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[9078roman]

Tobias! Men, I wish to get rid of your dental problem as soon as possible. Pull that son of a bitch out. And be healthy! And I also want to thank you for all your work. They are great.

Best wishes Roman.

[WxTech]

Tobias,
My question on the framing bars, in the context of your work, concerned the external model. I see that the later canopy, lacking the additional bers, was applied to your early Martlets. I was hoping that my understanding could be confirmed, as I'm hardly an 'expert on the Martlet. 

For my own situation, I added to the skin's alpha channel the altered perspex cutouts that put those bars in place. (I also reduced the width of the various bars on the sliding canopy, for all Wildcats.) Do Igather you've created new skin templates that make the stock ones obsolete? If so, it will require to transfer the altered canopy transparency cutouts.

As for the Cockpits, I already have the 'F4F-3' for the early Martlets and the 'F4F-4' for the Martlet IV, both with the GM-1 sight. I was hoping to better round off the reflector plate edge, as it's a bit angular right now.

[Knochenlutscher]

If you built your Mk.I Fix for the old 3-D, keep in mind that 3-D is different here.
English is not my mother tongue, and I can't work having an eye on multiple issues.
I tackle one after another.
Here is WIP, so I can move from Fix to fix, from issue to issue.


Whatever you want, take a base from latest Update, then proceed.
If that works, I'm happy. At the Model I can't deal or be of much Help,
you know I sandbox, rather then create stuff myself.
My last 3-D adventures blew the Propellers away. So I better not tinker.
And since we talk about Multimesh, I'm out for reason.

Whatever Fix you want to build, have in mind, be it Franken, neatly built from scratch,
be my Guest, fiddle, tinker, hammer it up.

Thanks for your work

[DONAGHY]

nice wee pack many thanks s

[Mission_bug]

Hello Tobias, I posted some info for you, it might help, sorry I had no time yesterday.

https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,67710.msg740371.html#new


Take care and be safe.

Wishing you all the very best, Pete.

[Knochenlutscher]

That's wonderfull Pete, helps me tackle those final touches needed.

I was knocked out myself with the Teeth trouble, last Update was for the bin,
high on Painkillers I did crap at the Cockpit work. I misread code and all that stuff.
After awake I tried myself and it was all crap. that's life.

Already redid all from scratch, and will strip down Parts, we'll end up in a Mk.I, Mk.III Pit using
F-4 Geometry, but F-3 Gunsight, this mixed setup is historical, the early F-3 Windshield doesn't fit here,
at none of the Martlets.

Stay tuned
Tobias

[Knochenlutscher]

Fixing Cockpits and 3-D, last Version had a codebreaker, that issue is solved.

here is Mk.III showing the Mk.I, Mk.III, Mk.IIIb Cockpit Hood Setup, a Mixed Hybrid Setup per Factory.







Mk.IV, V, VI will have a F4F-4 style Cabin Setup.

Mk.II needs the early F4F-3 multi strutts Setup but with F4F-4 Gunsights.


Here is what Griffon_301, my Beta Tester proposed as VF-6 F4F-3As US impressed Export Variants used up in early stages of War.





A new Slot F4F3A, fine differences from a Mk.III,...








Work on Propellers here, not final Variant, my crap try of what a FM-2 early and Mk.VI Propeller looks like. 

Pete's version is looking far better, very smoothed and perfectly scaled. 

Once our Beta Crew tested this, new Version comes, must keep Fixes of Fixes a bit in store here.

Enjoy your Weekend
Tobias

[Peter Lynn]

It's a great job you are doing with this Opus Magnum....Thank you Tobias and WX Tech!!

[Peter Lynn]

...and everybody else involved!

[WxTech]

I've just provided Tobias my version of the British GM-1 gun sight (rounded reflector), suitable for most if not all Martlets. I figured it's best to leave all elements of these planes in his hands, if for no other reason than that he's more expert on the Martlet than I am. And perhaps as importantly, so that there aren't too may cooks in the kitchen. 

[WxTech]

I installed the Wildcat bunch (not the Martlets yet) in my BAT 4.0 game. Works OK so far! There is an advisory about this being intended for BAT 4.2 only. Is there a known incompatibility that precludes use in pre-BAT 4.2?

[Knochenlutscher]

Don't use 1.5, it's Buggy, please Glenn, I fight the basic Setup of Java Slots atm.
At some I need hybrid Setups.. That's time consuming here.

I know you can do the Fixing, but don't work on outdated stuff, save your time, wait until I finished setup,
then I'll send you my stuff for revision.

Please look up my Reasearch.  Resources, Pictures There everything lights up. I'm trying to recreate that mess.

Martlet Cockpit Setups

Mk.I late Windshield old Gunsight (hybrid)*
Mk.II early Windshield GM-1 (hybrid)
Mk.IIIb (ex Greek/F4F-3A) early Windshield old Gunsight (F4F-3)
Mk.III (ex G-36A/Mk.I) late Windshield old Gunsight (hybrid)
Mk.IV (F4F-4)
Mk.V (F4F-4)
Mk.VI (F4F-4)

*One sole blurry picture of BJ562 exists with the protruding GM-1, but I would not claim a sole picture out of a row for standard.
What is likely, that Mk early Martlets may have been retrofitted as per factory or later, but not all. That statement goes in hand what we know
about contract of Martlets and known refittings, a bunch on each of the Marks. The reallity is, we have to make decisions to major stuff used.
If GM-1 was retrofitted later on Mk.I why should I add it for an early version, when none had it?
I know i.e. a Mk.IV existed with old Gunsight, the first Mk.IV for FAA. But all in Service IIs show GM-1, so statement GM-1 here clear.

In my last Post I made a mistake, I need the strutts in the Greek/F4F-3A Mk.IIIb, damn, it's very confusing at first.
When I have that fixed, I send you the Mod for revision, overseeing.

If you're Okay with that?