Another question.

[huub vink]

The Gloster Gauntlet by Frank Elton is definitely showing its age, however it is the only Gauntlet available. I had some hope Nigel Richards would do a Gauntlet after he had finished the AVROs, but now I can only hope Nigel is still okay.

I have tried to repaint Frank's old model, but the model is as flat/dull/matt as can be. So my question is: Is there anybody here, handy enough to make the model reflective with some minor gloss?

In the past I has several handy tools based in Ivan "Archisoft" Hsu's MDLC model converter, but they all refuse to work under Windows10 and I'm simply not clever enough to learn how to do this with MDLmat.

With some shine on the metal front of the Gauntlet hope to be able to extend the life of Frank Elton's beautiful Gauntlet with a few extra years....

Cheers,
Huub

PS The Gauntlet was the last RAF open cockpit fighter.

[vinci]

Yes it is possible with mdlmat:
line 1 and 11 fuselage and wings
line 4 and 10 engine cowling

[huub vink]

Thanks for pointing out the right parts vinci! But as said I'm simply not clever enough to do something which makes sense with MDLmat. I have used OBIO's tutorial to at least get an idea what I was doing, but as you can see, the model doesn't do what I want it to do.....

(I told it to shine, but it only became transparent...)



What was life simple with a tool for dummies like "shine" by WahWuzDah (?). You just entered a value for shine and gloss and sometimes it did what you wanted. The other times you just had bad luck

Cheers,
Huub

[Shessi]

Here ya go Huub....

If it's not shiny enough give me a shout.

Cheers

Shessi

[huub vink]

Thanks Shessi, The level of shine is great, but my original question had two parts. Is it possible to make the model reflective as well? (in my attempt the alphas made the texture transparent). As I would like to do something similar with the Gauntlet as I did with Bulldog. With some metal reflection you can achieve a higher and more dynamic contrast in a repaint.





Cheers,
Huub

[Mick]

Hi Huub,

Actually, there is another FS9 Gauntlet by Chris Herring. I don't have the time to check them out together to see if it's any better than Frank Elton's model.

Yes, it's possible to add reflectivity to a model, but not in Win10. Ivan Hsu made a little DOS program called Shine that would add reflections and/or specular gloss. Jeff Delhaye gave it a Windows user interface and called it Shiny. Shiny works great in the virtual XP Modet of Win7pro, and I run Win7pro. I also have the Elton Gauntlet. So...

The attached Frank Elton model is reflective and has specular semi-gloss. If that's too glossy I can make one with semi-matte. If it needs more gloss I could make one fully glossy.

One caveat: on some models (but not most) adding reflections can ruin the VC by making the instrument plane and therefore the panel and sometimes other bits of the VC interior reflective. There is a way to fix that, and I have instructions, but I don't understand them; it's all beyond my ken. When necessary I've had to ask L'Iguane to do that step for me. (I've also made models reflective for him.)

I hope the attached model works properly. If not, I could send you a copy of the fix instructions, if you think you could use them. Or maybe you could get L'Iguane to do it for you. With any luck that step won't be necessary. I haven't time today to test it for myself. I have too many errands to do today and not enough time to do them.