Lockheed C-5 "Fred" II

[SaVas]

Fred taking off from Orlando headed to Miami, then off to Iraq



Coming in for a landing; Miami in the distance



Almost there



Different view of Fred coming in for a landing



Touchdown



Open up and say "Ahhhhhhhh"

Fred has a biggo mouth



Hope you enjoyed, and as always comments welcomed good or bad.

Stephen

[Jakemaster]

the mouth reminds me of this shark (cant remember its name, starts with a b) that opens its mouth really wide to catch food.

[|| Andy ||]

basking shark i think...

Nice shots,  :) but is the VC purple in the real a/c lol...just seems a strange colour to have...

[SaVas]

[quote]basking shark i think...

Nice shots,

[Hai Perso Coyone?]

Wonderful shots Stephen!

[|| Andy ||]

Its blue lol!
http://www.lindauer-fly.ch/fotogallerie ... t%2004.jpg

[ramsa329]

Nice shots where'd you get it please

[TSC.]

Great shots Savas, that last shot made me lmao - don't know why - could be the beer I s'pose.

I've just posted my own C-5 shots in the freeware forum - but I think your shots look fantastic.

Great work,

TSC.

[SaVas]

Nice shots where'd you get it please

Michael,

Its the new Alphasim C-5

[chrisco17]

I was inside a C-5 Galaxy today at the Quonset Point Airshow in RI. I can see in this screen that the pilot has to jump really really high in order to get to the flight deck LOL  :D ......They forgot to model the ladder for the crew to climb up  :-/

[Tom.]

they didnt forget to model the ladders the model as it is now is around 80,000 polys.
the modeler wanted to put alot more features into the model and cargo loads but it hit the fps really badly and is at the high end of polys

[chrisco17]

Ah, ok I understand.
Although..... I can't really see how a ladder would add too much of a framerate hit.
     The steps are flat, so there are four sides to them, (you don't have to model the ends, they are covered), figure maybe 20 steps, plus the sides of the steps, add another 8,  plus the hand rails (can be made square) so that would be minimum of 92 extra polys. so they could be made within a budget of 100 polys (in case of more than 20 steps).
So when you're talking about 80,000 polys, 100 more won't make a difference.
     Not a critisism, because this looks like a GREAT model, just breaking it down.

[SaVas]

[quote]Ah, ok I understand.
Although..... I can't really see how a ladder would add too much of a framerate hit.

[chrisco17]

Agreed, the flight is the most important.  :)

[Fitter]

First and last shots are masterpieces...