Airplane Study

ScottPara

Great work Eric! Like Coen said...not you (typically) but this is really a neat idea. I love the jet exhaust!

Scott

remus

I'm liking the cartoony style as well

Stinkie

Cool stuff, Eric. Do post more.

david57

Looks deadly.

boofredlay

Here are a few more progress shots. As I am not able to see beneath the airplane in the image I am working off of, the missiles are my own design. I have not yet decided if I will keep them.

jeff hammond

is this SU output? (as in, no external renderer)

the model is looking sweet.
props!

ima

I like this lovely model. It is wonderful.
It is [kawaii-lovely/wonderful-suteki] in Japanese.

boofredlay

@unknownuser said:

is this SU output? (as in, no external renderer)

the model is looking sweet.
props!

Thanks Jeff. All modeling is SketchUp and the output is V-ray with no textures, a line overlay and an infinite plane for the ground.

Coen, I plan on posting the reference image once I finish.

Thanks again all for the comments.

Anssi

It might be inspired by this:
http://images.google.fi/images?hl=fi&q=polikarpov%20rata&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi
The funniest looking fighter plane ever

Anssi

EscapeArtist

Heh, I was thing that the model had the semlance of T-6, F6F or F8F aircraft. Pretty neat, very nice work with the modeling! Actually, it looks like there's a little Gee Bee racer mixed in there too...

@unknownuser said:

is this SU output? (as in, no external renderer)

the model is looking sweet.
props!

Should I groan now?

boofredlay

Working on the engine.

solo

LOL, you are getting OCD.

Lovin it!!

gasher

This model looks beautiful! Great work.

boofredlay

Thanks.

I don't think I will make any propellers. The author of the source image wrote the following:

@unknownuser said:

i didnt want to do a propeller the engine should look like a mix between an old spark-ignition engine (i googled that translation ) and a modern jet-turbine-like-thing.

However I am adding missiles...? We'll see. I may just make some landing gear as well. Now on to the rivets

pilou

Astonished model

cadmunkey

Fantastic modelling skills Eric!

marked001

wow wow wow...this is so freakin awesome , eric! a ton of detail here... the cartoon style is really great... love it.

teofas

wow, can wait to see it with textures and then render! amazing stuff, coangrats!!!

boofredlay

As you should.

Thanks again all for the comments.

boofredlay

I added the rivets tonight. They were easier than I anticipated. What I found really interesting was viewing the rivets while hiding the rest of the model. I have added some shots for you to see. Pretty cool actually. My wife said it looked like The Invisible Man's airplane