Geoff wrote: > On Sat, 27 May 2006 13:00:22 +0100 > AJ MacLeod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>On Saturday 27 May 2006 10:16, Geoff wrote: >> >>>I wrote a post ages ago begging for one. >> >>Glad you're getting some fun out of it - I must admit I >>don't recall seeing your request. Feel free to comment >>on things that are wrong with it too... the version in >>CVS has some improvements over the one on the download >>page. You can downlod the whole Lightning directory from >>the cvs viewer on the flightgear webpage. > > > As a matter of interest I dug out my "begging" post. > December 2002 .. time flies. > > I have always run everything from CVS. I used to update > every couple of weeks, but life got in the way recently. > > >>Actually I did the Lightning as a an intended practice >>run before starting work on a Bucc (my main interest). >>Three things happened - I got interested in Lightnings >>and discovered exactly how much work was involved in >>modelling; also I realised my skills are very patchy to >>be charitable and the great curves of a Bucc would be >>likely beyond me. > > > If any modeller ever feels like putting up a page showing > how you created a model, I would be really interested to > see. I have no artistic skills at all, but a year or two > ago I was sufficiently interested to get the AC3D demo and > Blender plus some simple tutorials. All I initially wanted > to do was model the Jodrell Bank telescope (hopeless), but > I also got some plans for a Meteor and tried my hand > (as you would expect, if J Bank was a mess the Meteor was > worse). The whole exercise left me with enormous respect > for those of you who can do it. >
Well, I have this: http://jrbabcock.home.comcast.net/flightgear/gear-tutorial/gear-tutorial.html and I'm collecting *lots* of screen shots of my work on the CH-53E, so in a year or two I will be able to make a pretty kick-butt walk trhough. Josh _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
