I’ve spent two wonderful weeks in Corsica, and well… It’s difficult to have motivation for 3d when you’re here ;p :

Still managed to unwrap some bits of the Spook model… :

And on the aviation related side, I was able to visit the Sécurité-Civile firebomber base in Ajaccio !

Walk around the CL-415 Canadair, get inside, sit in cockpit, chat with the pilot… Fun fun fun , happy Galgot :)
The first image of this post is a pict of a drawing painted by Canadair crews on the
sail of their sailing-team boat. Nice he ?
Some more images of the CL-415 « Pelican 38″ :


Many many thanks to my great friends from Corsica, Audrey and Stef for their hospitality and kindness. And to Pierre the Canadair pilot !

Cheers :)

Here a Spook cockpit iPad wallpaper. Grab it here :
Spook218 1024×1024
(Right-click ->open in new window…)
And also , just to show what i did yesterday evening and a bit today (not Much…) , a screenshot , the hi-lighted things are new :

Edit: just adding small work of 02-08-11 :

…done.

And not to be too bored with these blue-grey wip renders, i took the Spook for a bombing mission in the Cycles render engine…

Update on that Spook cockpit…
Added a lot of small bits and things , like cockpit lights (still have to put some wires to these) , cockpit opening and jetisson handles and mecanisms, Landing Gear crtl, Hook Ctrl, Emergecy brake crtl, panels … ect,ect.. and of course rivets.
Next i think i will start the control stick and the throttles.

Here yesterday’s work, added some details around the canopy frame, rivets , handles, ect… :

Today, I’ve been trying the Cycles render engine on blender 2.57. Works a bit like Octane render, with live update in the viewport. Very cool.
Check this vid : Fun with Cycles

Lot of work, then holidays… then doing other things , all this did not help working fast on the Spook…
But anyway, here is the progress on the cockpit ,

A small video looking inside:

So here is the slow work on that cockpit.
Been doing the front right console (and its not finished yet…). This will be a early unslatted wings F-4E cockpit.
The instruments layout varies greatly between all the F-4Es models, « hardwings », slatted wings… not to talk about F-4Fs…
Found some good ref about early ones, so will stick to these.

And also some other small things around the main instruments panel… Like the optical sight supports i had to redo cause found new reference pictures.

Front instruments panel done… Got myself trapped, started detailing like that… now have to continue… :/