Boeing 767 1-100

[Marterair]

Hello all,

I finally decided to make a full return to paper modelling and clear my big design backlog and finish a lot of long awaited models, over the past few months or so i have completed 6 models, 2 of which i have released, These are:
DC-10
717 (Released)
737-400 (Released)
737-800
BAC 1-11
VC-10

A couple of weeks ago i picked up where i left of on a long awaited model, My 767 project, this model will be finished in 1-100 with all engine types.

Here are a few sneak peak pictures:

[Siwi]

Great news - your existing designs are good.


Could you share a little more about your design process? I see you are following the classic method of making a half model and mirroring it. How do you decide how many segments to divide the curved surfaces into? What process do you follow to create the complex curves of the wings? What do you do to export the unfold of the model and import it into Inkscape for texturing? How do you find Inkscape as a texturing program as opposed to Photoshop, GIMP or Paint.NET if you've used those?

[Marterair]

Originally Posted by Siwi

Great news - your existing designs are good.


Could you share a little more about your design process? I see you are following the classic method of making a half model and mirroring it. How do you decide how many segments to divide the curved surfaces into? What process do you follow to create the complex curves of the wings? What do you do to export the unfold of the model and import it into Inkscape for texturing? How do you find Inkscape as a texturing program as opposed to Photoshop, GIMP or Paint.NET if you've used those?

Hi there,
Regarding the curved surfaces, i try to do a half and half between simple and complex, i draw lines before hand to see how i can replicate the curves in low poly.
For the wings i try to find an accurate airfoil for the route and use the push pull feature and the scale to line the shape up with the blueprint. For this model i exported it into layout and then to inkscape.
I've never tried any of the bitmap graphic softwares, inkscape was the first software i tried and i never wanted to make the change.

Hope this answered your questions
Harry

[Marterair]

Some progress

[juan angel 747]

A doubt .Are you also going to release the B767-200 and -400?

[Marterair]

Originally Posted by juan angel 747

A doubt .Are you also going to release the B767-200 and -400?

Yes, i already have CF6-80A designed for -200

[Siwi]

Originally Posted by Marterair

Hi there,
Regarding the curved surfaces, i try to do a half and half between simple and complex, i draw lines before hand to see how i can replicate the curves in low poly.
For the wings i try to find an accurate airfoil for the route and use the push pull feature and the scale to line the shape up with the blueprint. For this model i exported it into layout and then to inkscape.
I've never tried any of the bitmap graphic softwares, inkscape was the first software i tried and i never wanted to make the change.

Hope this answered your questions
Harry

Thanks, it was helpful. I wondered if that might be how you did wings. I did not realise that there was a method to get the flat parts into Inkscape that way as had always used Pepakura.

[Marterair]

Originally Posted by Siwi

Thanks, it was helpful. I wondered if that might be how you did wings. I did not realise that there was a method to get the flat parts into Inkscape that way as had always used Pepakura.

There's multiple ways, i never got along with pepakura, the unfold tool i use called flattery has a save feature which allows me to save a an SVG, this model was the second time using layout, it has a lot more features which are handy for scale and orientation.

[Marterair]

Some more progress today, will begin designing the PW4000s very soon

[Marterair]

PW4000's Design complete