Limited interest examples

[JohnTenn]

These paints are for a model I have been tweaking to for some time.

Not sure there will be much interest.

John

[mage]

Looks interesting to me!

[charlymorton]

Definitely interesting John. Hope to see the SF260 released

[Jorgen]

Certainly interest, especially if made for P3D...

Jorgen

[drpilot2]

Nice work John. I for one pretty much download anything you create.

--Doug

[JohnTenn]

Your interest is appreciated and heartening.

There are fewer and fewer of these aircraft flying now. This then leads to fewer flight plans and less need to create new paints.

Having said that my models change over time as I try to overcome painting hurdles on this model and the PC-6. I have even gone so far as to plot the position of the mapping gizmo so that future versions fit onto the same position on the texture map.

This version of the SF.260 will however not take the old texture mapping, one or two of you might have examples. I am busy redoing those textures over time.

This leads me to a contentious topic; will the models be converted to other simulator formats?
Not by me. I make these models for my own use. I share my creations as they are.

As I do not have any other simulator software, I have no interest in converting them myself.
I will share source files with someone whom I can trust to preserve the models and the animations intact.
Allowing conversions seems to create the impression that the creation is now in the public domain.
I have had an unfortunate outcome already, in part due to misguided intentions and instructions on my part, but I found the result rather unsatisfactory.

In short, I understand that people get emotionally charged about this subject. The increasingly diverse platforms creates a need from increasingly diverse end users to have their platform supported. I get it, I also want new stuff in my sim. Unfortunately for myself the part naming and tagging in FSX and onwards is different to FS9. A lot of time must be spent on re-texturing and adding or removing animations. I really appreciate the efforts of those willing to make models available to all platforms.

That said, are there AI flight plans for these aircraft outside of Switzerland? I probably have not searched extensively enough.
What I am saying is that I will more likely paint a scheme on an example that I can see in my sim.

Take care.

John




 

[charlymorton]

So far in my tracking collection, I have found tracking for the following, bearing in mind this is for the winter season, so I expect more fly in the summer. For the US, I have just started collecting tracking data, and have found tracking for three of the 61 US registered F260s so far.

Aircraft with tracking:
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 1St Avenue Ttc 1VTA N318ME
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 1St Avenue Ttc 1VTA N458ME
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Atesa Legal AABX N230AP
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Airlom ALOM HB-EGO
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Airlom ALOM HB-EWQ
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Association Sf Ejo AOSF HB-EJO
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Association SF MIKE LIMA ASML HB-EML
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Emeajet EEMJ HB-KTG
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Private Owner FRGA F-GMHB

[JohnTenn]

Thank you Morten

Already very helpful.

I also found:

G-MACH Cheyne Motors

[charlymorton]

This is the list of registered F260s in the registers I have checked.
For the non-US aircraft, I have already checked tracking and tracking was not available at that time for any other than the ones I previously listed, but that could of course be due to winter.
I just checked G-MACH as I didn't have it in my list and the ARC expired in September 2022, so I am unsure of the status of it.

SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Chatmiki CMHK F-GMRF
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Private Owner FRGA F-GMHB
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Private Owner FRGA F-GOZM
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Skyvibes SKBY F-HMAJ
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Upright Aero UUHI F-HIUP
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Eureka Aviation EAAI OO-EEJ
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Airlom ALOM HB-EGO
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Airlom ALOM HB-EWQ
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Association F 260 AFTS HB-EKJ
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Association HB-ERJ AHER HB-ERJ
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Association Sf Ejo AOSF HB-EJO
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Association SF MIKE LIMA ASML HB-EML
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Daxair DRXD HB-KOY
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Emeajet EEMJ HB-KTG
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Private Owner UKGA G-BAGB
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Private Owner UKGA G-NRRA
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Private Owner UKGA G-RAZI
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Sf260 SSS2 G-LUAS
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Private Owner DKGA OY-WIT
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Interlux Investments IUUS VH-ZKC
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Private Owner AUGA VH-SIA
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 1St Avenue Ttc 1VTA N318ME
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 1St Avenue Ttc 1VTA N458ME
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Abnc Air AIBC N26FD
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Atesa Legal AABX N230AP
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Cloud Catcher Aviation CEVH N224AP
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Dms Aviation Services DDTS N945TA
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Dr Carlton N Walker Dds DKLC N93225
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Dragon Leasing Corp DPGA N67FD
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Eastern Stearman ERMA N266SF
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Extra Air EEAR N66FD
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Falcon Squadron FLDF N25ME
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Fb Aviation Services FOAS N260GB
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Feathered Edge Aviation FVND N666AE
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Fly Seby FBYE N71FD
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Great Basin Aviation GISA N260DP
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Great Lakes Bp GAKE N260FS
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Hedges Aviation HTVD N452AM
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 International Air Services IIVL N61FD
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Lloyd Aviation LLLY N91BL
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Lost Squadron LTRN N942TA
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Malone Air Holding MALI N596MA
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Maximum Entropy MXYT N26AU
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Michigan Marchetti MITC N260ER
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Opportunity Development Corp OVRC N62FD
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Private Owner USGA N18FD
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Private Owner USGA N229AP
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Private Owner USGA N260DM
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Private Owner USGA N260DX
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Private Owner USGA N260ED
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Private Owner USGA N260G
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Private Owner USGA N260MA
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Private Owner USGA N26XD
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Private Owner USGA N49BB
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Private Owner USGA N517P
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Private Owner USGA N63FD
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Private Owner USGA N701RG
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Private Owner USGA N71PA
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Private Owner USGA N730W
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Private Owner USGA N7895
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Private Owner USGA N797MS
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Private Owner USGA N943TA
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Private Owner USGA N953WT
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Rother Aviation RXPU N260AP
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Rs Hangar 14 RGN4 N260J
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Sagaponack Potato Company SKON N227AP
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Shadetree Aviation SDOI N260MT
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Shadetree Aviation SDOI N4060V
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Sky Dog Aviation SVIY N941TA
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Skythrills SKYR N13FD
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Skythrills SKYR N260SF
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Skythrills SKYR N272C
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Skythrills SKYR N60FD
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Skythrills SKYR N68FD
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Skythrills SKYR N751M
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 South Seas Aviation SNVO N409FD
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Ssbm SMSB N260CP
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Swallows SWOO N26AE
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Tactical Air Support TTOC N260TP
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Td TDTD N20D
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Thunderbird Aviation TDIO N260JB
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Uninsured Aircraft URRN N260NB


In addition to the list above the following potential registrations are out there for Germany. I say potential as I do not know the official status of either of them: D-EDUR, D-EGMR, D-EHBC, D-EHGB, D-ELPF, D-EMEO, D-EMVC, D-EMXZ, D-ENIC, D-ESIC, D-ESMC, D-ESTD, D-ETVG, D-EZKM

[JohnTenn]

Thanks Morten.

There are then way more than I imagined.

For now, I have fixed a few mapping issues. Reshaped the canopy and prop spinner to better depict a d version.
Also updating the paint-kit and retro updating my paints.

I have painted G-MACH as I had it on my old version.

A day or two then I can release a batch of examples.

John