Just finished a new 2D panel for the Storch..
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gaucho_59
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Thank you for the encouragement... however...
Today was a "bad day at Black Rock"... .:isadizzy:
I worked all morning on the panel for the He 115 floatplane and...
as I was almost finished... I had a reference photo superimposed on the
work space and wanting to close it... I pushed the wrong X button [the 115 panel almost done) and of course, when it asked "save changes" I said...
NO and away the file went... all the work for nothing... I was depressed...hahaha...
:isadizzy:
but restarted what I had left (which was the very beginning layers...) and it is coming pretty nice... actually better than before...
However, I had done a very, very nice job on the bombardier's nose showing on the right... and I don't know whether I can achieve it again...
probably yes... actually, I chalk it up to "experience" and keep plowing the field...
I should have it here by tomorrow...
Today was a "bad day at Black Rock"... .:isadizzy:
I worked all morning on the panel for the He 115 floatplane and...
as I was almost finished... I had a reference photo superimposed on the
work space and wanting to close it... I pushed the wrong X button [the 115 panel almost done) and of course, when it asked "save changes" I said...
NO and away the file went... all the work for nothing... I was depressed...hahaha...
:isadizzy:but restarted what I had left (which was the very beginning layers...) and it is coming pretty nice... actually better than before...
However, I had done a very, very nice job on the bombardier's nose showing on the right... and I don't know whether I can achieve it again...
probably yes... actually, I chalk it up to "experience" and keep plowing the field...
I should have it here by tomorrow...
gaucho_59
Charter Member
I guess I am really out of it today
:isadizzy::isadizzy::isadizzy:
:isadizzy::isadizzy::isadizzy:
the panel I was working on (and I am still) was for the He 111 Spanish Civil War vintage... not the Heinkel floatplane... that one is safe...
:isadizzy::isadizzy::isadizzy:
Today was a "bad day at Black Rock"... .:isadizzy:
I worked all morning on the panel for the He 115 floatplane and...
as I was almost finished... I had a reference photo superimposed on the
work space and wanting to close it... I pushed the wrong X button [the 115 panel almost done) and of course, when it asked "save changes" I said...
NO and away the file went... all the work for nothing... I was depressed...hahaha...
but restarted what I had left (which was the very beginning layers...) and it is coming pretty nice... actually better than before...
However, I had done a very, very nice job on the bombardier's nose showing on the right... and I don't know whether I can achieve it again...
probably yes... actually, I chalk it up to "experience" and keep plowing the field...
I should have it here by tomorrow...
:isadizzy::isadizzy::isadizzy:
the panel I was working on (and I am still) was for the He 111 Spanish Civil War vintage... not the Heinkel floatplane... that one is safe...
Gaucho:
Really outstanding work! You've got a talent that few people can match with your speed and accuracy.
Since you seem open to suggestions, I hope you will consider the following:
1.) Milton Shupe's Avia series of aircraft could use an accurate depiction of their panels if they can be found
somewhere. To my knowledge, he used a jury-rigged panel in them and I have never seen/heard of an accurate
one developed.
2.) Milton's also going to start his Douglas A-20 Havoc project later on. I don't know if he's got an A-20 panel or not.
3.) Got anything different for the Douglas DC-3/4/6/7 series aircraft and/or the Douglas Skyraider ??
Really outstanding work! You've got a talent that few people can match with your speed and accuracy.
Since you seem open to suggestions, I hope you will consider the following:
1.) Milton Shupe's Avia series of aircraft could use an accurate depiction of their panels if they can be found
somewhere. To my knowledge, he used a jury-rigged panel in them and I have never seen/heard of an accurate
one developed.
2.) Milton's also going to start his Douglas A-20 Havoc project later on. I don't know if he's got an A-20 panel or not.
3.) Got anything different for the Douglas DC-3/4/6/7 series aircraft and/or the Douglas Skyraider ??
gaucho_59
Charter Member
Let me see what I can find...
I do have a nice Douglas Skyrader panel that started a long time ago and never finished... will work on it next...
As to the Avia panel... I need to research it on the net... I was thinking about it because the model has outstanding
skin work for a natural metal finish (the version by Nigel)... I do have an unfinished Havoc panel I can work on...
:salute:
I do have a nice Douglas Skyrader panel that started a long time ago and never finished... will work on it next...
