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[Mission_bug]

Hello again guys here are some more images of the ongoing build, yes, I am still at it.

There is now a link in the first page of the WIP so far if any of you want to take a look at it in game and tinker yourself.

So, where were we?


Construction of the front end has started here with bonnet, removeable side panels and the front face of the
engine bay and the doors all ready to map and paint:




Trying to make the sunken holders that will eventually hold the lights:




Those parts in the process of being attached and welded to the other mesh:





Mapping and painting of the doors:





Mapping and painting of the front engine bay parts complete:





For simplicity of build the roof was made as a separate item, here I am trying to capture the shape as best I am able:





I was not sure how I would attach the roof, whether I would weld it to the cab or just fix it with the hier so I
filled in the gap that was formed between the inner and outer shell when I cloned and flipped the faces of the
original shape to make the interior:





Eventually I decided I would weld it together with the cab and so did the inner shell first and then the outer
after deleting the rim I had added previously:





Trying to finalise the shape and smooth bits out:





I was unsure how best to make the mudguards, first one I drew a shape from the side view and cloned that
to make an overall shape, the complete green one, I was not happy so went with shapes done the other way
around that worked better:





Here the original shapes are combined with the first of the various modifiers I would use to complete the shape:





With a bit of tweaking, it looked okay, ish:





The green face is intended to represent the wire frame that protects the radiator, it will eventually have alpha
cut holes for the grill:





And eventually into sim:







For those of you who bother with the current WIP download the above two images show what is in the link,
there is still much to build as at the moment it is devoid of cab and engine detail as well as the bits at the rear
for towing etc but at least the shape is together, some faces will need attention as well but at least it is now
starting to look something like, I hope.

Take care and be safe.


Wishing you all the very best, Pete. 

[stanislao]

   I'm happy to see the project continue to develop! Keep us updated on the progress!

[Mission_bug]

   I'm happy to see the project continue to develop! Keep us updated on the progress!

Hello stanislao, good to know you are still following and happy with the updates so far.

Other things get in the way of commiting a lot of time to this but I do continue to still slowly build it over the months and when I think there is enough to show I post something up.

Take care and be safe.

Wishing you all the very best, Pete. ;

[Flying H]

Great to see your working on the prodject again. If I spot something I can give some advice on I´ll give you a notice, as I´ve done earlier.

[Mission_bug]

Great to see your working on the prodject again. If I spot something I can give some advice on I´ll give you a notice, as I´ve done earlier.

Thanks for that Flying H, always good to have someone in the know keep me on the right path.

It will always be difficult to replicate something like this, no one does it better than the original manufacturers, all I can hope for is to have it look somewhere close.

Take care and be safe.

Wishing you all the very best, Pete.

[Mission_bug]

Hello guys, here is a further update of the build for any of you following it. 

Okay then, the cab was without detail so next up was to do something with that, I offered up the Thorneycroft interior
just to see what if anything might be of use:




All I used from the Thorneycroft were the seats, gear stick and hand brake and the pedal faces:




Here I attempt to build the engine bulkhead of the cabin with the dash for the instruments:




Trying to adjust it to fit the existing cab and wheel arches:




The shroud that covers the gearbox:




Seat frames, battery box and rear cab trellis work:




Adding the stuff from the Thorneycroft to the Bedford cab template to colour them:




Starting to add the trim to the bulkhead and shroud along with a few levers here and there:




Panels added at the side of the shroud and various other detail bits, I did not cut any holes in the shroud so
those panels are not intended to display detail inside there, at the moment anyway:




Making the instruments for the dash, these have separate parts to represent the glass but not the working dials:




Mapped and painted as I go, there is what appears to be some form of vent at each side of the bulkhead
but exactly what it is or how it works I know not so just made something to look like it:




The trellis and seat stands mapped and painted:




The interior done with a placard added from the Thorneycroft and a third wheel from my WIP Thorneycroft
articulated added as a tempory measure while I make a proper one for the Bedford, there are different styles
so I need to decide what is most appropriate:




Into the sim, the doors hidden so you can see inside:




Driver used from Thorneycroft suitably shoehorned into this model and temporary thirdwheel fitted:





There is also a new download of the work so far if any of you wish to try it out. 


Take care and be safe.

Wishing you all the very best, Pete.

[cgagan]

You never cease to impress us Pete! Keep up the good work!

[Bison_M]

Great detailisation!
I didn't install Bedford, but I looked at it in the meshdumper:



Keep going!

Best wishes!

Alex

[Mission_bug]

You never cease to impress us Pete! Keep up the good work!

Glad you like it so far Costas, thank you very much for the kind words. 

Great detailisation!
I didn't install Bedford, but I looked at it in the meshdumper:

Glad you like it Alex, go on, install it. 

Take care and be safe.

Wishing you all the very best, Pete.

[PO_MAK_249RIP]

Your attention to detail is simply amazing cant wait to see it finished!

[Mission_bug]

Your attention to detail is simply amazing cant wait to see it finished!

Glad you like the work so far PO_MAK_249RIP, thank you very much for the kind words. 

The model was not made specifically for the sim and so I did get a little carried away with the detail, certainly with the Thorneycroft, however, I did try to keep each mesh within the boudaries of IL-2 so I could at least test it in game to see what it looked like and also make it available to any of you guys who might want to add it in to your own install, hopefully a win, win for all.


As for when/if I will ever finish it I know not, hopefully I will get there eventually, if not the meshes are in the first post to enable someone to carry on if I do not make it over the finish line. 


Take care and be safe.

Wishing you all the very best, Pete.