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**patful** · February 15th, 2015, 14:34

Oh my! One of my favorites. Thank you, sir.

**Milton Shupe** · February 15th, 2015, 16:29

As planned, engines and props by sundown. :-)

Must do the prop mesh and then on to those interesting main gear components. :-)
That is going to take a while I suspect. LOL

**napamule** · February 15th, 2015, 20:11

Milton,
Nice looking Mallard (so far). I made a video that might tide the troops over until you finish your model. Link: http://youtu.be/Qfmlpz8JKro . No explanations required, I hope. The video shows it all. Nice part is that it does NOT crash on water landing, turns, or take off which is prime. Cheers.
Chuck B
Napamule

**Maarten -** · February 15th, 2015, 23:48

Originally Posted by Milton Shupe

As planned, engines and props by sundown. :-)

Must do the prop mesh and then on to those interesting main gear components. :-)
That is going to take a while I suspect. LOL

What a lovely plane this is going to be!

***TARPSBird*** · February 16th, 2015, 00:21

Beautiful work, Milton - and in such a short time frame. I have GOT to learn how to build planes.

**kikas** · February 16th, 2015, 03:08

There's only few fs2004 developers left, but those few do most interesting flying, floating, running, or just standing on the ground stuff. And everything is of most excellent quality

**Milton Shupe** · February 16th, 2015, 16:18

Originally Posted by Maarten

What a lovely plane this is going to be!

Let's hope so; we need a fresh update for this aircraft With projects we have going, I am working fast to get this one out the door in a basic mode and I hope someone here will step up to paint it once available. If that will happen, I can probably get the panel and gauges together (will someone paint the vc panels for me once I provide the templates?) and we can have it in your hands in short order.

Originally Posted by TARPSBird

Beautiful work, Milton - and in such a short time frame. I have GOT to learn how to build planes.

You really should. It's a great retirement past-time. :-)

Originally Posted by kikas

There's only few fs2004 developers left, but those few do most interesting flying, floating, running, or just standing on the ground stuff. And everything is of most excellent quality

That's very kind of you Sir. I am happy to be doing it as well. :-)

Last night and today, the focus has been on building the nose gear and the wing floats. Got her exported to FS9 and flying in FSX too :-)

***Sundog*** · February 16th, 2015, 16:35

Awesome! A plane that has been, to me, overlooked in FS. Thanks for the previews, it looks great.

**expat** · February 17th, 2015, 05:33

Such fine work and in such short order ! !

**expat** · February 17th, 2015, 05:35

Such a class act . .

**Milton Shupe** · February 17th, 2015, 06:17

Originally Posted by expat

Such fine work and in such short order ! !

It helps to be retired and able to invest 12-14 hours a day on it. :-)

Building the exterior model usually goes pretty quickly, after that, the real work begins. :-)

**Bill Kestell** · February 17th, 2015, 09:19

ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS!!!

**Milton Shupe** · February 18th, 2015, 10:14

Well, I wanted to get the main gear started two days ago but other stuff needed to get done first.

With the exterior model now mainly completed, and the key element added (the wing fairing), I can now work on the main gear assembly. :-)

**Hurricane91** · February 18th, 2015, 14:06

Hi Milton, that's some beautiful modeling of a graceful swan.

**ViperPilot2** · February 18th, 2015, 14:33

Milton,

Is there anything we can do to give you a hand, like looking for photos, Tech Info, or other stuff like that?
If there is, please let us know!

Hope one of the outstanding Repainters out there will hop on board, and give the Mallard an awesome skin (or many)!

-- Alan

**Milton Shupe** · February 18th, 2015, 15:05

Originally Posted by Hurricane91

Hi Milton, that's some beautiful modeling of a graceful swan.

Thank you Sir. It's turning out a lot better than I thought it would. :-)

Originally Posted by ViperPilot2

Milton,

Is there anything we can do to give you a hand, like looking for photos, Tech Info, or other stuff like that?
If there is, please let us know!

Hope one of the outstanding Repainters out there will hop on board, and give the Mallard an awesome skin (or many)!

-- Alan

Thank you Alan. The area of reference I most need photos for is the cockpit aside from the panels. That is the floor, side panels, the walls behind the pilots, etc. Everything else I am pretty good shape for.

**Milton Shupe** · February 18th, 2015, 17:24

Well, I have finally started the work for the main gear assembly. But before anything can be modeled for gear, we need a place to stow it.

The last few hours have been focused on getting a nice wheel well compartment built. This is unrefined but a starting point.

I only have two good references for these wheel wells but I think enough to do a decent job.

Once the fuselage side work is done, then the wing bottom recess must be modeled to receive the upper main gear struts.

**Milton Shupe** · February 20th, 2015, 11:36

Mallard gear complexities show in this animation. Almost done with the left side.

**Maarten -** · February 20th, 2015, 11:46

Originally Posted by Milton Shupe

Mallard gear complexities show in this animation. Almost done with the left side.

Gee! Milton! You're faster than light. And the Mallard is getting mopre and more neautiful! Awesome!

Didn't Chalk fly Mallards?

Cheers,
Maarten

**Milton Shupe** · February 20th, 2015, 11:58

Originally Posted by Maarten

Gee! Milton! You're faster than light. And the Mallard is getting more and more beautiful! Awesome!

Didn't Chalk fly Mallards?

Cheers,
Maarten

Well, just a lot of hours invested each day helps a lot. :-)

Yes, I have quite a few pics of Chalks lot. :-)

Once I get this gear done, the exterior will be mostly complete and ready for mapping.

**expat** · February 21st, 2015, 05:08

Superb !!!!!!

**tankerguy72** · February 21st, 2015, 10:52

This is looking awesome! I think I may log quite a few hours in it

**Milton Shupe** · February 23rd, 2015, 13:11

Took a modeling break to fly in the annual RTWR but back today to finish up the main gear. That was a nice challenge.

I am going to take a short break before mapping the exterior to build the flight model so we can fly this thing correctly, then back to the mapping and interior.