Boomerang: a little more WIP....

mike_cyul

mike_cyul

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As the VC is beginning to look like a cockpit, thought I'd share a couple of screenshots. :)

Still lots to do, which is pretty obvious, but it's slowly getting there. Grey areas in the panel will be cut out when the 3D gauges are ready. Brown markings are just place indicators for future parts. Many parts yet to come, and existing ones may be refined further.

Anyway, hope you like! :)

Mike
 
Mike, excellent progress ,,, lots of stuff there to model, size, position, animate, map and texture. Seems you have a great eye for this VC work and it is shaping up beautifully. :applause:
 
Beautiful work there Mike! There is definitely a lot of "T-6" in a Boomerang cockpit!

The panel is looking especially nice! I found out not too long ago, for the first time, that those bulges in the panel, seen in most early-war aircraft, are there to cover over the instrument-lights/globes, with the light being reflected at the faces of the instruments, and not into the pilot's eyes.
 
Bomber_12th said:
Beautiful work there Mike! There is definitely a lot of "T-6" in a Boomerang cockpit!

The panel is looking especially nice! I found out not too long ago, for the first time, that those bulges in the panel, seen in most early-war aircraft, are there to cover over the instrument-lights/globes, with the light being reflected at the faces of the instruments, and not into the pilot's eyes.
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Thanks! Yes, and what looks like a padding over the panel is actually a stamped-metal cover, which hinges at the bottom to allow access to the panel itself. Very few period photos of Boomerang panels out there, and most modern reproductions aren't that accurate, unfortunately. Here's the best one I've found, from a destroyed Boomer (erroneously labelled as being a Wirraway, in the book "Wirraway, Boomerang & CA-15" by S. Wilson).

Worthy of note, as well, is that most Boomerangs had their gun sights removed. Once they became ground support aircraft, I guess an adjustable reticle wasn't that necessary for straffing. Many have the reticle painted on the armoured windscreen, which was then lined up with an aiming pin mounted on the cowling.

Mike

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That sure is looking great! But I don't understand. I remember a discussion a while back that concluded that the only warbirds worth making, if you wanted to make money, were P-51s and P-47s. Nothing else would sell. Well, I'm going to buy this Boomerang, and a certain P-36 also soon to be released. Heck, the way things are going, how long can it be before we see one of these two outfits making the Mighty Brewster Buffalo!! I'd buy that one in a second too!
 
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