Author Topic: Graeme's profiles  (Read 14833 times)

Offline Jeffry Fontaine

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Re: Graeme's profiles
« Reply #25 on: December 19, 2012, 04:03:19 AM »
You sure those were his you were thinking of?
Yes they are the same profiles.  Saved same files to my hard drive back in February, 2008 when I was still free to roam about what if modelers.
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Offline Gingie

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Re: Graeme's profiles
« Reply #26 on: December 19, 2012, 04:38:41 AM »
Hi - yep these were up at WIM and Hyperscale. I've gone though 5 ISP's since then, so much , if not all, of my hosted profiles and builds are red-x's. Now I've got a flickr account and registered here I'll repost the old along with my current stuff.

Offline Logan Hartke

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Re: Graeme's profiles
« Reply #27 on: December 19, 2012, 04:47:14 AM »
Ah, alright, then.  What was your username on the What If Forums?

Thanks,

Logan

Offline Cliffy B

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Re: Graeme's profiles
« Reply #28 on: December 19, 2012, 05:08:47 AM »
Nice entrance man!  I'm really digging those B-24s variants.  You really managed to give them a Commonwealth feel with that design, bravo  8)

Feel free to ask me any Photoshop questions you'd like.  I'm still using CS3 currently and really can't find a reason to buy 6.

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Offline Gingie

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Re: Graeme's profiles
« Reply #29 on: December 19, 2012, 09:11:31 AM »
Thanks Cliffy. I'm still using PS7, but recently upgraded a 10 year old (!) PC with 512KB Ram to a 6 GB quad core deal, so I might grab some new software to go along with.

Logan, I think my username at WIM was Gingie or Ginge.

Offline Logan Hartke

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Re: Graeme's profiles
« Reply #30 on: December 19, 2012, 09:20:55 AM »
I found it, though as you suspected, the links are broken.  You're going to need to reupload the C-17s eventually, too.

Cheers,

Logan

Offline apophenia

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Re: Graeme's profiles
« Reply #31 on: December 19, 2012, 11:56:32 AM »
Could have used 161906 in Kandahar, eh? I love your take-2 on CF SAR Yellow. Boeing's CANSEC mockup is okay but your lightning stripe is much better proportioned!
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Offline Jeremak

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Re: Graeme's profiles
« Reply #32 on: December 20, 2012, 03:56:01 AM »
That last Ospreys look great: specially compared to fist Skyhawks... Keep a good work.

Offline Gingie

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Re: Graeme's profiles
« Reply #33 on: December 20, 2012, 05:56:45 AM »
Logan - I'd totally forgotten about the C-17's. I was doing the profile work on them as WHIF in spring '07, and then I think we actually got the real ones around that time. They aren't on my hard drive, so they may be gone for good.

Apophenia - RCAF Osprey's in KAF, that would have been a sight! I worked right on the flightline and managed to get a photo-permit card. I had my camera with me a few times and got some nice pics, though, the RCAF Chinooks & Griffons came after I left. I will always wonder why the RCAF waited nearly 10 years to send something more than tac/strat airlift.

Jeremak - Thanks! Even though I still have much to learn in building profiles, I hope that other folks looking at the Osprey's realize that we all have to start somewhere, hence my posting the Skyhawks.

Offline apophenia

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Re: Graeme's profiles
« Reply #34 on: December 20, 2012, 08:20:09 AM »
... I will always wonder why the RCAF waited nearly 10 years to send something more than tac/strat airlift.

Everyone seemed convinced that the Griffon couldn't handle KAF's operating conditions. In the end, the Griffs did pretty well (which the Italians and Pakistanis who were operating B412s in the region could've told us).
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Offline Litvyak

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Re: Graeme's profiles
« Reply #35 on: December 20, 2012, 09:35:12 AM »
Gingie: are you able/permitted to shed some light on why any photos/info on the CH-178s is so bloody hard to come by?
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Offline Logan Hartke

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Re: Graeme's profiles
« Reply #36 on: December 20, 2012, 09:44:47 AM »
... I will always wonder why the RCAF waited nearly 10 years to send something more than tac/strat airlift.

Everyone seemed convinced that the Griffon couldn't handle KAF's operating conditions. In the end, the Griffs did pretty well (which the Italians and Pakistanis who were operating B412s in the region could've told us).

I never did understand that.  What was the logic there?  Everything I'd read seemed to indicate that the 412 was good on power and operators in the mountains loved it.  Isn't it used by Peru, Chile, Italy, and Pakistan?  Don't they do a bit of mountain flying every now and again?

Cheers,

Logan

Offline Gingie

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Re: Graeme's profiles
« Reply #37 on: December 20, 2012, 10:14:32 AM »
I know that the RAF Lynx did not fly during summer months, and even in late spring was only permitted to operate below certain temps. So I'm not sure if it was as much a factor of altitude as it was 50*C temps on the runway.

Not sure what the impact of heat was on the Griffon. Maybe that once crew + ammo were added, there was not a lot of weight left over for any meaningful   cargo? Just guessing mind you.

Photos of the CH178 are hard to come by because they were being used by SOF, and they have tighter rules and controls on imagery. Additionally, there would be a political dimension to the usage of another med/heavy lift helicopter while the Chinook D and G projects were ongoing. Those photos of 407 that were leaked was not supposed to have come out, the reporter who did it is notorious for getting his facts all messed up from unqualified sources...sorry almost felt a rant coming on. I doubt we will be keeping them on strength with the new Chinooks coming. In fact, with the end of the combat mission in Afghanistan, I'm not even sure we are flying them at all.

Offline Litvyak

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Re: Graeme's profiles
« Reply #38 on: December 20, 2012, 10:44:07 AM »
Thanks for the reply! Last I heard of them, they were in storage at Graf Ignatievo AB in Bulgaria (at least one with some holes in it), and even there they're being very tight about them being photographed; IIRC all the Canadian markings are blanked out, too.

Too bad, though, I'd kinda love to see them in the standard green scheme... I quite love Hips anyways. I did do a couple of profiles for my Alternate Canada: http://altcan.webs.com/ch178.htm

In any event, I'm glad the photos /did/ get out... I've got one of those (RW, not AltCan) in the works!
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Offline elmayerle

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Re: Graeme's profiles
« Reply #39 on: December 20, 2012, 10:58:48 AM »
Hmm, I wonder how 412EPIs would do there.  They have upgraded PT6T engines.  What would be nice would be 214STs upgraded to a four-blade rotor system.

Offline apophenia

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Re: Graeme's profiles
« Reply #40 on: December 20, 2012, 01:31:54 PM »
... Not sure what the impact of heat was on the Griffon. Maybe that once crew + ammo were added, there was not a lot of weight left over for any meaningful   cargo? Just guessing mind you.  ...

That's what I heard too. Still could've been useful earlier on flying convoy escort missions though.


Photos of the CH178 are hard to come by because they were being used by SOF, and they have tighter rules and controls on imagery...

And that in itself is a revelation! At the time, the story was that the CH178s were strictly humping supplies to FOBs. SOF makes things much more interesting  ;)
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