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Topic: Ok, who ordered these two new airplanes?
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Pete Hawk
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posted 01-31- 05:52 AM
   
Coming down the pike from Hawker's OpenPlane World... (that's Pete Hawk, not the other Hawker)
http://members.xoom.com/hawkersop/images/upcoming These planes aren't even close to anything yet. Massive work to be done but I wanted to see how they looked in the game. The big one looks incredible flying! Really got my heart rate up (not a C-5)  They are WWII era. You could say I've got about 3 full plates (including the Tomcat) [This message has been edited by Pete Hawk (edited 01-31-2000).] IP: Logged |
Pete Hawk
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posted 01-31- 06:05 AM
How I came to choose them was by what I found the game needed, and what would look really great flying. Of course any plane looks great flying IMHO. But just so you guys know, this is about .01 percent of what I've got planned with OpenPlane. I could make this a lifetime's work, easily. It's a blast. Hope the pics make everyone's Monday that much brighter IP: Logged |
Private Roger
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posted 01-31- 06:11 AM
Thank You Pete!Nice to see you venture back into WWII. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy your modern day work, but I love the WWII stuff! I really can't wait to watch your progress. Keep the screen shot's coming Hawk! PR=FC= IP: Logged |
Redback
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posted 01-31- 06:33 AM
G'day Pete,Mate I didn't order one.....But hell..I'll take one. Are there ANY limits to your talents? Very,very nice indeed. Good one mate, Catch-ya Red. IP: Logged |
Falck
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posted 01-31- 07:02 AM
Ah good news for the merchant marine IP: Logged |
Pete Hawk
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posted 01-31- 07:21 AM
Figured sometime I'd better tell the non-WWII types (like whoever is into Tomcats) what types they are. The larger green one is the B-24 Liberator and the other colored one is a PBY-5A Catalina. Not sure about what model the Liberator will be yet. But for the Catalina, now don't we wish we could land on that water?[This message has been edited by Pete Hawk (edited 01-31-2000).] IP: Logged |
Private Roger
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posted 01-31- 07:42 AM
Funny you should mention landing on the water Pete. I just fired off an email to my brother, (another SDOE lover) and was excitedly telling him about your two new babies. I mentioned SDOE's problem with water and inertia. It's a real shame some smart person (read anyone but me) can't figure out the solution to that problem.Oh well, the fact that you are building the plane gives hope that maybe now someone will. Good work! As usual. PR=FC= IP: Logged |
Razer
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posted 01-31- 08:18 AM
Pete, those two planes are the ones i had on my "ToDo" List for after the contest. Everytime i looked at the PBY in photos i wanted it in SDOE. It you want any help working on it or the B-24, just yell and i'll do what ever you need. (other then textureing cuase i can't do that, oh yea and DOF work. Razer IP: Logged |
Whirlwind
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posted 01-31- 08:37 AM
Can I get mine with a 1000CD changer and Dolby(tm) Digital Surround Sound(tm)?Good god, man! You have too much free time! IP: Logged |
Hawk
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posted 01-31- 08:53 AM
Pete you are a wizard at this stuff! Great work; I agree, we need these two planes. How you do it so fast is amazing. There are so many true artist like you that contribute to this wonderful game. The future is bright and shiny and full of cool planes flying these skies.IP: Logged |
Pete Hawk
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posted 01-31- 09:02 AM
I'm on a vacation from my real job for a month, an OpenPlane vacation IP: Logged |
Jeeves
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posted 01-31- 09:12 AM
Wow Pete-I'm loving the fact that I'll be flying some new bombers soon! Now if only someone would make a He-111, B-26, and I could go on and on and on! IP: Logged |
Zurawski
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posted 01-31- 09:13 AM
That's it ... that-is-it!!!!!I'm giving up my day job ... abondoning my FM-tweakers position and re-immersing myself in modelling .... Damn ... glory-monger is hording all the kudos! second thought ... ... I'll stick to FM'ing ... "someones" got to make those things fly right! way to go Pete! IP: Logged |
Killer K
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posted 01-31- 09:55 AM
Mmm'
Not sure about the B26
How about the B25 Mithchel.
I have not seen that plane modeled in a game since Aces over the pacifc. But you could not fly it.
That used to pack some serious fire power and you could fly it off a Carrier, such as in Doolitles raid on Japan.
