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Title: Another Centennial (USN Aviation) Hornet
Post by: SpazSinbad on December 10, 2010, 11:45:37 pm
http://www.neptunuslex.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/101205-N-5878L-115.jpg

A cropped & 'lightened' pic just for the heck of it (below main pic).

http://www.neptunuslex.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/101205-N-5878L-115.jpg (http://www.neptunuslex.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/101205-N-5878L-115.jpg)
Title: Re: Another Centennial (USN Aviation) Hornet
Post by: SpazSinbad on December 10, 2010, 11:53:22 pm
Better detail here (large pic):

http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/photos/101205-N-3885H-093.jpg

"101205-N-3885H-093 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 5, 2010) Capt. Dan "Dozer" Dwyer, commanding officer of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 106, lands an F/A 18C Hornet aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). The aircraft is painted in commemoration of the Centennial of Naval Aviation. George H.W. Bush is conducting training operations in the Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nicholas Hall/Released)"

(http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/webphoto/web_101205-N-3885H-093.jpg)
Title: Re: Another Centennial (USN Aviation) Hornet
Post by: Paddles on December 11, 2010, 10:07:07 am
...and some more close-up pix of this bird - http://www.flickr.com/photos/56026022@N07/page2/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/56026022@N07/page2/)
Title: Re: Another Centennial (USN Aviation) Hornet
Post by: neutrino on December 11, 2010, 08:09:52 pm
I hope svicar or wingmate see this ;D
Title: Re: Another Centennial (USN Aviation) Hornet
Post by: skimmer on December 12, 2010, 02:38:40 am
Nice. But I rather dig the FSX pics. :)
Title: Re: Another Centennial (USN Aviation) Hornet
Post by: Paddles on December 12, 2010, 06:09:23 pm
Here you are...  8)
Title: Re: Another Centennial (USN Aviation) Hornet
Post by: svicar on December 12, 2010, 07:12:25 pm
Cripes!! That's faster than the drive through window at McDonalds! :D
Title: Re: Another Centennial (USN Aviation) Hornet
Post by: neutrino on December 12, 2010, 07:20:44 pm
Serge, this is awesome ;D Is it me or the real one is a bit more shiny, similar to the Blue Angels...
Title: Re: Another Centennial (USN Aviation) Hornet
Post by: Orion on December 12, 2010, 07:45:29 pm
Cripes!! That's faster than the drive through window at McDonalds! :D
Hahaha! ;D
Title: Re: Another Centennial (USN Aviation) Hornet
Post by: skimmer on December 12, 2010, 09:25:47 pm
Shizaam, fsxnavypilot . They look greaat :)
Title: Re: Another Centennial (USN Aviation) Hornet
Post by: SpazSinbad on December 12, 2010, 09:46:45 pm
Nice - fsxnp
Title: Re: Another Centennial (USN Aviation) Hornet
Post by: wilycoyote4 on December 12, 2010, 11:45:23 pm
I'm lost, I mean more than usual, where do I download this paint?
Title: Re: Another Centennial (USN Aviation) Hornet
Post by: Paddles on December 13, 2010, 06:16:37 am
The repaint is available at Avsim.com, just search for 'Centennial of Naval Aviation'.

neutrino,
Yes, the real one is painted in glossy sea blue. Perhaps I should have tweaked specular textures a bit, but I was too lazy...  ;D
However, you can remove all *_Specular.dds files from the texture.Centennial folder and you will have original Blue Angels shininess.
Title: Re: Another Centennial (USN Aviation) Hornet
Post by: neutrino on December 13, 2010, 04:36:03 pm
Thanks, it looks great, I've been flying with it today  :)
Title: Re: Another Centennial (USN Aviation) Hornet
Post by: wilycoyote4 on December 13, 2010, 08:55:14 pm
VFA-106 Boeing/McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18C 'Centennial of Naval Aviation'

use that for search
Title: Re: Another Centennial (USN Aviation) Hornet
Post by: Sludge on December 13, 2010, 09:33:36 pm
Serge...

Great repaint.  And your screenshots are really cool.  I like LSO Pit shot as the Hornet is crossing over the ramp... really good looking shot.

Keep it up, friend!

Later
Sludge
Title: Yet another Centennial (USN Aviation) Hornet
Post by: Paddles on February 18, 2011, 04:53:29 am
Ok, guys
Here's another Centennial repaint, F/A-18C (No 10) "Hornet" of VFC-12 "Fighting Omars" painted in VF-12 colors (Gloss Sea Blue), USS Randolph, march 1945.

(http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/6271/vfc121.jpg)
(http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/7892/vfc122.jpg)
(http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/1351/vfc123.jpg)
(http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/7185/vfc124.jpg)
(http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/7986/vfc125.jpg)

You can download this repaint from Avsim.com (search for 'VFC-12' or use direct link http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=156732&CatID=fsxacrp (http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=156732&CatID=fsxacrp))
Great source pictures are here http://www.amv83.fr/Asm/galleryusanavycentennial.htm (http://www.amv83.fr/Asm/galleryusanavycentennial.htm)

Happy landings!  ;D
Title: Re: Another Centennial (USN Aviation) Hornet
Post by: Paddles on February 22, 2011, 06:12:42 pm
Oh, here's another, and the last of my Glossy Blue Centennial series, repaint. This time it's a Hornet of VFA-204 'River Rattlers' painted as Navy Reserve Aircraft, early 1950's.

(http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/2883/vfa2041.jpg)
(http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/8778/vfa2042.jpg)
(http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/9039/vfa2043.jpg)
(http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/369/vfa2044.jpg)
(http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/4873/vfa2045.jpg)
(http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/3236/vfa2046.jpg)

The repaint is available at Avsim.com (search for VFA-204 'River Rattlers')
Have fun!  ;D
Title: Re: Another Centennial (USN Aviation) Hornet
Post by: Sludge on February 22, 2011, 06:22:54 pm
Serge...

Really nice.  I like the detail... when did that real-life bird come out?  And I see you have some nice textures on the rails!!  Thats such an eyesore on the Accel Hornet.

Later
Sludge
Title: Re: Another Centennial (USN Aviation) Hornet
Post by: fael097 on February 22, 2011, 06:37:36 pm
yep, i noticed the rails aswell, i assume those are photo based textures?

cheers
Title: Re: Another Centennial (USN Aviation) Hornet
Post by: Paddles on February 22, 2011, 06:46:05 pm
Yes, you're right. The Accel Hornet's textures are ugly and incorrect, that's why I had to modify them first. Many thanks to Andy Nott for his paintkit, which my textures are based upon.

Real Centennial repaints are here
http://www.amv83.fr/Asm/galleryusanavycentennial.htm (http://www.amv83.fr/Asm/galleryusanavycentennial.htm)