The UH-1H Huey Livery thread

Strange....lol...I’ve just tried it on ob 2.5.6 and ok....normally if there’s a problem with the texture it shows as that weird yellow n black pattern.

Can you send me your files and I will test out here. No problem if you don’t want to.

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I don't know if you know but the low rpm and stopped main blades are taken from the tail file.

I do, thanks.

I removed the alpha layer and the blades returned but look excessively wide. I'm going to play with the different alpha layers and see if I can dial it in.

I am wanting to have the top of the main rotors white and the bottom remain in black.

Thanks for pointing me to "{"uh1_rotor_alfa", 0, "uh_1_blade", false};" line. You are the man.

You are the man.

Not quite....I know my username gives a false impression...sorry...lol

:lol:

@Mike Busutil

I've attached some files here because I can't find how to do it in a PM (doesn't look possible).

I've included the dds file I've used (I just painted it all in for ease) and a snap shot of the setting when I save to dds file.

Hope this helps somehow.

Blades.zip

@mike Busutil

Don't know if my PMs are sending so I'll post here too.

Just been messing with the file.......saving as different dxt files and lining them all up.

Are you saving as dxt1? If so, try dxt5.

Still can't get them to disappear though. If you can make the rest of the chopper disappear then you'll have another CIA one

I fly on buddyspike blueflag Caucasus so I've submitted your Arctic one so we can use when it's snowing. Was fed-up with flying around in the snow in a green Huey.

I'll probably submit the desert one even though I don't fly Persian Gulf.

For those who want it here's a file that makes the green glass inside the cockpit clearer. Just unzip it and add it to you folder and add

{"UH1-cpt_glass_dm", 14, "uh1_glass_dif", false};

to your description.lua file.

UH1_glass_dif.zip

Thanks Sunwukong. I did get your PM's.

I have been saving the blade file as DXT1 without Alpha because when I try DXT3 or 5 the blades disappear. I'll check out your file now. Thanks for the help.

Shes ready. You can download here.

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/myfiles/

Hi Guys,

I've been reading along in the shadows & have a learnt of few things I didn't know.

Re: the skin and the texture not matching the panel lines etc.

I took some time a while ago to try a remedy the problem somewhat.

It's not a completed file & far from perfect but it's a start.

The files are in two parts on the DCS download section.

They are PDF's and there are several layers.

From the discussion I have seen here you all should be very able to use them.

Front Section

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3305793/

Tail Section

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3305794/

Also re: the rotor blades.

Firstly, I don't think you can get a different colour on the top or bottom or even a different colour on each blade. A shame, as I would like to do a skin that has one blade black and the other white.

If you need a reference for painting the blades check out another one of my skins.

It also shows a modified tail rotor.

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3303919/

If you're bored check out some other files I've done

helles belle

Once upon a time there was a winter camo out that was not unlike the AH-1W white/green camo. Can someone remake this skin? Thats one of my all time favorites. Theres one in canadian, but Id like to see it in USMC markings instead.

Thanks Helles Belle, I'll checkout those files.

PingPongChampeen,

If you go back to page 27 here I posted a winter camo for the Huey. If that is not what you are looking for please post a picture here for reference. Thanks.

Once upon a time there was a winter camo out that was not unlike the AH-1W white/green camo. Can someone remake this skin? Thats one of my all time favorites. Theres one in canadian, but Id like to see it in USMC markings instead.

Like this one

Winter Huey

LOL, just reread yrs Mike sry.

WIP

Help me out with some ideas about insignia.

Markings, numbers, pilot patches etc

Like this one

 

Winter Huey

 

LOL, just reread yrs Mike sry.

more like this

All of my Huey skins have been updated and the black interior is now part of the skin file rather than a separate install. The black interior will now pass integrity checks in MP servers.

If you have one of my skins please re-download here:

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/?CREATED_BY=Mike%20Busutil&set_filter=Y

WIP: 7 Flt AAC

Hi folks,

See below my WIP shots of British 7 Flight Army Air Corps. I started it yesterday evening from the official template and reference pics. Pics/info seemed more scarce than even I expected - not many people 'know' about these but I've loved the livery since I saw it as a kid. Whilst finding the best side-on shots to overlay, I actually found a couple in plain green with just the chevrons. It seems this was from when they were being repainted. As it's simple, I'll release a plain green one too (it's the base colour anyway).

