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RELEASED: Fokker T.5 bomber for FSX/P3D
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He was able to look over the nose somewhat... But in fact he had to fly only in emergency situations, his primary function was gunner.
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After a short period, continued this project. This time on textures. I had a little info gap concerning the radios and as usual for me, gaps will drag the progress.
As I said, further detailing of the structure is done using textures. Seen here. I also changed the grey interior a bit, it's slightly lighter now but looks better IMHO.
Basic AO baking is done in Blender, riveting and the like with Gimp.
I added some other textures to small objects as well. The window rims have gotten textures, to look better. In fact, every single face of the rims (in the entire airplane) is mapped to the same location on the sheet. This is a square, with three colors.
Next step will probably be the radio.
Cheerio!
As I said, further detailing of the structure is done using textures. Seen here. I also changed the grey interior a bit, it's slightly lighter now but looks better IMHO.
Basic AO baking is done in Blender, riveting and the like with Gimp.
I added some other textures to small objects as well. The window rims have gotten textures, to look better. In fact, every single face of the rims (in the entire airplane) is mapped to the same location on the sheet. This is a square, with three colors.
Next step will probably be the radio.
Cheerio!
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Looks Good Mr. Daan!!!! 
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Thankyou! The front gunner was in fact the commander, observer and bombardier. In reports of T.5 operational flights*, theobserver ("waarnemer") was mentioned. Strange, that they didn't call him the commander in these documents...
But regarding your question: the gunner had a seat without belts while in the nose section, so he was free to move. His gun could fire upward to 45 degrees, downward to 45 degrees and the same applies for left and right.
Well, thanks to ao the guys of nederlandseluchtvaart.nl (http://www.nederlandseluchtvaart.nl/...html#post63007), I was able to create the radio. This is a Telefunken sender-reciever unit. I'm not yet sure what the exact typenumbers of the sencer and reciever are, but the station itself has the Telefunken designation Stat. 1001bF. It's also known as the Holland station and was also used in the Dutch Navy Dornier Do24s.
Quick render:
Enough knobs and switches, IMHO. This station has a telegraphy function as well (not very surprisingly). Don't see a way to implement it in FS though, so I'll use the corresponding switch for avionics on/off. A few functions of the real unit have to be compromised, but I'm open for creative ideas!
* Like this one of the war: https://www.nmm.nl/zoeken-in-de-collectie/detail/470975/
But regarding your question: the gunner had a seat without belts while in the nose section, so he was free to move. His gun could fire upward to 45 degrees, downward to 45 degrees and the same applies for left and right.
Well, thanks to ao the guys of nederlandseluchtvaart.nl (http://www.nederlandseluchtvaart.nl/...html#post63007), I was able to create the radio. This is a Telefunken sender-reciever unit. I'm not yet sure what the exact typenumbers of the sencer and reciever are, but the station itself has the Telefunken designation Stat. 1001bF. It's also known as the Holland station and was also used in the Dutch Navy Dornier Do24s.
Quick render:
Enough knobs and switches, IMHO. This station has a telegraphy function as well (not very surprisingly). Don't see a way to implement it in FS though, so I'll use the corresponding switch for avionics on/off. A few functions of the real unit have to be compromised, but I'm open for creative ideas!
* Like this one of the war: https://www.nmm.nl/zoeken-in-de-collectie/detail/470975/
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Looks Good Mr. Daan!!!!
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Thanks!
Well, I'm into texturing again now. Fokker used to paint the interior of the combat aircraft completely grey, so I was afraid that the interior of the T.5 would look really dull. Some research however revealed that not everything was painted grey, for example the floors and some metal parts. The floors were made of wood, painted in 'Rubbol AZ paint, color Linoleum'. Well, that's clear isn't it? Rubbol AZ is still available today, but what means 'color Linoleum'? There's linoleum in every possible color! I think they refer to the basic color of linoleum/linoleum cement. This stuff is a cooked mixture of linol and natural resin. So that's what I tried for the floors.
The box at the port side of the nose compartment, with the cylinders, houses signal flares and 'message boxes', to be fired by a gun. Below the floor at the starboard side, there's an Irvin Quick Connector parachute, to be used by the observer/commander. AFAIK, only the pilot wears it during the flight, he had a seat harness.
View to the rear section.
