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Post by Tom/CalClassic on Feb 14, 2009 17:49:30 GMT -5
Hi all, Just a couple of pics of the progress made on the mod of Jens' VC for the Greg Pepper DC-6B: Not much visible progress in this view, but the fuselage walls are now textured and the panel is now the light gray of later aircraft: This shows the overhead panel, which has FS gauges in the center portion. The rest of the roof and sides are textured as in the upper left of this image, similar to Manfred's Starliner textures (I borrowed them - with permission). They are green instead of blue though. I am now working on the center pedestal. It is about 1/3 textured, but I still have to learn how to make the levers draggable. Still far off... Take care,
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Post by tcreed on Feb 14, 2009 18:21:14 GMT -5
looking good Tom..!!
rgds t.creed
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Post by circleman on Feb 14, 2009 21:32:04 GMT -5
wow. full immersion into the old 6b. might have to get a wider monitor.
cman
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Post by PeteHam on Feb 14, 2009 23:51:15 GMT -5
WOW This is looking awesome. Thanks Tom. Pete.
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Post by Willy on Feb 15, 2009 2:24:27 GMT -5
A great "facelift" to one of my favorite FS aircraft.
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Post by Maarten on Feb 15, 2009 7:06:21 GMT -5
Hi Tom,
Looks very, very good. I'm very curious about the final result. My hat off for you.
Cheers, Maarten
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Post by ikkim1985 on Feb 15, 2009 8:31:09 GMT -5
Looking Great, Tom. Really looking foward to it Cheers. Dennis kim
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Post by billbrocker on Feb 15, 2009 9:14:10 GMT -5
Oooohhh! Ahhhhhh! Much need overhaul. Looks great.
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Post by eddiejez on Feb 15, 2009 15:36:02 GMT -5
Hi Tom thats comming along very nicely looking good ! rgds Edd
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Post by noisyspeedbird on Feb 15, 2009 17:01:39 GMT -5
As a VC flyer, with a soft spot for the 6, who's just getting into FSEconomy (who've just introduced 4-engined birds), I feel like this development is just for me!
Oh, and it looks absolutely fantastic!
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Post by Tom/CalClassic on Feb 15, 2009 20:31:39 GMT -5
Hi again, More progress. Press the reload button on your browser to see more FS gauges in the overhead shot above. Most of the textures you see are either Jens' original textures, or some photorealistic ones I found. Manfred has provided some too - see below. The pedestal - I finished texturing it. It uses the DC-3 radio (since that's what the real ones used). Most of the levers are now draggable. Still have a few more of those to do. All the FS gauges are there now: The right front side of the cockpit: The left side of the cockpit. Thanks to Manfred Jahn for the radio stack textures: The right rear of the cockpit - navigator's station. This area will be a cargo hold in domestic versions. Thanks again to Manfred Jahn for the wall textures: The one major thing still to do is add the final complement of gauges to the main panel - it's only about 2/3 done. I will be busy the next two weeks, so it will be at least that long...
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Post by railrunner130 on Feb 15, 2009 21:32:00 GMT -5
Nice job Tom!!! Many thanks in advance for taking on this wonderful project.
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Post by ashaman on Feb 15, 2009 22:59:36 GMT -5
Looks like a masterpiece in the making. I might ( just might) be tempted to betray my Connies for a brief liaison with this. Keep up the good work.
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Post by ozbeowulf on Feb 16, 2009 6:09:36 GMT -5
This is very, very impressive, Tom!
As you know, I'm a 2D panel guy who almost never uses VC panels, but your work with this project is making me realize what is possible but almost never done by other developers.
Well done!
Cheers,
Glenn
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Post by Maarten on Feb 16, 2009 9:31:02 GMT -5
BRILLIANT! Cheers, Maarten
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