SOH Team Project - Grumman Tracker, Trader, Tracer

Huges and Euro, what i can do is make the paintkit in 2048*2048 initially then rescale for FS9, that way layout of panel lines et al. stays the same and saves further work on the FSX Conversion....
 
Smoothie said:
wow and a thanks from me Doug! any chance you can zip 'em up and shoot them in an e-mail (or two) to me for paintkit creation usage when the time comes?
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Matt, can you not just right click on the opened pictures and save?

Hughes-MDflyer4 said:
Milton, I'll be working with euroastar350 on the FSX conversion since we both work together on projects. Since he informed me about this project, I was able to get some photos of the landing gear as well as the gear bay when I visited a retired aircraft carrier a few days ago. Got a few snaps of the engine as well, but probably not exactly what you need. He should be sending them to you shortly. Cheers. :ernae:

By the way, the modeling work so far looks fantastic!
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Sounds great! Thanks :)

Smoothie said:
Huges and Euro, what i can do is make the paintkit in 2048*2048 initially then rescale for FS9, that way layout of panel lines et al. stays the same and saves further work on the FSX Conversion....
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Great idea Matt!
 
Milton are there any points on the aircraft you need shots for reference?

Smoothie, have you tried Airliners.net? A great source for aircraft photos.

Cheers
Doug
 
Fnerg said:
Milton are there any points on the aircraft you need shots for reference?

Smoothie, have you tried Airliners.net? A great source for aircraft photos.

Cheers
Doug
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Doug, I have 100's of pics at the moment. I think I have all I need for the exterior. Interior pics of floors, sidewalls, back panels, etc. are always welcome.

EDIT: Flaps in various deployment degrees, under-wing view of flaps deployed; a great side view of the wheels (exactly perpendicular and not marred by shadows) would be great for a texture.

Smoothie said:
all Dougs images saved..... back to my other project for a short while.... :icon_lol:
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Matt, I will upload many pictures for you when it is time.
 
CAG if i recall Nigel recently got FSX so he'll no doubt be able to sort things on that front also.... if i know him like i do then yup he'll do it....
 
Sunday morning focus was on animations and testing of the rudder, rudder trim, elevator and trim tabs. These are ooking great now.

Sunday afternoon and evening spent on cutting in the tail hook and wheel to the rear of the fuselage. Tailwheel is actually for the Tracker. I wanted to do that one first as the shape is a bit better for the fuselage cut. Today I will put the E-1B tailwheel in this model and save the one shown for the Tracker.

I am awaiting some drawings to complete the side windows placement and some minor sizing verifications.

Today's focus will be on tweaking the flaps and ailerons shape and finalizing animations.
 
:salute:Cag, Smoothie's right about the sounds...coming to grips with X, so "yup he'll do it.... "

I wish I could get some genuine flaps and retrack sounds for this one...sure be worth it!

Offers anyone?
 
I know that all the little details that are worked on do not show but many hours are involved in them before more visible progress can be made.

So far today, I have focused on lights on the vstabs, and doing serious reconstruction underneath the wings for the flaps and aileron interfaces. Unfortunately, the work there does not show up on an untextured aircraft in this test. :/

I am trying to complete as much as possible on the fuselage, wings, control surfaces and empennage before moving on to the gear.
 
Milton,

You're doing an absolutely amazing job again! For such an odd airplane she looks outstanding.

Cheers,
Maarten
 
Cant wait for this to be finished!!! I grew up with S-2A's Operated by the CDF. I used to love how it would rattle your brain when it flew over the fence. I just loaded a video i edited up from a friend who recorded them at Hemet. Turn up your Volume and hold on to your seat!!!

http://youtu.be/P9i9nIRyAe8
 
Maarten said:
Milton,

You're doing an absolutely amazing job again! For such an odd airplane she looks outstanding.

Cheers,
Maarten
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Thank you Maarten; I appreciate that. :)

tankerguy72 said:
Cant wait for this to be finished!!! I grew up with S-2A's Operated by the CDF. I used to love how it would rattle your brain when it flew over the fence. I just loaded a video i edited up from a friend who recorded them at Hemet. Turn up your Volume and hold on to your seat!!!

http://youtu.be/P9i9nIRyAe8
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Great video and sounds. Thanks for sharing. :)
 
tankerguy72 said:
Cant wait for this to be finished!!! I grew up with S-2A's Operated by the CDF. I used to love how it would rattle your brain when it flew over the fence. I just loaded a video i edited up from a friend who recorded them at Hemet. Turn up your Volume and hold on to your seat!!!

http://youtu.be/P9i9nIRyAe8
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:salute: VERRRY nice quality sounds T! Great input towards the soundset.

Its almost taken me back to scratch, but absolutely worth it.

Thanks.
 
I have more if you need it. I took some video of start up and them taxiing around and another of it flying by on departure.

I also have ALOT of photos inside and out of the CDF version.
 
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