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Nice pic!

13 hours ago, GrizzlyJet said:

Sounds good - that will be important for the skin I'm going to spin up.  Thanks!  It's probably not likely, but I hope we can get some variations in the models to account for the version spread of the aircraft.  The modeling differences don't seem to be substantial, but I may be speaking out of turn.  😉

You can use arguments in the description files to mimic both an early and late version of the CF-104 as well as the stock F-104G model now, thanks to the guys from VSN who have been very accommodating. I believe there may be RF versions in the pipeline as well. 

3 hours ago, alnel413 said:

Love the new camo paints. Still having so much fun with your RCAF liveries. Having some fictitious fun but man do those skunkworks designs 

look good together. Thanks for the paint kit as well.

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They’re nice models, aren’t they? Late variegated camo is next, as well as ‘703 from the Manitoba museum. The CEPE “Royal Flush” five airplanes are in progress, as well as ‘781 for you. 

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@jocko417... which USAF font did you use to create the U. S. AIR FORCE markings?  I'm using Amarillo USAF for a new tail number and for some reason my lettering is ever so slightly bolder than yours.  I'm recreating the F-104C that achieved the last altitude record held by the F-104.  So far so good, but the lettering looks off.  (Great fun matching up the ID numbers near the speed brakes!!).

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4 hours ago, GrizzlyJet said:

@jocko417... which USAF font did you use to create the U. S. AIR FORCE markings?  I'm using Amarillo USAF for a new tail number and for some reason my lettering is ever so slightly bolder than yours.  I'm recreating the F-104C that achieved the last altitude record held by the F-104.  So far so good, but the lettering looks off.  (Great fun matching up the ID numbers near the speed brakes!!).

 

I think I used Amarillo USAF, so I'm not sure why the difference in appearance would happen, unless it's a case of using Gimp and choosing BOLD as a text style. Yes, it's FUN to match up the text in that area, isn't it 😉

 

3 hours ago, NoCoolName66 said:

Just wanted to say Thanks!  to you and the folks at VSN.  I really like booting along in the CF-104. 🙂

 

All thanks go to the guys at VSN for putting up with my whining 😉

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I can't remember if I shared these photos of the Royal Flush but they were sent to me by the Canadian air force. I like how you can see the T-33 chase plane tip tank

in the photo from the negative. The photos were taken May 3, 1963. Here is one.

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And the second.

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And the last of the three photos I have.

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Thanks as well to the VSN team and of course to joco417 for the tremendous detailing on the F-104G.

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Happy New Year jocko417! Beautiful skins, very well done! I grew up in the vicinity of CFB Baden and remember the CF-104s flying from there well. I seem to cannot find the skins for '703 and '833 (1 CAD) in the user files, I would love to install them. Any pointers very welcome! Thanks for all the amazing texturing work!

 

Best wishes

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Thanks to the beautifully detailed paint kit from jocko417, I did this early ROCAF skin with very little effort.  More to come.

 

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On 1/2/2022 at 7:23 PM, RhineHornet said:

Happy New Year jocko417! Beautiful skins, very well done! I grew up in the vicinity of CFB Baden and remember the CF-104s flying from there well. I seem to cannot find the skins for '703 and '833 (1 CAD) in the user files, I would love to install them. Any pointers very welcome! Thanks for all the amazing texturing work!

 

Best wishes

Yes, I’ll see if I can put ‘703 and ‘833 up this weekend. Started a training course for work in Jan which will run for the next few weeks so no time for skinning Mon-Fri…

19 hours ago, Mauser792 said:

Thanks to the beautifully detailed paint kit from jocko417, I did this early ROCAF skin with very little effort.  More to come.

 

4301.jpg

 

Beautiful!

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Hi Mate! So far it’s been a pretty easy conversion from the G, with only a couple of mapping issues at the rear edge of the new rudder. There are some other differences on the fuselage to work on, and some other details I could add but depends on how much time I have.

Tip tank inboard fins need to be shortened to same length as outboard fins, and some other things that hopefully Kobra can adjust on the model. 

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F-104A progress... a few panel line differences between the A and C models, note the different heat exchanger vents near the FG-930 marking on the aft fuselage.

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9 hours ago, CarloVecchi said:

Great work! Like your passion for the 104s! 👍

Yeah, I’ve got a soft spot for it, that’s for sure. Luckily it’s relatively easy to make the A and C since they are very close to the G, other than the tail. 

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