Attention all DC-3 fans !

[WND]

My 2 cents: I'll take panel # 2 !!!!

When I had my Cessna 172, it originally came with a sort of 'wide angle overhead spot light' on the ceiling and a 'spot light' on the pilots door post. Well that worked ok if you had instruments that their 'faces' and 'needles' would glow OR you sat back far enough where your head wouldn't block out some of the instruments - otherwise you'd have to turn the lights up so bright that in turn would end up bothering me when I was looking 'outside'..

I rebuilt my panel and installed 'instrument post lights' which in most cases just replaced the upper 2 screws that held the instruments in - hooked them up thru a reostat so I could control the intensity and LOVED THEM !!! I still had the other lights but ended up only using them for looking for something around the cabin / cockpit or reading the map..

Now, with all that said, I'll take anything you elect to give me !! (beggars can't be choosers) BUT I prefer panel #2 with the 'eyebrow' lighting..

Bill

[Javis]

A bit of XML magic for Jan:Tag the eyebrow models with this in 3ds Max and they will appear whenever a repaint's title= line contains "EYEBR". No need for multiple cockpit models and you can call it ad lib from a repaint.

Great idea, Bjoern, thanks ! The gauge lighting itself will have to go along as well of course.

[Bjoern]

Great idea, Bjoern, thanks ! The gauge lighting itself will have to go along as well of course.

Sure thing it can. Just put this as an additional "AND" condition into the code that makes the lighting appear.

[dougal]

Maybe this is a good time say (nay SHOUT!), just how grateful I am, and more than a little envious of some of the talent out there. I seriously believe that FSX might have died a painfull death, at least in my house, were it not for the level of talent and enthusiasm of you guys that undertake projects like this.

So once again.... THANK YOU BIG TIME!

[Javis]

This is exactly what Jan has portrait'd .. this is with a 'lot of light to get the detail' .. and dang , done a super fantastic build .. EYEBROWS for me

That's another type of gauge bezel, Ian, mate. Not sure but i don't think these have lighting from inside neither. Here's a good pic of these 'eyebrows' i am getting at :



There's a light bulb at each side. It shines thru a small recess onto the gauge.

Not from a Dakota, i think this may be from a Neptune but they were used in DC-3/C-47's as well ( http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviatio.../9/1233901.jpg ) another type of direct gauge lighting you can see above the compass and arti horizon.

[Alky]

Maybe this is a good time say (nay SHOUT!), just how grateful I am, and more than a little envious of some of the talent out there. I seriously believe that FSX might have died a painfull death, at least in my house, were it not for the level of talent and enthusiasm of you guys that undertake projects like this.

So once again.... THANK YOU BIG TIME!

I often wonder if Mickeysoft hadn't shut down the FSX project and they were allowed the freedom to develop as they wished, would we have gotten ORBX quality scenery Manfred Jahn quality aircraft by default (?)

[Ian Warren]

That's another type of gauge bezel, Ian, mate. Not sure but i don't think these have lighting from inside neither. Here's a good pic of these 'eyebrows' i am getting at :

I think what it comes down to is the engineering bases in different parts of the world, we were discussing another cockpit recent, off the type talking about I have 5 photo's of different layouts and gauges and to confuse matters more I found anther 6 different panels again on the internet .

Another good example was our DC-3s without cowl flap levers or adjusters, I'd say your good to go with your eyebrows

[macwino]

I'm hoping to avoid having to read through 40 pages of posts. Could anyone please tell me if this VC has been released in any form that I might be able to use now or is it still a work in progress? If the former, where might I find it?

Thanks,
Robert

[Ian Warren]

I'm hoping to avoid having to read through 40 pages of posts. Could anyone please tell me if this VC has been released in any form that I might be able to use now or is it still a work in progress? If the former, where might I find it?

Thanks,
Robert

Hi Robert, Still a Work in Progress

[CanadaKen]

Many MANY people checking in here daily....with fingers crossed.

Also the C-97 thread....daily....toes crossed.

CK

[Javis]

While checking the rudder pedals i'm working on in FSX i didn't expect these new 'eyebrows' to come along ( during export you don't have to have the complete model in the viewports) and i was pleasantly surprised to see they don't look half bad with the sunglint playing along the edges. Sofar i have only toned down the sharpness of the texture, might add a couple different ones too. :



I do kinda like 'em but i will make it an option.

And here's something to rest your tired feet on whilst sitting in that relax seat. All WIP mind you :







Have a nice weekend, folks.

cheers,
jan

[roger-wilco-66]

That looks breathtaking!




Cheers,
Mark

[CanadaKen]

You know, Jarvis, you can be very cruel!

CK

[big-mike]

Unbelievable details!
Mike

[dougal]

OMG! This is pure torture

[Bill Kestell]

Kinda' makes ya' drool, don't it, ole buddy?

[roger-wilco-66]

more than "kinda"!! :-)

[gray eagle]

Any one up for making pax seats with interior view? Blue seats with white headrests?

[Alan_A]

Hard to wait, as always, but check the gauges, guys... manifold pressure is working but RPM, oil pressure and fuel pressure aren't hooked up yet. No doubt Jan and Mike Cyul are just out of the frame in that first picture, jammed in behind the panel, working with wires 'n stuff... he said, volunteering to hold the toolbox or the pliers or anything else that'd be helpful...

[Alan_A]

Any one up for making pax seats with interior view? Blue seats with white headrests?

Great idea... as long as there's another one with chicken coops and crates and maybe a spare engine that I can use on my usual routes...

[huub vink]

Jan is just torturing us........

Cheers,
Huub

[Ian Warren]

I really like those, brows , they have really come up well , as for the rudder pedals SUPERB!

[Tim-HH]

Jan, you are without question the master of photorealistic textures! Amazing work once again

Greetings
Tim

[manfredc3]

Just on word..AWESOME!!!!!

[gray eagle]

Great idea... as long as there's another one with chicken coops and crates and maybe a spare engine that I can use on my usual routes...

or a no frills interior.