In the works

[+Stary 2,427]

These are "generic, stand-in multiple planes usage" cockpits I worked on past few weeks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

for the late 30s light bomber maybe:

 

 

(slowest priority right now)

 

of all these are more advanced in modelling progress and have better functionality:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All of the above were created as generic, bare some resemblance to the original real-life aircraft cockpits throught the late 30s to mid 40s (I think you can name at least two real life ones I based these on...) and made this way ON PURPOSE -so you won't be able to say "This is X cockpit used in Y plane", but "this is a cockpit that bares more or less resemblance to cockpits of A,B and C used in E,F,G planes". Got the idea?

 

first three need more work, last two are good to go, all still WIP.

 

Comments, suggestions welcome.

 

No, I won't make cockpit "H" for "H" plane, I don't take requests, bribe me

 

(and accurate Hawk 75 one is still in the works)

[+KnightWolf45 1,147]

[+whiteknight06604 934]

works of art my friend! excellent!

[+Stary 2,427]

these have sort of damage models too...

[Dave63 13]

I like it!!!

[+Baltika 85]

Beautiful

[+Stary 2,427]

I hope the "generic" concept doesn't bother you that much?

[ShrikeHawk 384]

This is just terrific. I love 'em! Please post soon.

[+Stary 2,427]

when I decide it's ready, not sooner SH

[ShrikeHawk 384]

Pardon my excitement. I'm looking forward to them whenever you're ready.

[+Stary 2,427]

Few gauges issues I have to term with, then it will be ready

[Dave63 13]

I hope the "generic" concept doesn't bother you that much?

 

Not at all.

[+russouk2004 6,958]

Stary ,like to convert one to ww2 russian for this?...saw ur pits and remembered this...this single seater btw

History

This project was designed and virtually built in 1934-1936 by P.I.Grokhovsky Design Bureau.

Twin seat fighter-bomber, mainly of wooden construction, powered with two 900hp Gnome-Rhone radials and armed with four ShKAS and two ShVAK firing forward plus two rear-firing ShKAS controlled by gunner. Various bomb combinations could be hung under the center nacelle.

The whole project was cancelled when the aircraft was virtually finished in 1936.

 

G-38 specifications:

 

Length.........8.8m

Span...........13.4m

Wing area......32sq.m

Weight empty...2200kg

Weight loaded...4100kg

Top speed......550km/h

 

Edited May 22, 2011 by russouk2004

[dsawan 624]

Like these.

[+Stary 2,427]

interesting Russo, I'm thinking about making switchable Soviet, Japanese gauges graphics for those. Luftwaffe ones are whole different story sadly (way different gauge meshes)

Edited May 22, 2011 by Stary

[+Stary 2,427]

By the way I'm doing some experiments with reflector sight that uses avionicss70.dll for WW2 planes...

[dsawan 624]

The 3rd and 4th pics look like they could be used with Veltro's P-39D for SF2 he made recently. it resembles the actual pit somewhat.

[+Stary 2,427]

I use the second from end (green one) in P-39D

[+Coupi 4,388]

Hello,

 

Very very accurate and beautiful work!!!

 

Coupi.

[luk1978 210]

Great work!

That's a good idea about using "generic" cockpits.

 

2nd cockpit will be good for both Gloster Gladiator and CR.42.

Bomber cockpit for Sm.79, or Br.20.

 

PS. I'm just a RA lover...

[+Stary 2,427]

RA had some ugly yet beautiful in their uglyness planes (yes I know how it sounds)

 

My faw being good old MC.200 and G.50

[+Julhelm 266]

I personally think everything but the panels themselves feel pretty flat with the SF ingame lighting. Have you experimented with baking/painting shadows onto the cockpit textures?

[+Stary 2,427]

yes I tried Jules, but then it creates shell sub object materials I can't export into engine properly. And the automatic unwrapper is quite useless in the process texture-space wise.

 

Used standard skylight with 2 bounces and 1.4 multiplier to make it less dark, still experimenting with it

[+Brain32 265]

I had the same problem with some of the stuff I did but I came around.

I'd save the main max file from which I export lod's and then make another copy of it and just trashed it to bake textures. In the game I would use the previously exported lod and the newly baked textures

[+Stary 2,427]

same as me Brain, still no luck