Strut

Beautiful work, keep it up, thanks for your efforts.

I always wanted to do this one, sorry BrassEm, i know you did this, but i couldnt resist. (EDIT) I have deleted old Pics and will replace them at the start of the thread.

These are my completed Pacific Skins, Updated pictures (Below) and the skins have been updated to RoughMet/PBR textures as at 17 April 2018. You can download all my Spitfire skins here >>>> https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/?set_filter=Y&arrFilter_pf%5Bfiletype%5D=&arrFilter_pf%5Bgameversion%5D=&arrFilter_pf%5Bfilelang%5D=&arrFilter_pf%5Baircraft%5D=430&arrFilter_DATE_CREATE_1_DAYS_TO_BACK=&CREATED_BY=Strut&sort_by_order=TIMESTAMP_X_DESC&set_filter=Filter Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Spitfire, A58-602, Wing Commander Bobby Gibbes, Wing Leader of No 80 Wing, Morotai, April 1945 Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Spitfire, JF630, Flying Officer Larry Cronin, DFC, of No 81 Squadron, India, March 1944 Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Spitfire A58-543 flown by Warrant Officer Hubert Eccleston. No 79 Squadron, Morotai, May, 1945 Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Spitfire, A58-435,Flight Lieutenant William 'Ron' Cundy, No 452 Squadron, Sattler Airstrip, July 1944 Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Spitfire A58-516, flown by Flight Lieutenant Des Cormack, No 452 Squadron, Morotai, December 1944 Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Spitfire, A58-484, Group Captain Clive Caldwell, The CO od No 80 Wing, Morotai, March 1945 Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Spitfire, A58-370, No 54 Squadron, Darwin, May 1945 Royal Air Force (RAF) South East Asia Command (SEAC), MD280, DG•R, No.155 Squadon, flown by Flt Lt P. Ostrander, Burma, 1945 Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Spitfire, MT687, No 451 Squadron, Cuers Airfield, France, September, 1944 Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Spitfire, A58-526, No 79 Squadron, Morotai, May 1945 A generic RAAF 451 Squadron Spitfire April 1945 ,the squadron's crest consisted of a fawn coloured kangaroo with a Joey in the pouch firing a shanghai.

@ Reflected - If you like send me a PM with a link to your skin ( lua, dds, everything) and i will have a look and play with it. Regards Strut

Thx Magic ! Pic fixed, yes ive tried messing around with it but i cant get a fix, hopefully ED can.

Propeller Nose Cone Mesh Distorted - Please Fix While i have been texturing the Spitfire i have been unable to place stable spirals/ bands/ stripes on the "moving / spinning texture part of the Nose Cone . I have subsequently found by looking in the mesh that it has a built in distortion. See attached pic. Can you please fix it, Thanks.

Im apologising in advance because all my Aircraft pictures will be disappearing from the ED forums in the next couple of days because Photobucket are trying to force me to upgrade to allow 3rd party hosting. Its not that im stingy, its just the way they have implemented this, so i will take my business elsewhere.

+100 Great idea and Mod, thanks JLX !

I thought I chime in and give you a fairly simple explanation of Magnetic Variation or Declination. As an old soldier of foot (grunt), it was usually pretty mandatory to factor in mag variation in bearing calculation in land navigation, the same also does apply to all forms of nav. 1. Firstly, Mag Variation is the angle between Magnetic North and True North. 2. Mag North meaning, is the direction your compass points to. 3. True North in simple terms is the direction indicated on maps along a meridian or Easting towards the geographic North Pole depending on what type of map you use. 4. Magnetic North moves over time due to changes in the earths magnetic core and fields. 5. If you were to locate approximately where Mag North indicates to currently, it currently lies near Ellesmere Island in northern Canada . 6. On the maps I am used to using the mag variation is usually given as part of the map information, you as the user will then calculate it and use it in navigation. 7. A simple example of Map Information maybe: that the Map tells us that Variation moves 20 mils magnetic every 2 years, the variation at the time the map was made is 120 mils and it is now 6 years later ( the map is 6 years old). So you need to add 60 mils to the already variation of 120mils and get the answer as 180mils - this is your Variation. 8.For example : in calculating in the Southern Hemisphere, say in Australia, you use Grid to Magnetic you subtract the variation from your Grid calculation, and Magnetic to Grid you add it. Using the opposite for Northern hemisphere calculations. How you calculate also relys on what side of the Prime Meridian your on and which hemisphere you are in. Although there are more factors to consider apart from what I have explained, remember this is for simple understanding. If you want to learn more go and do a Nav course. In remembering the method for calculating variation we used to use catchwords ,like “Grand Ma Sucks” = Grid to Magnetic Subtract, and “My Granny's Arse” = Magnetic to Grid add. Hope this clears up some understanding.

Thx Brass, mighty fine work !

@ Art-J To a certain extent i agree, i think my problem is my speculars, il re-visit it.

Bump, just a gentle reminder of the question.

Beautiful job Ref, and dont worry your not on your own, im feeling your frustration with some Spit skins im doing as well, just keep at it mate !

Looking forward to this mod, well done Raz+r Try nudging one Hawkeye60 !! :thumbup:

Thanks Snowsniper, so is your work by the way !

Great job on these skins BrassEM, i was eyeballing them for a while but then i saw your post. I have almost completed Caldwells skin and will look at some more to do, hopefully we can build up a good Aussie collection. Once again well done on these.

Nice job on that Jocko. I didnt really look at this thread until now. Keep up the great work mate.

Great Javelina1, its a great leap forward for home sims, i couldnt go back to track IR if i tried. Looking forward to hear your views.

Loved the vid , thanx fella's.

Thx Gents, more to follow , out!

This first one is of RAAF Spitfire "CROC" A58-484, 80 Wing RAAF, Pacific Theatre WW2 1945 which was flown by Group Captain Clive Caldwell - he had a total of 27 1/2 confirmed Kills, from European and Pacific Theatres. Its a "Work In Progress", but im getting there, hope to have ready soon. Would love to have DCS texture layers, but this will be fine for the interim. Sorry about the deleting of some of my posts, im just cleaning up the thread a bit.

@ Jafa Great sounds Jafa, looking forward to getting my hands on them ! :thumbup::D And thankyou Hawkeye60 for the trouble you went to for us DCS tragics. Thanks mate !

@ Chic When i used to run JSGME I dealt with this problem by numbering folders in the order that they should be loaded, this sorted out the problem of confusion. When i changed over to OVGME last year i carried the method over, it works well.

I thought id fly south and find Narnia, or it could be the other side of the wall !:music_whistling: Sorry lost the pics after losing my Photobucket account.

Thanks wags, good stuff !!