Known issues with the pics:

1. It's a hybrid livery atm between the plain-green and full camo. The green won't have the orange engine, it's just helpful to paint it all now for scale/reference
   
2. There are white panels by the engine - see below as I don't know how to change this. I'd like to keep them present, but in orange (maybe with Cobham logo), to make the engine a bit fatter like a 212 :thumbup:
   
3. The medical cross on the starboard side shouldn't be there - deleting after this post!
   

:helpsmilie: A couple of queries, though:

• The white panel by the engine - I have worked out where it is on the template, but when I colour it, it just disappears? How can I get this orange too (and maybe with a Cobham logo)?
  
• It seems something has gone wrong with a map file somewhere (no idea though, haven't touched one yet!). From pic 3 it seems the recesses and bumps don't line up with the texture. It's worst near the roundel. Any ideas?
  
• I'd quite like to implement dynamic letters/numbers rather than painting them on for the whole fleet. Hopefully the entire reg number and/or the ID letters on the tail and nose. Any advice around this?
  

If this goes well, I might have a shot at an RAF 84sqn (grey/orange/white) skin - it's another one I haven't found yet. I appreciate it's a 412, but hey, this is supposed to be a 212 and it's the best we're going to get! Plenty of DHFS ones so I'll probably leave that skin be :)

P.S. - If someone actually wants to do this instead of me then for goodness sake please do...put me out of my misery with my potato painting skills :music_whistling:

Dhesquire,

The white covers (IR exhaust suppressors) are on the texture called "uh1_new_cover". You should be editing that file to the same color orange as the rest of the upper engine cover.

Hi DHesquire,

I don't have all the answers & I am far from the expert but:

The white panel by the engine - I have worked out where it is on the template, but when I colour it, it just disappears?

The white engine cover is actually in a seperate file, named something like uh1_cover.dds

If you download a skin that has one painted already you can find the file in there.

I've linked one of mine below as an example - ARRS 301st Rescue.

Note: one of the panels is reversed so you will need to paint whatever design backwards (can't remember which panel)

How can I get this orange too (and maybe with a Cobham logo)?

Check the LUA file, if you do download the skin I linked the lua file will point to the 'new' cover design.

It seems something has gone wrong with a map file somewhere (no idea though, haven't touched one yet!). From pic 3 it seems the recesses and bumps don't line up with the texture. It's worst near the roundel. Any ideas?

Yep, it is disappointing that the original template has not been updated to match the model.

I got sick of this after a while and did my best to clean it up.

Check out the two PSD templates that I posted on DCS download centre.

I've tried to match the panel lines with the model so it gets rid of that horrible mismatch.

You will need to download both Part 1 & Part 2.

Part 1 also has the cover PSD.

All you'll nee to do is paint and save the files as DDS.

Tip: just save them directly over the files in the skin that you download, that way the LUA file should be all done for you.

I'd quite like to implement dynamic letters/numbers rather than painting them on for the whole fleet. Hopefully the entire reg number and/or the ID letters on the tail and nose. Any advice around this?

Can't help with this one as I always just paint what I want, but I'm sure it's possible.

Hopefully someone else can jump in with help on this

Part 1: Huey Template

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3305793/

Part 2: Huey Template

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3305794/

ARRS 301st Rescue Skin

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3303920/

Hey there, any of those talended skin makers up for a really nice UH-1 skin? I love the look of those Canadian Griffon helicopters that were used for the peacekeeping missions in Mali. Maybe one of the creators of the existing Canadian liveries can add those improvised UN markings and the desert flight suits?

A lot of pictures of the skins can be found here:

https://www.helis.com/database/sqd/Canada-Air-Task-Force-Mali/photos

This one would be cool too...

An era comes to an end

I wonder if someone could help me. There is an RCAF skin built into DCS, but the pilot models that come with it are generic (no patches or anything).

I'd like to edit those to add Canadian patches, but the Huey seems to have a different file layout for liveries. Anyone know where the file is that I can edit to edit this specific livery's pilot models?

Nevermind - found it!

C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\Bazar\Liveries\uh-1h\Canadian Force

5 hours ago, DishDoggie said:

Ahhhhh I recognize those guys! Love it!