How can I improve my designs? I've got a lot of things to do but I really can't build. I was trying to build a b17 but it look like an ugly fat tuna. I'm now gold but my planes are less detailed than a 16x16 black and white image.
How can I improve my designs? I've got a lot of things to do but I really can't build. I was trying to build a b17 but it look like an ugly fat tuna. I'm now gold but my planes are less detailed than a 16x16 black and white image.
@AmerigoB don't worry about the part count, check out my page to see what I mean. Many (but not all) of those players who build planes with 300, 500 or more parts frequently don't get something right, like the canopy scale, or the landing gear isn't right or the markings are on the tail instead of the wings...something which ruins the whole thing. Or it doesn't fly correctly, which is a disappointment, or mobile users can't fly it at all, which is another big disappointment for those of us who love our phones. I rarely exceed 200 parts, build them all on my phone, but I have to triage which details I'm going to build and which I will leave out. The bigger and more significant the detail will have a better chance of being included, the smaller details that one cannot see easily will probably be left off. Examples: The pitot tube on the F-100, the tip tanks on the F-104. Ones I might leave off: Some of the antennas, which are pretty small. Wires...no one notices those at all.
@ChiChiWerx Thank you! I usually don't like my planes because I always see detailed 500 parts plane and I can get maximum 200 parts per plane. Anyway I'm not building a B17 replica but I'm building a plane inspired By it as an engine testbed. But it look ugly, as always, so I don't know if I'm going to publish it.
For replicas I usually watch a blueprint on my second monitor.
Anyway Thank you again for your Support!
Hey, @AmerigoB, what are you talking about? I looked at all your posts and your planes are fine. They're a bit more whimsical than what I might create, but that's your build style, embrace it. As for your B-17, here's what I do with replica builds: I find a good "3-view" picture on Google images, Google "B-17 3-view" and you'll see multiple examples. I print out a 3-view I can use and use it for measurements on my airplanes to ensure I get the scale right. Sometimes, components like the engines or landing gear are the controls for the sizes of the other components, such as wings and fuselages. Hope this helps!
@DisferGoatz This isn't a replica, it's only inspired by it.
@AmerigoB ok, link me to it when you do, good night
@DisferGoatz I'm going to sleep now because here in Italy are 2.25am, but tomorrow I will upload it as unlisted
Can you show me what the b-17 looks like? I could try to fix it.