Geezer

You will need a 3D model program to make aircraft, and a paint program to make textures/artwork. The really capable programs used by professionals, such as 3dsMax (or Maya) and Photoshop (or PaintShopPro), are expensive. However, old "obsolete" editions are fairly cheap when you can find them, and will work fine for making TW stuff. There are also free equivalents available, but I have never used them so I don't know much about them. You can generally find how-to-do-it tutorials on the internet, and guys here at Combat Ace will usually help if you have questions. Good luck! Free 3D model program: https://www.blender.org/ Free paint program: http://www.gimp.org/

Been working with Baffmeister and LloydNB to make Gladiators, then took a break for an old fashioned furball.

Nice job, as usual.

A lot of guys have "liked" this thread and the shots. As mentioned above, anybody can cobble together this 1930s gameworld. The map is Gterl's WW1 Italian Front, with a couple of tweaks. Shot below shows Jan Tuma's trees lightened and dulled a bit, plus the lighting has been adjusted to simulate high noon. Trees and lighting file attached for anyone who wants the game world shown in the shots. WW1 Italy Tweaks.rar

I know exactly what you're going through! I have the same problem with my Hurricane Mk1 landing gear - I can't get all the animated parts to move in unison. Bummer...

Lightening and dulling colors applies to everything else in the TW gameworld. Shot below shows lightening/dulling applied to map stuff. The trees have been adjusted about 10%-15%. Also, Gterl's ground tile art has been lightened and dulled a bit - IIRC, around 5%. Also, below the right hand wheel spat is a straight line with sand brown on one side, and olive green on the other. To the left of that line is a new WIP tile I am working on. Gterl's tiles are 512x512, but the WIP tile is 1024x1024 and looks more convincing when flying at low altitude.

More examples of 1930s dogfights over the Alps. Only the Gladiator is unavailable right now - I hope to finish it in the next couple of months. The other aircraft are MontyCZ's Ju87A and AviaB534, Hinchinbrooke's Gauntlet, and my CR42.