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Joberg

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Re: Curtiss Hawk III build: Week 5
« Reply #36 on: April 16, 2012, 07:55:56 PM »
Mmmm! That's good airplane.
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Re: Curtiss Hawk III build: Week 5
« Reply #37 on: April 16, 2012, 08:41:50 PM »
Quote from: HundertzehnGustav on April 16, 2012, 04:50:10 PM
but does the tail wheel and tube structure realy need so many polygones? overkill? ;-)

That's what optimize modifier is for   ::)

I was too lazy/tired to use it before making screenshots.   ;)
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Re: Curtiss Hawk III build: Week 4
« Reply #38 on: April 16, 2012, 10:40:30 PM »
[leperemagloire]


Is that box with the knobs and switches on the lower right corner a radio set?

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David Prosser
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Re: Curtiss Hawk III build: Week 5
« Reply #39 on: April 16, 2012, 10:46:22 PM »
[LiddleMaus]


It's coming along well. I've got the Hawk III franken plane at the moment. This one will be great to have. Just the thing for my Gran Chaco War campaign. No doubt, Sino-Japanese war buffs will be interested too.

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David Prosser
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Re: Curtiss Hawk III build: Week 5
« Reply #40 on: April 17, 2012, 06:29:43 AM »
"Is that box with the knobs and switches on the lower right corner a radio set?"
No,this is an electrical distribution panel and switch box
Check MP ;)
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Re: Curtiss Hawk III build: Week 5
« Reply #41 on: April 17, 2012, 08:39:13 AM »


OK leperemagloire It looked big and bulky like a 1930s radio, that's all.

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David Prosser
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LiddleMaus

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Re: Curtiss Hawk III build: Week 6
« Reply #42 on: April 22, 2012, 09:40:19 PM »
Just an average weekly update.


Curtis Hawk III, Model 68C


Curtis BF2C-1 "Goshawk"

(Left: FB2C / Right: Hawk III)
 

Lastly, additional details:


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In concluding, the struts still need a bit of detailing. Also, I will have to begin work on the grills, and and render any other fuselage/wing details I may have missed. Next month (which is soon), I will begin work on the engine and landing gear     ::) .....wish me luck.
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Re: Curtiss Hawk III build: Week 6
« Reply #43 on: April 22, 2012, 11:09:02 PM »
Lots of luck! Looks great!
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Re: Curtiss Hawk III build: Week 6
« Reply #44 on: April 23, 2012, 04:21:51 AM »
Thanks to LiddleMaus this plane should be flying around the Gran Chaco and Hangkow reasonably soon.
Keep up the good work.

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Re: Curtiss Hawk III build: Week 6
« Reply #45 on: April 23, 2012, 06:58:43 AM »
Beautiful work!  :)

How many polys so far?

Hawkers :)
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Re: Curtiss Hawk III build: Week 6
« Reply #46 on: April 23, 2012, 10:21:42 AM »
Quote from: Hawkman on April 23, 2012, 06:58:43 AM
Beautiful work!  :)

How many polys so far?

Hawkers :)

Good question. We're looking at a grand total of 8,485 polygons (counting both externals and internals). Yeah, I couldn't believe it too when I saw it. Here's a screenshot:



To my understanding, I just need to cut the plane into pieces once I'm done. And, keep each individual smaller piece below 3,000 poly. But, correct me if I'm wrong.  ;)


Oh and for the record, I mostly shape pieces from default polygons -- mainly cylinders. The splines frames from earlier were used as guides when forming the polygon. I rarely do spline modeling. But when I do, I use it for more complex shapes. Also, I avoid turbosmooth (and any surface modifier) like the plague.
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Re: Curtiss Hawk III build: Week 6
« Reply #47 on: April 23, 2012, 01:03:36 PM »
Looks very good so far...  :)
...and I hate to say it, but what you need to take care when looking at the polycount for IL-2, is not number of polys but number of tris (triangles in the mesh).
If you right-click  over the title of the viewport in 3dsMax and choose in the menu that appears, the option "configure...", you will find in the new opened window, a tab called "statistics".
There you can check some options to hide/unhide certain items. One of those being "tris". (looking at your screenshots you should have it unchecked, as it is on default)
If you check now this option you will see that actually your polycount is a bit shorter of 17.000 tris... 
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