Post by spad54 on Feb 22, 2006 9:07:26 GMT -5
It's my hope that through this forum others will try their hand at modeling aircraft for the flight sim. It was just a year ago when Gil and I decided that we try our hand at modeling and released our first plane, the Kinner Sportster. In retrospect, it was not much to look at, but we were proud (and still are) of our accomplishment. We did not even have a 3 view to go on, only some picture we took at a fly-in the previous summer. That began the journey and we are still traveling. Along the way we met notable designers like Bill Lyons, Steve Meyers, and Tim Conrad and availed ourselves of their advice and experience.
What I'm driving at is there is a fantastic community of designers out there committed bringing quality aircraft to the simulator community and this form may be a place where we who have attained some experience may shear that with others, mentoring new designers as we have been and continue to be.
It is my hope then that this form becomes a resource providing information on any design topic or need. How to operate design software, what shortcuts exist, texture resources, 3 views and vintage photos, anything that promotes bringing quality aircraft to the Flight Sim world. With FS X looming and the new release of Abacus’ FSDS 3, we’re all going to need support as we adjust to the changes.
So let’s kick off the forum with this question;
What are people working on that they may need help on, be it models, textures or resources?
One area I am most interested in exploring is making our own gauges, how is that done, what resources are best to do it and what pit falls to avoid?
So let the forum begin and lets get building!
What I'm driving at is there is a fantastic community of designers out there committed bringing quality aircraft to the simulator community and this form may be a place where we who have attained some experience may shear that with others, mentoring new designers as we have been and continue to be.
It is my hope then that this form becomes a resource providing information on any design topic or need. How to operate design software, what shortcuts exist, texture resources, 3 views and vintage photos, anything that promotes bringing quality aircraft to the Flight Sim world. With FS X looming and the new release of Abacus’ FSDS 3, we’re all going to need support as we adjust to the changes.
So let’s kick off the forum with this question;
What are people working on that they may need help on, be it models, textures or resources?
One area I am most interested in exploring is making our own gauges, how is that done, what resources are best to do it and what pit falls to avoid?
So let the forum begin and lets get building!
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