jmig
SOH-CM-2025
In a meeting of Prop Junkies and Nozzle Heads Anonymous:
"Hi, my name is Priller, and I haven't flown a prop or jet in 30 minutes, I feel awful!!"
Priller
Now, THAT is funny.
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Shrike (Milviz) F-86 Sabre Now Available!
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Now, THAT is funny.
Dimus
SOH-CM-2025
The paintkit will be released in a few days, once all the included liveries have been corrected. It includes all rough-met and ambient occlusion layers separately for each one so it would be quite convenient to make new ones.
K5083
SOH-CM-2024
If the non-US skins are still being corrected, I respectfully offer a few tips in case Shrike is reading.
CANADA
For the lettering I recommend starting with my font RCAF_60SQ_ATH, which sometimes has a _GIMP or other suffix in versions spread around the web. Note that there are variations of the letters and numbers embedded in this font. Unshifted, it types the variation that I found to be most common in my research With Shift, a second variation is presented for many of the letters and numbers, often the more squared version more commonly seen post-1960s. Sometimes I found a third variation that I wanted to incorporate, and mapped that to some unused key. for example, Shift-semicolon gives you a third variation of the numeral 0, the quotation mark is a third variation of the numeral 2, the apostrophe is a third numeral 6, and so forth. Try variations and see what is closest, then you can edit.
For the roundel, somewhere on the keyboard I put an accurate vector dingbat of the RCAF maple leaf, but I can't recall where! If you find it, you can scale and center it in the roundel. I believe the proportions of the blue and white in the roundel were the same as the RAF type D, i.e., the white disc is 2/3 the diameter of the blue disc. This is not the same as the current roundel with the post-1967 leaf from the Canadian flag. Note that on almost all RCAF Sabres, with a few exceptions such as the Golden Hawks, the wing roundels were not aligned with the direction of flight, they were turned inward to align with the wing sweep.
NORWAY
My font RAF_WW2_851ATH is pretty close to the buzz letters on the Norwegian aircraft, and again there are some variations. My shifted M is closer to the Norwegian than the lower case M. The letter A used by Norway is unusual and will need to be done by hand.
On the Norwegian roundel, the fat side of the triangle always faces forward; I think it is meant to represent a flag or pennant with the mast on the fat side. In the trailer, the roundel on the left fuselage incorrectly had the triangle point-forward.
August
CANADA
For the lettering I recommend starting with my font RCAF_60SQ_ATH, which sometimes has a _GIMP or other suffix in versions spread around the web. Note that there are variations of the letters and numbers embedded in this font. Unshifted, it types the variation that I found to be most common in my research With Shift, a second variation is presented for many of the letters and numbers, often the more squared version more commonly seen post-1960s. Sometimes I found a third variation that I wanted to incorporate, and mapped that to some unused key. for example, Shift-semicolon gives you a third variation of the numeral 0, the quotation mark is a third variation of the numeral 2, the apostrophe is a third numeral 6, and so forth. Try variations and see what is closest, then you can edit.
For the roundel, somewhere on the keyboard I put an accurate vector dingbat of the RCAF maple leaf, but I can't recall where! If you find it, you can scale and center it in the roundel. I believe the proportions of the blue and white in the roundel were the same as the RAF type D, i.e., the white disc is 2/3 the diameter of the blue disc. This is not the same as the current roundel with the post-1967 leaf from the Canadian flag. Note that on almost all RCAF Sabres, with a few exceptions such as the Golden Hawks, the wing roundels were not aligned with the direction of flight, they were turned inward to align with the wing sweep.
NORWAY
My font RAF_WW2_851ATH is pretty close to the buzz letters on the Norwegian aircraft, and again there are some variations. My shifted M is closer to the Norwegian than the lower case M. The letter A used by Norway is unusual and will need to be done by hand.
On the Norwegian roundel, the fat side of the triangle always faces forward; I think it is meant to represent a flag or pennant with the mast on the fat side. In the trailer, the roundel on the left fuselage incorrectly had the triangle point-forward.
August
Cazzie
SOH-CM-2024
Thanks much Dimus, I was looking at the .psd textures included with the previous FSX conversion and they looked the same. But there were no other layers than the master textures. The F-86 has always been my favorite jet ever since I saw the movie "The Hunters", good movie for the time it was made, 1958 I believe. They used swept-wing F-84s for the MiGs.
Cazzie
collensr
SOH-CM-2025
That's an improvement for sure to my eyes anyway
You bet ! Thanks very much for taking the trouble, Keith, well done !
No doubt ! But she sure is worth it, don't you think ? Not only one of the best looking aircraft in MSFS sofar (Ok, a bit less pronounced rivets but that's the rivet counters' business..;-) but she flies so incredibly sweet, doesn't she !
Looking forward to your VC rework, Keith, thanks a lot again !
Spook48
SOH-CM-2025
I tried it with the "Wolfhounds" skin but as you can see , Things don't line up 100%. It needs some more tweeking.
Also the stencils are now double. But i guess with a little work it can be done.
snap03493 by Danny Best, on Flickr
Also the stencils are now double. But i guess with a little work it can be done.
snap03493 by Danny Best, on Flickr
I tried it with the "Wolfhounds" skin but as you can see , Things don't line up 100%. It needs some more tweeking.
Also the stencils are now double. But i guess with a little work it can be done.
I was there last friday with my daughter.
I tried it with the "Wolfhounds" skin but as you can see , Things don't line up 100%. It needs some more tweeking.
Also the stencils are now double. But i guess with a little work it can be done.
Thank you for the answer
Skyhawk18
Charter Member
Hello to everyone, I was wondering if any of the old skins made for the ported over original milviz Sabre could be adapted to the new Shrike version, such as this one from Flight Systems
Thank you
It does not fit quite. Textures are wrapped with small differences over the new model. I am wating for a paintkit. And hopefully a layered paintkit with UV's will be released. I will then have a look at the old FSX textures ( as I made many of them).
Here's a RNoAF Sabre that was included in the release of the Shrike model. The image is of the FSX (converted) model, and I want to rework the textures for the MSFS 2020 model. That said, I am very satisfied that we got a native FS 2020 F-86. Thankyou Shrike/Blackbird!
Fnerg
SOH-CM-2023
I was playing around with the rivet ALBEDO texture today and found if I reduced the size of the circles on the RIVET decal 2/3, and put together a new NORMAL and COMP set, the result looks nice on the aluminum liveries. Yes?
Edit...
Here's the test result screenshots.
rivet test 1
rivet test 2
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Here's the test result screenshots.
rivet test 1rivet test 2
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Yes! This is a Yuge improvement. Make it so #1.I was playing around with the rivet ALBEDO texture today and found if I reduced the size of the circles on the RIVET decal 2/3, and put together a new NORMAL and COMP set, the result looks nice on the aluminum liveries. Yes? Edit...Here's the test result screenshots.