tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35998043802471085542023-06-20T08:38:34.423-04:00439 Tiger's FlightGear BlogA Chronicle of some of my projects for FlightGear439 Tiger a.k.a. Bob Maheuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06313557225501519466noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599804380247108554.post-73163052768667845992011-12-21T21:16:00.000-05:002011-12-21T21:16:47.853-05:00My Start in 3D Modeling<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ok, where to start. Well the first step is to gather information on modelling and what program to use. After reading many posts on modelling in the FlightGear forums I decided to go with the most popular and chose <a href="http://www.blender.org/" target="_blank">Blender</a> and it's free!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then I looked at some tutorials and stopped on the ones I will talk about: The first two are done by Emmanuel Baranger who is a very prolific aircraft modeller <a href="http://helijah.free.fr/flightgear/Creation/Creation-en.htm" target="_blank">Creating An Aircraft in Blender</a> is good but if you understand French like I do you will be better served by the French version <a href="http://helijah.free.fr/flightgear/Creation/Creation-fr.htm" target="_blank">Creating An Aircraft in Blender (French Version)</a> as the English version was done with Google Translate.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I also found as series of videos made by <a href="http://vimeo.com/user7411481" target="_blank">Peter Haig</a> on how to model an aircraft in 3D with Blender. I took a look at them and decided I would be using them as my starting point. I started with this <a href="http://vimeo.com/27650475" target="_blank">Video Tutorial</a> and it took me 4 hours to get through the first 10 minutes or so of the video to have the same results as him, Blender is very powerful and therefore has a very steep learning curve. But by replaying the video and reading the help files I managed to get this far the first day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The next time went a lot faster, it only took me a half-hour to finish the fuselage, I have to fix the radome as it is an extension of the fuselage and should be round instead.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I did this a few weeks ago so I hope I haven't forgotten all I have learned.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I hope to have some time over the Christmas Holidays to work on the model so that I can show you some progress soon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Bye for now...And Merry Christmas!!!</span><br />
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<br />439 Tiger a.k.a. Bob Maheuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06313557225501519466noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599804380247108554.post-9493164547422785392011-12-20T20:44:00.001-05:002011-12-21T12:35:33.030-05:00The Big Project<br />
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Source: <a href="http://ianbeattyphoto.com/" target="_blank">Ian Beatty Photography</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I chose this aircraft for many reasons, first and foremost it's Canadian! Second, I love STOL aircraft, and it is unique. I've worked on these when I was in the Canadian air force and have seen their awesome flight display many times.</span><br />
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Source: <a href="http://wildairphoto.com/" target="_blank">Wild Air Photography</a><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">I started this project a few weeks ago but I decided I would chronicle its progress.</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I needed to get some information first and the absolute best place to get high quality aircraft photos is from <a href="http://www.airliners.net/" target="_blank">Airliners.net</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another thing I needed to get started was to get a blueprint of the model and I found this at a site which specialises in all kinds of blueprints: <a href="http://www.the-blueprints.com/" target="_blank">The-Blueprints.com</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">That's all for this time, next time I will show you the start of my 3D modeling...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I wanted to introduce myself. My name is Bob Maheu and I've been a member of the FlightGear community for a little over a year. There I'm known as 439 Tiger, my nickname comes from the squadron I belonged to for the longest part of my career in the Canadian air force.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">FlightGear forum members will recognise some of my work below, as I am known for my "Twotter" liveries. I decided to make a collage of some of my work to show you:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I will be using this blog to keep you up to date with my projects for FlightGear.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have a few on the go right now:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Re-doing the CL-415 paintkit and improving the whole package.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Re-doing the DHC-4 Caribou painkit and improving the whole package.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My new major undertaking and the star of this blog the <b>DHC-5 Buffalo.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And of course<b> </b>"Twotter" liveries.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So please come and visit regularly to see what I've been up to.</span><br />
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