SOH Team Project - Grumman Tracker, Trader, Tracer

[Matt Wynn]

thinking of the looking up to someone phrase i'm always mentally reminded of Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett and John Cleese in their 'classes' sketch

great progress all, all involved.... Beers on me in the mess tonight!

[Milton Shupe]

thank you Milton,
I will test this model this afternoon, for the hinges is good there was red on the white texture to the former model with the new model I removed the red.
However I have the scoops on the engine nacelles that I can not paint, red for top scoop and white for the bottom, the flagship of the right wing and the party to the rear fuselage.
Best regards
Marty

Marty, I do not understand the "flagship" of the right wing or "the party" to the rear fuselage. Screenshots with the areas highlighted would help.

EDIT: Also the air "scoops" are generally mapped to "white1.bmp" as are many other parts. If you change this, all the other parts will also change. I cannot change the mapping at this point as the paint kit and other liveries are completed already.

[Matt Wynn]

'Party to the rear fuselage' ? I'm all over that like airmen to an attractive single woman! i'll bring the beer....

all of my Virtual Mercenary force are looking forwards to some Tracker/Tracer/Trader action.... so on behalf of all them too great job guys keep it up! wish i could have done more to help but hey sometimes things are out of our control....

[ferondoe]

Marty, I do not understand the "flagship" of the right wing or "the party" to the rear fuselage. Screenshots with the areas highlighted would help.

EDIT: Also the air "scoops" are generally mapped to "white1.bmp" as are many other parts. If you change this, all the other parts will also change. I cannot change the mapping at this point as the paint kit and other liveries are completed already.

Milton,
The parts circled in red.
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[Milton Shupe]

Milton,
The parts circled in red.
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All these parts are mapped generally to the "white1.bmp" texture and cannot be changed at this point.
Many gear parts, antennas, other small parts are also mapped to this texture.

[Milton Shupe]

I have all the known issues corrected with the S2F-3. I hope to get it out to beta this weekend.

Still some minor panel niggles to sort out and the gauge backlighting to tweak but with some luck ...

This beautiful livery by Snurdley.

[stuartcox]

That is great News Milton!

I have been following every single post since last August with great interest.
Although not having contributed to the project, it has certainly grown on me :-)
How many combined man hours have gone into this all together?
I admire the enthusiasm and dedication of everybody involved, a fantastic team achievement!

Regards,

Stuart

[Blackbird686]

Looking forward to having a go with this plane. The work you all have put into her is nothing short of astounding. But that pretty much goes without saying when "Milton and Company" is one of the best of the best.

-- BB686

[Sascha66]

I so wish this would happen!

[Milton Shupe]

That is great News Milton!

I have been following every single post since last August with great interest.
Although not having contributed to the project, it has certainly grown on me :-)
How many combined man hours have gone into this all together?
I admire the enthusiasm and dedication of everybody involved, a fantastic team achievement!

Regards,

Stuart

Stuart, thank you and and all the rest who have hovered, commented, and wished us well. You are certainly part of the team efforts which do require lots of enthusiasm and encouragement. It means a lot over 6-7 months to see folks hanging in the trenches with us. As to hours, we do not count but we have certainly had our share of fun along the way. It really is a great journey.

Looking forward to having a go with this plane. The work you all have put into her is nothing short of astounding. But that pretty much goes without saying when "Milton and Company" is one of the best of the best.

-- BB686

And that you shall have BB. Thank you.

I so wish this would happen!

The wish shall be granted in due time ...

[Snurdley]

What Milton is showing are just the bare-bones textures from the paint kit. This repaint will be in the final package.

[Duckie]

GREAT looking textures Snurdley!



I noticed a few posts back where you put out a call for stencils and locations. Those look really great there. Don't suppose you'd have a document(s) you could/would share that shows stencil locations? I've struck out in my attempts find such a doc. I have stencils a-plenty just not sure where to place them.

Thanks and really looking forward to your work.

Steve

[Milton Shupe]

I agree with you Duckie

The VC panels, overhead, and interior textures changes to the S2F-3, E-1B, and C-1A are progressing well. I hope to get through most of the heavy lifting this weekend. Awaiting the gauge backlighting final textures and discovery some nigglies here and there but overall, looking pretty darn good.

I am going to leave the detail issues for your guys to find during the beta. :-)

I will hold off on the E-1B until Duckie is ready with his final product; no hurry. I have lots to do yet on all the variants.

[Milton Shupe]

GREAT looking textures Snurdley!



I noticed a few posts back where you put out a call for stencils and locations. Those look really great there. Don't suppose you'd have a document(s) you could/would share that shows stencil locations? I've struck out in my attempts find such a doc. I have stencils a-plenty just not sure where to place them.

Thanks and really looking forward to your work.

Steve

If you have questions about areas of the aircraft, email me and I will try to find them among the horde of pictures I have.

[nigel richards]

What Milton is showing are just the bare-bones textures from the paint kit. This repaint will be in the final package.

If they're just the bare bones Sir, roll on the meat!

Stunning work!