Serious Italian 1940 Metal

[lemonadedrinker]

Hi,

There are so many amazing airplanes coming down the runway straight at us:isadizzy:

Brilliant work by everyone involved


Andy.

 

[Milton Shupe]

I agree ... and hopefully this will be one of them

Got the engine cowls and nacelles, gear doors and flaps in place and animated.

Now for some engines and props

 

[Matt Wynn]

wow! she looks stunning! always have had a soft spot for things with 3 engines.... Ford Tri-Motor, Ju-52, L-1011, DC-10, MD-11, 727....

absolutely beautiful craftsmanship Milton, on a side Note Harpoon has roughly 1 more mornings work left on the internals :salute:

 

[TuFun]

Fantastic modeling Milton!!!

 

[Milton Shupe]

Thanks; we now have engines, props, new hubs and spinners.

 

[t.creed]

another beauty !!! amazing work Milton..!!

rgds
t creed

 

[hawkeye52]

Amazing work, Mr. Shupe. And so quickly!

- H52


OMG! Did I just say "amazing"???





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[Milton Shupe]

Thanks y'all

What's more amazing is that I exported her to the sim for a checkout and taxi test and next thing I knew, I was in the air.

So, thought I would do a couple screen grabs for ya before I get back to finishing out the rest of the prop work.

 

[Milton Shupe]

Wednesday, a good day for progress for engines, nacelles, props ,temporary gear, and a first successful export to the sim.

 

[Matt Wynn]

OMG! Did I just say "amazing"???
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i'm more shocked you said "OMG" than Amazing

but WOWEE! she sure is a beauty... excellent timing too Milton, i should finish Harpoon today... gives me about a week off (if you don't let up in pace!) if i do before i plunge nose deep into this thing....

 

[nigel richards]

Thanks y'all

What's more amazing is that I exported her to the sim for a checkout and taxi test and next thing I knew, I was in the air.

So, thought I would do a couple screen grabs for ya before I get back to finishing out the rest of the prop work.

Well, Milton - one thing kind of nicely leads to another...

Exceptional progress, these links may prove inspirational (not that you need much of that - busy inspiring us all):


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkHfUoWQyVg

nice float version walk around:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4irFqyu27M

 

[Ferry_vO]

Amazing progress once again, Milton!

Found a few maybe helpful photos on the net:

This one I have saved in a much bigger size, almost 4Mb. If you need it I can email it to you.

Couldn't find this one is a bigger format sadly :

And some interior shots; interesting how the co-pilot sits directly behind the captain!

In colour!:

 

[Moses03]

Wednesday, a good day for progress for engines, nacelles, props ,temporary gear, and a first successful export to the sim.

Looking great Milton.

 

[Blackbird686]

Wednesday, a good day for progress for engines, nacelles, props ,temporary gear, and a first successful export to the sim.

Ah HA! So you were the one who stole the tires off of my good ol' "Grizzly"... Somehow I think Nigel is behind this little stunt. He is always "Pinchin' me Flag"...lol.

This one is really starting to come along nicely, sir. :salute:


BB686:USA-flag:

 

[Milton Shupe]

Ah HA! So you were the one who stole the tires off of my good ol' "Grizzly"... Somehow I think Nigel is behind this little stunt. He is always "Pinchin' me Flag"...lol.

This one is really starting to come along nicely, sir. :salute:


BB686:USA-flag:

LOL uh, borrowed to use for testing while I construct the new ones, piece by piece, all custom work sir. That will take a day or two.

 

[Matt Wynn]

"Psst Nigel.... here ya go.... :USA-flag:"

wow that's an elaborate gear system for it's time!

 

[Ferry_vO]

Doesn't appear that different from a DC-2 or DC-3 at first glance.

(Not that I could model it though!)

 

[Milton Shupe]

Doesn't appear that different from a DC-2 or DC-3 at first glance.

(Not that I could model it though!)

That was my thought as well initially Ferry.

The only things I do not have a really good picture, diagram, and specs of on this are the wheel and tire.
If anyone has something that would help, I would be most appreciative.

EDIT: Nevermind on that request. It was just a matter of focusing on the specific need to find the necessary data.

 

[Hurricane91]

You have some great reference material Milton.

 

[Milton Shupe]

You have some great reference material Milton.

It's part of the many benefits of doing a community-involved and -aware project. People like to be involved and be part of these projects and we all benefit from that participation with more engaged members and better quality projects. I do this not for the kudos but for the spirit of community activity and participation. It's just plain fun.