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Continuing to improve the fuselage tail section, vtails and rudders shapes (thank you Moses03).
Continuing to improve the fuselage tail section, vtails and rudders shapes (thank you Moses03).
Milton, I got a few odd pictures of the L-18 by my house, close-up of the nose with the taxi light, side lights under the cockpit, tail lights, and a few others.
Last edited by wbuchart; March 1st, 2014 at 15:26.
Thank you Sir; that is very helpful. Nice clear details there.Excellent picture quality.
((icon: yelling :icon))Originally Posted by Maarten
Let's add some nice views and music to this great project.
Video one: starting up the 1,200 hp Wright Cyclone GR1820-G102A or GR1820-G202A or R-1820-87 engines.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yOIE3D_avA
Video two: The great shiny bird in her element.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM9d62D2JzQ
Video three: travelling with the C-60A (in formation with another Lodestar)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HC3vUHkCo7Q
((whispering) What do you think of that sound, Nigel?)
Cheers,
Maarten
Great finds, Maarten!
Never new the C-60 could sound so awesome.
Most men often say what they think!
An honest man usually means what he says!
A gentleman always says what he means!
"Αίεν Υψικρατείν "
A fool is not he who asks a simple question, but he who would simply have its asking denied. (Richards 2012)
I've never hidden my hitherto indifference to the Lodestar.
No prejudice - just an aircraft that never managed to steal my heart.
That was until now...
What have ye done Sir!
What beauty! What mastery of the eye and vertice!
She's an absolute DOLL Milton.
Most men often say what they think!
An honest man usually means what he says!
A gentleman always says what he means!
"Αίεν Υψικρατείν "
A fool is not he who asks a simple question, but he who would simply have its asking denied. (Richards 2012)
Just look at that ROUND, PLUMP girl...
She's a beauty, Milton!
BB686
"El gato que camina como hombre" -- The cat that walks like a man
She certainly is!
LOL Guys; thanks; we were making some great progress until we ran across some really nice station drawings with more accurate everything. Why do these things show up after the modeling is done.
At any rate, started last night redoing the vtail and htail; that work is just now done. Just working on redoing fuselage cockpit, windows and doors, then to get the cockpit windshield area realigned for the umpteenth time, a very complex task pushing lots of vertices around to flatten the windshield glass area. You can see in teh attached how the windows are of about 4-6" depending, the cargo doors a bit more, passenger door close, bathroom window way off. Just hard to find decent 3-views these days it seems. Thanks to Moses03 for finding a few drawings that helped get this more correct.
Anyway, if it's worth doing, it's worth doing right. :-) So, no hurry, lots of due diligence at the moment.
Hi,
Amazing job being done here.... . .
Andy
Milton - It's wonderful to watch the work progress on the L-18. I've liked the Loadstars ever since, as a kid, I saw a picture of H.H. returning from his '38 around the world flight. Looking forward to this beauty's completion.
LA
...things will go as they will; and there's no use hurrying to meet them.
Hey thanks guys. Just finished up all the fuselage changes, windows and doors cut, and humpty-dumpty is back together again. Just need to re-animate the doors and some small touchups. Looks okay in FS9.
Having moved the cockpit windows forward a bit, I need to go inside to push cockpit stuff around. Looks like we can better accommodate 14 passengers now in the airline version. :-)
I saw this and thought about Garry J Smith...
... when you see the pics, you'll know why!
http://www.wingnet.org/rtw/RTW007S.HTM
"Time is God's way of keeping everything from happening at once"
With completing the revamping of the fuselage and tail section, part of the task was recutting in the doors and windows shown here in preparation.
Everything reanimated and working shown here in FS. We got lights, plenty lights, and we have 6000 pounds of radios now in inventory. :-)
With that done, I have moved to the inside getting ready to properly appoint the cabin as its time to get the revenue stream in focus. :-)
Just to let you know I am not sleeping in, here has been the focus this morning. Should get all the cabin amenities done today, then on to the cockpit.
Hey Milton,
This project is looking great! Can't wait to see it in my sim. I really appreciate the hours and hours you pour into these.
Thanks
Thanks pfflyer. Still crankin' on the cabin parts and having fun. :-) She is shaping up.
Since Nigel is busy with several projects textures and sounds, I am open for a quality primary texture artist to do the Lodestar civilian and military exterior and interior textures. Included must be a paint kit.
I am thinking that 3 civvie L-18 and max 2 military C-56/57/59/60A textures for the project release.
I expect to have all the mapping done before end of March, or about 3-4 weeks.
For Civvie liveries, most have some bare metal work mixed with the paint so that may be a challenge.
Thinking about Continental, Trans-Canada, South African Airways, National, Canadian Pacific, Alaska Star, Trans-Australia, Swedair, Panair Do Brazil, SA, Pacific Alaska, and United Airlines Speedliner as some possibilities to select from.
Interested? PM me please.
It's great to see this superb model coming to being before one's eyes!
Sascha
I think the later National livery is really pretty.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJk3vhf82hw (0:45 into the clip)
You can't go wrong with any of those that Milton listed.
I think it's hilarious that the last two seats are narrower to fit in the fuselage. Well played, Lockheed. Well played.
And I'd love to volunteer for the primary painter position, but I am not nearly confident enough in my bare metal-fu to take on that challenge.
sorry about the delay on this one but good luck with the build of the aircraft and also hopefully ill get to fly it soon...is it for fs9??
Actually I thought they were meant for cabin attendents.
Same for me, I'm afraid.I don't have the proper tools nor the skill to create a bare metal skin. When it comes to repainting on a metal skin, it is a different story.
Cheers,
Maarten
Another beautiful Milton creation!
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Been busy constructing the cabin and cockpit interiors and have made excellent progress with the cabin mostly complete.
In the cockpit I thought this beauty needed new seats and yoke stems so that has been a part of today's activity.
Got the exterior lights in place now and its ready for mapping as is the cabin.
The cockpit will take some time yet with so much to do although the new pilots seem to feel at home there.
Such a wonderful airplane!!!
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