Geezer

I was taught by Stephan1918 to find an existing aircraft similar to the new one you are making. Start by substituting the LODs of your new aircraft and don't change anything else. Once you get your new aircraft flying ingame, then you can slowly change the other files to make them appropriate for your aircraft. In effect, take small baby steps. Make small changes to the "old" files until the "new" files are right for your new aircraft.

No problem - this is a lot of fun! Winter is coming.....and I live in the mountains. I'm building up a stack of skins to work on until the snow melts. Shot below of training the gunner to aim in the right direction. Anyone who has been through basic training will remember "Your OTHER left, blockhead!"

Yippee! Got the Gamma 2E working ingame - barely.

Glad to see you are still modding! Many thanks for the improvements.

Got some work done this morning on textures, plus finished mapping the Gamma 2E.

Mapped the Gamma wings today. I'm using the markings found on one of the Gammas in the factory shot below.

Thanks. The most tedious part of making game aircraft is UVW mapping - converting the model's surfaces to flat patterns for skin templates. For some reason, I find I am in the mood to grind my way through the tedium so I am making hay while the sun shines. Got the mapping and textures started for two China Skies aircraft: Nakajima A4N and Northrop2E. Also adapted a pilot figure to make a quick and dirty evil Japanese pilot.

Yep. If I don't burn out first, maybe I can make the retraction handle in cockpit rotate with the landing gear?