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#4353759 - 04/26/17 09:03 PM F6F screenshot  
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Returning to the carrier after a dogfight in the QMB Coral Sea map.
F6F-5 VF-83, 115, Death'N Destruction, buno 72534, from USS Essex. The carrier below is USS Lexington. Pilot is from a F4U mod.

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#4353772 - 04/26/17 09:31 PM Re: F6F-5 screenshot [Re: seediffy]  
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#4358855 - 05/23/17 04:44 AM Re: F6F-5 screenshot [Re: seediffy]  
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#4359119 - 05/24/17 02:40 AM Re: F6F-5 screenshot [Re: seediffy]  
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Cool screenshot. thumbsup


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#4359130 - 05/24/17 04:23 AM Re: F6F-5 screenshot [Re: seediffy]  
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Love that second one. Look like something that would have been taken by a Navy combat photographer. I think a good Pacific Air War sim would probably get me back into flight simming.


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#4359133 - 05/24/17 04:40 AM Re: F6F-5 screenshot [Re: Pooch]  
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Originally Posted by Pooch
Love that second one. Look like something that would have been taken by a Navy combat photographer. I think a good Pacific Air War sim would probably get me back into flight simming.

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#4359165 - 05/24/17 10:05 AM Re: F6F-5 screenshot [Re: Pooch]  
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The aerial photograph that the screenshot was modeled after can be seen here: http://www.defensemedianetwork.com/...f-hellcats-and-rear-adm-charles-pownall/

#4359283 - 05/24/17 07:23 PM Re: F6F-5 screenshot [Re: seediffy]  
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F6F-3 Hellcat from VF-5 over NGNB map with sky textures mod added..

#4359285 - 05/24/17 07:31 PM Re: F6F-5 screenshot [Re: seediffy]  
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I'm going to see if I can set that as my opening page for CFS2 right now got a flight SBD Dauntless photo This looks better


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#4360939 - 06/01/17 05:12 AM Re: F6F-5 screenshot [Re: seediffy]  
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Originally Posted by seediffy
The aerial photograph that the screenshot was modeled after can be seen here: http://www.defensemedianetwork.com/...f-hellcats-and-rear-adm-charles-pownall/


Fantastic shot, and an absolute copy of the original photograph !
Same count of airplane in the air, really ?!!! What black magic to you use ?

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#4370460 - 07/22/17 02:59 AM Re: F6F-5 screenshot [Re: seediffy]  
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F6F-3 Hellcat pre-takeoff in QMB scramble mission & Coral Sea map.
"00", CAG Cmdr J. Flatley, CVAG-5 Yorktown (CV-10) May 1943.

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#4370569 - 07/23/17 07:20 AM Re: F6F-5 screenshot [Re: seediffy]  
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Very nice pics, seediffy! smile

#4370621 - 07/23/17 07:33 PM Re: F6F-5 screenshot [Re: seediffy]  
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Mods used in screenshot - Cowling (PA_Jeronimo), Spinner (Hueyman/Ton), Pilot (Barnesy), HiResTruColor (Carmaster/Storebror), and additional hier edits to align & reduce cowling size



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