, not that it isn't well done. (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
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I'm confused - what's that protruding from the spinner? Surely not a cannon?
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That is for the dog starter- no kidding!
The Japanese would pull the starter truck to the front of the plane, and via an extension shaft, fire up the engine with a motor from the truck.
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The Ki-84 isn't the only butt-ugly paint job. Check out the B-17. Shark teeth on a B-17? You gotta be kidding me! (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/frown.gif)
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If it were possible I think Sky would have iEN's love child. (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
The Macci, SBD are the best of the lot. Wildcats is pretty good too. the 51, 38 with the shark mouths on the two nacels and the B17 are butt ugly while the KI just plane takes the cake as the worst scheme I've ever seen on a plane - barring pink photo recon jobs.
-Westy
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pfffffrrrmmmmmpppppphtttttttt tttt, muahahahahahahahahahaaha, hehehehehehehehehehehe
Please take a break and continue to fly your Macchi with a wingroot thick as a house.
The paintjob on the KI is one of the finest there regardless of the unit and what it stand for.
And what do you have against a Kamikaze sheme 50% of all players in flightsims are Kamikaze types, so it would fit very good into every Sim.
Go Jabo, Go!!! craaaaaaaaaash wummmm
woah i got the ack (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif)
Macchi
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"Please take a break and continue to fly your Macchi with a wingroot thick as a house."
I will! (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif) And you go, er,,,,, wait. you can't yet.
I honestly could care less what unit or person used that "KI" scheme. My opinion is that it is hideous.
-Westy
p.s. How long after it is available (Year 2001...sometime...if iEN isn't closed down before hand) until folks scream at iEN saying the WB-3's Macci flight model is overmodelled? After all theFM was provided by the player too.
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Hideous?
I think honouring a big part of the multiplayer community is never hideous. Thes guys give their life for your arena reset, they die so you can win. Endless streams of virtual heroes lawndarting and respawning to capture the flag in an air combat simulation.
After years of looking down to these poor sobes it was absolute nessesary to give them something to do it right (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif)
And for sure will the Macchi be way overmodelled, else i couldnt get kills (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
Macchi
P.S.: TheMacchi guy is way too stupid to do any FMs (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
Macchi
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iEN love child? He he too funny.
This has nothing to do with iEN, it has everything to do with a players hard work for an accurate paint scheme.
I just find it sad to come in here and see these comments when 99% didn`t have a clue where the information came from.
It was an insult to Kiwi, not iEN.
To add, here are a few quotes from HS on AGW`s "Shark's Teeth on the B-17"
"Ok, you will, and will not be able to color your own AC. I can't say much about this, except there will be "offical optional schemes", which will be downloadable from iEN, and will likely be done by players."
"The tools, to make WBIII schemes, will be available to all very soon."
"The system is easy to use, trust me, everyone is going to have fun with it."
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Skybax
328th Fighter Squadron
www.352ndFighterGroup.com (http://www.352ndFighterGroup.com)
Blue Nosed Bastards of Bodney
[This message has been edited by sky_bax (edited 12-12-2000).]
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Butt Ugly.
Wonder if they'll ever get the 190 canopy right.
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Funked,
maybe at the same time we will se the right oil cooler under the 109 nose in AH?
Macchi
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Funny little people (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)
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Blimey. The paint scheme might not be too fantastic, but the detail on that is unbelievable.
My TNT2 is cowering at the thought of all these high-res planes though (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)
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I don't care one bit where the scheme came from. It is butt-ugly. It is well-done butt-ugly, but it is butt-ugly
I didn't say Kiwi is butt-ugly. I have no doubt it is a great representation of a very butt-ugly aircraft paint scheme. Kiwi has done great work, and I think it is terrific that WB gives the players the ability to make some terrific butt-ugly aircraft. (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
FWIW I think all Fw's are butt-ugly regardless of paint scheme. (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)
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I think I read somewhere that the Japanese often operated off crushed coral runways (a lot like the Seebees produced for US) and that the propwash often kicked the coral loose and scoured the plane. This in turn took the paint off. Maybe thats what iEN is trying to simulate?
