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Leicester Photos needed

darren s

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Hello fellow designer, I was hoping if any of you have some photos of some of the buildings at EGBG and maybe some dimensions.

All I need is a good image of one side of all 3 hangers, and the entrance of all 3 hangars.

Also possibly all 4 sides of the main control tower and some of the little buildings in the car park.

When this product is released, I will mention your names in the "special thanks" part or even "the team" part of the product, and also recieve this product for free.

I beg any of you to help me on this part, there is some I have fount on the internet but they are hard to work from and they are mainly just planes with a bit of building in the background or the front of the main building.

Thank you to anyone that helps me, really really appreciated.
 
Hey darren ..

This really is the bugbear of developing for FS isn't it?

I may be wrong, but if another member here has the pics ... chances are they're developing the airfield!

If you can get permission ... it may be worth a trip yourself to get the pics you want. They are almost always inadequate if a non-modeller takes them.

Good luck though ... I know exactly how you feel.

For an idea of externals and layout Google Streetview MAY be helpful. dimensions from Google earth Ruler or your sat imagery. Bing Birds eye view (not covered all areas) can be great for a bit more information too)

Jetphotos and airliners.net may be good too ... with one caveat .. the photos are copyright .. so can't be adapted as textures. The other frustrating problem is all those wretched planes in the middle of every shot!
 
hcornea said:
The other frustrating problem is all those wretched planes in the middle of every shot!
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Yes, it's horrible how they have the gall to park the silly aircraft so they block the views of the lovely buildings!

How rude! :rotfl:
 
hcornea said:
Hey darren ..

This really is the bugbear of developing for FS isn't it?

I may be wrong, but if another member here has the pics ... chances are they're developing the airfield!

If you can get permission ... it may be worth a trip yourself to get the pics you want. They are almost always inadequate if a non-modeller takes them.

Good luck though ... I know exactly how you feel.

For an idea of externals and layout Google Streetview MAY be helpful. dimensions from Google earth Ruler or your sat imagery. Bing Birds eye view (not covered all areas) can be great for a bit more information too)

Jetphotos and airliners.net may be good too ... with one caveat .. the photos are copyright .. so can't be adapted as textures. The other frustrating problem is all those wretched planes in the middle of every shot!
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I got in touch with the airfield, basically they can not help me at all. In exact words they said "Darren, I do not have time or the equipment to get measurments and photos of our structures. We are also unable to give you permission to get these yourself, google earth is a good source for measurement as the CAA use it to measure our runways!".

Guess they didn't understand that the only dimension I am looking for, for all buildings is the HEIGHT.

I have honestly possibly seen all photos of EGBG, but 99% of them have (like you say) an aircraft right in the center of the photo.

Brilliant, out of everything I am stuck on Height and photos.
 
It sounds primitive Darren, but often the only way I can get height is from proportion

(Width with length) x proportion = height!

Inexact I know, but you have to work with what's available.

and yeah, Photos are about the first thing I want to secure before agreeing to a project.

I'm guessing you have these as a reference:

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/18525648

You might be able to contact the guy who posted these and ask nicely if he/she has any more.
 
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hcornea said:
It sounds primitive Darren, but often the only way I can get height is from proportion

(Width with length) x proportion = height!

Inexact I know, but you have to work with what's available.

and yeah, Photos are about the first thing I want to secure before agreeing to a project.
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What do you mean by proportion? can you give me an example of how you would get the height of a building that is 10.5 meters wide and 14.5 meters long?

As for the photos needed for textures, I will have to work by the photos I have seen and re-create the proper texture in PS.

Thanks
 
hcornea said:
I'm guessing you have these as a reference:

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/18525648

You might be able to contact the guy who posted these and ask nicely if he/she has any more.
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Yes, I honestly think I have seen every photo out there, came to a point where I was searching for WW2 photos when it was an RAF base!

For now, I am just going of my estimating skills, my estimating seems pretty accurate, so on that picture, I would say it is around 7-8 meters tall. But I would like a bit of mathematics to get me a better estimate rather than my own eyes.

So, you speak of proportion..explanation?

Regards
 
You know the footprint, so make the shape to match the photos

Adjust the proportions so that it matches.

Here is a very ugly rough example ....
 

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hcornea said:
You know the footprint, so make the shape to match the photos

Adjust the proportions so that it matches.

Here is a very ugly rough example ....
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That does actually look very very good hcornea!
just the entrance is in the center of the building and it is flat.

But looks excellent! thanks
 
Not much info on "how"

That is a very quick template scaled to match the core footprint .. Which looks like 11.5 x 11.5 with some sort of annex off the side 4m.

Usually I would cut this out as a geotiff which has the advantage of being squared and georeferenced.

The add-on bits are matched to the footprint, which can also be used as a template for your roof texture.

The height bit is just by "reckoning". But if it pleases your eye and is feasible (eg the planes tail will fit through the hanger door). It will be ok.

The single biggest problem is that where you need the detailed images is airside and that's usually where we have the least imagery!
 
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Otherwise contact the flying club there. They should be able to give you access.
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Yeah I booked and took the "family affair fly away" and had 2 members of my family take as many photos they can of the buildings - this was the only way I could get the photos from airside.
 
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