Looking for P-61 Blackwidow

I'll put my two cents in too, we really need this. It was a plane that was used in both theaters.

If I could help, I will volunteer, The only thing I really know is skinning.
 
Hmmmm....

Ladies and Gentlemen,

This plane has what 3 cockpits - pilot, gunner, and radio/radar. That is why I never did more than get the exterior cleaned up. Given the time I have it would take about a year to finish.

What you could do is petition the folks over at the FSX forums to let me have their work so I can convert it to CFS3 and then we could have another donation ware plane - I tried but the author was not cooperative - not sure why. If the FSX one was made to make money for the site converting it to make more seems like sense to me. Oh well.

Ted
 
I do not know about the FSX one, he has not done much with it for a long time, I don't think that he is much further than this one.

My personal feeling is that it will not see daylight.
 
let me know

if you want me to do it cause I will be doing the E version which has no gunner station I like the way it looks

let me know

Taz
 
NachtPiloten said:
What you could do is petition the folks over at the FSX forums to let me have their work so I can convert it to CFS3 and then we could have another donation ware plane - I tried but the author was not cooperative - not sure why.
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Steven190 said:
I do not know about the FSX one, he has not done much with it for a long time, I don't think that he is much further than this one.

My personal feeling is that it will not see daylight.
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Hmmm. I spend too much time around modelling forums, so I know something about this. The external model is done, a very high quality flight model finished and the VC is part-done afaik. The problem is the VC and the limits of GMax with the FSX sdk. The VC model is, or was, approximately 500K polys and that's about where the FSX exporter runs out of memory:pop4:: the modeler has some difficult decisions to take so the model will compile and he certainly has my sympathies. Nor do I think we want a 500K poly VC in CFS3: even Luca's Bf109 VC is under 50K polys!

In the meantime he's working on other projects to avoid Widow burnout. I certainly wish him well. :salute:
 
Wonderful model, Ted!!

Had that one as a model kit too. I really wouldn't mind taking her up for a spin!
 
NachtPiloten said:
John - It is a VERY nice model. Bit heavy on the polys that I have tried to whittle down but overall real sweet. Did you know that most the p61s did not fly with the upper gun set. The 4 2cm were enough and it had better aerodynamics without it, plus it was faster, well not much but a little. Did you ever see the one in Udvar Hazy? Damn thing is huge, no wonder the Brits kept the mossie and let Americans keep this stone....

Oh, back to flanders fields have most of the new damage model done for the sswiii, and the changes to the pit will send this weekend along with the IV.
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Yea I know it's poly heavy Ted, I have your whittled down version.

SSW, good!:mixedsmi:
 
I'm doing fine John! Just keeping an eye on the work you guys are doing! And I like to bug Mat every now and then too,lol
 
here's the deal steve

you make the main cockpit and the radio stations, i'll make the gunner station and the exterior....deal??????:wavey:
 
you make the main cockpit and the radio stations, i'll make the gunner station and the exterior....deal?????
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Sure, but in that case I may have to weasel out of the B-17 work.

take care
 
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