RAF FE2b

Today I finished the undercarriage and added the upper trusses. I also worked a little bit on the physics. Polygons are at 9172.
 

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I have added more of the tail boom. Polygons now are 9484.

I have a question about adding the numerous wires that make up the rigging for the tail boom and the wings. Does anyone have a good technique for this? I shudder to even think about doing each one as a custom fit cylinder with just the right lengths and rotations.
 

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There are most certainly some shortcuts, but it will still be a tedious endeavor. Can Blunder quick clone (shift + move in Max)?
 
I think it's D+ move, but can't remember. Amazing how quickly I'm forgetting my old ways.
 
I finished the main struts for the tail boom and also completed the tail skid assembly. Polygons are now at 9852.
 

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Wires? You want wires? You think the pilot has time to plug in a TV and watch his favorite show? Or perhaps he needs to microwave some popcorn?

Actually, I really should start doing some of the rigging just so I don't end up having to do around 100 wires all at one time. That would be a huge drag.
 
I have reworked the bottom and the front of the fuselage to be much closer to the actual shape. Even better, I managed to do it without adding a ton more polygons to the model. Holes were cut for the pilot and observer seating areas. The fuselage was remapped (very rough test job), and the mapping for Boof's pilot was added. Polygons now stand at 10302.

Interestingly enough, when I added Boof's earlier pilot bust for the observer, it would not get through the Kex converter and was messing up other parts of the plane as well. It looked fine in Blender.
 

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I've had off most of the day today so I added in the two Lewis Guns. Morphed Boof's pilot somewhat into an observer and added that as well. Polygons now stand at 15218, which is slightly worrying. On the other hand, the only major piece left is the Beardmore engine. So I'm worried but not panicking.
 

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obviously not above your skill level. I think it looks great!! Doug once said he makes his wires from a triangle. He said if you twist one end a slight bit, it looks good. Eliminate the end faces. and each wire is only 6 polies.
 
Thanks Jeff. And thanks for the tip on the wires. With as many wires as there are, I need to save every triangle I can. I thought I was going to need to go at least 5 sided.
 
I use that method for servo rods and smaller things like that and they look fine. I've never went much larger than that though.
 
My Yak has 2 sided thread for the pull pull. It disappears at the right (no pun intended) angle.
 
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