What Are You Working On (Part III)
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Tuesday, June 8, 2010 by theAVMAN | Discussion: OS Customization
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Reply #203 Wednesday, September 8, 2010 6:08 AM
Work it, Jim!
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Reply #204 Wednesday, September 8, 2010 9:26 AM
My F-105 Thud cockpit now has a functional [moving] canopy operated by xml 'gauges'. Took a bit of drawing and tweaking...but it's looking kewl.
All I need now is some suitable reference material to detail to suit....
Reply #205 Wednesday, September 8, 2010 12:36 PM
You might want to try accessing nasa's archives. They have tons of material on just about every warplane that flew from korea onward. What the 'Thud' was most famous for was it's use as a 'Wild Weasel'. They'd go out over the skies of Hanoi and bait the missile batteries or the Migs the north used. Once located they'd call in other more powerful jets like the Phantom II to take them out. Didn't always work though. F-105's were big and cumbersome and slow to get out of the way.
Reply #207 Wednesday, September 8, 2010 9:11 PM
Uvah....
I have pretty well all the books ever published on the plane [just got another on monday from Amazon S/H...been out of print for yonks], most of the model kits....a couple of videos [VHS and specifically on the Wild Weasels] so their history is well known.
I need to go through all those magazine articles [again] in the search of a simple clear view of the inside rails/frame of the canopy to get mine a little more 'accurate'.
The first job though was to get the animation functioning 'right' and 'keyed' to the canopy switch...
Reply #208 Wednesday, September 8, 2010 10:32 PM
At least I'm not the only one who has an interest in aircraft. When I was younger I built just about every plane from WW1 on up to Viet Nam in 1:72 scale, 1:48 and my favorite 1:32 scale. The best two I did was the ME 109 and the P-51. Great detail especially on the engines. One I did before they became too expensive was the F/A 18 Hornet in 1:32 scale. Did some heavy mods to it with light up displays on the instrument panel, clear plastic over the dials with grain-of-wheat bulbs (before LED's came along) and strands of plastic fiber optics from one of those novelty toys. Used those for the indicator lights. One thing I did like doing was cutting out the control surfaces and modifying them and then placing them in a down position. You should have seen the ceiling in my room. I had, no word of a lie, 100 small 72nd. scale planes hanging from it. I even had the Wright Brothers flyer. Thems was the days. Today you'd need a small fortune to buy one if they even still exist. Lol
Reply #209 Wednesday, September 8, 2010 11:39 PM
Aura Xtreme WIP (Hopefully Mike Bryant hasn't disappeared)
Acrylic7 Xtreme WIP (Pending permission)
Reply #210 Thursday, September 9, 2010 12:40 AM
Nice work,WG. 
You make some outstanding themes.
BTW,I joined your fan club when I got Nexus Ultimate
Reply #211 Thursday, September 9, 2010 1:20 AM
You make some outstanding themes.
BTW,I joined your fan club when I got Nexus Ultimate
Thanks Wiz! 
Reply #212 Thursday, September 9, 2010 2:00 AM
Aura! I love Aura! Nice work! 
Reply #213 Thursday, September 9, 2010 10:11 AM
Thanks Brian! 
Got some of your skins in the works now as well!
Reply #214 Thursday, September 9, 2010 12:50 PM
Damn, Giz. I thought about trying to skin WSX, hell, you're gonna do them all before I get a chance at this rate! Looking good!
I musta missed Aura, who did the blind?
Reply #215 Thursday, September 9, 2010 1:58 PM
Jim looks dynamite man thanks again! 
Both looks super Giz 
Reply #216 Thursday, September 9, 2010 2:07 PM
I have about 20 more in progress and about 10 more waiting to get started. Mike Bryant did Aura.
Thanks AV!
Reply #217 Thursday, September 9, 2010 8:19 PM
Acrylic7 gets my vote, I'm partial to blue anyway. Very nice work Web. I'm gonna try for Nexus again just so I can get my greedy hands on both of 'em.
In the mean time an update on my rainy. The buttons may look a little too big or may not fit the skin. What do you guys think.
Reply #218 Thursday, September 9, 2010 10:06 PM
Reply #219 Thursday, September 9, 2010 10:42 PM
Yep... and I can't wait to give them a spin!
Mg.... you'd better not leave Giz with empty hands....devil's workshop, you know.
Reply #220 Friday, September 10, 2010 1:37 AM
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Reply #201 Tuesday, September 7, 2010 10:16 PM
Work it, Jim!
