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# 8 15-03-2010 , 02:56 AM
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Still have some proxy stuff left.

Roughed in the cowling. The shape is not correct. The cowling is a tough shape for me to model. I will go back and model the proper shape later.

Split the canopy up into the frame and the glass. This was quite fun. I created the full shape using birail 3+. Then tweaked it a bit with a lattice. Then trimmed the glass from the frame using a curve projection. Then converted from nurbs to polygon using "count". Then cleaned up the poly mesh and added thickness.

Modeled the 3-blade constant speed prop. It can be rigged.

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To do:

- tail wheel spring
- cabin struts
- wires and linkages
- misc surface details
- fuel cap

Most of the tail wheel asm. done. Just need to model the linkages.

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"If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." Sir Isaac Newton, 1675

Last edited by ctbram; 15-03-2010 at 10:06 AM.