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    Quote Originally Posted by griphos View Post
    Quite the adventure you've been on. The Buffalo is exciting! Hope all goes well on the move.

    Will ll that beautiful KMMH/KBIH scenery I've seen in your videos ever be released to the public? It's stunning work.
    Absolutely will be releasing the scenery. As it stands now I've got:

    KRNO Reno/Tahoe International nearly complete, Reno Stead is in the wings.
    KBIH Eastern Sierra Regional nearly complete
    KMMH Mammoth Yosemite nearly complete.
    My vegetation library is basically RTM
    The autogen is nearing completion.

    Matt asked me if I would take on the Buffalo a while back, so now that the C-47 Beta is released I felt it was time to bring Matt's model up to speed. You guys are going to love the flight model, not the performer that later aircraft became, but no slouch either. Feels like a Jug, but without the massive power and weight.

    Current airplane projects:
    F7F Tigercat VC
    Abrams P-1 Explorer full package
    Brewster Buffalo with VC.

    Kind of a large work load, but nothing I can't handle.

    OK I admit that I've gone sabbatical and devoted some quality time to learning airplanes, but it doesn't hurt to be multi-dimensional and I've never been one to concentrate on one project at a time.

    I had the sceneries nearly ready two years ago but lost it all in a Windows/Java update debacle that devastated my drives. Had to rebuild...nearly from scratch. One of the reasons I'm not completely enamored with Mr. Gates nor his legacy. Opening myself up to a thrashing with that, but I call a spade a spade.

    Once I get this set ready for market I'll launch the product line. To be truthful, I've been waiting for the economic fundamentals to sort themselves out before I contract into a commercial venture. At this time I wouldn't be comfortable plugging into any existing. Once the bubble blows and things re-boot on the other side there will be a more suitable economic climate to plug into. IMO.

    Aside from failing economies...lol...I'm watching the tech very closely. I don't want to lock on to a platform that may or may not have legs. I'm structuring my technology to be adaptable, but I don't want to reverse engineer a bunch of stuff when 64 bit comes online.

    In the meantime, I'm expanding the product line.
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    I felt that I needed to finish some details before I tear down the studio today for the move, so I got up early and dialed in some details on the rivet/fasteners and bump mapping.

    Bump heights are more subtle, especially reinforcing tape on the fabric panels.
    Made the fastener patterns around cowl and forward fuse more accurate.

    Current shots from the AM work.







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    Looks fantastic, Gordon! Is that device on the starboard side in front a gun camera?


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    Quote Originally Posted by roger-wilco-66 View Post
    Looks fantastic, Gordon! Is that device on the starboard side in front a gun camera?


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    Camera...that's right. Still trying to find good source photos on that. I want to do the fine detail work on that part in Quixel.
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    It looks very similar like camera from F3F-2:

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    Quote Originally Posted by YoYo View Post
    It looks very similar like camera from F3F-2:
    The Buffalo was intended to be a replacement for the F3F, and had an overlapping service range. I haven't searched the details...yet, but it seems likely that both airplanes would use similar or identical cameras.

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    The first GoPro! I knew it.

    It's looking great and I really like the bump map work.

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    Still one week away from internet install at the new location, but using coffee shop for vital com.

    I'm filling my time working on projects, focusing on the Buffalo. One basic US navy training skin in sea blue/insg white completed and working on the VC modeling. I have some very good pics of the cockpit so the modeling is progressing well. I'll load some prelim shots on the thumb drive and upload next time I come to town for coffee and Bravo Sierra with the indigenous natives.

    Move went OK...nothing got broke or mangled. Sim booted up fine, and the new studio is pretty awesome.
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    Congrats Gordon! A big accomplishment... looking forward to your scenery when you release for sale... enjoy the new digs!

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    Yes Sir! Congratulations are in order...may life be very good there!
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    Wow, amazing again Gordon. The Buffalo really looks stunning!

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    I had three weeks to fill waiting for internet installation at the new studio. I filled my time modeling, animating and filling out the F2A Buffalo and working on the new F7F 3DS Max exterior and VC models. Mr. Shupe graced me with full creative license on the F7F, so I decided to upgrade from the original GMAX model to an entirely new model in 3DS Max, based on the GMAX original.

    Here are a few prelim shots of the Buffalo VC, plus one basic Navy skin for my flying buck. This was a very complex cockpit, so the modeling will take some time. The basics are beginning to take shape with a frame and basic cockpit fundamentals in place. Smaller details and plumbing will be forthcoming.

    For these shots, I've poached the MK 20 reflector sight from the F7F VC, but I'll replace it with a Mark 8 (yet to be modeled).








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    The brewster looks amazing Gordon ! Glad the move is going well. Mike

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    Yeah, that's going to be a blast to fly. Thanks for the update.

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    A first rate product. Excellent work as always!!

    I am in the process of reading through "Joe Rochefort's War," author's name Showers. Rochefort was the cryppie who deciphered enough of the latest JN-25 IJN radio code to allow Nimitz to ambush the Japanese fleet at Midway and sink four IJN carriers. The book talks about other episodes he was involved in, including the second Japanese Navy air attack on Pearl Harbor, in March 1942, by two H8K flying boats. Both Emilys dropped bombs but they didn't hit anything of value. What most folks don't know is the same two Emilys a few days later attacked Midway Atoll which at that time for fighter defense had only USMC F2A-3 Buffaloes - no F4Fs. The Buffaloes were scrambled in time to attack both flying boats. One escaped into some handy clouds and successfully evaded further attack. The other H8K was shot down into the sea by one of the Buffaloes. What makes this notable is the Buffalo was not supposed to have that robust an armament; the H8K1, a sizable and robust aircraft, that was shot down had at least partial cannon armament. So the Buffalo apparently had quite a "bite" against certain types of opposition.

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    looking sweet! i remmber flying that Bad boy in IL-2 i got pretty good at flying it too
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    B-239

    Love the way the Buffalo is progressing!! Fantastic work! Down the road, is there a possibility of a Finnish B-239? Basically a de-navalised F2A-1.
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    Wow...you've been busy Gordon... the Buffalo VC is coming along real nice.

    Matt

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    I love the realistic texturing!

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    I'm making progress in the VC despite some glitches with Win10 and 3D Studio.

    Animations are live as I add in components but the gauges are mock ups while I build out the VC. The basics are beginning to take shape, but there is a lot of plumbing, cables, nuts and bolts yet to be added.

    Once I finalize all locations I'll build in the projections.

    While the build is developing, I'm approaching each component individually, working out bump mapping, reflected light, color, texture and specular. This is a process due to the fact that each color throws light differently and needs attention in three alpha layers that all contribute to gloss, shine and light. It's an intuitive process.







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    Wonderful news. The F2A Brewster is going to be a fantastic addition to FSX.

    I luv early WWII aeroplanes. So the F2A will fit right in. Am going to be flying all over Malaya and Singapore with this baby!
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    The Buffalo is looking spectacular Gordon! +1
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    I see spooks (skulls) in the glass... Halloween! Gorgeous work "G"!!!



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