Hi Jean-Paul,

I haven't progressed on Kormoran either. I have been stuck getting my model of Yarra into a format for Max which does not destroy the vertex normals. Has been quite a challenge but I have finally managed to deliver the model. I hope my customer likes it when they see it. Next I need to revisit Sydney. I still need to add the Walrus and slice her up for dazzle scheme.

Quite surprising about the lack of photos for Kormoran's guns. It was a WW1 field artillery piece wasn't it? I had the same trouble finding photos of the very common British 4" HA gun. Often, what would have been great photos were made completely useless because they were the size of a postage stamp (the AWM is bad for that and I see no need for it. American sources are almost always displayed at a useful resolution). If I find anything half decent I will send it along.

I find the whole 3D printing thing fascinating. I recall another forum member has done some great spacecraft designs in MoI which were recreated in physical form using 3D printing as a first step to production. I'm looking forward to seeing your aircraft in a physical form. What scale will they be and for what purpose?

Mark

Steve, perhaps the following link will be useful? It is a Rhino tutorial. The original web page has gone but I found this link to a word doc version (original author appears to be Steve Sanvito):

http://katera.ru/library/%D1%C0%CF%D0/Rhinoceros/RhinoDocs/Rhino-Modeling%20Aircraft%20in%20Rhino%203D.doc

Edit: Found the original tutorial on the Wayback Machine (but not the linked texturing tutorial)...

http://web.archive.org/web/20041023094709/www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Haven/2470/rhinotut.html

Hey Mark,

big thanks for the superb tutorial !

All the best for 2010 my friend !!!

Greetings, Steve

Happy New Year to you Steve :)

Mark

Hi Guys,

After a big break, I am coming back to MoI modeling, and to start afresh with this chubby early jet fighter from Marcel Dassault: the remarkable MD-450 Ouragan. Here are a few rendering. Then level of detail is rather sparse but bear in mind that this object is a little more than 30mm long only (as it is designed to be 3D-printed). I wonder if the hair-thick windshield detail will be reproduced properly.

I still have in line two sets of Big-3 bombers: the WW2 heavies (Lancaster, Halifax and Stirling) and their 50's offsprings (the V-Bombers). At least, even at 1/350, these are rather large objects.

As ever, I am struggling a bit to blend the wings in the fuselage and fiddling with the Offset and Shell to make the movable parts of the wings and Rudder, but all in all it is good to be back !

I will keep you posted.

Jean-Paul

Looks good Jean-Paul. I bet it will be neat to see it 3D printed. If you think of it, how about posting a photo when you have done that. It would be interesting to compare the results.