Some things I've been up to over the last 1.5 years
Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2021 4:38 pm
by 000rick000
Re: Some things I've been up to over the last 1.5 years
Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2021 4:39 pm
by 000rick000
Re: Some things I've been up to over the last 1.5 years
Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2021 6:26 pm
by Naki
Very nice...DCS? If I had the time I would be into DCS as well with MSFS...best of both worlds. What in you view are the best aircraft for DCS?
Re: Some things I've been up to over the last 1.5 years
Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2021 6:41 pm
by 000rick000
Naki, yes, DCS!
I can't say it enough. The Tomcat is THE BEST module I've ever used in any sim. The details and the full module is extensive and outstanding. Down to an in flight "walkman" tomplay your favorite 80s songs. Complete with play/stop FFWD/RWD sound effects and actual operation! "Jester" the AI RIO has incredible functionality as your RIO. And speaks much more naturally than any other AI voice system I've heard.
3 F-14A LOTS F-14B USS Forrestall AI A-6 Tanker.
Re: Some things I've been up to over the last 1.5 years
Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2021 2:41 am
by Aharon
AMAZING
looks like Kodak photos to me!!
Regards,
Aharon
Re: Some things I've been up to over the last 1.5 years
Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2021 10:57 am
by Charl
Even before reading your comment on the model fidelity, I gazed long at the F-14 cockpit shot. Wow. Top Gun factor aside, the Tomcat still looks fresh and super aggressive. Only Sukhoi make a more menacing warplane.
Re: Some things I've been up to over the last 1.5 years
Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2021 2:47 pm
by 000rick000
Thank you sirs!
Yes agreed. Su-27 family is the last of the heavy fighters where style and design still were a thing.
Re: Some things I've been up to over the last 1.5 years
Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2021 6:37 pm
by Splitpin
Rick!!! man, do you know how to make a comeback ............
Re: Some things I've been up to over the last 1.5 years
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2021 6:34 pm
by jankees
Beautiful shots!
Re: Some things I've been up to over the last 1.5 years
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2021 9:20 pm
by Naki
Was meaning to ask you...are all there your repaints? What's the storey behind the jasdf Tomcat scheme?
Re: Some things I've been up to over the last 1.5 years
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2021 9:21 pm
by Naki
...and is that a real Tomcat scheme 3rd to bottom?
Re: Some things I've been up to over the last 1.5 years
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 4:54 am
by 000rick000
Naki, yes, these are all done by me.
Iron Man Tomcat. Because I'm a die hard Iron Man fan. Here's an image of the Pilot's suits to complete the whole motif.
The JASDF Schemes are based on the F-4E Real Life Schemes. However, using the Phantom Decal art work would make no sense so I used this art from the web and recreated it for this repaint using vectors.
There are sister ships and custom Pilots with custom patches.
For the line F-16's I've recreated the correct Fuel cell stiffeners and added missing Hollywood lights and the missing ventral landing light textures. Fully textured using Diffuse, RoughMet and Normals
And here's a what if scheme based on the painting by Peter Van Stigt.