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Thank you very much! Still a lot to learn. The screenshots are renders taken in 3ds max! I'll be doing the actual mapping and texture work in Gmax using the LithUnwrap method.

Work is continuing at a fair pace! Most recently I've been messing around with normal maps in GIMP to test the various parameters.

https://i.imgur.com/FnQKtND.jpg

I've also been messing around...

The high fidelity Spit Mk IIs and Vs!

Bear in mind I am most assuredly NOT a texture artist! I'll be needing pointers from the experts as to all the tips and tricks and SDK/model file hacks ;) I want to get as realistic a bump and...

What's all this then?

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The panel lines match up exactly!

If I had known mapping was so simple I'd have attempted it much...

It appears I was wrong; they stuck with the single dual Mag even in the later models!

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The goal with the Griffon originally was to run as many ancillaries up front near the gearbox as was possible; the Griffon and Merlin are almost exactly the same physical dimensions despite the 10L...

Quite happy with how all the details are looking in-sim!

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IIRC the starter is in the same place as in later dual-stage Griffon Spits (lower starboard cowling). I had read that the reason there is no bulge on later Griffon Spits is that the two smaller...

This little bump to clear the (single!) magneto is a difficult one to find sources on; I've had to use an old scale drawing from the 80s which, while decent for the era, have questionable accuracy.
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A peek at the geometry so far...

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(the spinner will not be that high poly in the final model, that was just a test of the Turbosmooth modifier)

Here are the direct links to the albums!

Test cannon and blister...

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Imported! (plus rudimentary early-style elevator)

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One for Gecko...

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The first F 21s were constructed with the extended wingtips, with the service trials being performed with them fitted, but by the time No. 91 received their first examples in January 1945 they had...

Indeed! I've followed the very first evaluation and incorporated some of the quirks and complaints. The "post war" variant I plan to include will be the modified one.

Here is the standard WWII...

Took a visit to my local Spit (F Mk 21 serial no. LA198) to get some photos of parts I don't have plans for; I think I recreated the aileron bulges/linkages as best I could! Plus, due to tolerances,...

Ailerons are more or less done! The blisters for the linkages need some more work but otherwise I'm fairly happy!

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Thanks for the heads up! It's the kind of thing I'd forget in the heat of the moment :banghead:



Thank you! There are no modelling challenges I feel I can't overcome, but mapping will likely...

Lastly, here's a short video demonstrating the gun setup of four Hispano Mk II cannon with 650 rounds per gun;

https://youtu.be/Ac9gwmx26PQ



Thank you! This is good news. Another worry off...

Here's a video of the flight model I've been working on for the F Mk 21 (early);

https://youtu.be/R7IWyMfUXP0

I've endeavoured to make it appropriately heavy, though with effective controls...

Much to report tonight!

First off, I cut out the rear-view panel on the high-back fuselage and gave it a glass material, followed quickly by the production of the horizontal stab' and elevator;
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Results of this evening's work - a completed tail unit and preliminary rudders (early i.e XII, and mid i.e XIV/21)!

https://i.imgur.com/w4ywp76.png
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And here are some sim imports of random variants - I won't necessarily be making these ones first; looking good to my eyes so far!

Spitfire FR XIV
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