"Globe Swift"

[N2056]

One I have had a desire to do for a long time...

http://i1170.photobucket.com/albums/r527/N2056/Swift/swift_04.jpg

[StormILM]

A SWIFT!!!!!! YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!

[N2056]

One thing I should get straight early on...I am looking at this one being a payware release.

[falcon409]

One thing I should get straight early on...I am looking at this one being a payware release.
Ready and waiting!!:applause:

[Sundog]

:) Yeah!

[Flyboy208]

There is a beautifully restored Globe Swift at my local airport, I might be able to get to images of the real thing if you are interested ... Mike :salute:

[N2056]

I might take you up on that. There is one at the local field that my Dad has done some metal work on, and I have a contact through work that owns one.

[skyhawka4m]

very nice!!

[N2056]

Working on the cowling...

http://i1170.photobucket.com/albums/r527/N2056/Swift/swift_04-1.jpg

[Paul Domingue]

At this rate you are going to out rival Milton on pumping out aircraft. :salute:

[N2056]

Some early work on the tail...

http://i1170.photobucket.com/albums/r527/N2056/Swift/swift_05-1.jpg

[ThinkingManNeil]

Nice! And how about its progeny? The bubble-topped Super Swifts, Roy LoPresti's Fury (http://www.loprestifury.com/index.htm) and his one-off, Allison turboprop Swiftfire (http://www.saginawwings.com/monty-answerman/sfire.htm)?

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[N2056]

Those are some cool mods, but I need to keep it down to one or two versions in order to keep the price down.
Tonight I worked on the blending of the stabilizers to the fuselage...

http://i1170.photobucket.com/albums/r527/N2056/Swift/swift_06.jpg

[stovall]

Just a quick question Robert, anything on the P-61 Black Widow? Really looking forward to this great aircraft for Marianas 1945.

[ThinkingManNeil]

Those are some cool mods, but I need to keep it down to one or two versions in order to keep the price down.

Well, that's certainly understandable, so if I might make an argument for the so-called Super Swift. It's perhaps the most common of the Swift mods - usually an up-engined GC-1B model with a very attractive bubble canopy and many have been further modified to utilize joysticks for control instead of the usual semi-circular control yokes...

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[jetstreamsky]

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What a beauty

[full]

I completely missed this thread, looking very nice Robert!

Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2

[pilottj]

Great looking plane Robert :) I remember enjoying Bill Lyons Swift alot back in the day.


One of the RV-7 paints I did was based off this Swift paint.
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Cheers
TJ

[N2056]

Nice pic! The vapor trails off the prop blades is one you don't catch too often.
So the last couple of nights I have got the tail pretty well dialed in, and I have started working on the wings.

http://i1170.photobucket.com/albums/r527/N2056/Swift/swift_07.jpg

http://i1170.photobucket.com/albums/r527/N2056/Swift/swift_10.jpg

http://i1170.photobucket.com/albums/r527/N2056/Swift/swift_11.jpg

[Obie311]

Please give us an option of modern nose bowl on the beautiful Swift. Sometimes the old "smile" looks a little archaic on a sleek paint scheme.

Obie

[srgalahad]

Globe and TEMCO built Swifts simultaneously so even the 'original' versions differed and may have overlapped... Rear glass (wrap-over vs teardrop windows), exhaust stacks, other 'minor' bits that still are being researched.

Then add in the "modern" nose, new panels, different instruments, a sliding glass canopy (new shape and animations), uprated engines, stick vs wheel and that makes 3 models and interior models, two airfiles and it hasn't even reached the extensive re-engineering Lopresti put into the Fury (changed wings, nose again, engine again, canopy again, interior/panel again, flight dynamics again). Oh,I forgot that all the research appears magically at your door with dimensions and specs.

