WWII Bomber: B-17G

[Songbird]

http://www.chinavfx.com/bbs/attachments/200305/27092441-b-17g052305.jpg

[Songbird]

http://www.chinavfx.com/bbs/attachments/200305/27092516-b17g52501.jpg

[Songbird]

http://www.chinavfx.com/bbs/attachments/200305/27092703-b17g52504.jpg

[Songbird]

http://www.chinavfx.com/bbs/attachments/200305/27130851-b17g52505.jpg

[Waz]

DAMN YOU!!, i wanted to do a b-17 before anyone else, I have been such a fan of the plane, that i wanted to do,

however you have done justice to such a great airplane, i cna't wait to see the final render, i guess i'll jsut have to make a me-109 to shoot it down :)

[cyberjunkie]

w000t w0000t nice so far. :surprised

[Songbird]

Originally posted by Waz
DAMN YOU!!, i wanted to do a b-17 before anyone else, I have been such a fan of the plane, that i wanted to do,

however you have done justice to such a great airplane, i cna't wait to see the final render, i guess i'll jsut have to make a me-109 to shoot it down :)

The amount of 12.7mm machine guns on my B-17G is 12 and they will appear soon, only one me-109 is not enough to shoot it down:)

[stinger]

Woo! Awesome model!

Tai NB la! :scream:

Can't wait to see your final work!

[rollmops]

Nice job, keep on!
When you'll have finished the modeling, do you plane to work on lighting?
I'm often surprised by the quality of c4d picture.:wip: keep posting!

[Songbird]

Originally posted by rollmops
Nice job, keep on!
When you'll have finished the modeling, do you plane to work on lighting?
I'm often surprised by the quality of c4d picture.:wip: keep posting!

The modeling has already finished, but all the objects without texture are hidden
I want to build a scene with a group of B-17 flying in the sunshine and casting lots of bombs:)

[Songbird]

small update...
http://tiexue.top81.com.cn/upload/b17g0609D.jpg

[Songbird]

Do you feel the surfaces is too dark? These materials were made on a notebook:shrug:

[Waz]

yeah, from all the pictures i have of the b-17, and i have tonnes of magazines and movies, the silver is too bark,n and not shinny enough,

perhaps some more lighting and more specualr highlights,


any chance you can post a wireframe of the completed model??

[xynaria]

Modelling looks very good ... what's there... texture wise most of the shots I've seen look very shiny in comparison.. any chance of a pic of the completed model untextured? :)

[Dagda]

This model is shaping up real nice. I think a real topper would be to add a vargas style pinup to the front.

[giobianco]

Very very very..... NICE!!! :bounce: :bounce:
:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

Excellent job Songbird

Giobianco :wip:

[heipei]

Nice one! Im a great fan of wwII planes too.
only criticism is the texturing, it looks _way_ to clean and plastic and modern. a good example is the front bubble window in your last posted render.

What i cant await is a fleet of b17 dropping their load over some german city (berlin would be the choice i guess) with some flaks exploding nearby and a few me-109 approaching in the background. you could ask waz to do these ;)

but, i think, a couple of me 262 or me 163 comet would really get that big ol lady into trouble *gg*

[Songbird]

thanks for everyone's comments:)
to Waz:
here is the wire frame of my model. rendering with wire frame is too slow in rhino,so i have no more maps:phttp://www.chinavfx.com/bbs/attachments/200305/27092212-004.gif

[Songbird]

update...
(rendered yesterday)
http://tiexue.top81.com.cn/upload/b-17g0609a.jpg

xynaria,here is the model without texture:
http://tiexue.top81.com.cn/upload/503a.jpg

[xynaria]

Thanks :) Looking very good.. no crits here..just got to get the shininees of the main body texture now. :beer: :beer:

[rollmops]

Yes and also the highlight size is too large on the glasses; makes them looking like plastic . Keep on!;)

[Undseth]

Looks soo good!

I want to ask; what is the hardest part in modeling the B-17 model?

[rrobert]

Just a small post here:

nice work, keep it up... :cool:

[Songbird]

thanks for your helps! i'll keep on improving the materials:)

undseth:
perhaps the most hardest part in modeling is the engines,there's too many details that can not be ignored, but the photos i have can not give me enough help
in addition, the blueprint has some fatal error,many surfaces were rebuilt during the modeling:buttrock:

[xynaria]

A couple of links.. apologies if you've already seen them :)

http://www.us-aircraft.com/walk/dpluth/b-17/b17engines.htm

http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/engines/eng42.htm

http://www.armyairforces.com/b-17details-engines.asp

[Songbird]

WOW! Greatly appreciate your help!!:) :) :)
Do you have the photo about bombs used by B-17? All the photos I have only show the tail of them:hmm:

[xynaria]

All I could find:

http://www.cyberflight.com/oshkosh98.html ...scroll down

http://www.elivermore.com/photos/bombers.htm

http://www.b-17.nl/909.htm

:)

[Songbird]

these images are perfect!:) thank you!

[Braxton]

as i already said somewhere else :) GORGEOUS!!!

cheers
Brax

[Danoku]

Ahhh shes a verrry nice, only crit and i could be wrong here, the top turret profile seems a lil bit too tall, but it may just be the angle.

me like

[Songbird]

the top turret has too many types during the WWII, and the photos i gathered puzzled me, perhaps you are right:shrug:

[Danoku]

You would be right there, especially on the g model production was going so fast that a lot of modifications were done in the field and at the tulsa depot center before heading across the pond. I donthave my books here at the moment but i believe the top turret was a built buy Martin, formerly curtiss martin, an i think it was Designated the A-3. I will try to check when i get home tonight and write you back.

[TiKiMoN]

Very nice... drawing/placing all of those rivets must have been a nightmare. :p keep up the good work!!

[Songbird]

In the last month I was too tired and had no time to do this job:(
I don't know when will it be finished...
http://tiexue.top81.com.cn/upload/095330.jpg

[Skyraider3D]

Hey look, you had flak bursts before! :)
You should've kept em!
Great model!!! :thumbsup:

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