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MikomDude · Post by **MikomDude** » 19 Oct 2010, 20:10

I'm working on something that will also involve the Ka-17 Flying Tank. Here is an aircraft I've been working for that will play a certain role in this project:

PS, does anyone know what aircraft this is, the person who does wins a free cookie

marcel · Post by **marcel** » 19 Oct 2010, 20:58

maybe with a landing strip on the ka-17...

MikomDude · Post by **MikomDude** » 19 Oct 2010, 21:01

marcel wrote:maybe with a landing strip on the ka-17...

Yeah, that's very close but not entirely how I planned it. You will see soon (I hope).

Update (still WIP), maybe now it's easier to see the aircraft (insert name here and get free cookie):

marcel · Post by **marcel** » 19 Oct 2010, 21:03

Gloster Gladiator?

MikomDude · Post by **MikomDude** » 19 Oct 2010, 21:03

BINGO!

marcel · Post by **marcel** » 19 Oct 2010, 21:10

I saw that with your first image. the second image is too easier.

marcel · Post by **marcel** » 19 Oct 2010, 21:17

For the cookie i have a room here

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MikomDude · Post by **MikomDude** » 19 Oct 2010, 21:24

Well, you did a good job. How come you know so much about old aircraft? I know because my father is crazy about all old aircraft so I was more or less raised with all of these names, Spad, Fairey Swordfish, Gloster Gladiator. And later the Supermarine Spitfire, Hawker Hurricane, Messerschmidt, Stuka, Corsair, A6M1 Zero, etc... These are only some I can by hart. Others I've already forgotten

marcel · Post by **marcel** » 19 Oct 2010, 21:45

when i was young I loved to build models. I often forget the name but not the form and a search on google image gives me the memory.

MikomDude · Post by **MikomDude** » 19 Oct 2010, 21:48

Yeah, that's how my father started as well.

I also have some models that I build myself but it's hard to get those really old aircraft nowadays. I suppose building models has been replaced by games with 3d models build by other people, like us

marcel · Post by **marcel** » 19 Oct 2010, 21:56

3d or real, most important is have the pleasure of creating. first Star War models was real and the last was 3d but the creators are the same who love to creating.

MikomDude · Post by **MikomDude** » 19 Oct 2010, 21:59

Oh yeah, I'm sure. Even though I always liked the original StarWars models better than the CG models... On the other hand, I would love to try making a Naboo Starfighter some time

nigec · Post by **nigec** » 19 Oct 2010, 22:08

damn to slow lol
I used to build WW2 planes as a kid, just down the road from were I live a Canadian Lancaster bomber pilot crashed, he stayed at the controls while his crew bailed out to stop the plane crashing into the buildings, brave guy, the main road is named after him.
We had two big bases near by in WW2, one at what is now Teeside airport (northeast UK) and the other which is a race track

marcel · Post by **marcel** » 19 Oct 2010, 22:16

MikomDude: "I always liked the original StarWars models better than the CG models..."
i did a 4 meters long model with thousand of details and light with rooms and train inside. maybe 30 years ago.

MikomDude · Post by **MikomDude** » 20 Oct 2010, 10:33

Oh my god, that's awesome!! It looks really good, like those models in Star Trek, they are also huge.
You are really a 3d modeler in every way

MikomDude · Post by **MikomDude** » 20 Oct 2010, 10:43

Here is the 95 % finished version of the Gloster Gladiator:

marcel · Post by **marcel** » 20 Oct 2010, 13:23

good model. just a problem with the cockpit. the windows seem don't stop at the good position. or it is the view who give that look.

MikomDude · Post by **MikomDude** » 20 Oct 2010, 14:09

Hmn... not sure. I did rearrange the cockpit a bit though after I posted this image so maybe it's fixed now. I've finished the Gladiator and am now working on a storyboard for a short animation featuring ... loads of cool stuff (including the Gladiator)

marcel · Post by **marcel** » 20 Oct 2010, 14:47

OK the problem is here:

MikomDude · Post by **MikomDude** » 20 Oct 2010, 14:51

Ah you mean the fact that it is not rounded, yes, I know and I sort of did that on purpose because I wasn't sure how to build the rest of that part. Actually, there are also other parts where I've improvised a little just to make it look cool. Since I made the Gladiator specifically for this animation that I'm working on, I thought I could get away with a few personalized things here and there. Guess not

Finis · Post by **Finis** » 21 Oct 2010, 01:23

Personalize your stuff all you want. It is your stuff.

CdeB · Post by **CdeB** » 22 Oct 2010, 15:05

...well, I have to confess...

responding to the comment about plastic model kits...
for a recent significant birthday I got the last 1:24th scale Airfix Hawker Siddeley Harrier that I could find in Sweden (Airfix seem to be making it again, though). This was the other hobby that trueSpace replaced....but then nostalgia got me...

My brother made the Spitfire in the same series (when we were teenagers) and when the Harrier came out I coveted it, but it was well outside my budget. Now I have to make it -a distinct possiblity now we have a new hobby room in our cellar!

MikomDude · Post by **MikomDude** » 22 Oct 2010, 15:09

Yeah, I also got the Spitfire and a Harrier as well

only I'm not sure if that one was an Airfix model... Our local toy store doesn't have that many models unfortunately...
Where in Sweden do you live? I live in Värmland where it is almost winter.

CdeB · Post by **CdeB** » 22 Oct 2010, 15:17

In Stockholm...and there is snow outside!

MikomDude · Post by **MikomDude** » 22 Oct 2010, 15:19

wow, then you got more snow than us

It's cold here, ice everywhere, frost on the roof tops but no snow...

Steve · Post by **Steve** » 22 Oct 2010, 19:26

Hey thats a neat model there, instantly recognisable, good stuff =)

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