Friday 2010-06-11 Dev. update and Discussion Thread

[philip.ed]

Oleg has said these pictures are slightly older.

[Friendly_flyer]

I love the weathering on the Spitfire! How many missions must you survive to get it that worn? How worn can a plane get if you treat her well?

It was great to see the Walrus! Is there a hope that she will, at some point in the future, be made flyable?

The markings on the Spitfire is a bit off though. Squadron codes on RAF planes was usually sky (the same light green-blue-gray colour they used on the underside), or sometimes medium sea gray (a somewhat darker, less saturated hue). The serial numbers were always in black, and in 1940 always a single letter followed by four numbers, with no spacing or hyphen.

[Mango]

Originally Posted by Friendly_flyer

The markings on the Spitfire is a bit off though. Squadron codes on RAF planes was usually sky (the same light green-blue-gray colour they used on the underside), or sometimes medium sea gray (a somewhat darker, less saturated hue). The serial numbers were always in black, and in 1940 always a single letter followed by four numbers, with no spacing or hyphen.

There's an interesting discussion in last month's Fly Past magazine (Battle of Britain Special Edition) on the colors and paint schemes for different time periods and squadrons. I hope someone on Oleg's team has seen this (for what it's worth).

[major_setback]

For comparison (with summer grass too!):

[SlipBall]

Thank's for the up-date...the weathering looks pretty good, would like to see some wing wear from foot traffic, and exhaust stains would also look good.

[fireflyerz]

Originally Posted by major_setback

For comparison (with summer grass too!):

Beautiful Pics , got any more...?

And Oleg if your about , are we going to see aircraft bouncing on take off and landings on grass strips and to go with that - squishy tires ?

[Flanker35M]

S!

Nice shots again. The weathering is WIP I think? It looks a bit like a gaggle of kids had been slapping their muddy hands on the plane's exterior. If I compare it to those planes we have at work (yes prop planes too, not only jets) the most likely places with tear & wear are the prop edges, areas behind exhaust pipe getting smoldered, edges of hatches/access doors having chipped paint, dirtier paint and chipped paint where landing gear throws up dust, streaks of oil etc. from drain holes, leading edges having chipped paint etc. So IMO the weathering is a bit strange as it has no pattern in on the Spit, more like slapped on the plane.

But this is for sure WIP Just observations and nice to see SoW shape up very nicely. Thank you for the update.

[RedToo]

Originally Posted by fireflyerz

Beautiful Pics , got any more...?

Hi All,

The photos Major_Setback posted look like they came from my thread over at SimHQ:

http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.ph...ml#Post2682133

Be aware that I have worked on them in PhotoShop. The original colours are different. You can download the original pics for free now that Google have put all (?) the life archive on the net. They do take a bit of finding though (can't remember my search terms - sorry). The originals are also larger. I have re-sized them to fit my SimHQ thread. There is one more colour pic of a Spit from the same photo shoot. It is also in the SimHQ thread. Hope you enjoy the read!

Edit: here are the original file names from when I downloaded these pics from the Life archive:

2c4034e8f6abbfa8_large.jpg

358f0c1185c0f8e0_large.jpg

4723f569a0a74b6f_large.jpg

If anybody finds any more from this series please let me know.

RedToo.

[_ITAF_UgoRipley]

Originally Posted by RedToo

Hi All,
...They do take a bit of finding though (can't remember my search terms - sorry)...

Maybe this? Could it be a good start?
http://images.google.com/images?q=ai...ife&tbs=isch:1

[major_setback]

Originally Posted by RedToo

Hi All,

The photos Major_Setback posted look like they came from my thread over at SimHQ:

http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.ph...ml#Post2682133

Be aware that I have worked on them in PhotoShop. The original colours are different. You can download the original pics for free now that Google have put all (?) the life archive on the net. They do take a bit of finding though (can't remember my search terms - sorry). The originals are also larger. I have re-sized them to fit my SimHQ thread. There is one more colour pic of a Spit from the same photo shoot. It is also in the SimHQ thread. Hope you enjoy the read!

Edit: here are the original file names from when I downloaded these pics from the Life archive:

2c4034e8f6abbfa8_large.jpg

358f0c1185c0f8e0_large.jpg

4723f569a0a74b6f_large.jpg

If anybody finds any more from this series please let me know.

RedToo.

I took them from another site actually, I can't remember which one..they must have taken the links from simHQ.
Sorry for stealing them.

I hope you won't mind if I reproduce the third one from the series here.