Abrams P-1 Explorer WIP

Update:

OK gentlemen, here's the latest. I've been updating all of my work for 64bit. The work was designed for 64bit, but there is still a process involved and my archives are extensive.

Looking at the last shots I posted of the Abrams, I see it is time to update. As it stands now, the plane is perfect in P4Dv4, P3Dv3, FSX and FSX SE. I've added a bunch to the interior modeling, bringing more detail into the intricate frame.

Now that I have the new GPU and P3Dv4 synched up, I can shoot some video that really shows the airplane well. I've been kind of down the rabbit hole, updating airplanes and scenery, updating the computer and dialing in the 64bit platform.

Good news is that all the improvements are running at full song, so I can concentrate on the work.

Watch this post for updates.

Thanks for your patience friends. :very_drunk:
 
This thing looks way too cool not bring the thread back to the forefront. :)

LouP
 
boxcar said:
Hope you don't mind, Gordon. :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jgAk7QGB7w Pretty cool stuff!
Love that Explorer, nice work all the way around-- plane, scenery, and video.
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No Sir, I don't mind at all. I make the video for people to enjoy.

I've got a ticket in with TFDi Design to test the TrueGlass software. I would love to see this airplane with natural looking rain on all of that beautiful glass. This airplane is much farther along than it was when i made this video. The fuselage interior is much more robust with detailed modeling of the tube cage rendered with the PBR interfaces. It's nice.

This plane was really genius in it's day, and is a fantastic airplane to fly. I'll have to make an updated video with the 64 bit mods. The new GPU lets me do the video work in seamless 4K, which is pretty breathtaking. I'll do that when I get add the TrueGlass mods to the model.
 
Not to pick on this project, as there are now several projects where they once looked on the verge of release and now people are wondering whats happening. I once worked with a seasoned software engineer who one of his favorite sayings was:

The first 90% of the project takes the first 90% of the time, and the last 10% takes the other 90% of the time.
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That thing looks amazing. Bizaar, but amazing.. I must have a copy of it.. What a great way to see the world..
 
blanston12 said:
Not to pick on this project, as there are now several projects where they once looked on the verge of release and now people are wondering whats happening. I once worked with a seasoned software engineer who one of his favorite sayings was:
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I know exactly what they mean. The major contributor was the conversion to 64-bit OS and simulators. I've been updating my library of work and archive material, which has been the priority.
Now that I'm close to completing that task I'm back to modeling. :very_drunk:
 
Really not pestering you as I can see you are probably very busy, but any update on this plane. I’ve lusted after it from the very first post. Thanks for all you do,
Bob
 
I'm afraid not. Gman5250 has left the SOH Community and was last seen in 2021.

Priller
 
lucb said:
Looking around, I found this https://simviation.com/1/search?submit=1&keywords=Abrams+p-1&x=23&y=4
Don’t know if it’s the same build
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Nope. That's an older model (FS2002?) brought up to FSX. I doubt it would be close to the level of detail gman was building.
Dennis Simanaitis was a fairly prolific modeller back in the day but his work was generally simplistic (and quirky)
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I've just tried that older model, it's fairly basic, but considering it's age, it's okay.

Pete.
 
I'm looking at some names here that haven't been around for quite sometime now.
Adamski_NZ, boxcar, and where is warchild?
 
I discovered some info about Pam (Warchild) just yesterday as it happens as I mentioned her name in an email I was writing to a helicopter developer and my wife said "Oooh, I haven't heard Pam's name mentioned in years, I wonder what she's up to now". Pam was a regular member on our SOH Teamspeak server every night which was a gathering point for many FSX/FS9 developers and we used to chat and joke while working on our respective projects. So my wife went a 'Googling' and discovered that while she may not be as active as she was in the flight sim community she is very active in other things including being a successful author, pod-caster and fighter for First Nation and African American artists and creators. She even has her own website now too:

pamelabooker.com

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Time to time I do talk to Gordon, and the opportunity to look at some of his work. Remember the A-26, payware quality!
 
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