jocko417 Posted December 12, 2020 Author Posted December 12, 2020 (edited) Bogus serial number on the skin... but here's 104702 of the handful of '104s used for weapons testing by the AETE at CFB Cold Lake. Cameras were mounted inside the tip tanks, and shot high speed photography of test ordinance release through windows in the tanks. CEPE/AETE was a test squadron that flew modified service aircraft for weather and ordinance testing, among other jobs. Test aircraft denoted by the red X on the tail. Always liked this scheme, you rarely saw painted tip tanks on single seater CF-104s. Should look good with the day-glo tanks. Edited December 12, 2020 by jocko417 1
NRG-Vampire Posted December 12, 2020 Posted December 12, 2020 (edited) WOW Edited December 12, 2020 by NRG-Vampire
jocko417 Posted December 16, 2020 Author Posted December 16, 2020 Tip Tanks and Pylons today... There's a limitation with the mapping - normally 99% of the stencils on the wing pylons are on the outboard side. Unfortunately the textures are mapped to a single pylon, with left and right sides, so textures are repeated on both pylons. Looks busier than in real life but c'est la vie. Colours still to be adjusted, drag chute needs to be "urine yellow" Zipper number 104776, 1 CAG, CFB Baden Soellingen, West Germany, early 1980s: 2
jocko417 Posted December 17, 2020 Author Posted December 17, 2020 (edited) Pylon Tanks (bare metal shown, camo also included): If you're planning to hop someone's fence carrying a nuke at 600+ kts on the deck, you're going to use a lot of gas... Edited December 17, 2020 by jocko417 1
Stratos Posted December 17, 2020 Posted December 17, 2020 (edited) This skin will be very very useful once Ugra releases Cyprus update... Just saying. Edited December 17, 2020 by Stratos 2 I don't understand anything in russian except Davai Davai!
jocko417 Posted December 18, 2020 Author Posted December 18, 2020 Good looking airplane! Can’t help with the rectangular intake duct inspection doors, maybe the Italians can That livery should be easy enough to crank out once I get the template’s bones finally completed in a week or so, Belgian/USAF SEA Camo plus Luftwaffe day-glo plus Turkish roundels... nice. Planning some USAF Vietnam rip-offs (no A2A refueling probe, sorry) as well, so up the same alley. 2
Stratos Posted December 18, 2020 Posted December 18, 2020 Good news! I really like how the turkish scheme lools weathered. Peeling cammo, etc. I don't understand anything in russian except Davai Davai!
CarloVecchi Posted December 18, 2020 Posted December 18, 2020 Great work @jocko417 The Turkish F-104s had a wide range of camos.
NRG-Vampire Posted December 20, 2020 Posted December 20, 2020 Oh, PLZ release those marvelous skins 1
Mizzy Posted December 20, 2020 Posted December 20, 2020 Have they been released, F104 is one of my all time fav airframes..that and the F4B and M and F105 Thud. Mizzy
Megalax Posted December 20, 2020 Posted December 20, 2020 These look amazing Jocko! Megalax's Livery Studio My Liveries in the User Files I'll stick a maple leaf on anything...
jocko417 Posted December 21, 2020 Author Posted December 21, 2020 Thanks guys, I hope it'll be worth the wait, even if it's only an AI aircraft for most. Going from 2K to 4K resolution really boosts the amount of detail you can include, of course doubling the dimensions also quadruples the area... so it's been a LOT of work. Been a long time since I've built up my own template. Still on target for Christmas time. Fuselage details just about done. I had planned to take some photos at the Canadian Starfighter museum in Manitoba of various "hard to reach areas" that are difficult to see in most walk around websites. Covid-19 ruined my Manitoba plans so until I can get up close to the real thing there might be some areas on the skins that are a little generic... From back to front. Wing undersides are tomorrow's job. Working on the 3D details of the centerline pylon too. 2
YSIAD_RIP Posted December 21, 2020 Posted December 21, 2020 Very nice.. I did not expect that much detail! Thanks in advance.. Happy Holidays. Do not own: | F-15E | JF-17 | Fw 190 A-8 | Bf 109 | Hardware: [ - Ryzen7-5800X - 64GB - RX 6800 - X56 HOTAS Throttle - WINWING Orion 2 F16EX Grip - TrackIR 5 - Tobii 5C - JetPad FSE - ]
Stratos Posted December 21, 2020 Posted December 21, 2020 Man the level of detail is astonishing, can't wait to see what you will do on my tusrkish request! Dogfights over Cyprus gonna be epic! I don't understand anything in russian except Davai Davai!
