Friday update and discussions 2011-03-11

[Zorin]

Very true. Must have been a dodgy set of blueprints they worked from. This one is a lot better, IMO.



To be found here: http://www.autosports-gallery.co.uk/...g-tc-1943.html

[Friendly_flyer]

22 pages of mostly whining, and nobody mentioned that the Spitfire had a B/W belly? It has me tingeling all over! Does it come as a form of markings or as a skin? I'm really ecited about the possibilities!

[ElAurens]

Originally Posted by Trumper

By fender which i don't hear in the UK very often if at all i would guess you mean the bumper.
We have bonnet,wings,doors,boot,tailgate,bumper,headlights , tail lights,indicators,brake lights.
How we can make something so simple so complicated

I US auto speak, a fender is that portion of the bodywork that covers the wheel. I.E. "wing" or "mudguard".

Being a British car owner for almost 40 years I am quite familiar with the Queen's English versions of the bits of the automobile.

[ElAurens]

Originally Posted by Zorin

Very true. Must have been a dodgy set of blueprints they worked from. This one is a lot better, IMO.



To be found here: http://www.autosports-gallery.co.uk/...g-tc-1943.html

Perfect.

[ATAG_Dutch]

Originally Posted by Sturm_Williger

I always thought a "fender" was a mudguard. Never heard it called a "wing" - in UK or SA, but maybe I just don't get out enough

I seem to recall that american folk refer to a motorcycle mudguard as a 'fender' so the mudguard confusion is understandable, however with cars the american 'fender' is referred to as a 'wing' in the uk, unless you're referring to the famous guitar manufacturer of which I own two.

Also what on earth has this got to do with our much anticipated flight sim?!
Surely we're not really complaining about the width of mudguards/fenders/wings on a virtual mg in a flight sim? Or are we?

Confused of Milton Keynes.

[peterwoods@supanet.com]

Sorry Zorin but I think your source (autosports-gallery.co) is more likely to be the dodgy one. The TC was not launched until 1945. So a blueprint showing a 1943 MG TC is bogus. Can't see a date on the "blueprint" so it may be that someone just guessed 1943. It is a fact that there was no motor car production for the civilian market during the war.
I have to agree with ElAurens that the wings are too wide and the green is much too bright, an MG TA in green would almost certainly have been British Racing Green (BRG). However I think the wheels are just about correct. Compare with this:


Try this site for dates, production details etc for TA - TF: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MG_TB#TB

As a matter of interest what is the US term for what we in the UK call a bumber?
Regards
Pete

[Zorin]

Still, even if the caption of the file is wrong, the blueprint itself is certainly more in line with the actual vehicle than what we see in the screenshots. Besides, the exterior of a TC is pretty much identical to a TA from what I can tell by checking reference photographs, so a valid source for a pre-war TA.

[peterwoods@supanet.com]

Zorin, from modeling viewpoint agree 100%.
Pete

[major_setback]

Originally Posted by peterwoods@supanet.com

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I have to agree with ElAurens that the wings are too wide and the green is much too bright, an MG TA in green would almost certainly have been British Racing Green (BRG)....

Maybe they are aiming at this colour?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi.../b/b7/MGTA.jpg

[peterwoods@supanet.com]

[QUOTE=major_setback;234395]Maybe they are aiming at this colour?

Could well be for that is certainly not BRG. Beautiful example but question whether a TA ever left the production line in that shade of green. Wish I had a 1936 brochure.

Pete