Re: Spinners' Strike Fighters Thread

[Dizzyfugu]

Yes, there's something not quite right about that dorsal fin.

It looks somewhat ...to "pointy" or tall? I see what you mean.

[NARSES2]

One of my favourite aircraft and I never thought of it in US colours. Thanks for the inspiration 

It does look a tad "off". Not sure what it is, but it looks slightly "Lagg'ish" to me. So in Soviet colours ?

[SPINNERS]

Nakajima Ki-117 'Pike' - Imperial Japanese Army Air Service, 1946











This is the Tempest II by the SFP1 Dev A-Team masquerading as the Nakajima Ki-117 (Allied Code Name: 'Pike'). I took the grey specular bitmaps, masked off the undersurfaces and added a blurry green leafy layer to look like those sprayed on camo schemes seen on WW2 Japanese aircraft. A red spinner, yellow wing leading edges, slightly distressed Hinomaru and some fictional IJAAF markings finish it off. I have absolutely no clue on IJAAF squadron/wing/air army structures so haven't named the squadron and the '4' within an arrow on the fin is a marking straight out of my own head! I love the Hawker Tempest but much prefer the 'chinny' versions.

If you have a feeling of deja vu then, yes, I've showed this Japanese Tempest before but the photo's were hosted by Photobucket (b*stards) and have the horrible Photobucket watermark running through them so I decided to do some new screenshots.

[Dizzyfugu]

That's pretty cool! Works for me.