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#3539697 - 03/16/12 02:07 PM
Hi-res Blenheim ( Some hybrids actually work )
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Unlike, say, the latest automotive craze, this model is a working hybrid. I started with the left half of the fuselage from the lo-res model, re-worked it to get a good rendering sequence, re-mapped it and then mirrored it with one of Jel's handy 3dz editors. I then joined the two halves together with another one of his editors to make a complete fuselage. I next added the gun turret from the lo-res version. Lastly, I reshaped the wings from the hi-res Beaufighter and finally, I joined all the pieces together using the "empty" F.3dz from the new hi-res B-26.  I also found a hi-res desert B-25 which I can probably use right out of the box:  Oh and I also touched up the lo-res Ju52: 
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#3539710 - 03/16/12 02:30 PM
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Nice Beaufighter Ray! Very  Any chance of the MkI FB????? 
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#3539728 - 03/16/12 02:59 PM
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#3539747 - 03/16/12 03:26 PM
Re: Hi-res Blenheim ( Some hybrids actually work )
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Yes, Fran, I rounded off the wheels and re-scaled them.
Made all the engine nacels rounder too.
To be honest, the Ju-52 wasn't in too bad a shape. Especially compared to some of the other models I worked on.
John,
Not sure what you mean. Was there a FB Blenheim?
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#3539757 - 03/16/12 03:55 PM
Re: Hi-res Blenheim ( Some hybrids actually work )
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One of these.  
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#3539761 - 03/16/12 04:02 PM
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#3539765 - 03/16/12 04:09 PM
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#3539865 - 03/16/12 06:58 PM
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I like that Blenheim! Moggy DCM
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#3539903 - 03/16/12 08:16 PM
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Moggy, Check your e-mail.
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#3540410 - 03/17/12 07:10 PM
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Hi Ray,
Nice Desert Blenheim MkI, which should be useful in DAW up to say mid 1941, particularly if you can also do the Mk IF with the 4 x 0.303mg in an underbelly fairing which came in 2 types, paired or equally spaced guns (and of course the nightfighter version with the arrowhead AI radar aerial on the nose). After that date you really need to look at a nose change to make the MkIV/IVF, but I am not sure I would bother with the later MkV Bisley as the nose profile is even worse than the MkIV, although it would be good if you could. Note, early Blenheims had either 1 x Vickers "K" or 1 x Lewis 0.303 in the ventral turret, whilst later MkIV and all MkV had twin Browning 0.303 not to mention 2 different under nose rearwards pointing gun mounts on the bombers - a single 0.303 in a clear housing like the Beaufort or a solid metal fairing with 2 0.303 If you want any pics/drawings let me know. I am of course assuming we have FM to go with all the various models.
Keep up the good work, it is really appreciated, and yes, I suppose this is a "nudge" as I am very interested in the "new" DAW.
Pete
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