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Another Duck?

I can find a few different ways to do it in Gimp so we should be able to figure out how to do it in Photoshop.

Tako_kichi is the photoshoper amongst us.
 
Good news to report. Paul and I spent the evening messing with it, and it turned out to be a missing specular value. Now that he has this behind him I'm looking forward to seeing what he does! :jump:
 
I'm as tickled as can be, thanks to N2056 and a few others spending a little time with me on the normal map setup. I had every thing correct except in the material editor. I had left the specular value at full white (255) droped it down to 122 and bingo it worked. I knew it had to be something simple I overlooked. I didn't experiment to much last night but I did want just a subtle hint of a bump and I am pleased with what I have so far. Thanks to all of you who have been so helpful in this project.

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let me get that flight model too you tomorrow.. was going to do it today, but i got sidetracked real bad.. sorry..
Pam
 
Warchild, take your time , there is no rush. If you make it fly like I expect you will I'll spend to much time in it instead of in Max. :jump:
 
I have to try making my own 3d gauges so last night I found a picture of an original engine gauge (actually out of a P51 but the same one as in the Duck). I used that nifty GaugeFace program by Gerry Howard for the faceplate. It took about an hour to make along with the textures. Now I need to learn about coding the gauge.

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On another note, I found pictures of the oxygen regulator that we had talked about earlier in this thread. I need to find where it is mounted, I would imagine it was directly attached to the bottle but I’m not sure. I do know it was on the left side in easy access for the pilot. I also found a beautiful picture of the original short wave radio that was used by the navigator.

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Warchild just sent me an update on the flight dynamics which I am excited to try out. I can’t thank her enough.
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I feel like its Christmas and I’m a child unwrapping my gifts.
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Happy Holidays to all my friends @ SOH! :guinness:

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The gauge looks great!

Happy holidays to you too, Paul, enjoy your FM gift, and I hope we can enjoy your gift soon too.

R.
 
Wow, I can't believe that's your first attempt at modelling a gauge!!

Have a great holiday Paul:ernae:
 
Paul, it's neat to see someone like you jump into a hobby with both feet. Eager to do what others do by putting your best foot forward. All ahead full buddy!! I respect your enthusiasm for the love of flight, and the minor details that make flight simulator more enjoyable to the eye.

I can only dream, and wonder what it would be like, if we all did it that way. :)
 
I was working on a problem area, primarily the prop and started to get frustrated. When this happens I have to walk away from it for a while but I don’t stop modeling. I have several other models and two, besides the Duck, well into development so I pulled one off the shelf and continued work on it.
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I have too much time invested in the Duck not to continue working on it; I just needed a break from it. Warchild has tweaked an excellent FDE for the Duck and it is fun to fly even with an unfinished VC. I have been experimenting with glass textures, in this case Plexiglas, to get the refraction effect of light passing through a solid.

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If you’re interested in what the other model I pulled off the shelf is you can get a hint of it here. http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php?62164-Russian-(Interceptor)-Interpreter
 
the reflections are looking good Paul. I like the sunset reflection. To me, sunset has always been the saddest, loneliest part of the day, but also the most beautiful..
As for the other model, i've got more than my fingers crossed. The complexity of the flight characteristics make the F-22 look like a cessna. Truthfully, i'm scared ****less. I keep praying that some programmer/hacker who wants a real challenge will volunteer to do our fly by wire interpreter for us..
 
Paul,
Thanks for the update!
Beautiful aircraft and I know it will be done when it's done!


Looking forward to having the Duck in my hanger......


Rick
 
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