Classic British Flight Sim

I've been working on this reapint of the ALPHA Whirlwind......sort of finished....well almost

Don't know about pilot colour :think:

Anyone have any thoughts on a suitable colour?












Garry

Garry

I found a still from "A hard days night" the whirlwind appears to be painted in the all red colour with red square logo - the chap in the right seat appears to have a white helmet on (????) and a BEA uniform

anyway heres the LONG link http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl= ... %26ad%3Dw5


Garry - one thing I do notice in the photo - the engine cooling intakes below the cockpit look like they are "lipped" where the model shows them as a flat surface.

Leif

Leif..

Thats the Alpha model mate unfortunately :sad:

ATB

DaveB :tab:

Looks v nice Garry

Rgds

John

yes I know Dave

I was just making passing mention - the photo in the link shows the helicopter from low and right forward which makes the missing lip on the Alpha model very noticeable - I was wondering if Garry could create a "shadow" along the upper edge to make it look more plausiable NOT that He had missed anything on his paint - frankly Im unimpressed with it as payware, but thats just me


Leif

Hi Leif

The lip and the different grill arrangement does make it look a little different.

Ah yes...........it's this one (WIP)



I can't change the uniform..just hopefully the colour although I've not found the texture yet......well actually not looked yet.

Garry

Hi Leif..

No.. the S-55 will not go down as one of Alpha's 'Greatest' I'm afraid. It does fly well and it fills a gap but when pitched against some of Alpha's recent releases.. it does fall a bit short. There are no landing lights either so even with a freeware alternative, it couldn't be used for VA ops without incurring a fine on each flight! :k:

ATB

DaveB :tab:

Not to beat this to death - But sometimes a little vindication to an old memory of a particular helicopter - NFH was stashed in Autair helicopters hangar at LTN in the late 60s - I remember seeing it and the cooling vents in the nose had been bothering me since the first time I saw the Alpha
model

So my memory didnt deceive me



maybe the folks at Alpha needed a little more research>????

BTW the photo IS GANFH as she remains today it also shows quite clearly the extra supports on the windshield that gave Whirlwinds that segmented look




Leif

Agree mate.. an instant giveaway but one missed by the Alpha team :roll: Never mind. We all look forward to their next release.. whatever that might be

ATB

DaveB :tab:

I haven't got a clue what version the Alphasim is supposed to be but there are variations on a them in real life. A few pics here show one version without the scoops

http://www.photovault.com/Link/Military ... lwind.html

Rgds

John