Please READ before you build -
I posted an Alpha Jet, a classic Cold-War-era light attack aircraft and advanced trainer, and saw 2K downloads in 2 days. It was also fun with another Cold War fighter - Jaguar, which I posted about a month ago.
I am glad that people download them for a thousand or more. So, this time, I want to call for a great Cold War Challenge.
YOUR BUILT MUST BE A COLD WAR ERA (1946 - 1991) AIRCRAFT!
PART LIMIT (minimum 50- Max 450)
The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union, and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc. The term cold war is used because there was no large-scale fighting directly between the two superpowers, but they each supported opposing sides in major regional conflicts known as proxy wars. The conflict was based on the ideological and geopolitical struggle for global influence by these two superpowers following their temporary alliance and victory against Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan in 1945. The Cold War lasted from 1946 and ended in 1991 after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
(Ref: Wikipedia)
Read more about Cold War: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War
A nice Book: AIRCRAFT OF THE COLD WAR 1945-91 by THOMAS NEWDICK
PLEASE READ BEFORE YOU BUILD!
RULES:
1) Must be a successor -
2) MUST BE A COLD-WAR 1945 - 1991 era aircraft
3) Part limit not less than 50 and not more than 450
4) Can be ANY Cold War planes of your choice:
Fighters, Bombers, Reconnaissance, Helicopters, VTOLs, Transports - everything made between 1945 - 1991 including Never produced prototypes and X-Planes are also welcome.
5) Please make it as real as possible - no cartoon or egg planes.
6) No special modding, Just XML editing only
I will not judge the aircrafts which are not according to the rule.
For those who want to build fictional ones:
1) Do the research very well before you build.
2) Choose a side, NATO or the "Eastern Block."
3) Make sure it matches the era like the Korean war, Vietnam War era, the Late 80s and 90s, etc.,
4) Up to 3 entries per person. All decent entries will get ONE upvote each. But the only best one will be awarded
Judging points:
- Proportion/accuracy - 20 points
- Livery and decoration - 10 points
- Cockpit - 10 points
- Flight handling - 10 points
- Historical accuracy, remarkable building techniques, XML, and all other "cool factors" you may add - 10 pt
AWARDS
- 12 upvotes and Spotlight
- 8 upvotes and Spotlight
- 6 upvotes and Spotlight
(I could spotlight most of you except about 20 users who are above me)
Every REASONABLE entry will get 1 Upvote right away once I sported.
and Maybe I will also follow you - depends on your work.
The successful helicopter or VTOL will get 3 additional upvotes.
DEADLINE: April 28th, 2023
I wish you all fun, get new friends and learn new stuff from this challenge
Have Fun! That's important -
About the cover illustration:
Cover illustration/digital painting is used from my own painting from 2022.
It was painted digitally on iPad using ProCreate app.
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Successors 46 airplane(s) +5185 bonus
- Created On iOS
- Wingspan 1.6ft (0.5m)
- Length 3.3ft (1.0m)
- Height 3.3ft (1.0m)
- Empty Weight 595lbs (270kg)
- Loaded Weight 595lbs (270kg)
Performance
- Wing Loading N/A
- Wing Area 0.0ft2 (0.0m2)
- Drag Points 385
Parts
- Number of Parts 3
- Control Surfaces 0
- Performance Cost 7
Why I need to be a SUCCESSOR
The reason is to show your entry to other who are also joining the challenge. So that making sure that i am not giving prizes (upvotes) to a random friend. You can’t run from outside of the tracks in a race - hope this makes you clear
@WinsWings thanks
@Aeroplane351 this challenge is closed. But you can download this post (plane) and work on it. And repost it. You are welcome to do so. But the winners are already posted. I will spotlight and upvote your plane if it is decent enough for me. Thanks
Can I make a plane @WinsWings
@windshifter1 If there are no planes to upvote, I will not upvote from any other minion accounts. Sorry! (That is part of the rule in this community) But, still, I will do my best by giving extra Spotlights as a respect for the person.
But I will never make a second account and confusing to this community. Oh,, Help me out Mods!
@WinsWings Some people create sec accounts just to award the prizes - 12 second account, 12 upvote on one plane
@MrPanzer people one can upvote one time to a build
@WinsWings OH, I thought that you meant you were going to upvote only my submission 12 times. Makes more sense. Thank you!
@MrPanzer For the first place, I agreed to make 12 upvotes and a spot. But there are only 8 planes on your page as of May 10, 2023. and I have upvoted some of them before, so only 3-4 planes were upvoted. So I did my best by spotlighting 3-4 of them that day. Please check them again. Sorry, but I appreciate your build and you really deserve it. and I add another spotlights again today
@WinsWings Any update on those Awards? It's been a few days and I haven't noticed any jump in upvotes for my submission. If you are busy or forgot then this is just a friendly reminder. Or did you already do the upvotes and I just didn't notice? Not trying to be rude or anything I'm just trying to determine when those are going to be happening unless they already happened. CIAO!
Congratulations to the winners!
1st Place Hawker Hunter F-6 by @MrPanzer
2nd Place F111 by @KmsErikaMaid
3rd Place QAS-T20 by @QuesoAirlines
The Top 15 builders Chart (18 planes in total)
is posted at this forum link: https://www.simpleplanes.com/Forums/View/1771415/Winners-of-the-Cold-War-Challenge
Thank you all -
Win'sWings
May 10th, 2023
@WinsWings no prob
I am still judging. It is quite difficult to choose one. So I am trying and comparing again and again.. great work guys. I will post the results and prizes soon
May, 6, 2023
@WinsWings okay 👍
@Hannyboy thanks. No problem. Looks forward for the next time.
@WinsWings aww i was too late my super sabre is lost in my tablet which is in repair rn...
maybe i will do an other one if you made an other challenge
don't worry about me, i've overrun your mark by a mile
@Kangy No problem
i'm entering an f-84 gimme a few hours
Still finishing up the final page for the aircraft but it is now available for download.
@WinsWings yea i dont think so because i just started it yesterday.........
i mean sure i could do a low effort build but thats just gonna hurt my ego so sadly i cant do it D:
I really can't wait for the results, but it's very slow because I live on GMT +8 :v
@windshifter1 Thanks for joining!
@WorstPlaneIEverMake It's New York time. You still have about 12 hours, Until the end of the day. (currently, it is 10 AM in NY)
@WorstPlaneIEverMake post it even unfinished may get marks for effort (and anyway any decent submission gets an upvote)