Simviation Forum - Convair progress...

Aug 7^th, 2009 at 2:18pm

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Reply #1 - Aug 7^th, 2009 at 10:57pm

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That is looking good Brett, keep it up. Smiley

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Reply #2 - Aug 8^th, 2009 at 12:06am

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Thanks

Some might think CV-240 a boring airplane.. but I fell in love with them when I was shooting photos at Rickenbacker AFB.. Got to talking with a pilot.

They have a proud history, not unlike the DC-3.. and are still running cargo.

If I get ambitious, I'll make the turbine conversion too.. we all know it as the CV580 Cool

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Reply #3 - Aug 8^th, 2009 at 12:21am

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Wow, another great aircraft to look forward to....! Shocked

Thanks Brett...! Cool

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Reply #4 - Aug 8^th, 2009 at 2:13am

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HARS (Historical Aircraft Restoration Society) is working on restoring a Convair 340 in Tucson, Arizona before flying it over to Australia. So, really looking forward to seeing that flying.

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Reply #5 - Aug 8^th, 2009 at 4:48am

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Rough estimate of hours worth of work in it? Looks very good...

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Reply #6 - Aug 8^th, 2009 at 7:47am

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homebrewer wrote on Aug 8^th, 2009 at 4:48am:

Rough estimate of hours worth of work in it? Looks very good...

I go in spurts. I'll work on a model every day, several hours per day, for a week or two. Then take a week or two off. I suppose it averages out to an hour or two per day... been about 6 months.. so aproximate 250 hours so far.

Certain aspects are a breeze, and of course certain things take meticulous vertice manipulation, and mesh creation; one polygon at a time. The massive wing fillets were time consuming.. as is the wing/engine-nacelle/flap union, and corresponding animation.

Texturing will take a few weeks.. BUT the VC time will be greatly reduced... because the cockpit is very similar to the DC-3.. and the FSX SDK has the DC-3 GMAX interior model source-file in it. Some re-sizing, re-gauging and a few additions/subractions and tweaking.. and it will be just fine (and save me a few months of work) Wink

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Reply #7 - Aug 29^th, 2009 at 7:52pm

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Can't wait to repaint this bird!
Looks awesome! Grin

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