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  • Special Server Maintenance

    Just when you think you have everything running some what better...

    You get a message from the Hosting company. Short story they need to move us to a new server. I have been working with them to plan a good date for all concerned. Here is what we have come up with as a schedule.

    1. November 4th 17:00 -5UTC shut off the forums and start backup proceedures. During this time there will be no access to the forums or the Resource Section.
    2. November 5th Continue with Backups and download same until complete.
    3. November 6th 7:00 turn over server to hosting company to move system to new server
    4. November 7th - 8th restore backups and upgrade forum software.

    If all goes well we should be back online on November 8th.

    To keep you updated we will post updates on AVSIM forums.

    Thank you for your support.

Douglas X-3 Stiletto FSX Native

Thanks Bob; no problem; we are having too much fun :)

Just wrapping up exterior work so I can get started with exterior texture mapping, and hopefully get some textures started while work continues in the other phases of the project.
 

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LOL Thanks for the comments. I do find it exhilarating to fly too. :jump:

Now working on the tedious task of selecting some 5376 polys of the fuselage and engines by hand to map for texture application.

Because of the fuselage and engines being one big complex part, it makes mapping a real challenge. I am now through the bulk of the poly selections with only another 276 polys left to assign to one of the channel groups. Once that is done and verified, I can begin the mapping process selecting one channel at a time, applying the map view, generating the texture template, then applying the template texture to the mapped areas. It's all part of the fun. :)
 

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Minor understatement...;)

LOL 000Rick000 strives for perfection in every way.

So much so, I am happy to announce the Rick has joined the X-3 team to take responsibility for textures.

Welcome aboard Rick, and thanks. :applause:
 
LOL 000Rick000 strives for perfection in every way.

So much so, I am happy to announce the Rick has joined the X-3 team to take responsibility for textures.

Welcome aboard Rick, and thanks. :applause:
Gonna need my sunnies, I think....lots of alphas and specs....wall to wall metal...;)
 
LOL Thanks for the comments. I do find it exhilarating to fly too. :jump:

Now working on the tedious task of selecting some 5376 polys of the fuselage and engines by hand to map for texture application.

Because of the fuselage and engines being one big complex part, it makes mapping a real challenge. I am now through the bulk of the poly selections with only another 276 polys left to assign to one of the channel groups. Once that is done and verified, I can begin the mapping process selecting one channel at a time, applying the map view, generating the texture template, then applying the template texture to the mapped areas. It's all part of the fun. :)
Seeing these pics I do believe the X-3 would wear the color red nicely! (Maybe some white accents with black trim like a Pitts but in a style to suit the shape! Perhaps the entire vertical being white with that tapering down to become a cheat line and terminating at a point at the tip of the nose and a Pitts style burst pattern on the wing.)
 
Welll, keep in mind this lady isntyour normal prom date. More like "Janeys got a gun". its latterally unstable below .85 mach and requires a steady hand and a lot more skill than any other plane youve flown to fly. and then of course theres the fact that at mack 1.05 its quite possible if will try to kill you.
 
When 1940's and 50's aircraft come to the paint shop, they are bare metal. They leave with paint. :santahat:
 
It starts....


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Materials Test passed! Let the creative process begin!

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That is looking great, unsurprisingly. You know it deserves to be painted like a bird with that long beak and scowl of a cockpit. ;)
 
ok, my miondis sufficiently blown..

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i remember that fiberboard looking back panel from modern laundry rooms in the fifties..The headliner is amazing..
 
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