Thanks to all. I'm glad you liked it
Gil, It will be hard to me to explain what I have changed - Mainly for my bad Eglish I'm unable do discrabe in detiles. But I'll try, only please be merciful with my English
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So, the main is that the F104 was one of my first projects - it was 4 y ago. Since these 4 years I haven't stop to design (except about 6 months) - now I hope I'm more expirienced designer than I was then. Along last year and half I made basic design for abot 10-15 Fiddlers Greens models and this was very important for the forming of my today design philosophy. I have learned many things from Chip and I'm very thankful to him.
By the way I'm continuing to design for him.
Another very important thing is that I have finaly defined the format of my models-some basic characteristics:
-scale 1:48
-complexity - not so hard, but with ability to be extended
-downloadable format of the models - it means small number of pages -as small as it is possible.
-coloring - good coloring with very low stage of imitation shading. Adding the imitation of 'technikal dirt'. Accurately marking.
What all these defines (Of course from my view point)?
1. The main is - Internal frames - as small as it is possible. The scale 1:48 lets it and this makes the model simplest and decreases the number of elements. The fuselage is built by rings. At all the shape of the model is selfdefined. But at all I usualy give few sections who those whu like it. (In truth I'm using them too
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2. The plane can be build whit or without cockpit interior.
3. I place many details but they are as simple as it possible. What do I mean? - I give an example - look on the gears in my models they are flat and the whells are simple cilinders. These makes model simplest and sweetable for builder, but advanced builder can replace the flat gear by 'pipe' and simple cilinder with good shaped whell (by using the 'multy layer' technology). This will be ease for advanced modeler if my simple and flat details are exact and mainly if the place where they are conected with other details are marced correct.
Another important thing that was changed along these 4 years are my software routines - parallel with designing I have redeveloped them some times. Now they permit me to make much more things in beter way. And now the proces of designing is easer and much precission for me.
Many modelers are interested of this my old project - F-104 and may be I'll redesign it, but I don't know when. But very soon those, whu know it will be able to find where is the difference, because in few days I'll present my new model Rafale-B. The two planes are jets and their vision aren't so different. May be they are good for comparision.
... I don't know - may be differences aren't so big ... You'll take decission
Best regards
Kancho Iliev
Bulgaria
