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Hi guys,

I've now been working on Juri's King Air 300 for about week and a half, and I'm pretty much done with  the exterior model. I'll start working on the VC soon, after I've finished placing texture maps on the model. Here is a progress shot of the untextured model.

BTW, I'm looking for help regarding the master textures (both exterior and interior), if there are any interested texture artists out there, please let me know!

Regards,
-Esa

First: Many thanks to Esa for taking the Kingair under his wings, I'm very happy to see the progress he's making!

Second: for anyone who's still interested in these models, just drop me a line, and I'll send the source files to you. There are no oblications about finishing the work, but IF you complete the aircraft and you want to distribute it, it will have to be freeware and has to be distributed on at least one free access site.

The reason these files are not put on Adopt a Design -board is that it seems like a graveyard of models and I don't want to bury mine yet 

-Juri

P.S. Seems that these files are going from Finland to Finland. I  think its funny considering this is a very international board...

May I see the Bearcat?

Well, you don't say, it worked. Bearcat is the least finished of my models, so there's a lot to do...

-Juri

The King Air is coming along very nicely, although it's not ready yet...

How long does it take to bring a model from an idea to a ready product? It's really hard to say. An experienced modeler can put the basic 3D model together reasonably fast (depeding on how much time he has to put aside for the project and how good reference material there is at hand). But that's only a part of the equation. Textures will take additional time, as will animation... and if there's a virtual cocpit/cabin involved it'll add some extra work. Panel and gauges/systems can be very time consuming to program, depending on their complexity and the desired level of accuracy. There are not many of those who can do it all by themselves.

-Esa

rootbeer wrote on May 31^st, 2007 at 11:10am:


Thank you!

I wouldn't forget it. You'll just need to start slowly, pick up an aircraft that you really like and are reasonably familiar with. Collect some material to start on, but don't settle for the very first 3-view you can find. It pays off later if you spend some time choosing the references well.  If you are not familiar with the design program, build something simple first. It doesn't have to be an airplane... just something that will allow you to learn the functions and tools the program offers. You'll learn as you go along. If it came with a tutorial project, build that one. Or look for some on the net.

-Esa