Thanks Stingray! Beautiful work and I hope you have a great 2018!

yes AFAIK.

@stingray_SIX_TWO:

Yeah prolly one of those weird internet anomalies, thought I saw that bump as well…

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4259/35006990066_7a7dc6ac1b_b.jpg

That pic of the kit model inspired me to fix the rear end where the stabs connect to the fuselage so I fixed that part. It actually goes straight down from the shoulder and only below where the stab sits it angles down toward the engine pod. Finalizing geometry and optimizing right now. About time to deal with textures and materials. Been looking into the 3Ds side of things so the transition goes smoothly. Maybe I can get this out before the DCS boys roll out their 1 million poly model :D.

In the render you can see the areas that need work. Lots of materials are messed up at the moment. I’m giving all objects their correct names and merging the objects and materials cuz I duplicated tons of them. The names and materials can also be imported into 3Ds. I will use some modifiers to simulate the load of the airplane on the tires. Also started to remodel the nozzles so they can open and close as intended.

Don’t worry about the DCS design- it’ll be very fun and pretty but the long range intercept capability needs a lot of work in the engine. BMS will be great fun to train managing a large area of airspace with a flight of 4 Tomcats. I loved flying one in Allied Force and basically controlling 150 sqnm area without needing to refuel and keeping the are clear of everything. Just a great feeling of total superiority with great response speed- range, and weapons employment.

I thought I saw a bump on a previous image……

Nice work!!! (understatement of the year)

Dude, whoa.

Anyone working on APKWS for Falcon? Rockets would indeed rock at that point.

Selfish Bump to keep it on the first page……

THANK YOU FOR BEING SUCH A RIVET COUNTER!!! We need those big fat intakes to scare the crap out of the enemy when they see us on their six! Makes them feel like our engines will eat them if our weapons don’t first!(true IRL statement from an F-16 guy after getting beat by an F-14 Veteran-flight hours made the difference in this scenario)

Looks like speed and noise……Murica!