One Last Pic.........

....of the FSX Sopwith Snipe before I paint & apply full FSX materials. The glossy specular will be all gone. I'm not sure whether I can finish before radiotherapy starts.... we'll see.

The VC is also all UVW mapped & ready for painting too. I'm doing the animations just now.



Hopefully I will have the opportunity to finish the CFS3 version later this year also.

Rob

Snipe Cockpit: WIP

Just to show that the Sopwith Snipe has not been forgotten, .... a WIP image. Most of the cockpit area has now been UV mapped save for the instruments and a couple of other parts. Now comes the tedious bit of painting all the parts. It will still be a while before it's complete.



Rob

Some mesh WIPs in FSX.

Here are a few WIP pics of meshes under construction including the frequently disappearing Albatros. Hopefully these won't disappear this time.

The Dr-I will possibly be payware. Anyway they are a long way away and much still to be done, rigging, engines etc. I have to create Clerget & Mercedes engines before I can progress with some of these. I have resumed work on the Snipe again. I can't say when...that depends on health matters. I'll continue with aircraft creation for the time being and again during recovery later this year. Good therapy :)



Rob

New Blog - Rob's Cancer Journey

I have created a new blog relating to a recently diagnosed liposarcoma in my thigh. I will still post here from time to time on virtual aircraft creation.

http://sarcomabattle.blogspot.com/

Rob

Disappearing Images

I just noticed that a few of my images hosted on Imageshack linking through to my blogs have disappeared. I've sent an email to ImageShack seeking the reason.

The images are all WIP images of various meshes... various of the Sopwith Snipe, all my Albatros mesh previews and Spad S.7. There are possibly some others.

A mysterious form of censorship or malfunctioning ImageShack?

Life is full of mysteries.

Rob

The Battle ahead

I received the results of the tumour biopsy & it's cancer after all. Not good news :( It's a liposarcoma.

I have quite a schedule of treatment to undergo starting soon. 5 Weeks of radio therapy followed by resection surgery & a long period of rehab & recovery. Once treatment starts I'll be out of action for a number of months.

Rob

Leg Biopsy

I had minor surgery on my leg this week to take a tissue sample for biopsy. At this stage all that is known is that it is a low grade tumour. I'll find out more next Friday. I'm a bit sore & resting this weekend. The aftermath of surgery was a lot more painful than I thought it would be.

Rob

Health

Virtual aircraft creation is again taking a back seat, this time, due to health issues.

A large mass (tumour) last week was discovered in my right thigh. It is causing complications by compressing blood vessels and causing and a bit of thrombosis, thankfully in veins near the surface and not DVT, otherwise I would have been in hospital a while. I ended up unexpectedly in hospital to control the clotting. I have return to outpatients tomorrow to find out the next step. In the meantime I have to inject myself with Clexine blood thinning medication as I will probably have to have surgery. Hopefully only a biopsy as the mass itself is about 10cm in diameter.

I have had trouble with this leg since 2001 following a septic pyelonephritis which my doctor suggested turned into septicaemia and possibly caused joint infection in the hips & knees, later that year. Recurring UTI symptoms returned in 2004 and appeared to affect my leg. Hopefully the mass is benign all will end up well this time around, and I'm not sidelined too long.

If I disappear from forums & blogging a while, this will be the reason why.

Rob

Freeware WIP

As I posted in Wing Fell Off, I started my new job this week so I now mainly a weekend warrior as to working on 3D.

Here are a few pics of 4 current WIP meshes of aircraft destined for FSX.... freeware of course.


Albatros DV/DVa


Sopwith Triplane.


Sopwith Snipe


Sopwith Baby

I'm not working to any definite timetable with these. They'll be ready in due course.

Rob

I'm back :)

That's right! The Biff Diaries is now returning after a brief period of hibernation.

The FSX SP1 beta is almost there and I have freed up enough time to move forward with my pursuit of virtual aircraft creation to the extent I can start posting WIP updates here. I have also started a new job and this has provided some stability to make plans.

The Sopwith Snipe is now back in WIP. The Snipe has been on and off for a long time, straddling many other projects. It'll be nice to see it finished. I'm also still picking away at my new Sopwith Triplane model & giving consideration to reviving the Sopwith Baby too for FSX. If not the Baby then some other WW1 seaplane for FSX.

Flight dynamics is now a project for bed time reading and commuting to work.

Nice to be back!! :)

Rob