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Proton Bullette
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Tidy work Bill! And a lot more likely than the Christmas Bullet (look it up on Wikipedia if you like, I did...)
Whoa.. Wild looking thing. Thinking outside of the box... about boxes.. with sharp edges... very sharp edges...
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This reminds me of the Yak-1 prototype I started modelling years ago.
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You might want to change the name, since it might be unintentionally funny to Germans.
In this part of the country, a Bulette is this:
Although certainly not the first aircraft to be called that, I'd change the name to "Wanderfalke" (peregrine falcon). Lean body, built for speed and the landing gear looks a bit like extended claws ready to fish a rodent out of the tall grass.
In this part of the country, a Bulette is this:
Although certainly not the first aircraft to be called that, I'd change the name to "Wanderfalke" (peregrine falcon). Lean body, built for speed and the landing gear looks a bit like extended claws ready to fish a rodent out of the tall grass.
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Ive locked in the shape (collapsed the stack with NURM's). Cutting out parts like Ailerons, cubby access door, canopy lift structure, split under-flaps. Working on the cockpit presently. When the controls are put in, I'll map it all, slap some paint on it, then start breaking it apart and animating it.
Nose of a Fieseler, tail of a Bucker Jungmeister, long legs of a Skylark... heh heh... fun..
Nose of a Fieseler, tail of a Bucker Jungmeister, long legs of a Skylark... heh heh... fun..
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Worked on small bits, then worked on the yellow scheme to get the properties in order. Still too much shine, reflection is better. Grunge mottling added (barely visible, helps the paint look realistic). Some decals. Need to do those control wires next. Textured the split flaps inner area's with stacked, laminated Spruce. Getting there.
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With the angle she flies at, you get a pretty good visibility. All the WWII fighters (most of them) had huge engine noses, so they had to do things to keep visibility at slow speeds and when on the ground. One was side slipping, another was hanging your head out the canopy. I made a view (both sides) where you hand your head out the canopy and the is tilted like 15 or 20 degress, lol.. Hilarious. But, yes.. It isnt easy. The Bucker Jungmann is like that, and the Extra 300 two seater as well. I dont see how people can handle that, sitting in the back seat. Same with the Piper Cub.
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Another thing I did on this is cut join seams out on the Canopy. Something I have been getting into on the last few planes is something I learned from car makers in 3ds Max. They have gaps in the seams for realism. It looks really good. You do not have to worry about doing these in lines on the graphics when you do this. With the Ailerons and control surfaces, I try to put in gaps now. You can clearly see where the top canopy structure is, as well as the forward and sides of the cowling seams. I put in a backer strip on the cowling seams to keep you from seeing all the way through the cowling panels.