VFA-195 "Dambusters" 25yrs in Atsugi (Nov 1998) BU164968 (CAG) and BU164970 (CO)

[LcSummers]

Hi TSBAS,

 

 

thanks for your kind words :) and for your work.

 

 

Another "dam_" nice buster, i mean work!:thumbup:

 

 

Top notch

[TigersharkBAS]

Strut identified some significant errors on Friday and I have had to totally redo the positioning of the eagle on the vert. stab.

 

Final release won't happen this weekend.But I do hope to release next weekend with another additional bird. The CAg bird from 2001.

 

VFlip and I are discussing pooling our resources together to release a "definitive" Dambusters pack of liveries.

[uscstaylor]

Looking forward to this release...

[TigersharkBAS]

Practically done.....just a few minor tweaks to the arrow symbols on the rear fuselage (which I believe mark the full extent of movement for flaps and elevators) and they will be done.

 

400 CAG Bird

 

 

401 CO Bird

 

 

 

Preview of 2001 CAG Bird

 

[FZG_Immel]

Practically done.....just a few minor tweaks to the arrow symbols on the rear fuselage (which I believe mark the full extent of movement for flaps and elevators) and they will be done.

 

400 CAG Bird

 

 

401 CO Bird

 

 

 

Preview of 2001 CAG Bird

 

 

SPlendid !

[TigersharkBAS]

Thanks for all the words of encouragement in this thread. They really help as this can be VERY time consuming.

 

 

You wouldn't believe it....one small part of the eagle on the vertical stabiliser takes about 5 hours of trial and error. If you can void painting anything but a single colour on the box under the nav light you should....because it is an absolute bitch to line up all pieces of the design.

 

But the words of encouragement here help. I don't like to release these skins until I feel they are as historically accurate and perfect as I can make them. So sorry for what seems like a long delay,

 

Despite all efforts, there are still some strange behaviours in the model and textures. Some textures get stretched in places (the Dambusters text on the rudder gets strecthed where it meets the vert stab) which is a little annoying but I think this is the best I can do without spending too much time. Perfect is the enemy of good :-) A release is more important than the perfect plane sitting on my hard drive :-)

 

In other news, VFlip is finding himself increasingly time poor and will be sending some of his stuff along to me to help finish. As mentioned before we are planning a VFA-195 CAG pack. See pic below for examples of the planes we plan for the pack.

 

[LcSummers]

That will be a HUGE pack. I thought about three planes but not eight.

Thats a surprize. Thanks in advance for making them.

 

 

Not only the markings, weathering too is absolutely stunning.:thumbup:

Love your birds.

 

 

 

S!

 

 

 

PS: Personally i don´t care how long it does take, take your time :)

[TigersharkBAS]

Version 1.0 of 1998 "25 Years in Atsugi" CAG and CO Birds

 

 

Enjoy!! Thanks for all the support....please report any peculiarities.

 

 

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1BtSEbQHl-DU82be7cBb8T1oqOZSb4zxP

[TigersharkBAS]

Link to PSD provided in first post.

 

For ease I will post in this reply as well.

 

https://drive.google.com/open?id=14x7MiIVvokf-jFTF4uNe3Lp94yr27z7D

[desworks]

Anyone willing to try this out for me and give feedback?

hi, i would re-enable the old dirt-layer on _1 and move the dirt-layer on _2 on top of the livery, otherwise it looks too "painted".

 

maybe also moving the "outer" letters on the tail a bit more inside cause they look like a bit close to the edge on. and unsharpen the bleeding edges a bit, for example like i shown on ex4.

 

but so far i can say, you have done a really good job on this! :thumbup:

Edited July 16, 2018 by desworks

[TigersharkBAS]

Thanks for the feedback desworks.

 

You are right about the dirt layer on _2. I don't know when I moved it below the other layers.

As for _1....perhaps you're right....perhaps the dirt does make it more in sync with the weathering on the rest of the bird.

 

 

Regarding the placement of the NF CAG text. It is really close to the edge. However, consider the image below from the decal sheet and tell me if it accurately reflects the position.

 

Can you help me understand why un sharpening the edges helps?

[desworks]

Can you help me understand why un sharpening the edges helps?

to have a more "used" look in detail, but 99,9% of the users will never look or even find these details. it's just a kinda weird personal preference of me. :laugh:

[TigersharkBAS]

I'll give it a try and see if I like it. :-) Thanks again for the feedback.

[TigersharkBAS]

Version 1.01 released. Link in first post.

[DonJosh]

thank you for these awesome skins! i really appreciate your hard work!

[TigersharkBAS]

thank you for these awesome skins! i really appreciate your hard work!

 

 

You're welcome. It's a labour of love :thumbup:

[desworks]

Version 1.01 released. Link in first post.

 

 

i think u changed the wrong links. the first is still the old 1.0 and the psd link now links to the new 1.01 livery.

[TigersharkBAS]

Doh...thanks

[LcSummers]

Hi TS,

 

 

thanks alot, didnt had much time to investigate but i think with so many improvements there is really nothing to find.

 

 

Great update and work!:):thumbup:

[TigersharkBAS]

Hi TS,

 

 

thanks alot, didnt had much time to investigate but i think with so many improvements there is really nothing to find.

 

 

Great update and work!:):thumbup:

 

 

 

:thumbup:

[RavenFrost]

thank you so much for this skin. i own the modelkit and now i can fly it