DaveB wrote:Thanks for that Martin.. much appreciated. The '9' is a great little aircraft and the model deserves an accurate FD. Many of those nasty little fields that currently elude us in the sim (those not fond of the Cub that is) can use the AOP9 as an alternative
Appreciate Mr Ito's production time. As a comparison, below is a shot of the Messenger Rick Piper was working on. What you see there is around 3 days work. Unfortunately, lack of interior shots stopped the model going further :sad: Rick could probably knock out a couple a week at Mr Ito's level of detail but chooses to go that little bit further
DaveB :tab:
Will try and take as many as I can of XR240, XR241, WZ662 (the prototype) and XN441 at the weekend.
Now I'm not really a computer literate person (I can just about get by), so there's me thinking that Mr Ito did a grand job, and then I'm bowled over by hearing that the Messenger took just a few days. I'm very impressed.
Now...I have a bit of a confession to make now. I was one of those people that said to Mr Piper 'hey I've got Messenger photos' and then did nothing about it. I am sincerely sorry for not supplying the goods, but I've had one hell of a year with sick parents and just havent had the time to sit down and do anything aviation orientated. Now, that things have returned to a more normal way of life, the 9 project has somewhat kicked me up the provervial and I'm trying to regain my interest.
So....I am now making an open apology. All that I do have and if it is of any use are some Pilot magazine articles on the Messenger which do include cockpit photos. I do have a friend who is a trustee of G-AKIN the Messenger at Sywell, and as he owes me a favour for helping with a T-6 scheme, I can always ask if he can take some digital cockpit shots.
I appreciate all that everyone is doing on the 9 and look forward to seeing the end results.
Best wishes,
Martin