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[gaucho_59]

Don't know what to say... lol

With English, one could blame it on not being your first language... ma... in italiano... forse una visita non farebbe mica male...lol
Seriously... I taught ESL for a few years all over Europe, Turkey and Egypt (English as a second language) and one of the dicta is KISS... (keep it simple stupid)
which I think applies to all communication... oftentimes brevity and conciseness suffice... long winded sentences (very popular with Italians, lol) are dangerous because one
easily loses track of subject-verb agreement, connection between ideas, etc. Short sentences (KISS) ARE THE CURE!
If one uses long sentences, the reader often loses track... Also, for all... it is not good to "read between the lines"...

One thing you missed is that I remarked that Morton's panel graphics are not HIS at all... (he told me so one time... "stuff I pick up in the internet"
when I asked what program he used to produce those panels...) So the historical accuracy, etc. , at the risk of, "counting rivets" on such a
"sacred cow" as Morton is held to be by many... sort of "goes out the window"...
His panels are "machine produced" 3D renderings... with all the perspective aberrations they carry... (extreme ovals for circles, rivets like dinner plates, and
vanishing points that really don't make sense to the human eye... like huge gun sights or extremely small ones... etc.
They are nonetheless, a good starting point for "plastic surgery"...

By the way... the idiom is not "fix an appointment" in English, but rather... "set" or "set up" an appointment... just like in Italian it is a "visita" or farsi visitare...
instead of "fare un appuntamento col dottore" (English foreign speaker's mistake) ... So, you see, sometimes one makes up sentences that native speakers cannot figure out...
"under any aspect"... to a native English speaker does not make any sense (here it needs "reading between the lines") it should be "in any way" (KISS)
In sum... what one thinks is very clear to others -through one's own distorted logic - often is not...
I think this "long winded" explanation is a good graphic example... by now my readers are probably exhausted by my verbosity... and probably bothered by its
apparently condescending tone... so KISS is the cure... (applies to me as well... lol)

Cheers!
G.

 

[stockplane]

PZL P.11c panel.zip

A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category CFS 2 Panels Add-Ons

Description: This panel is for the PZL P.11c there are no gauges for Poland planes, so I have redraw as I can some gauges and I have changed their name so the original not will be overwrite.

The bmp are not more accurate, because I am not a great painter, but closed as possible for me to the real cockpit. There is a gunsight view too, and I have put the new gauges also in the VC Cockpit.

Best regards

To check it out, rate it or add comments, visit PZL P.11c panel.zip
The comments you make there will appear in the posts below.

 

[gaucho_59]

Really nice effort...

A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category CFS 2 Panels Add-Ons

Description: This panel is for the PZL P.11c there are no gauges for Poland planes, so I have redraw as I can some gauges and I have changed their name so the original not will be overwrite.

The bmp are not more accurate, because I am not a great painter, but closed as possible for me to the real cockpit. There is a gunsight view too, and I have put the new gauges also in the VC Cockpit.

Best regards

To check it out, rate it or add comments, visit PZL P.11c panel.zip
The comments you make there will appear in the posts below.

Very nice effort, however... if I may suggest it... try to find a photo as a starting point (or an accurate line drawing) ... and work on that as a template...
that way... your problem is reduced to just "painting" over it... Use a program like PSP or Photoshop, so you can manipulate shapes and sizes...
Otherwise, you start a process where a "less than optimal tableau" gets copied, added on, and propagated... inviting negative comments from so called
"rivet counters"... and, in the process, more often worsened than bettered...
You are starting a good thing... just don't let yourself become prey to that "beast"... I call: "gotta publish this today!" lol
Again, very nice starting point... just take your time... I think you got the "painting skills" to do it... Like they say in Italian: "chi va piano va lontano" e ci arriva!

G.

 

[stockplane]

Thanks Gaugho, i use Gimp because for me PSP is already problematic, for now, this panel is only a "prototipe" as the Ba.88 that i will redraw with a more suitable bmp and gauges ( i am redrawing some gauges for more realistic result ), i have finally learn some new methods in Gimp but many more i have to understand "chi va piano..."

One thing about gauges can be usefull, if is possible. The gauges is possible only place vertical and not horizontal is correct? If will be possible put them horizontally will be possible realize the engine control more realistic also in 2D panel.

Best regards.

 

[gaucho_59]

How is that again?

Re: your - I think - question: "One thing about gauges can be usefull, if is possible. The gauges is possible only place vertical and not horizontal is correct? If will be possible put them horizontally will be possible realize the engine control more realistic also in 2D panel"

Forse meglio se mi fai la domanda in italiano... perche cosi com'e' in inglese no riesco a capire cosa vuoi sapere...

Penso che stai chiedendo se e' possiblile piazzare gli strumenti in altri posizioni oltre l'elevazione orizontale? Se infatti e' questo che voi sapere...
Si... e possibile tramite l'uso di programmi come cfgEdit ed FS Panel Studio... anche col PSP
Col PSP... e penso ance il GIMP solo per "dummy bezels", cioe' non funzionanti....
Per gli altri... bisogna usare i due progammini menzionate in anteprima...

Ecco, la mia ultima opera, nella quale ci sono alcuni "dummies" visualmente sformati dalla prospettiva... in basso a destra... ma il resto, purtroppo, sono sul piano orizontale

G.

 

[stockplane]

Si hai capito perfettamente nonostante il mio pietoso inglese. Però non mi riferivo agli strumenti disegnati i "dummies" ma a quelli funzionanti. Per esempio sarebbe bello poter realizzare ( visto che non ce ne sono ) dei controlli motore da poter piazzare al centro dei sedili nei bombardieri o per esempio a sinistra del cockpit su certi caccia in posizione non verticale ma inclinata o orizzontale. Però penso che l'unico modo è creare nuove gauges.

A presto.

 

[gaucho_59]

Ma si che e' possibile...

Qualsiasi gauge (cioe mlx piu I bmp)... puo essere piazzate ovunque e come vuoi col ConfigEdit... e penso anche
col FS Studio panel... Una volta piazzata... ci sono dei piccoli "bracini" (handles) per variare l'altezza, inclinazione e
posizione relative a l'orizontale...
solo non puoi cambiare la prospettiva... (vanishing point confluence)... nel panello il gauge risultante sembra abbastanza
coerente...

Carlos

 

[stockplane]

Scusa per il ritardo nel risponderTi ma abbiamo dovuto combattere contro il nuovo virus su due server di posta, sono state due giornate pesanti.

Per gli strumenti conosco i due programmi, li uso, ma non è così semplice. Ti mando la spiegazione in PV, non mi sembra corretto continuare a scrivere solo in italiano.

Buona giornata.