New updates for: Ki-43-I, Hurricane and B-17G - May 14, 2023
Hello everyone. It's me Antony, back with another Blog here to start 2023.
I performed the civil service exam on May of 7th. For one thing it was a little hard but not so easy. For now let's wait for the results. If I fail, it would be another civil service performed, with my money being spent for nothing. Meanwhile, I'm still waiting to be called to work at the public health center by the selective process exam for the attendant vacancy. At the moment the next candidate to be called is me. Until then, let's wait. For the calling process to work as a teacher, I don't know I'm still willing for it because, most of the schools are quite distant from where I live and there are few vacancies for the area I'm only classified: mathematics. Some schools ask someone to teach mathematics and another class, few of them involved physics - which I'm not classified since I'm graduated in accounting. (sigh)
Enough of that, let's go for the important. For this Blog, I'm going to show you the new images of the Nakajima Ki-43-I, Hawker Hurricane Mk I and Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress.
Nakajima Ki-43-I Hayabusa:
I duplicated the fairings for test (I noticed some things while revisiting War Thunder that might help me for the landing / taking off animations). In addition, the Pitot tube and the landing gear (except the non-retractable carriage) were imported from the A6M Zero, the canopy framing was concluded, the wings leading edge was adjusted after a suggestion made in my last section of rendered images from the Ki-43, the aerial attachment, the air intake and some lumps on the engine cowling for the 12.7 mm Type 1 (aka Ho-103) machine guns were added as well.
After these renders, I made the "butterfly" Fowler flaps, the navigation lights on the wing tips and the ailerons, with the last one being another painful situation when I cut off a portion from the wings' mesh and I used one edge instead of two. (sigh)
Another minor changes were made on the telescopic sight and the addition of the Sakae engine exhaustion outlets.
Now, as I uploaded the images to my Facebook page, I was temporarily blocked when I went to paste the description for each image in order not to get tired of writing. To be honest, the new changes to the pages / account sometimes suck. I don't know how long this would take, but I think I'll lay low with the page - sharing my content more often on Twitter, here, Insta and ArtStation.
The next components to make are: minor adjustments on the wings and fuselage, the cockpit interior components, a nice texture and rigging it. Then I'll make the Ki-43-IIc model from the main one.
Hawker Hurricane Mk I:
Alright. The Hurricane received a major update: the lines around the wings, fuselage and flight control components (rudder and elevator). I made a new image to attach to a Bump / Displacement material node to create projections and grooves on the aircraft. Like I said in my previous Blog (New updates for: G.55 Centauro, Lancaster, Hurricane, changes on the British planes and SSRB Botan - April 29, 2023), some sections from the plane consisted in fabric covering designed to cover the steel framing that links with aluminum sheets covering vital points like flight controls (I don't remember if it was aluminum or fabric), engine cowling, cockpit and a small portion of the wings.
For the Bump / Groove lines texture, I used a similar tool that reminds me of painting in lines from Gimp when you paint one point and, selecting Shift, you can draw a straight line to any direction. On Blender, the only difference is that you need to hold Mouse 1 to draw a straight line.
Although I'm still working on it - especially for the underside of the Hurricane, I can say it's an interesting feature for future projects. The next thing I may change is the plate for the canopy hatch (which I may remove it) and the exhaustion soot on the fuselage (I may reduce its opacity on Gimp 2).
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress:
The B-17 received a new 'tube' related to its Wright R-1820 Cyclone engine turbocharger on the inner engine nacelles. The cooling flaps had to be adjusted by being brought a bit forward and I included a plane for the plane's floor.
Now, the minor changes I made for this B-17 is the bomb group decals (the 381st Bomber Group) and the decals for its nose. After that crash episode of Texas Raiders on November 12, 2022, I decided to make its tribute. The first texture to make will be that aircraft.
For the nose art, I had to search for a nice image of that iconic Texan lady sitting in a bomb, carrying the Texas flag and a revolver to add to the B-17. Mirroring the image for the other side, however, is another challenge since the writing on the original plane is not mirrored while the girl remains unaffected. I guess I'll have to do that on Gimp.
After these reworks, the last thing to do is making its interior, rigging this American bomber and texturing it. Also, the Browning machine guns on the fuselage's section requires completion before I conclude this project.
Well, that's it for now my friends. I hope you like 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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