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Meine schwester hat keine kartoffel salat? Du bist eine lustige bube!!
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Westy, Macchi not Macci damn! (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
You'll have to wear very good Ray-Bans aboard of that Frank. The kite lacks anti-glare paint just in front of the pilot. Hmmmm ... the WB C.205V is indeed beautiful (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)
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Gatt
4° Stormo Caccia - Knights (http://www.4stormo.it)
Macchi C.202's sting (1,9MByte film) (http://web.tiscalinet.it/gatt/breda.avi)
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I am a horrible speller Gatt (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/frown.gif) I should take time to proof read before hitting send, I know.
Sky... I hope WBIII comes out ASAP. Cause if it doesn't I'm getting a userID for AGW and will start adding my .02 to any topic that someone even uses the letters AH in - even though I'm not an iEN customer.
My opinion is of the plane scheme. Nothing on who looked it up, not who it supposedly honors. My opinion (like many here and at AGW) is based on nothing else but the scheme itself. More importantly if Kiwi was offended then let him say it himself.
<shakes head> Any time someone makes a criticism of something WB's you, Cabby and not just a few others behave as if you've been squeak slapped.
-Westy
[This message has been edited by Westy (edited 12-13-2000).]
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-duma-,
out of curiosity, which drivers are you using to make your TNT2 cower? (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)
Gatt
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Originally posted by Staga:
Funny little people (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)
They sure are *little* (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif)...not that funny tho IMO (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/rolleyes.gif)
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"Sky... I hope WBIII comes out ASAP. Cause if it doesn't I'm getting a userID for AGW and will start adding my .02 to any topic that someone even uses the letters AH in - even though I'm not an iEN customer."
If I posted on every topic in here that had a WB in it, I would have more posts then Funked.
"My opinion is of the plane scheme. Nothing on who looked it up, not who it supposedly honors. My opinion (like many here and at AGW) is based on nothing else but the scheme itself. More importantly if Kiwi was offended then let him say it himself."
My post and opinion was based on the paint scheme as well. I fail to see where your problem is.
"<shakes head> Any time someone makes a criticism of something WB's you, Cabby and not just a few others behave as if you've been squeak slapped."
I think you see what you want to see Westy, and not what is in black and white. Like I said, if I posted everytime somebody said criticism of WB I would have more posts then Funked.
It was simply me giving the information on who did the paint, and where the information came from, and I didn`t agree with some of the comments. I don`t care if you find it ugly, I myself don`t think it`s the best choice for a Ki-84, but my post was a response to those who might of thought that the paint job was of fantasy or that iEN couldn`t decide on green or silver.
This is the OT fourm, I didn`t start the thread, I flamed nobody, yet you allways have to make it personal. Heck, you even flame new guys on the WWIIOL UBB for asking simple questions that obviously are not experenced in on-line sims. Do you have a need to feel above them or put them down? I feel it is you who allways acts as if you been squeak slaped and I`m starting to feel sorry for you.
Respond if you like, but I won`t be reading it, I`m done with this thread.
Merry X-mas all.
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Skybax
328th Fighter Squadron
www.352ndFighterGroup.com (http://www.352ndFighterGroup.com)
Blue Nosed Bastards of Bodney
[This message has been edited by sky_bax (edited 12-13-2000).]
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"My post and opinion was based on the paint scheme as well. I fail to see where your problem is.
?? Really. My problem is you were telling me that I was insulting Kiwi.
"OT" or not. this isn't Deja.news, usenet or the Delphi forumns.This is the AH OT forum. I'm just wondering why you're here?
As for "if I posted everytime somebody said [a] criticism of WB I would have more posts then Funked. "
Baloney. WB's isn't talked about that much her or anywhere else for that matter. Now your pretending to be a iEN netcop looking out for thew bad people who say the bad things about WB's. Gimme a break.
And I'm not flaming or insulting anyone. If you take anything I say that way then YOU have the problem. I use liberal doses of colorful adjectives....and doing it in my own community forumn I might add. I challenge you to find a post on AGW by "Westy" in any of the forumns there.
-Westy