Recent work February - tipUp textures

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Recent work February - tipUp textures

Postby maherd » Mon Feb 21, 2011 11:17 pm

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Most of the screenshots so far haven’t featured the tip-up canopy cabins (tip7 and tip7A), because they were behind and included some inaccuracies. So it’s nice to get them looking better.

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There is still minor work here, but the tedious work is done. The textures can be adjusted in the interior paint-kit. So colors for cabin paint, panel, seats, powderCoats, and so on can be adjusted to suit your design (w. photoShop or similar). A versatile paint-kit takes longer than a one-off texture, but once it’s established it’s much easier to quickly make large and small modification to the look.

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The tip canopy has a fun feature, suggested by JimP, prop thrust and airspeed affect it’s open position. So you can taxi with it open a few inches…if that’s your habit on hot days.

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In the open position you can see behind the panel…

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The curve of the glare shield and windscreen fairing needed to be smoothed with a few more points. The distinctive lightening holes received more detail too. In this picture the bulkhead behind the panel doesn’t include its rivet, seam, and cutout details. That work is already done, but I accidentally hid it when exporting the texture.

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The yellow-zinc plated nuts that attach the canopy plexi got a little work…they did look like bolts. The canopy frame looks stock to me ;) The details and colors on the gauge housings will get one last quick pass.

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The lighting in the foot well area is a little brighter…it looks in shadow but all the details are clearly visible. The brackets that hold the main gear (7A) are just visible in front of the seats.

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So the panel color is adjustable. This one is two-tone – a bit like a Cessna 172. The gauge bezels will get a quick adjustment in brightness, contrast, and specular.

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Still a few squawks to address but it’s a serviceable flyer. I’m crossing off the last of the phase-1 flights.

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There's somethings about lightening holes - they make anything look cool ;)

As you're likely aware I can’t give a definitive release date yet. I’m about two weeks behind where I wanted to be today. So I’m still adjusting the schedule. It’s important that the project is released as soon as possible, because adding time does put me out of pocket. So rest assured any work I’m doing now is required work. That work still needs to be done to the highest practical standard. So if something takes a few days to get right it’s time well spent. I appreciate how frustrating waiting can be, still the message I’m getting from everyone is finish it right. :wink:
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Re: Recent work February

Postby mkmuirhead » Tue Feb 22, 2011 2:03 am

Danny,

All I can say is WOW! That is amazing detail!!! :shock: :shock: :D :D

I can't wait! Thanks for all the amazing work. I am stoked to do this up in my paint scheme! I must say that I think this will be a great way for real RVers to paint up their planes and "see" how it will look in flight.

Want to sell a ton of this software? Come to Oshkosh, WI July 25-31, 2011 and set up any where near the Van's booth. You will not be able to keep them in stock then! :D
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Re: Recent work February

Postby wnt2fly2001 » Tue Feb 22, 2011 3:48 am

Danny, thanks for posting these. The detail in that canopy is out of this world !!! Once it's released, I can see a LOT of my other planes gathering dust in the far reaches of my virtual hangar :lol:

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Re: Recent work February

Postby bazzam » Tue Feb 22, 2011 9:43 am

Danny, it is looking brilliant. It has been such a long journey for you but I think this RV will be a very special bird. I truly hope that it does well for you when it is released.
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Re: Recent work February

Postby cmooring » Wed Feb 23, 2011 1:13 am

Wow!
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Re: Recent work February

Postby Rimshot » Thu Feb 24, 2011 10:56 am

Beautiful!
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Re: Recent work February

Postby NickRV6 » Sat Feb 26, 2011 12:12 am

Can we see some pics of a Slider or a Taildrager???
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Re: Recent work February

Postby RVBldr » Sun Feb 27, 2011 12:43 am

Nick, see the N303P Repaint, that's at least a taildragger (but not slider)

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Re: Recent work February

Postby mdm248111 » Sun Feb 27, 2011 3:26 am

Just gorgeous! :D

Any extra wait will be well worth it I'm sure! I just hope my PC can handle it!
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Re: Recent work February

Postby RVBldr » Sun Feb 27, 2011 8:23 pm

If you can run FSX on your box, you'll be just fine. If necessary, you could adjust some of the sliders for scenery and objects. My system runs the Orbix NW Scenery with the RV (beta) just fine even with the heavy load, but it is a decent sized box.
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Re: Recent work February

Postby maherd » Sun Feb 27, 2011 9:52 pm

...thanks for all the comments guys :wink:

NickRV6 wrote:Can we see some pics of a Slider or a Taildrager???


Nick, I'll post a couple shots of the slider canopy...I just need to wrap-up a couple items first.
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Re: Recent work February

Postby maherd » Sun Mar 06, 2011 12:07 am

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Re: Recent work February

Postby wnt2fly2001 » Sun Mar 06, 2011 12:11 am

Thanks for posting the pics of the slider canopy. I still like the slider better than the tip-up for some reason.

I see the pilot has the "rv grin." :D

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Re: Recent work February

Postby NickRV6 » Sun Mar 06, 2011 2:04 am

That looks awsome thanks Danny.
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Re: Recent work February

Postby maherd » Tue Mar 08, 2011 8:26 pm

wnt2fly2001 wrote:...I still like the slider better than the tip-up for some reason.

I see the pilot has the "rv grin." :D


It's so hard to decide.
When I started my first choice was definitely the slider canopy-also…with tricycle gear.
Now I’m really partial to the tip-taildragger. So my tastes have sort of changed.
Practically though...for real life I'm not sure which arrangement would suit me best ;)

Lol, I'm glad you noticed the RV-Grin.
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