Nice - my extended English labels work! I’ve only done the fuel tank selector positions so far since those are the ones I could never remember. I was limited by the text on the existing labels texture image, so couldn’t add an “OFF” label, but having RIGHT/LEFT and FUSE/BELLY does the job.
I still need to tweak them so they are tied to the visibility toggle for the rest of the English labels, but so far so good…
And by the way, the more I look closely at the Zero, the more I believe this is actually one of the best implemented aircraft in MSFS 2024, it’s a real work of art. Well done Blackbird!
Has anyone found a way to hide the (unrealistically visible) spinning propeller ?
Flying Iron (F6F, Fw190 …) gives us the option to disable it in the cockpit tablet, but I see no such thing here.
Worse, the old “hacky” way to do it ( = giving a massive radial blur to the propeller texture file on both the color and alpha channels) has no effect on this bird, unless I’m mistaken.
It’s a shame as it’s an excellent plane otherwise, but it’s killing my eyes in VR.
This livery includes extensive modifications to the normal map of the aircraft’s surface, including the rendering of dimples in the skin and countersunk rivets.
The Japanese Navy’s Zero fighter (A6M), designed and developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, was also manufactured by Nakajima Aircraft Company. There are differences between the paint patterns of aircraft manufactured at the Mitsubishi and Nakajima factories, and this livery recreates the color scheme of aircraft manufactured at the Mitsubishi factory.
Thank you, JohnnyT, for sharing this valuable information.
I didn’t have any Hamilton propeller label materials, so I designed a similar one based on a small image of a Zero fighter from the National Air and Space Museum. This allows me to incorporate the details into the livery.
I’m Japanese and can’t read or write English without using a machine translation, so I apologize for the late response.
By the way, I’m Japanese, so I can read the text on the label.
(Some old characters are used, but they are no longer in use. The following are modern characters.)
I created a label for the Hamilton standard propeller blades of a Zero fighter based on the materials I received.
Although the font is different, the letters have been reproduced using old characters that are no longer in use.
Please feel free to use it.
This livery includes extensive modifications to the normal map of the aircraft’s surface, including the rendering of dimples in the skin and countersunk rivets.
The Japanese Navy’s Zero fighter (A6M), designed and developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, was also manufactured by Nakajima Aircraft Company. There are differences between the paint patterns of aircraft manufactured at the Mitsubishi and Nakajima factories, and this livery recreates the color scheme of aircraft manufactured at the Nakajima factory.
**It’s well-known among Japanese WWII aircraft fans, but the color schemes of the Mitsubishi and Nakajima A6M5s are generally considered to have the following differences, and the livery I created recreates them.
The overwhelming majority of circulating photos and plastic model kits show the Nakajima color pattern.
-Pattern Differences
(1) The dark green and gray paint lines on the fuselage are different. Nakajima’s fuselage below the horizontal stabilizer is gray, while Mitsubishi’s is dark green.
In line with this, the background of the nameplate stencil is gray on Mitsubishi’s aircraft. Nakajima’s aircraft does not have a specially painted background.
(2) The width of the white border around the red Hinomaru flag on the nationality markings on the upper wing is different. Mitsubishi’s is 75mm, while Nakajima’s is approximately 30mm.
(3) The yellow-orange identification stripe on the front of the wing is slightly wider on Mitsubishi’s aircraft than on Nakajima’s.
-Color Differences
There are various theories about the color differences, and while they cannot be proven, I have adopted the following theories (see the details of each livery for color data).
(4) The dark green of the Mitsubishi model was slightly bluish, while the Nakajima model was yellowish.
(5) The gray of the Nakajima model was darker than that of the Mitsubishi model.**
I’ve been keeping an eye on this one for a few months in the marketplace and finally pulled the trigger. Should have bought it months ago!! This is my best 2024 purchase so far. Such a unique plane for this sim and it has so much character and fidelity… Really knocked it out of the park guys, thanks. Some addons just have that “magic touch”, and this is one of them.
Big thanks as well to all the livery guys, found/learnt lots of cool stuff in this thread I would have missed otherwise.
