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[Mission_bug]

Hello guys, glad you like it so far.

I think of all things being able to easily paint an aircraft can give it such potential for mission/campaign builders, not just the aircraft itself but stationary ones also add so much to overall feel of these, hopefully now we will get some skinners make use of it.

The model still really needs a FM optimised for it that properly portrays the powerplants but that is not my forte as such so hopefully someone will step up with that sometime in the future.

Take care and be safe.

Wishing uoyou all the very best, Pete.

[Bison_M]

Thank you so much Pete for your titanic work!
Link added to first post.

Best wishes!

P.S.
In my version 4122m+SASModact, the engines overheat even before takeoff, so I use fm from 05/23/2024 (see 1st post).

[dona]

great!!!!!!

[Mission_bug]

great!!!!!!

Sorry dona that there is not a full template, I hope I have not left too many problem areas and that you can manage with what little there is.

Enjoy.

Take care and be safe.

Wishing you all the very best, Pete.

[dona]

I expect it will all work well. Great job!

[Mission_bug]

I expect it will all work well. Great job!

I tried as much as possible to deal with issues even actually remapping some meshes again so it should not be far off. One major issue was the tail as it had a door internally that I think must have been able to be opened in the original sim it was intended for and I removed the internal but maybe had left some of it while welding up the meshes and that caused an issue were it seemed the pattern went the other way, the lower section also does not quite seem to match the fuselage sides, what happened there I know not but this has been through various modders so I think each of us will have caused some problems within the model.

I also had an issue with the elevators and had to move those as well as some wing parts but I think it is now as good as it gets, it is difficult to imagine how the template might look as you start mapping and you just try and fit things in where you can and hope it all comes together at the end but some things ended up being reorientated so it is not as obvious just where the patterns lie, unfortunately with the elevators because they were orientated for extraction in the 3d program I had them the wrong way around, upside down and back to front it seemed. I also tried to add all the wing parts so they would join easily but had to separate some things due to length issues hence why the gaps now.
I used the green camo pattern as a way to help see what was the right way around and also give you and other skinners a sense of where gaps are that do not quite join up and so need some tinkering.

Anyway, I hoppe it does not cause you skin artists too much stress.

Take care and be safe.

Wishing you all the very best, Pete.

[dona]

I think there will be many opportunities for skinning this beauty. Thank you Pete!
 

[Mission_bug]

Excellent, keep them comming dona.

Take care and be safe.

Wishing you all the very best, Pete.

[Mission_bug]

Hello guys, a little update on current work on the Otter.

I have tried to activate all the Co-Commons (hit boxes) on the Otter using stuff from
the A-20EXZ as that seems to be what was used as the base for the Otter when it
was imported. The A-20EXZ is a floatplane by Beowolf if memory serves.

I cannot guarantee all of them work but so far in test I have seen something appear
on most of the airframe, however, you can test and test and some things you never
seem to see but at least it works, the large piece of wing was from the A-20 as those
CAPs were used to set everything up and each will need replacing:







Yesterday I added the first of the CAPs all of which I will have to make:





Stay tuned, mayhem and mischief are about.

Take care and be safe.

Wishing you all the very best, Pete.

[Mission_bug]

Hello guys, work goes on, nearly there.

I have added an internal skin to all the wings; however, I have not re-mapped it all to a separate texture
but if someone does a proper damage skin ever at least there is something to see inside as the holes open
up even if it is a repeat of the external scheme.

Some parts I did do a separate internal skin and mapped that to a second texture but that is mainly on the
actual CAPs, there is some internal spars and end caps for those to help block off holes but it has to be
restrained so as not to take things above the poly limit:



Same with the engines, just the internal skin and some bulkheads to cover those empty spaces, the CAP
for the Engine1 and the complete Engine2, nothing fancy but hopefully it will do the job:



Starting the work for the Keel with the main Lod cloned and flipped for the inside and a few spars and aerofoils
for the structure:



Cutting up the keel to make that CAP:




And finally, please do not do this at home folks, running our Lovely Otter into a C-47/Li-2 is not good for it:






Flying it over a fleet of warships will do it no good either as you will ruin those beautiful skins dona made for us:




Take care and be safe.

Wishing you all the very best, Pete.

[Bison_M]

DM update by Mission_bug.
A huge thanks to Pete for his titanic work!
See Add_to_air-ini for details.







https://www.mediafire.com/file/jwgdeiyms1n76a9/DHC6_update_30th_July_2024_WIP_new_mapping%252BDM.7z/file

Link added to first post.

[<Gunny>]

I have flown in this plane many many times... It is one GREAT plane..A few time in some kick ass weather....But we made it.