Bomber_12 / B25 Mitchell
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were long overdue for a quality B25 !luciano mesquita
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woooowwwwww Jesus Christ! Almost a heart attack! Beautifulllll!!!!!!!Yes, that's the plan (and thank you for the very kind compliment!), though I don't know when or how it will be released, yet. I did have a thread on here about a year ago, introducing the project, but I requested to have it taken down as I couldn't keep consistent updates going. Although I started the project almost two years ago, I only have a solid 6 months of work on it. Working in public education I get my summers off, and that is when work really gets done. Other than that it's just bits and pieces when I can find the time. As a flight sim enthusiast, I also have never been able to just focus solely on developing without getting caught up in having fun enjoying the sim (which I know has hindered progress too).The goal for my B-25J flight sim project has been to make it as accurate a visual depiction as possible. This has meant referencing the original B-25J parts manual, the original factory drawings and the original B-25J lofting data. Everything being modeled is accurate to 1/1000 of an inch to that of the real aircraft - every lofting ordinate of the real aircraft, and every drawing measurement used in the manufacture of parts for the real aircraft, matches to this model. With parts not manufactured by NAA, such as the Hamilton Standard propeller blades and hubs, Bendix top turret dome and the post-WWII Bendix-Stromberg carb intake scoops, I used profile photos and measurements I took from a local B-25 (Miss Mitchell) to model them as accurately as I could. The Bendix top turret and Bell tail turret inner assemblies are among the items I have currently been working on modeling, and they have their own separate manuals and drawings. Graphics-wise, every panel line is precisely accurate to the drawings and every rivet, screw, fastener, spot weld and rivnut has been added individually, matched to the original factory drawings (and cross-referenced with the real aircraft, since there have been some differences noted at times between what is shown in the drawings and the actual production results, and I'd rather it be even more accurate by matching the production results, not just the drawings). Plenty of work is still being done to the normal maps, and this coming week I hope to have the fabric control surfaces full of all of the rib and stitching detail they should have. As far as variations of the B-25J, as I've discussed before I plan to cover quite a lot (WWII, post-WWII military and civilian, restored warbirds, etc...), and a lot has already been accomplished in that regard. In addition to the exterior model/texture work that has been done thus-far, I have also been modeling parts for the interior, for quite some time now too, so that when my focus shifts entirely to the interior model a lot of ground work will have already been laid.(Graphics-wise, there is a lot that is still a work in progress and liable to change at a moment's notice.)
(For P3dv4.5).
MustangL2W
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Can't Wait.... The Mitchell is one of my All-Time Favorites. NAA at it's best!
dont like our chances, JT posted in the MSFS forum weeks back he deleted FSX and P3D from his system with no looking back.
What does that mean? I would say hes going to develop for MSFS when the full SDK is released for it.
I hope not, I really hope not
You are right. I too think John has moved on to the new sim. Although he has spend a lot of time on the P-39 and the B-25, I think most of it can be used for MSFS again.
He is clearly enjoying himself in MSFS, so why should he stay in FSX?
Cheers,
Huub