SB2C Helldiver

[asioasioasio]

The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver was an American aircraft carrier-based dive bomber aircraft produced for the United States Navy during World War II. It replaced the Douglas SBD Dauntless in US Navy service. Despite its size, the SB2C was much faster than the SBD it replaced. Crew nicknames for the aircraft included the Big-Tailed Beast (or just the derogatory Beast), Two-Cee and Son-of-a-B.tch 2nd Class (after its designation and partly because of its reputation for having difficult handling characteristics). Although production problems persisted throughout its combat service, pilots soon changed their minds about the potency of the Helldiver.

Model: Around 450 triangles
Texture 256x256 (US Navy)

Download here:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=10318

 

[KrugerPritz]

Downloaded!

 

[Xenomorph]

Great model!
Too bad the Dauntless was still a better aircraft. :/

 

[Wolfshanze]

Well done Asio!

What animation does this use? I hope it's the Avenger animation and not the Fighter animation!

 

[asioasioasio]

haha - fighter animations
i was thinkin about avenger, but made what i have experience - fighter

 

[Xenomorph]

Well, if you haven't used any shaders on the model then converting it to the Avenger animation should be pretty easy.

 

[asioasioasio]

i didn't used shader.

 

[Xenomorph]

There we go, Avenger-animated Helldiver.

 

[Xenomorph]

[EDIT]Damnit, server hickup. Mods, please delete this post.

 

[Wolfshanze]

Not trying to be down on the fantastic job by Asio, but really, at this point, there shouldn't be any new single engine bombers made anymore using the fighter animation... it's as out of date to use on a bomber as the dodo bird.

Once again, great model Asio... I just hope there's a consensus to use the Avenger animations on single-engine bombers for new projects.

Thanks for updating it Xeno.

 

[jlc102127]

very nice unit, however i havent downloaded it yet, but i will.

 

[asioasioasio]

Thx Xeno for fix

@Wolf - OK