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Manecas has been "out of commission" for a while now so that's why we have not heard from him recently; hopefully he will be back soon.

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Hi Milton, hi fellows, indeed, I have been "away" for a while, due to some medical exams...
I have been loosing weight for the past three months, stomach aches, etc, and it got to a point when I "HAD" to worry...
my hobbies and such have been put on hold, and thank God all is fine, and I am coming back, so no worries, please accept my apologies if it seemed I was "gone" ;)
In the meantime a few "Mallard" items have arrived, the book titled "The Enduring Classic", an old CHALKS DVD, ( from Pioneer) with great air to air footage, which is rare,
and a lovely old print, almso mentioned in that little book.
Milton, I have even sent you a couple images to your email, havent heard from you yet, but no problem.
I am coming back to my cabin textures tomorrow, and will keep you all posted. again please forgive me for my "silence"...I had a good reason...
yours,
RC
 
RC, welcome back mon cher. Yes, I received those emails and reviewed them closely. Thank you Sir.

Will have some things for you Monday.

Great to see you back here. :wavey:
 
Thank You Milton, its great to be "back",
trust me, the Mallard is a lot more fun than that stomach biopsy I had to go through...:(
 
I have one more change to wrap up the PV-1 Ventura and I will be back on the Mallard 100%.

There will be 2 models, an early and late version exterior-wise with the interior the same.

Not a big deal to wrap this up for me but manecas is very busy with those interior textures.

Hopefully we will start seeing some activity here soon.
 
While waiting for Ventura and Mallard textures, (always gotta be busy), I have started work on this little gem.

External engines now completed and mapped; flight model evolving but already very nice; panel and gauge changes are in process.

What a difference these PT-6's make in ground and water behavior (loving these differences), take-off, climb out (beast!), and cruise (190-200 depending on cruise settings and fuel preservation needs).

Love the reverse props too; really fun to play with this in water as well.
 
Oh w.o.w.....the Turbo Mallard ...I have waited so long for this to happen.
Thank You Milton for this. Tahnk you so very much!

But I have been busy too, trying to achieve that payware look inside....
and also trying new propeller effects.
Anyday now, anyday now.....
enjoy gentlemen!




"welcome aboard"
Photoreal textures for the steps;

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Found a great mohair type of texture that you can see here covering the wing spar, that will be applied inside old school style, and eventually the whole thing will match perfectly!

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That bit there needs tweaking still....see what I mean?

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Vintage looking snacks and drinks too...in a very stilished vintage cabinet.;)

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Help yourself!

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and though they dont show here, I have in the meantime added sone glass effect for those windows, will post images later.
hope you like it so far.
yours,
rui
 
DRINKS AND SNACKS.... I'm sold :D


Gorgeous work Rui, stunning :D Glad to have your work adorning the FSX version too, you do it proud!
 
Rachael, this coming from you, means a lot to me! But I cant match your wizard capabilities as an FSX painter....thank you again. Having tomorrow to finish that cabin, will do my best to have it all by this week...
:encouragement:
 
YAY!!!

While waiting for Ventura and Mallard textures, (always gotta be busy), I have started work on this little gem.

External engines now completed and mapped; flight model evolving but already very nice; panel and gauge changes are in process.

What a difference these PT-6's make in ground and water behavior (loving these differences), take-off, climb out (beast!), and cruise (190-200 depending on cruise settings and fuel preservation needs).

Love the reverse props too; really fun to play with this in water as well.


I can hardly wait!! I have an Aussie G-73 coming soon...the nose has been a bear. VH-CQA (formerly N611DS) followed by a Texaco. This will resolve my problem of finding a proper NZ registered bird since about the only liveries I can find pictures of are turbo conversions...I just love this airplane!!! I'll put up a couple screenshots in the morning. VH-CQA is currently operating from Evan's Head Airpark, NSW.
 
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Every part of this aircraft is looking totally brilliant!

Indeed, thanks to so many talented contributors here. :applause:

I can hardly wait!! I have an Aussie G-73 coming soon...the nose has been a bear. VH-CQA (formerly N611DS) followed by a Texaco. This will resolve my problem of finding a proper NZ registered bird since about the only liveries I can find pictures of are turbo conversions...I just love this airplane!!! I'll put up a couple screenshots in the morning. VH-CQA is currently operating from Evan's Head Airpark, NSW.

Wellis, oh man, I really appreciate that and look forward to these paint schemes. :jump:
 
After that cabin is done, :adoration: I would like to paint the second Mallard being built, house colours grey blue and yellow....
Something "classic" to go with its "classic" cabin!;-))))
I will try and upload my propeller textures as well later, did two with red tip and yellow tips...
later gentlemen,
yours,
rc
 
Indeed, thanks to so many talented contributors here. :applause:



Wellis, oh man, I really appreciate that and look forward to these paint schemes. :jump:

Thanks for the encouragement and thank you and Firekitten for this absolutely wonderful model and paint kit! Here are some screen shots of VH-CQA. A few more tweaks. Next up Texaco N2949
 

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