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Well I'll be, Paul , I don't think that has been suggested yet and I sure hadn't thought of it. Thanks for the suggestion......will give it a try when I get back to animating..... Michael

Id use that majic wand thingy to do the dirty work.. ..Boy, once again that didn,\'t sound like I intended it to. Michael

Those are some cute charachters.....thanks for the file Nancy the clip looked good too. Larry , thats sure sounds like a nice animation idea, sure hope you find time to do it, or should that be "make time" Michael

Now that is some fine work there, not your job in the oil fields, I wouldn't know ,but the sharp pic........ Michael

Thanks for the comments, Ive finally found a project I am sticking to. Matt, Ive been reading your work in the thread, interesting and I sure will attempt something once my head gets a grasp of the process, Im slow to understanding lighting technics in AM . Michael

As mentioned , I'm on to re modeling the Engine cowling.....my intent was to have the side and top side cowls open and then have decaled the t-56 engine itself on a patch...well things got out of hand beside the images I had are to low resolution for me. Its not to specs and Im no where done but here is a pic of where Im at so far........ No materials just surface properties, as of yet....wont be long before Ill need some JP4 to get this thing running......... Michael[attachmentid=12113]

Drvarceto, Pretty cool, the real test will be when it's animated being swung around in action, maybe some trailing effect when in action? Michael

Drvarceto, Im not seeing a picture or a link.. is it me? Michael

Ok here is another shot a landing, Im using a different camera setup in this clip, also I adjusted the speed of the c130 to be in scale with the model and surroundings and compareable to real life specs. and I have the rear tires smoke at touchdown, I didnt put any smoke on the NLG tires, Ive been watching some clips of c130s land and don't see any smoke comming from them, there must be a little but the clips I have with low resolution it doesnt show up, may add a little next go around (whenever that may be, will be going back to modeling touchups next). I also have the c130 slow down after landing, but this time the camera angle doesnt help show it. Also still need to add some tubulance to add to the realism, along with sound. On to modeling touchups..New Eng cowling comming up next.... Michael P.S. I just noticed the clips says "Takeoff" when its actually landing...LOL C_130_Takeoff_501_990_trim.mov

Stuart, Thanks for the tips, my last clips the camera was on the same path as the c130, I wanted to get a good shot of its touchdown, that may be alot of the problem with motion along with sparse scenery. And I was wondering about the speed of the aircraft at landing and I did find it out...appx. 110 mph (if Im remembering correctly), or appx 170 fps (if I converted correctly/close) which will help me get the realative speed correct or at least close, well thanks and onto my next attempt.... Michael

Xtaz. Yea ! I Like what youve done there . and will incorporate your method, Ill be using a variety of methods, mixing and matching to see what works best for different applications/situations, Thanks for the post you made on this method...so cool Michael

Freaky dude. I think I just had a 70s flashback... Michael

Im not fond of spiders and your clip hasnt made me feel any friendlier to them,,,,next youll be posting a snake striking at me,,,,,nice clip.. Michael

Jamagica, If I recall correctly, I have 4 modeled propeller blades and a circle patch (spin decal patch) with a decal of a propeller in motion on each engine, it starts off with the prop blades 0% transparence and the spin decaled patch 100% transp. then the action file starts rotating the prop and I increase the transp% of the blades and Decrease the Transp. of the spin decal patch. Still tryin to figure this whole aircraft speed in relation to the ground stuff. Michael

I totally agree ,it looks like it's in slow motion or something....Im tring to figure out how to get the speed of the aircraft to look normal to the ground..making the front wheels touchdown faster will be a simple task in the timeline. I saw an effect on some tv car commercial that had the road lines do something like what Ive attempted on the second clip...Im an effects nut, not that Im good at it I just like to try to figure out how to do what Ive seen elsewhere but in AM. Thanks for the comments and advice. Michael

Thats it Ed, thanks a bunch..... I have those days myself..... Michael

oops ! here is the clip C130_SC_Runway_Lines_SFX.mov

Ill have to try weathering on a simple model and project and see what happens...I use to use the feature quite often a version or two ago...even though I hardly noticed the resulting change. Michael Oh yes Ed ! Thank you ! that is a nicely detailed wheel there too. Send it my way and I would like to put it on that ole conestoga, and my stage coach model too.. Michael

Oooo, my favorite soft drink goes AM CG....good job and useful tip also..what was your render time BTW...? Michael

Thanks for the tip Rodney, I was wondering if using the weathering feature might help also on the paint look? last time I tried weathering I crashed to desktop, so Im hesitant on using it again.... Michael P.S. I forgot to set the bonnet tie downs to "render as lines" the group is named with render as lines in its name so just set it there if one uses the model.

Thanks for the comments/help all.....I'll try them..... but for now here is a new landing clip, I added some old hangers (hangars?) (I can't believe I dont remember the spelling) I modeled them but as usual they still need more work....I put them in the background to help show the c130 movement..... no smoke effect on the tires.......... I also need to figure out how to simulate? accurate speed of the aircraft...if I can figue out how many feet per second the c130 flys when landing, I counld do it sense I modeled it close to scale. Michael Also wanted to put this clip here that I had originally posted in the Cloth forum.....I'll start putting all my c130 related clips and stuff in here regardless of how much I stray off course...LOL... Im kinda using this thread as my progress report. Touchdown_A_540_775.mov

Not finished, but probably never will be.. Some pics of it and a download.... Uses SimCloth for the Bonnet.... Take care, Michael Conestoga download............. Conestoga_Wagon_MRC_Rv1.zip

Just a little update, this shot is decieving, the c130 is on a path but due to camera angle it doesnt look its moving much and the shot starts late and misses the initial rear touchdown, Im working on getting a little smoke from the tires as it touches down, Im not sure how to approch it, sprites, streaks, materials... Michael Land_1_675_775.mov

Yes ! thats a nice take on the burn effect, or so it seems ,but Ive been wrong more than once in my life, another wont effect my rating... Cool John Michael

Yes ! this is comming along nicely, he'll go far with that attitude... Michael