The fixed seat was for the second pilot, when I was flying the airplane. The tip-up seat was also for him, he'd use this while in take-off and with the roof door closed. The T.5 had three tip-up seats: one for the observer, one for the second pilot and one for the tailgunner.
Mounted below the second pilot's fixed seat, is his oxygen bottle.
The wing spars, visible in the picture above, remained unpainted AFAIK (except for a blank paint). Maybe these spars would have been painted aluminium, but that's not documented.
There's no weathering or specularity modification done yet.
Well, I'm into texturing again now. Fokker used to paint the interior of the combat aircraft completely grey, so I was afraid that the interior of the T.5 would look really dull. Some research however revealed that not everything was painted grey, for example the floors and some metal parts. The floors were made of wood, painted in 'Rubbol AZ paint, color Linoleum'. Well, that's clear isn't it? Rubbol AZ is still available today, but what means 'color Linoleum'? There's linoleum in every possible color! I think they refer to the basic color of linoleum/linoleum cement. This stuff is a cooked mixture of linol and natural resin. So that's what I tried for the floors.
The box at the port side of the nose compartment, with the cylinders, houses signal flares and 'message boxes', to be fired by a gun. Below the floor at the starboard side, there's an Irvin Quick Connector parachute, to be used by the observer/commander. AFAIK, only the pilot wears it during the flight, he had a seat harness.
View to the rear section.
The fixed seat was for the second pilot, when I was flying the airplane. The tip-up seat was also for him, he'd use this while in take-off and with the roof door closed. The T.5 had three tip-up seats: one for the observer, one for the second pilot and one for the tailgunner.
Mounted below the second pilot's fixed seat, is his oxygen bottle.
The wing spars, visible in the picture above, remained unpainted AFAIK (except for a blank paint). Maybe these spars would have been painted aluminium, but that's not documented.
There's no weathering or specularity modification done yet.
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Looks really great Daan! I love the attention to detail and historic accuracy am I correct in assuming that all crew members, expect the pilot, would bail-out througha single exit? As I assume the pilot still needs to keep the plane "under control" while the crew bails out and the pilot then has to be able to get out quickly, thus he's wearing the parachute during the flight... Or is that a false assumption?
am I correct in assuming that all crew members, expect the pilot, would bail-out througha single exit? As I assume the pilot still needs to keep the plane "under control" while the crew bails out and the pilot then has to be able to get out quickly, thus he's wearing the parachute during the flight... Or is that a false assumption?
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Thank you! Well, the two crewmembers in the tail had to bail out via the door in the tail section or the tail turret (which could be jettisoned). The second pilot had his roof and the two guys in the nose section had a hatch in the nose, or a hatch above the cockpit section. Yet the plane was called a flying coffin.
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That's quite interesting! Did so many T.5s crash that they called "flying coffin"? or was that just the fear of not being able to bail-out in time for whatever reason?
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No, I believe they said this because they felt they didn't have very big chances.
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Hi Daan!
WOW! WOW! WOW! That looks incredible!!!!!
WOW! WOW! WOW! That looks incredible!!!!!
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Way to boost moral...
I like that you tell us these side stories with the parts you make, it makes my personal interest in the aircraft grow
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Thank you! I like telling the stories, technical backgrounds and information. Good to hear people appreciate this
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I really like to read about the history of the aircraft, it just makes the whole aircraft more interesting to me (as far as it wasn't yet interesting to me ofcourse). I just wish I could tell such interesting stories about my development I hope you can tell more stories
I hope you can tell more stories
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You should walk through the Fokker department at the Aviodrome with him. We spent almost 3 hours there
You know that I would love to do that with the Daan-audio/visual guided tour
but I don't think I would be able to tell any stories back, so I would just walk and stare in amazement
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Were it 3 hours 
? Yeah, but we had a very nice day Roel! The Netherlands is beautiful from the air, but at the other hand, very packed. Everything's busy.. The Aviodrome Crawling sessions were nice too. I never realized, but it's a good place for walkaround photo series and detail photographs.
? Yeah, but we had a very nice day Roel! The Netherlands is beautiful from the air, but at the other hand, very packed. Everything's busy.. The Aviodrome Crawling sessions were nice too. I never realized, but it's a good place for walkaround photo series and detail photographs.