Setback's catapult launched Navy Hurricane

[major_setback]

Sea Hurricane 1A V6802/LU-B of Plt Off A C S Lumsden, Merchant Ship Fighter Unit,
MV Daghestan, North Atlantic September-October 1941.

The aircraft is painted in the Fleet Air Arm colours of dark slate grey and extra dark sea grey.

This aircraft has no arrester hook, the pilot would bail out if he couldn't make it to land.

Download
http://airwarfare.com/sow/index.php/...navy-hurricane








Without weathering



In-game weathering on top of the weathered skin.




CAM Hurricanes (Hurricats):

Due to the Royal navy's desperate shortage of carriers to perform vital convoy escort duties
in the Atlantic, the concept of the catapult fighter had been born in an effort to counter
the long rangeFW 200 Condor threat. A hurricane would be carried on a heavy catapult mounted on
the bow of a merchant ship and fired off by rockets when the presence of an intruder was
detected. After the interception, the theory was that the pilot would either attempt to reach
land or bale out into the sea near an escort ship.
Such vessels were designated Catapult Armed Merchantmen, or CAM ships....

.... The Merchant ship Fighter Unit (MSFU), was formed at Speke on 5 May to man the CAM ship
detachments, each vessel having an RAF pilot and ground crew with a Royal Navy direction officer.

From Osprey - Aircraft of the Aces (number 57), Hurricane Aces 1941-45 by Andrew Thomas.

All MSFU pilots were volunteers, and Alec Lumsden served on SS Daghestan in the Atlantic
under Capt Bobbin.

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Skins

- markings, as new
- markings, weathered
- generic, as new
- generic, weathered


I hope you like it.

Cheers,
major-setback

[E.F.Hartmann]

Very good job. thank you excellent detail.

[Sokol1]

Very nice.

I remember in ealy "Il-2 days" do some COOP with simulated catapult Hurricanes, setting the first mission way point very low near a convoy. Some mates "go to the drink".

Sokol1

[JG26_EZ]

Ooooh nice colours!

It will look cool in my crosshairs as I'm shooting it down.

[major_setback]

Originally Posted by JG26_EZ

Ooooh nice colours!

It will look cool in my crosshairs as I'm shooting it down.

Those colours are very difficult to get. If I chose just 'one point' less saturation in Photoshop Elements then the Dark Slate becomes completely grey. The game is unfortunately hard to work with when it comes to colours.

Thanks for the comments everyone!

[JG26_EZ]

I found that when you add a subtle texture, it helps maintain the colour (in game) that you are aiming for.