F-14B(U) but still no F-14A -95

[WarthogOsl]

27 minutes ago, PhantomHans said:

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3319496/

 

Like this?

Like that, yes, though there's a small, but noticeable inaccuracy on that version (hint, it's toward the back).

[PhantomHans]

12 minutes ago, WarthogOsl said:

Like that, yes, though there's a small, but noticeable inaccuracy on that version (hint, it's toward the back).

Beats me man.  Reflected made it, he usually does good work. 

[WarthogOsl]

19 minutes ago, PhantomHans said:

Beats me man.  Reflected made it, he usually does good work. 

Yeah, I have a few of his, as well.  However, while I'm not really a rivet counter, the turbine warning stripe should not extend across the middle of the fuselage on any of the early liveries.

[draconus]

1 hour ago, WarthogOsl said:

However, while I'm not really a rivet counter, the turbine warning stripe should not extend across the middle of the fuselage on any of the early liveries.

Maybe not this livery but some did have it:

https://www.planespotters.net/photo/1535953/160409ag107-united-states-navy-grumman-aerospace-f-14a-tomcat

https://asian-defence-tech2.blogspot.com/2011/08/f-14a-tomcat-jet-wallpapers.html

[Nealius]

Would rather get more relevant liveries like hi-vis Dbacks F-14Bs and '80s~'90s Swordsmen F-14As rather than worry about how far a single red stripe extends on one of the sixteen variations of Jolly Rogers we have.

Edited April 15 by Nealius

[WarthogOsl]

9 hours ago, draconus said:

Maybe not this livery but some did have it:

https://www.planespotters.net/photo/1535953/160409ag107-united-states-navy-grumman-aerospace-f-14a-tomcat

https://asian-defence-tech2.blogspot.com/2011/08/f-14a-tomcat-jet-wallpapers.html

For sure, but not the early hi-viz liveries, as I said.  Definitely not VF-84 in those days.

[PhantomHans]

Report it to him?  Maybe he'll do an update?

[draconus]

1 hour ago, PhantomHans said:

Report it to him?  Maybe he'll do an update?

Ping is enough - @Reflected ?

[RustBelt]

On 4/15/2025 at 5:15 AM, Nealius said:

Would rather get more relevant liveries like hi-vis Dbacks F-14Bs and '80s~'90s Swordsmen F-14As rather than worry about how far a single red stripe extends on one of the sixteen variations of Jolly Rogers we have.

Orange logo white belly Varks! With Orange Flight suits.

Oh and FS 33613 Radome Tan Radomes. 

[Swordsman422]

Reverse vis Pukin' Dogs?

 

[Wingmate]

3 hours ago, Swordsman422 said:

Reverse vis Pukin' Dogs?

 

Predecessor of the TPS scheme as we know it today, both 143 and 142 had a few jets painted up like that on their '81 cruise I have pictures (to varying degrees of clarity)of most of the jets involved in the tests saved somewhere

Edited April 24 by Wingmate

[LanceCriminal86]

Remember that the original film used, how it was processed, and then how it was scanned is going to impact how the colors look. Some scans of old Kodachrome slides, if you don't adjust for it needing tungsten lighting, will come out way blue. It's hard to tell if that was FS35237 Medium Gray or a different mix as it does come across as very blue. This is from '81 and you can see a 3-tone on the nosecone. It's difficult to make out but there could be 3 tones in there, with the belly being a different and much lighter gray than the light ghost we're used to. Or the dark ghost could be deeper and bluer than we're used to.

Here's a good example of the same jets, possibly taken around the same time or day even, but different scanning/processing making the colors and contrast very different.

 

Here's that jet into 1982

 

[ickey50]

Lance,
(Off Topic, will delete) Double check "Iceman" tribute livery. Mine has "104" on the nose and "106" on the wings.

[LanceCriminal86]

2 hours ago, ickey50 said:

Lance,
(Off Topic, will delete) Double check "Iceman" tribute livery. Mine has "104" on the nose and "106" on the wings.

Double check the movie please.

[Swordsman422]

8 hours ago, LanceCriminal86 said:

...with the belly being a different and much lighter gray than the light ghost we're used to...

 

That's precisely what it is. The top and sides should be the same medium grey and dark compass ghost grey we are used to. The belly should be FS36495 light grey, which is almost the halfway point between FS36375 and white.

[LanceCriminal86]

27 minutes ago, Swordsman422 said:

That's precisely what it is. The top and sides should be the same medium grey and dark compass ghost grey we are used to. The belly should be FS36495 light grey, which is almost the halfway point between FS36375 and white.

I found that finally after some digging, doing a test of it now. The contrast definitely matches, messing with the pattern a little bit to get a less crisp layout and those patches on the intakes.

[PhantomHans]

On 4/24/2025 at 12:30 PM, LanceCriminal86 said:

Remember that the original film used, how it was processed, and then how it was scanned is going to impact how the colors look. Some scans of old Kodachrome slides, if you don't adjust for it needing tungsten lighting, will come out way blue. It's hard to tell if that was FS35237 Medium Gray or a different mix

Reminds me of the joy of model building...No matter what color you paint it someone will be certain that you're wrong!

[captain_dalan]

Because I like repeating myself..... anyone else a fan of these babies?
 

 

[LanceCriminal86]

30 minutes ago, captain_dalan said:

Because I like repeating myself..... anyone else a fan of these babies?
 

 

The AIM/ACE jets? Yes, I have most of the resources I need to make them, I am just waiting for the early externals to see what I actually will have to work with. But I have names and photos for each of the 6 jets.

[DarkJedi_7]

HUD in Landing Mode works well for low level flight with re-alignment of the Pitch ladder to the Velocity Vector set before take off.