How goes the work?

[hairyspin]

Last winter Milton started a series of tutorials on modelling for beginners. Is anyone still working on a project, let's see what you've got! To start things off, here's my own to date.

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/6194/image16ut9.jpg

but I hope no-one else wasted as much time as I did trying to animate a complicated undercarriage mechanism. It all works now, but I didn't half chase up some blind alleys to get there.

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/3259/image17dn1.jpg

[Milton Shupe]

Thanks for sharing the progress ... looks like you have fought and won the good fight. :ernae:

Keep after it and keep us posted please. :applause:

[thicko]

Granted, I started in Gmax a few months before Milton's tutorials came out, I did learn much from them. Also learned a great deal from the Multi-sub-object material tutorial. Thanks Milton!
Five of this early MiG series aircraft for CFS2 up-loaded here at SOH. Thanks to Goopney who still had his Makemdl interface for CFS2 available.That was the most difficult part of the process. Next I will attempt the CFS3 SDK.
Cheers Thicko

[hairyspin]

And they'll get a warm welcome from the CFS3 community; we have too few Eastern Front aircraft so far! :applause::applause::applause:

[grumpos]

I messed about with this a few months ago. It was more an exercise in modelling than making a start on an FSX aircraft. If Hairyspin's Tempest is for FSX, I'll keep it at the back of the hanger.

Best wishes
Steve P

[Milton Shupe]

Steve,

Great to see you in process. Given the newness and difficulties some have (like me) in doing anything for FSX, I know that anything you can contribute would be highly encouraged and warmly welcomed. Keep up the good fight my friend. :applause:

[Milton Shupe]

Granted, I started in Gmax a few months before Milton's tutorials came out, I did learn much from them. Also learned a great deal from the Multi-sub-object material tutorial. Thanks Milton!
Five of this early MiG series aircraft for CFS2 up-loaded here at SOH. Thanks to Goopney who still had his Makemdl interface for CFS2 available.That was the most difficult part of the process. Next I will attempt the CFS3 SDK.
Cheers Thicko

Man, that looks awesome Thicko :medals:

[hairyspin]

If Hairyspin's Tempest is for FSX, I'll keep it at the back of the hanger.

Best wishes
Steve P

Wheel her out, my dear chap, mine is for CFS3!

[hairyspin]

Bother this pooter

[grumpos]

Steve,

Great to see you in process. Given the newness and difficulties some have (like me) in doing anything for FSX, I know that anything you can contribute would be highly encouraged and warmly welcomed. Keep up the good fight my friend. :applause:

Milton,

Thanks for the kind words. I'm very much a novice with doing stuff for fsx. From time to time I think that I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, but its so dark in there that I might be going in the wrong direction. :d

Hairyspin,

Drat!!! I'd better get pulling those polys then. :costumes:

Best wishes
Steve P

Best wishes
Steve P

[Milton Shupe]

Scott Thomas has made much progress on the C-162 panel and I am still piddling in the VC. here's a video that Scott did to demonstrate the G300.

http://s242.photobucket.com/albums/ff284/OlJeeps/Videos/?action=view&current=G300.flv

[Aaron B]

All these models look great! I'm going to have to sit down and think of a project for myself to take a shot at.

All the resources are out there!

[pilotwing]

Hello everybody,I want to start doing my own planes,but I dont know anything of programming,can anyone please help me?

[hairyspin]

I'd start with the sticky thread New links for old on this forum - this tells you where to find Milton's tutorial material which I've been making great use of.

Just be warned that you'll need a lot of patience to get used to the tools - if you're as technically minded as a disco queen you might have difficulty, but a year down the line I'm fairly at home with gmax now.

[pilotwing]

Thank you,I will start looking for,and thanks for the warning,indeed I dont have much patience but I will do my best to make something of value in my life

[Lionus]

I really should get back to practicing this stuff. Maybe if I watch some vids about old air racers for inspiration.. I really want to do Macchi M.C.72 and Curtis RC-3.. maybe even armed version of the latter one.

[hairyspin]

Well it's one thing building your aircraft in gmax, can you get it to display in the sim?? I won't pretend these are from the first flight, but with the model hierarchy better understood, progress is now progressing! :jump:

http://img356.imageshack.us/img356/5254/firstflight01qx2.jpg

http://img356.imageshack.us/img356/9572/firstflight02rt3.jpg

http://img356.imageshack.us/img356/8906/firstflight03wv3.jpg


And since I'm building for Combat Flight Simulator 3, we also have working guns....

http://img356.imageshack.us/img356/8252/firstflight04hv0.jpg


Still lots to do and some to re-do (see another thread here) and all textures are very provisional. Anyone else still slogging away?

[Milton Shupe]

Yee haa! That looks great!

Yes, I am plugging away at the Grizzly, near wrapping another Dash 7 version, but put the brakes on the C-162 since there is a payware version coming out soon.

[n4gix]

Milton, those are some of the best looking tires I've ever seen... :wavey:

[Milton Shupe]

Milton, those are some of the best looking tires I've ever seen... :wavey:

Thanks Bill ... I have a thing about gear in general and its contribution to realism, without outdoing the rest of the model of course. Hope that new project is coming along ... looks great!

EDIT: I forgot to mention that the tire tread bmp was provided by Manfred Jahn ... I love it!

[EasyEd]

Hey All,

Milton Say it isn't so!


but put the brakes on the C-162 since there is a payware version coming out soon.I was really looking forward to this plane and I seriously doubt any payware company could do it as well as you and your team!

That said I'm assuming all the tutorials that existed prior to the "crash" still exist? There are a couple aircraft that I've been interested in for some time. I have downloaded the manuals and they have 3-views and a reasonable set of specs - plus there are a fair number of pictures - inside and out... I have been watching for other info. While they are not aircraft that many would likely have any interest in they are aircraft that I might someday try to set my sights on actually flying. I relate more to aircraft like that and that is why I was looking forward to the 162. Anyway I might start piddling around with one of these- probably the blue and white one as it's 75% cruise is 147 kts true and if you trottle back a bit from that over 1000nm range. In Canada we don't have that silly 120kt limit and many of these aircraft are fully capable of more than that although the ones modeled for the US seem to respect that limit in the models disappointing for some of those models.

-Ed-

[Milton Shupe]

Ah, it is only temporary until after their release.

Meanwhile, we have the Dash 7 release looking like February ... textures being finalized, the Grizzly looks good for April maybe, the xp47j after that ... June. Somewhere along the route the C-162 will pop back in there. :)

[aeronca1]

Meanwhile, we have the Dash 7 release looking like February ... :)

Very good news! February being what it is up here in snow country, I'll have a lot of time to fly the Dash 7. :woot:

[Milton Shupe]

After many hours and hundreds of parts, still a long way to go in the VC of the Grizzly, but it is shaping up. Hopefully will be able to map the interior by Monday.

[Milton Shupe]

Damian has started working the textures on this Republic gem, and it looks like he has it well in tow. I am really looking forward to this one. :woot: