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Victor

PostPosted: Fri Nov 13, 2015 7:07 pm
by Splitpin
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and a camo K , from a similar position.

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This isnt the old Alphasim model , its one from a guy called Chris Hodgson. It was going to be a payware model , but something went wrong , and it ended up here (free) but not complete.
But from a screen only point of view (and its for fs2004) i think its pretty good.
Good to see win10 can handle (with ease) these older models .

Re: Victor

PostPosted: Fri Nov 13, 2015 7:32 pm
by scaber
Loving the first shot Marty, good work there. I've never really been a fan of this aircraft but have to admit that you have rekindled my interest in it with these screens. :clap:

Re: Victor

PostPosted: Fri Nov 13, 2015 7:37 pm
by Splitpin
Cheers Greg , i agree its a hard one to love :rolleyes:

Re: Victor

PostPosted: Fri Nov 13, 2015 8:51 pm
by emfrat
In my school-days, we all liked the V-Bombers, but the Valiant was too old-fashioned, and while the Vulcan was a mighty beast, it was the Victor which was really 'out there'.
With the white anti-flash paint, the full-colour roundels and other insignia are wrong. The real ones were sort of pale red and pale blue, not royal red and blue. Odd thing was, those pastel shades were matte, not high-gloss, which you would expect if the idea was to reflect as much of the heat flash as possible...

Re: Victor

PostPosted: Sat Nov 14, 2015 6:46 am
by Ian Warren
Come to war .. 35 to 21 , I'd prefer to drop 35

Re: Victor

PostPosted: Sat Nov 14, 2015 12:26 pm
by Splitpin
Mike , some of the early white ones did have the high viz markings .... but not for long as far as i can tell.
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Re: Victor

PostPosted: Sat Nov 14, 2015 12:40 pm
by Ian Warren
Late 50's they paled them down with the thought off anti flash and all sorts off ideas , did not last long , I recall mention when the USAF turned up in their bold colours the paints/marking were made brighter ... the old where not scared off you .

Re: Victor

PostPosted: Sat Nov 14, 2015 1:07 pm
by emfrat
Marty - that one has a dangly thing indicating it is one of the three-point tankers, which didn't get into service until the end of 1965, so maybe by then the anti-flash theory had changed :cheers:

EDIt: Dammit, forgot the link :angry:
http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk ... istory.php

Re: Victor

PostPosted: Sat Nov 14, 2015 7:22 pm
by Ian Warren
emfrat wrote:- that one has a dangly thing indicating it is one of the three-point tankers, which didn't get into service until the end of 1965, so maybe by then the anti-flash theory had changed

Strikingly they remove the weapons, then later really could have been used .. typical Govt politics

Re: Victor

PostPosted: Sat Nov 14, 2015 8:42 pm
by emfrat
Yep, unfortunately, it doesn't matter how you vote, a Gummint gets elected...

Re: Victor

PostPosted: Sat Nov 14, 2015 10:16 pm
by Ian Warren
emfrat wrote:Yep, unfortunately, it doesn't matter how you vote, a Gummint gets elected...

Always the way .. dose not matter how good you are :huh: simply plonk along as a dumb ass is the best excuse !