A-7D Corsair II Work-In-Progress

[djackson]

Hello, this is my first post on this forum, but I thought I'd post some screenies of a project I'm working on for a FS9 and FSX and other combat aircraft sims.

[Mr.Mugel]

Looking good, would be cool, if you

[djackson]

Yes, definitely will have a virtual cockpit.  The guy I'm building this with has an actual A-7D cockpit so we have the real deal.

[SkyNoz]

Nice I hope it's free ware, 5k Poly for fuse is not bad at all. Good luck on finishing it and keep us updated! 8-)

[BMan1113VR]

Wow, it looks beautiful.

Welcome to the forums too!

By the way, for the future please follow the image guidelines (specifically on linked images): http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb2 ... 1136648799
Don't worry about it this time, I fixed them.

[djackson]

Thanks BMan!

Will do!

I'll get some more update shots of the A-7D project.  

[BMan1113VR]

[quote]Thanks BMan!

Will do!

I'll get some more update shots of the A-7D project.

[Katahu]

I recommend you to check out these tutorials on how to model a head and a body for the pilot. Just scroll to the section titled "modeling and texturing tutorials".

These tutorials have helped me a lot when it comes to creating my drivers. I hope they serve you well for your pilot models.

[djackson]

Nice I hope it's free ware, 5k Poly for fuse is not bad at all. Good luck on finishing it and keep us updated! 8-)

Yep, this will be freeware.  We do plan to make some payware packages but that's a long way down the road.  The next project is variants of the A-7, and then a definitive KC-135R and variants.

~DJ

[Tweek]

Ooo, very nice. I've wanted a decent A-7 for quite a while now.

I'd love to see it in Greek colours, much like this:

(a profile of mine, currently a WIP)

[Hai Perso Coyone?]

Nice I hope it's free ware, 5k Poly for fuse is not bad at all. Good luck on finishing it and keep us updated! 8-)

Yep, this will be freeware.  We do plan to make some payware packages but that's a long way down the road.  The next project is variants of the A-7, and then a definitive KC-135R and variants.

~DJ

Looks very nice!! I am waiting for it! I really can't wait for the KC-135

[djackson]

Nice I hope it's free ware, 5k Poly for fuse is not bad at all. Good luck on finishing it and keep us updated! 8-)

Yep, this will be freeware.

[djackson]

Ooo, very nice. I've wanted a decent A-7 for quite a while now.

I'd love to see it in Greek colours, much like this:

(a profile of mine, currently a WIP)

Tweek, we are definitely doing a Greek A-7.  They are the only country still using that plane.

We are also doing the two seater version and also an A-7F (that rare aircraft that was tested with an afterburner).


I want to provide a base paint for this plane, so that others can texture it up.


Your profile is excellent, btw, did you draw that up?

[djackson]

I started work on the A-7D's Texas Instruments AN/APQ-116 radar. It's at it's most basic stage for right now. I had to figure out how the radome hinged, which was hard to do from photos. I drew the dish as best I could in Illustrator (that was hard as I didn't have a straight-on shot), and then imported that spline into C4D. Then I extruded that spline and boolean'd it with a Bezier Nurbs that I made concave. Then split it on the surface, and bingo, radar dish. Kinda like making a virtual mold.  

Now I'm debating on putting this radar on the actual flightsim model.  It could take the whole model up too much in poly's.  I think the FS9/10 models are what 20k-40k?

I'll have to do serious testing of frame rates once the entire model is built, and have several versions available.

enjoy!

~DJ

[Hai Perso Coyone?]

Wowee!! Looks awesome! I really can't wait...The Bear Studio's MIG-15 Fagot has 50K polygons...and it's not too shabby on FPS...Different models would be a cool idea...An AI friendly, low detail...etc etc...Very cool! Keep it up 8-)