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It's not that hard, once you practice a bit. I made a cylinder, shaped it to the fuselage, and cut out the cockpit. Then I extruded the the glass, and the cockpit frame from that. After that, I extruded the vertical stabilizer and rear wings, with the rudder and elevator coming last. That's a bit simplistic, but basically that's it. Here are a couple of updated pictures. Again, the wings are extruded from the fuselage...
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If you're still kind of new to this, the tendency is to use a bunch of segments (the vertical lines here) for your cylinder. It's actually a case of less is more here. The first time I attempted to build a plane, I tried to make a Spitfire and came out with a fuselage that roughly resembled a tan dog turd. Just look at the outline of the fuselage and see where it bends and give a few segments for that. If it seems a bit blocky, remember you'll be adding smoothing later. Features such as the headrest, wings and vertical stabilizer will be extruded later, so it'll help a bit if you can leave a segment where they begin or end. The hole for the cockpit will be cut out later, so also, don't worry about that right now.
I probably could have done with one or two less towards the front...
Look around the web and you'll find no shortage of tutorials for modeling in Max, especially on Youtube. FS sites have copious amounts of resources for you to take advantage of. I'm still kind of new to FS Developer, but they seem like they might have some good stuff here.
A little music helps a lot too. I prefer to listen to Peter Gabriel...
I probably could have done with one or two less towards the front...
Look around the web and you'll find no shortage of tutorials for modeling in Max, especially on Youtube. FS sites have copious amounts of resources for you to take advantage of. I'm still kind of new to FS Developer, but they seem like they might have some good stuff here.
A little music helps a lot too. I prefer to listen to Peter Gabriel...
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Im sorry, i really don't mean to take over your thread, please say if i am....
So, i have create my box of images, and started to create just the front section, this is what i have so far, only made from the side view, but when i begin to scale from the top few, it all goes pair shaped and the fuse looks rubbish and disformed, i probably used to less vertices but it's a start?
So, i have create my box of images, and started to create just the front section, this is what i have so far, only made from the side view, but when i begin to scale from the top few, it all goes pair shaped and the fuse looks rubbish and disformed, i probably used to less vertices but it's a start?
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First things first...
When setting up your box, you cannot be anal enough about getting it right. This is the foundation from which everything you do will build on and if it's wrong, then nothing else will be right. It's VERY easy to get it wrong...
I did a tutorial on setting up the box over at Simviation that I'll upload here as well. In the mean time, you'll find it at the bottom of the page if you click HERE.
Other than that, you have the basic idea of it.
Kevin
When setting up your box, you cannot be anal enough about getting it right. This is the foundation from which everything you do will build on and if it's wrong, then nothing else will be right. It's VERY easy to get it wrong...
I did a tutorial on setting up the box over at Simviation that I'll upload here as well. In the mean time, you'll find it at the bottom of the page if you click HERE.
Other than that, you have the basic idea of it.
Kevin
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Keep in mind that -for the most part- fuselages are symmetrical...
...you really only need ONE good side. That's why it's often easier to concentrate on getting ONE side accurate, then clone/mirror modify/attach/weld to form the whole.
Guess it would have helped to mention that ...
I really like aircraft from that era.
Did you know that the P-26 saw service with the Chinese Air Force in the 1930's? It had the chinese sun insignia on the wings. I have a black n white photo of it in one of my aviation books.
P-26 is a neat, neat little fighter. First monoplane pursuit plane in U.S. service.
I design buildings (airport towers, terminals, hangars) for FSX, so normally I don't get into the curves you aircraft guys get into.
However...I know what you mean when you say, "less is more"...I found that out when I did the curved roof of Terminal D and KDFW. Version 1 of that roof was--abominable--and only after I re-made it with fewer vertices, did it start to round out. No pun intended.
Did you know that the P-26 saw service with the Chinese Air Force in the 1930's? It had the chinese sun insignia on the wings. I have a black n white photo of it in one of my aviation books.
P-26 is a neat, neat little fighter. First monoplane pursuit plane in U.S. service.
I design buildings (airport towers, terminals, hangars) for FSX, so normally I don't get into the curves you aircraft guys get into.
However...I know what you mean when you say, "less is more"...I found that out when I did the curved roof of Terminal D and KDFW. Version 1 of that roof was--abominable--and only after I re-made it with fewer vertices, did it start to round out. No pun intended.
I would just cut the poly, but someone may have a better way. Remember, I'm not really that much farther along than you are...
