Craig and Matts F4 Pantom Project

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MDIvey

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If you have been around for a while on the SOH scene you may recall this thread…

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforu...for-Grabs&highlight=Phantom+Mesh+up+for+grabs

a little update for you...

It is shame that nothing has developed so far from this. As stated in the thread Phil(Skippy Bing) has a copy of the mesh and he fully intended to do develop this for FSX, but nothing has come from that so far... that is not a criticism of Phil in anyway… with the best will in the world, things do not always work out as we intend. I think we'd all like to see a Flying Stations F4K/M and someday maybe we will.

When Craig and I met up recently and where discussing what to do next, now that the Sopwith Pup is nearing release, the subject of the Phantom came up in conversation. Craig offered as a favour to me to do some work on it to get it up to a basic freeware standard, so that I could at least fulfill my desire to see it in FSX. Craig has done some amazing work on it adding detail that I had not (because I didn't have the reference available at the time)... and expanding the resolution of the mesh (I was a bit unduly worried about the poly count when I made it). What he has done has turned out so well that its looking like it will be pushed that bit further and made a payware model under the Rara-Avis Sim label. I think he's been bitten by the Gas Burner Bug:icon_lol:

We cant be any more certain of finishing this than anyone else... all we can say at the moment is that this is a promising development for fans of the Phantom. At the moment the F-4B and F-4N are the focus of our attention but we’re not ruling out other versions of the F-4. Here are a few pic’s of the current progress in the 3D StudioMAX development software. Consider this thread a peak through our work shop window. Let the journey commence:icon_lol:

Matt

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Thanks for the HU, that model look spot on :salute:. Does this "Rara-Avis Sim" have a website or FB page? Google only gives me a Sopwith Pup Youtube movie...

thanks, Henk.
 
hschuit said:
Thanks for the HU, that model look spot on :salute:. Does this "Rara-Avis Sim" have a website or FB page? Google only gives me a Sopwith Pup Youtube movie...

thanks, Henk.
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No, Sorry Henk ... we don't have a Web page or facebook page at the moment. We do all our previewing here at SOH. We needed a label to market our payware under to distinguish it from the freeware projects Craig and I have done... available at Craig's freeware site...http://classicwings.net/

Craig did start a thread here somewhere on SOH to introduce the Rara-Avis Sim label... but even I cant find it at the moment so I'll leave Craig to post a link here to it since others may have missed it. Craig came up with the name Rara Avis... its latin for rare bird or thing...which tends to be our bag. Although you may not think of a Phantom as a rare bird in FSX there are not too many to be had at the moment... although there are currently a number in development.:icon_lol:

Matt
 
Heywood... I get enough of Gulls nesting on my roof:icon_lol:... I didn't realize there squawking meant "mine, mine":icon_lol:

Matt
 
Oh man, great news of the WIP. The native F-4 has been on my wish list what seems like forever. These are exciting times with all the great aircraft to be released in the future. Thanks guys for pushing the Phantom further into reality.
 
MDIvey said:
Craig did start a thread here somewhere on SOH to introduce the Rara-Avis Sim label... but even I cant find it at the moment
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I believe he mentioned it when talking about your WW1 offering, the Sopwith Pup?

Regarding the Phantom - oh, the repaint possibilities.....

Dave
 
I think a lot of us are very excited by the prospect of an FSX native Phantom.

Dave... I'm still researching paint schemes for the B/N so I'm open to suggestions. We may yet do a J which would open up bags of additional possibilities.

Matt
 
Heck, it's a Phantom! I'll take any that comes by and looks as good as this one does. The only things I (humbly) ask for are: smoke, flames and NOISE! :icon_lol:

It's about time we had a good Phantom in FSX. I'm getting a bit tired of flying my half-hearted C9 portover!
 
MDIvey said:
If you have been around for a while on the SOH scene you may recall this thread…

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforu...for-Grabs&highlight=Phantom+Mesh+up+for+grabs

a little update for you...

It is shame that nothing has developed so far from this. As stated in the thread Phil(Skippy Bing) has a copy of the mesh and he fully intended to do develop this for FSX, but nothing has come from that so far... that is not a criticism of Phil in anyway… with the best will in the world, things do not always work out as we intend. I think we'd all like to see a Flying Stations F4K/M and someday maybe we will.

:icon_lol:

Matt
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You have me to blame for that not SkippyBing, I am his texture artist and real life has got in the way of finishing our other projects in front of the F4.
 
sketchy, you deserve no blame at all. Real life always comes first. That is why it is called real life. We are just thankful the project is still alive. We all look forward to any possible contribution you make for the upcoming F4.
 
Indeed no blame from here either to Phil or sketchy... that's just life...I see on your facebook page things are progressing with your Bucc S2. That will be a welcome addition to FSX.

thanks for the paint suggestions... will keep those in mind

Matt
 
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