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Overall, we are looking at three months more work. | Overall, we are looking at three months more work. | ||
==== Lockheed Model L.10 "Electra" ==== | ==== Lockheed Model L.10 "Electra" ==== | ||
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[[File:Electra_2.jpg|thumb|"Electra": on a testflight]] | [[File:Electra_2.jpg|thumb|"Electra": on a testflight]] | ||
[[File:Electra_inside_wip.jpg|thumb|"Electra": cabin WIP]] | [[File:Electra_inside_wip.jpg|thumb|"Electra": cabin WIP]] | ||
Emilian Huminiuc has continued working on the "Electra" (the plane with wich Amelia Earhart atempted her round the world flight). So far the exterior is almost complete. There are separate texture sheets for the fuselage and wings, engine cowlings, and gear and miscelanea appendages. Also, after testing with .dds textures, these will be the kind used due to improved loading time and better normal map support. | Emilian Huminiuc has continued working on the "Electra" (the plane with wich Amelia Earhart atempted her round the world flight). So far the exterior is almost complete. There are separate texture sheets for the fuselage and wings, engine cowlings, and gear and miscelanea appendages. Also, after testing with .dds textures, these will be the kind used due to improved loading time and better normal map support. | ||
Work is going on, focusing on the interior now, with a basic cabin model already in place. What folows is the hardest part: cockpit modeling, complete with period steam gauges. | Work is going on, focusing on the interior now, with a basic cabin model already in place. What folows is the hardest part: cockpit modeling, complete with period steam gauges. | ||
If you feel like an early adopter, or just like to test the latest and greatest, there's a gitorious.org repository available [http://gitorious.org/lockheed-l10-electra here]. Also you can follow the development [http://flightgear.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=10716&sid=4507f8f7b7f52ac48361e9dd3849a4e1 on the forum]. | If you feel like an early adopter, or just like to test the latest and greatest, there's a gitorious.org repository available [http://gitorious.org/lockheed-l10-electra here]. Also you can follow the development [http://flightgear.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=10716&sid=4507f8f7b7f52ac48361e9dd3849a4e1 on the forum]. | ||
=== Updated aircraft === | === Updated aircraft === | ||