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Old 04-17-2007, 06:52 PM
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Hello everyone,
I'm new to RCUniverse and was wondering if anyone could help me with my dilemma. I want to construct two aircraft of personal design - 1. reflecting my admiration of the F-22 and F-14 synthesized together and one designed to outperform the Russian SU-27. Any tips would be highly appreciated for i have no clue how to start my actual models, which i intend to be R/C. I have tried and struggled and wound up failing trying to begin construction without any guidelines. Once again i'd appreciate any tips you all can provide. Thank You.
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Heres a few pics of what i want to do.
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Old 04-17-2007, 07:20 PM
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First I would say check out these sites:

http://www.nextcraft.com
http://www.airfieldmodels.com

Then you can do as I am learn to use a cad system. Or like we did in the old days draw the airplane out in 3 views and start to make your sectional views from that so you can shape the formers for your fuselage.
Old 04-17-2007, 07:30 PM
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Thanks for the insight. Ive tried using GMAX just so i could play with my planes in FSX or FS9 but found it difficult to shape the ,models to their exact dimensions.
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Join the club learning cad is not all that easy. I have yet to get what I want down on paper short of drawing it out by hand.
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ive tried with GMAX and this is the best i could do so far. Hopefully summer will give me time to expand my skills. XD <('o')> X )

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Looking good!

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