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Monty's C-47 (1948) wip!

Willy said:
Very Nice! I've held off on the C-47. That might have to change.

I'm working on a makeover for the Cal Classic C-46 (and JBK B307) and the rivets can be quite maddening. Good close up pics are hard to find and not many references show the rivets.
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There are some areas that I can't see on the C-47 and comb the net daily for that one photo. There are some fantastic blueprints, but at a cost.

Scaling is a problem due the mapping of the model, so are limited to how the rivets look.

I find it fun to see if one can replicate an aircraft in the virtual world! Plus this as inspiration... http://www.manuelflemming.de/douglas-c-47/
 
That is some fine panel and rivet work there TuFun. I assume you are redoing the bump maps too.
Will you be releasing those layers for the PK by chance when you are done? I sure would like to update
my released paints with those.

Joe
 
Yep it's madding how large the files are... close to locking up my computer with 16GB DDR3.

Anyways most of my time getting those rivets on the borderline on the wing fairing set.

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Alpha in the SPEC.... alpha in the .DDS.... MetalWorks! :biggrin-new: Fairing revised, nose and aft med section need attention next.

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Some areas need fixing...
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Flyboy208 said:
Ted, when painting in non-alpha does it make it easier when adding panel lines and rivets? Mike :wavey:
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I find it easier to find errors which there is some that I didn't notice with alphas applied. Also depends how dark the metal is. As you can see in the wings a little darker makes the rivets pop. You can soften the rivets by lighten the color as seen in the fuselage. The wings will get a lighter color when finished to match the fuselage. Just experimenting at the moment. I must have changed stuff half a dozen times already.

Love using the curve tool, especially doing specs, and alphas. :untroubled:
 
Crikey that is looking Very very smart, it is good to be able to walk around a DC-3/C-47 and really study the bits and pieces , great work Ted :very_drunk:
 
Interesting cargo doors of a C-47... camera ship! At least that's what it is listed, I suspect a different aircraft.

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Working on the cargo doors and fixed the angle on half of the rivets on the bottom part of the tail.

There are several ways the doors are assembled.

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Got to spend some time on this today which is rare these days, but focused on the H-stab. Testing different materials on the canvas.

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