jocko417 Posted December 22, 2020 Author Posted December 22, 2020 CF-104 776 of No. 417 (OTU) Squadron, CFB Cold Lake, early 1970s. Aircraft in this era wore "shadow titles" on both sides of the fuselage, in both official languages, english port, french starbord. 3
YSIAD_RIP Posted December 22, 2020 Posted December 22, 2020 In French >> Formidable. Do not own: | F-15E | JF-17 | Fw 190 A-8 | Bf 109 | Hardware: [ - Ryzen7-5800X - 64GB - RX 6800 - X56 HOTAS Throttle - WINWING Orion 2 F16EX Grip - TrackIR 5 - Tobii 5C - JetPad FSE - ]
jocko417 Posted December 23, 2020 Author Posted December 23, 2020 Merci! In the home stretch now, I've decided I'll release skins in "chronological order", starting with the earliest schemes in natural metal finish. I suck at weathering, so by the time I get to the camo birds hopefully I'll be satisfied with how dirty I can make them. When the Starfighter was first brought on strength with the RCAF, the intended mission was "Strike" (high speed nuke delivery), as well as Recon. The airplanes were finished in bare aluminum with gloss painted wings and tail planes. They were kept as clean as possible for more than one reason - the smooth, clean finish kept the speed as high as possible while hopefully reflecting as much light and heat energy to protect the pilot if "that day at work" had arrived... Buzz numbers are still the placeholders I've been using since day one. Haven't decided which serial of two hundred Zippers will be first 1
jocko417 Posted December 23, 2020 Author Posted December 23, 2020 Aw, what the heck... one more. Still a few screws to add on the canopy frame. Unit crest is No. 3 Fighter Wing, RCAF Station Zweibrücken, West Germany. 1
Mizzy Posted December 23, 2020 Posted December 23, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, jocko417 said: Aw, what the heck... one more. Still a few screws to add on the canopy frame. Unit crest is No. 3 Fighter Wing, RCAF Station Zweibrücken, West Germany. Are going to release your wonderful work to the community ? Edited December 23, 2020 by Mizzy 1
NRG-Vampire Posted December 23, 2020 Posted December 23, 2020 (edited) OMG, this will be a ***king extremely detailed livery Edited December 24, 2020 by NRG-Vampire 1
jocko417 Posted December 24, 2020 Author Posted December 24, 2020 First one out will be... Canada's first one: 12701, manufactured by Canadair in Montreal, but shipped to Palmdale, CA for initial acceptance test flying by Lockheed, as was '702. '703 and up were all tested in house at Cartierville before being delivered to the RCAF. 701 served as a test platform for a while and sometimes used day-glo red trim and tanks. Starfighters based in Canada had red stabilators, whereas aircraft serving in Europe had white tails. Just finishing up some last details, some 104isms, like these weird stencils used to ID certain types of screws to be used on access panels, I'm guessing certain non-ferrous alloys to be used in case of sensitivity of certain components to magnetic disturbances? 3 2
jocko417 Posted December 25, 2020 Author Posted December 25, 2020 Ok, first two ready for take off. I don't have FC3 so all the flying was AI while I flew the camera around in formation, with judicious use of the pause key... Canadian based CF-104 12701, RCAF Station Cold Lake, Alberta, circa early 1960s. Forgot to turn on the tip tank stencils for the pic... always something. Based on the period photo, sorry, camera pod sold separately.
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