Yep, it should add what? about 2 or three hours of work? :icon_lol:

Here's one page of Swifts - see how many individual differences one can spot in 19 different aircraft. Oh, the choices!
http://www.saginawwings.com/swift-market-place/swift-market-place.htm

That's one of the fun things about using TeamSpeak... hearing the modeler's screams (and other noises) when you ask a simple question like: "Are you going to model the corrugated ribs on the outer wing panels of the stock version?" :icon_eek:

Keep plugging away Robert! I'll be grateful that we have a Swift of any flavor available in FSX.

[FentiFlier1]

That's a particularly good looking aircraft. I look forward to seeing the fsx rendition!

Owen.

[ThinkingManNeil]

hearing the modeler's screams (and other noises) when you ask a simple question like: "Are you going to model the corrugated ribs on the outer wing panels of the stock version?".

"And leading edge slots? Ya gotta have leading edge slots!"

"No, you don't."

"YES, you DO!"

"NO, YOU DON'T!!!"

And with that, the fish slapping ensues... :icon_lol::icon_lol::icon_lol:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhJQp-q1Y1s

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[Dimus]

I enjoyed Bill Lyon's Swift in FS9 so I'm looking forward to this one. This plane looks and performs like a private version of a fighter, much like a Bf-108.

[N2056]

I made a run at the gear this weekend. All of the linkage animations are done, and are working well. Still a lot to stuff into the wheel well...:icon_lol:

http://i1170.photobucket.com/albums/r527/N2056/Swift/Swift_13.jpg

http://i1170.photobucket.com/albums/r527/N2056/Swift/Swift_14.jpg

[N2056]

Gear animation...round two. The last post I made turned out to be more of a practice session. Now I have the door linked into the action, and I have also begun to work on the gear well.

http://i1170.photobucket.com/albums/r527/N2056/Swift/Swift_15.jpg

http://i1170.photobucket.com/albums/r527/N2056/Swift/Swift_16.jpg

http://i1170.photobucket.com/albums/r527/N2056/Swift/Swift_17.jpg

http://i1170.photobucket.com/albums/r527/N2056/Swift/Swift_18.jpg

[Bomber_12th]

Gorgeous detail, Robert, and I absolutely love the aircraft choice! The mechanical aspects of the complex/retractable landing gear and the choreography of it all working together, animated, are great! It reminds me a lot of the P-39 main gear.

Always looking forward to your next updates!

[N2056]

I've got the actuator and all of it's associated bits figured out and working...including the locking mechanism. I think the actuator is the most complex part I have ever made. :isadizzy:

http://i1170.photobucket.com/albums/r527/N2056/Swift/Swift_19.jpg

http://i1170.photobucket.com/albums/r527/N2056/Swift/swift_20.jpg

[N2056]

I've been fleshing out the gear well stuff. I have the hydraulic lines in, the emergency retraction cable, and some texturing of the structural bits. I'm looking at fixing the shading on the external wing skin soon...:kilroy:

http://i1170.photobucket.com/albums/r527/N2056/Swift/swift_24.jpg

http://i1170.photobucket.com/albums/r527/N2056/Swift/swift_25.jpg

[Flyboy208]

Looks like the build and rendering are going well Robert, thanks for sharing the " behind the scenes " of your creation with us ! Mike ;)

[N2056]

Here's the initial batch of in-sim shots...

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[stovall]

Fun to see how things develop Robert, thanks for sharing the images. Looks like she is coming along.

[N2056]

Knowing that eventually I will need to figure this out I decided to get out the buffing wheel. This has a long way to go, but for the base texture I'm thinking I am getting a reasonable start. Thanks go out to Bomber 12th for some advice on the side! :salute:

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[falcon409]

Really taking shape Robert. This is going to be a beauty!!

[N2056]

I've cut in the the ailerons and flaps, and installed the associated brackets. Getting the hinge points straight was interesting!

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[falcon409]

Whoa Robert. . .that last pic doesn't look like fun at all. . .really nice work!:applause:

[N2056]

Here's the initial bump mapping on the upper wing...

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[falcon409]

Very nice indeed.:applause: