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today, while watching the "Cruise of the Secret Raiders" episode
of " Secrets of world War II" on the Military Channel,
i saw an interesting clip. a 196 being catapulted
off...

many thanks gentlemen.
i'm glad you like it.

honestly, this project would never have been completed
without the encouragement and support
of all that have followed this thread.
(yes, even...

yup, it's true.
uploaded a little bit ago;
http://www.thefreeflightsite.com/Smilos.htm

i've decided to use the FREE FLIGHT SITE
exclusively for the first month of release.
it's my way of...

hmmm, where to start...
i've decided to rebuild the fuselage, rotating it a smidge
so that there is a peak at the top and bottom.
this should take care of the texture smudging
on the upper and...

that's because i got the idea from you.
it makes the individual parts more visible
during the build process.

yes, it's true. one year ago, today,
i began my endeavors with the Ar196.

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php?27511-Conspicuous-by-Their-Absence/page21

see post #311
(i've...

just a quick note to let you know
that the marathon is coming to an end.
there is light at the end of the tunnel.

lately, i have been going through a "cut list"
of flaws and defects in the...

okay, enough chit chat.
back to the 196.

as i mentioned back there a bit,
No Dice has taken up the gauntlet
and is doing the textures for the 196.
(with most of the mapping done by yours...

jeez, Dave, we drove right by your place
a couple years ago on the way to fla.

sorry for not stoppin'.
but i didn't know you then.
hope that's a good enough excuse.

thanks for your patience, gents.
and for your assistance.

i got a new monitor a while back
and had it set for maximum text visibility.
unfortunately, it buried part of the menu bar.

now, i...

sounds like the old map.
pretty cool, actually.

unfortunately, i am still in deaf,
dumb and blind mode.
i see no All SOH Users line
that you mentioned.
do you see it on the screen shot?...

by today's standards, mine's a slug,
but she's good enough for me.
pentium 4 3.2ghz, with 2 gb ram
built it from scratch, years ago.

Dave, what i'm saying is,
i don't see no stinkin' button....

not to worry.
i've had plenty to do.

so, do you see that marquee above
about the Member Map?
at the end it says,
click on the 'Member Map' button above to proceed.......
i must be going...

thanks Dave, i'll give it a go.

i really couldn't say.
Dave has done 99% of it.

now, the mapping, i've done most of that.
the tedious part is going back and forth
into the sim to check on progress.
for some reason, i have to...

...so i thought i would torture you
with a couple screen shots.

there's still work to be done,
but she seems to be coming along nicely.
still have the textures for the tailgun,
canopies,...

good advice, thanks. :salute:

at this point, i'm still playing with oversize,
so it will be a while before i can test.

i haven't even opened the ad2k head assembly today.
got other stuff...

here it is 02:00, my work day get up time.
but wait! its' saturday, my day off.
i should be sleeping in...but no,
i've been laying there, awake,
thinking about a few upper jaw polygons
that...

put the three jaw assemblies together;

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and finally, add them to the cranium;
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the coloring is just a matter of assigning basic colors
to the individual polygons within each sub...

okay, here are the ad2k head shots.

first, i built an elongated sphere for the cranium
to the proper side to side and front to rear dimensions.
up/down dimensions were guess and by golly....

ah jeez, Dave. don't get carried away.
my head is already big enough.

as for pilot, as i see it,
folks like to take a look around in spot/chase view.
when she's sittin' with the engine off,...

nope, i got most dimensions from pages
of the book i found online.
spent hours searching.
most pages were unreadable,
but i found a few that were usable.

i guess i need to post a shot
of...

a couple, three weeks ago,
i went to my local library,
looking for the Measure of Man...
of course, they did't have it,
but said they would send out a search.
since i haven't heard back,
i'd...

come on Guy,
everybody knows that size matters.
even though we like to pretend
that it doesn't.
are you sure those are headphones?
i thought these were representations
of the ancient dog...

weeeeell, that's an easy one...

because i don't know what i'm doing.

actually, the eyes, brows, lips and nose,
are like little kid stickers.
they're just elongated diamonds.
i put them...