As to the Avia panel... I need to research it on the net... I was thinking about it because the model has outstanding
skin work for a natural metal finish (the version by Nigel)... I do have an unfinished Havoc panel I can work on...
:salute:
I do have a nice Douglas Skyrader panel that started a long time ago and never finished... will work on it next...
As to the Avia panel... I need to research it on the net... I was thinking about it because the model has outstanding
skin work for a natural metal finish (the version by Nigel)... I do have an unfinished Havoc panel I can work on...
:salute:
Excellent !! Let's see what you come up with and I can take some tries at the configuration file. I've done some work on them for modifications for my own use but I'm sure I will be nowhere near as FAST as you are in turning them out. And it is going to be a learning process. But one has got to start somewhere. Let me say I will try to develop them on an as-time-permits basis.
Before you do anything with the A-20 panel, you might want to look here in the "Maintenance and Handling Instructions". It shows an A-20 panel and discusses what is there.
http://www.airpages.ru/eng/us/a20.shtml
gaucho_59
Charter Member
too bad....
I guess I can change the color.... it is a bit of a hassle... might fool around for a bit and see what happens...
Color as I explained earlier in another post is a bit of gilding the lilly because UV radiation, exposure to heat, and myriad
other factors like heat and humidity and thus oxidation rates... fade colors, change hues... etc.
I was in Viet Nam in 69... and never saw two aircraft with exact same shades of color...
all paint chips serve to is to mix the right colors at the factory so there is uniformity of color... or repaint panels, etc.
in the field... But that is about it...
OD green, is no exception... There was a fruitless nit picking discussion in one of the forums as to the color of the
Argentine blue on the fin flash of a turbo S2 and believe me... I am originally from Uruguay and Argentina... NONE
of the colors shown in the photographs came near to that special pale blue... which by the way... is not the same in any
two aircraft in real life....
I think the preoccupation with color "rivet counting" is probably a leftover from the good old days of IPMS judgings... lol
I used to be a plastic modeler and we had the same issues with color... not to say the least... the perfect shade looked
different depending on the scale of the model... the same color appeared way to dark on 1/72 or way too light on 1/32...
Chromate zinc interior color is a case in point...
I guess I can change the color.... it is a bit of a hassle... might fool around for a bit and see what happens...
Color as I explained earlier in another post is a bit of gilding the lilly because UV radiation, exposure to heat, and myriad
other factors like heat and humidity and thus oxidation rates... fade colors, change hues... etc.
I was in Viet Nam in 69... and never saw two aircraft with exact same shades of color...
all paint chips serve to is to mix the right colors at the factory so there is uniformity of color... or repaint panels, etc.
in the field... But that is about it...
OD green, is no exception... There was a fruitless nit picking discussion in one of the forums as to the color of the
Argentine blue on the fin flash of a turbo S2 and believe me... I am originally from Uruguay and Argentina... NONE
of the colors shown in the photographs came near to that special pale blue... which by the way... is not the same in any
two aircraft in real life....
I think the preoccupation with color "rivet counting" is probably a leftover from the good old days of IPMS judgings... lol
I used to be a plastic modeler and we had the same issues with color... not to say the least... the perfect shade looked
different depending on the scale of the model... the same color appeared way to dark on 1/72 or way too light on 1/32...
Chromate zinc interior color is a case in point...
Carlos:
Enrique Medal has done an A-20 panel for FSX (and someone else for CFS1) that appears quite good. You may want to download it and examine the structure of the bitmaps, what is and is not put on bitmaps, what is used in popups, etc.
I don't believe it would be worthwhile to reinvent this project as his panel is freeware.
Here's a link:
http://simviation.com/1/search?submit=1&keywords=Havoc&x=18&y=12
Enrique Medal has done an A-20 panel for FSX (and someone else for CFS1) that appears quite good. You may want to download it and examine the structure of the bitmaps, what is and is not put on bitmaps, what is used in popups, etc.
I don't believe it would be worthwhile to reinvent this project as his panel is freeware.
Here's a link:
http://simviation.com/1/search?submit=1&keywords=Havoc&x=18&y=12
Depress your left mouse button, run it across the blue text to select it, then depress your right mouse button and select "Open Link in New Tab (or Window)".
gaucho_59
Charter Member
wide screen for Gannet...
The panel with this model was very much bare bones... so I redid it...
Comments welcome...
The panel with this model was very much bare bones... so I redid it...
Comments welcome...