New Updates for: Ju 87 Stuka, A6M 'Zero' and Kübelwagen - July 28, 2021
Hello everyone. It's me Antony, back with another Blog during this quarantine phase while the World makes their best to find a (possible) cure for the COVID-19 pandemic. And now that we passed half of this year - almost close to conclude, nothing like a good Blog to entertain you.
For this Blog, I'm going to show you the new adjustments of the Junkers 87 Stuka, the Mitsubishi A6M2 Model 21 and the Kübelwagen. Now that I'm working at the health center from where I live, my time to work on my Blender projects is reduced to my short intervals after my studies during breaks of my shift, having extra time on holidays and weekends.
Still, let me show you what I did so far.
Junkers Ju 87B-2 Stuka:
Amazing. I appended the pilot seat along the reflector sights from the Messerschmitt Bf 109 project. I plan to make the instrument panel for the pilot, along the seat for the gunner and the other internal components. In addition, I made a slight modification on the sirens and the spinner for the blades spacing; and some lumps were added to the plane's nose.
The next things to do are the links from the ailerons and flaps to the wings, probably a rework on the sirens, the bomb sight under the panel, texturing the plane and rigging it.
Mitsubishi A6M2 Model 21:
I concluded the canopy hatch for the Japanese aircraft, including a Pitot tube, an antenna and the non-retractable landing gear. The plane is looking good so far. On the last two renders of this section, I separated the tips from the main mesh to make it similar to the original A6M Zero.
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| DAYTON, Ohio -- Mitsubishi A62M Zero at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo) |
Curious fact is: The Zero can retract its wing since it's a carrier-based aircraft, similar to the Vought F4U Corsair, F4F Wildcat, F6F Hellcat, Seafire, Sea Fury and other naval planes. However, the majority of naval planes from WW2 can retract its wings in order to be stored inside the carriers. The Zero however can retract its wing tips - like in the photo above from an intact A6M2 Zero at the National Museum of the United States Air Force.
However in the renders, my brother said it would be a little larger than that small piece from the mesh. For that I decided to put it back and merge the vertices back.
On the recent renders of the A6M Zero, I included the Imperial Japanese Roundels on the wings and fuselage. Now the plane is looking amazing with the Red Sun Roundels around its main structure. I plan to include the emblems from a respective Sentai (squadron in Japanese) for the Zero and serial number. In addition, I made some cuts on the cowling and nose for the 7.7 mm Type 97 machine gun.
The next components are: the 7.7 mm Type 97 machine guns on the nose, the 20 mm Type 99-1 Mk.3 cannon in the wings, the landing gears from the wings, the aerial attachments, ailerons, flaps, elevator, the hook under the fuselage, the internal components, texturing and rigging the plane.
Volkswagen Typ 82:
Alright. Time to go from air to land. I decided to revisit the German Kübelwagen after so time. What changed from the last renders was: I made the steering wheel, the front lights and the doors for the German vehicle. I duplicated the chassis model in order to separate the parts for the doors in case I plan to preserve the original mesh. Along these components, I made a projection from where the gear shaft is located in the middle of the vehicle.
I included the left sided mirror, the gear shaft and the seats for the driver, front passenger and rear passengers. Just the front seats looked nice while the rear seats require adjustments. The doors received some projections based in some photos I found from the Kübelwagen. The glass material also received some adjustments after some renders of the Stuka and the Kübelwagen showing ripples from the reflection - which is something a little disturbing. My brother helped me with this detail after I showed him the recent renders of both projects.
The next components are the panel, the rear lights, the access door to the engine, the right-sided mirror, the hood (I plan to make it in stowed mode instead of extended in case of sand storm / raining / snowing weather) extra components in the front section, the working tools and a mounted machine gun - MG34 or MG42; then I'll rig the German Kübelwagen.
Well, that's it for now my friends. I hope you enjoy this Blog. In case I have some spare time to enjoy, I'll be working on other things aside from Blender projects and my personal things. Until the time comes, you will be surprised to see them. See you next time.
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