That would be great to fly and more manouverable that the big bombers.Just a thought J IP: Logged |
Jerry
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posted 01-31- 10:41 AM
Pete, you're an OP machine! WOW!!!IP: Logged |
Jeeves
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posted 01-31- 11:07 AM
Killer K-I believe it is Razer who is working on a Mitchell...although progress may have stalled what with his home computer covering his living room floor and all. The Mitchell and Martin Marauder were somewhat similar in appearance- except for the nose and a few other things. IP: Logged |
Yardstick
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posted 01-31- 11:17 AM
"The Mitchell and Martin Marauder were somewhat similar in appearance- except for the nose and a few other things."Like the fuselage, tail and the position of the wings 
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Yardstick painted this
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Whirlwind
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posted 01-31- 11:50 AM
...performance, maneuverability, wingspand, length, primary theater of operation, crew compliment...IP: Logged |
Pachy
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posted 01-31- 12:31 PM
Great job, but his is disturbing...Consider everything Pete has done since a month: F-15. Tomcat. Zepplin. A tank. Now almost complete 3D models for a PBY and a B-24. This is impossible for a single human. Ok, so there are the possibilities: either Mr Hawk is a non-human, visiting us from a galaxy far far away, or he has made OP modeling a mandatory exercise in all major USAF bases. What do you think? ------------------
Pachy's SDOE stuff
perso.club-internet.fr/gledimet
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Pete Hawk
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posted 01-31- 12:40 PM
Well Pachy, I did start drawing pictures of airliners at about age 5, so I guess I just grew up with it. I then moved to building models, plastic ones, then balsa ones, then R/C planes, R/C Helicopters, Cars, boats, and then discovered CG and was hooked although I did have a very slow start. I couldn't see modeling just for the sake of modeling (make an airplane mesh then put it in a scene... boring!). OpenPlane was what I have always hoped for as a CG fanatic. To make models of whatever I want and then get to go fly/drive them! That's why I'm in this game so much and get thrilled to see something I built actually work and then explode. And having others DL'd it and fly it too... that's just icing on the cake. I'd do it anyways just for fun even if the Net didn't exist. I'm rambling.IP: Logged |
Jeeves
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posted 01-31- 01:12 PM
Awright, awright- I know the difference. But if the pioneering work were done on the Mitchell, it wouldn't be a huge stretch to a Marauder is all I'm saying. Jeez! IP: Logged |
Whirlwind
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posted 01-31- 01:35 PM
I have something resembling a B-25 sitting on my harddrive, but it really needs redone. The good news, is it flies!IP: Logged |
elf
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posted 01-31- 02:30 PM
Wow ... looks like I'll eventually be able to call for a PBY rescue ... I'm getting tired of swimming back to elf Island.
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Hawker
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posted 01-31- 04:24 PM
man there is ME Hawker Pete(Hawker) then ther is Hawk from 303rd popular name eh? I used mine since RB2 days gone by,used to be Eddy Hawker actually IP: Logged |
Hawker
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posted 01-31- 04:26 PM
Holy Shit is all i can say!!!!!! man thats awesome Pete cant wait to have my hands on those,great work i really envy your abilities.well done you 3d guys are my hero.IP: Logged |
Werner Molders
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posted 01-31- 06:57 PM
Wow Pete, those are amazing! I can hardly wait until they are released. Already I can picture Fortresses and Liberators crossing the channel, with PBYs picking my sorry butt out of the drink at the end of each mission .Amazing. Werner
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Mirthain
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posted 01-31- 09:29 PM
Or even some nice onine protection missions of PBY's doing simulated pickups while Germans try and pick off the PBY and the Allies defend. This really opens up some great options for online play.
I am really pleased to see the Liberator finally making it to the ranks of the online flyable plane. Historically speaking they were far more common then the 17's, and carried a much heavier bomb load. They were the true Heavy bomber in the USAAF. The load of a 17 is actually that of a medium bomber.... and I personally love the Liberator's lines much more than the 17's.
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AGAS - 5
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posted 01-31- 11:46 PM
Great work Pete.Would you believe I put in a Liberator Sqn in my Australia country pack !! Great timing. I Can't waite to fly it With all this time on ya hands how about a CAC Boomerang ? Cheers, AGAS 5 IP: Logged |
Vau
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posted 02-01- 03:27 PM
Consolidated Ca-ca-ca-catalina! I Donīt belive it! Dreaming about this baby since I was 5 jears old watching these Jaques-Cousteau-Movies! Will it be delivered with those movable floaters at the wing-ends and this *kewl* glass-domes at the sides of the body? Neither wait to see it nor to fly it!Great work! Vau. IP: Logged |
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