Righto Quanto, for the past few days I've had some "modeler's block," namely when it comes down to the details under the fuselage. I tried to get a hold of you over Skype on the weekend to discuss this and any collaboration we might attempt to speed up the modeling process, but you were not to be found. Given that you have the model dump and analysis that I sent to you a while back, you're not too far behind where I'm at right now. That said, I'm not at all opposed to passing the fighter back and fourth between us until it gets done.
That said, I do have a good idea for what I want to do with the fuselage unserside. However, I think a major issue is that I've not been taking enough time to adress making accurate, reliable drawings of this region on the hull. Once I have all the details worked out on paper
accurately, it ought to be simple enough to model the area in question. Once all aspects of the general shape are completed, adding more precise details ought to be child's play.
In terms of projected project length, I assume this one will take a maximum amount of time around three weeks; thus, the Fe-2 ideally will be complete about two weeks from now. Given any unforseen dilemmas, complications, etc., the figher should be done before the end of November. Again, this assumes no... real academic or possible employment complications. In which, the former is a guarantee and the latter would be welcomed. Just so you know...
Now, for everyone else...
I meant to post a log last week discussing the re-scaling up to the current size of the fighter, which is now 21 meters. As you can see, in terms of size with everything else (most importantly the new Fe-1, just to the right of the new Fe-2 candidate), it's a bit too small. Of course, you can fit a 2m-tall pilot in either cockpit of the new Feather 2, and 21 meters is still huge...
Of course, it's still not large enough for our purposes. Here's an alternate view from the top of the 3D window, showing the current size of our most recent iterations of the Feathers. I'm hoping that scaling the main hull up to 25m will be sufficeint while the cockpits of the fighters won't be too large afterwards.
And here's the last shot from the set, which details some of the lower fuselage geometry which I just can't quite master right now. I think you'll agree that when this one is done, you'll have a wicked looking fighter on your hands.