Friday 2010-01-22 Screenshots AND Discussion Thread

[airmalik]

thanks for the great update Oleg and team. Loved the movie.

I'm not a Spitfire expert but according to this site (Anatomy of the Spitfire cockpit - great site BTW):

The panel and most of the other instrumentation were painted in black, providing contrast from the Interior Green of the structural elements.



Regarding the amount of turbulence, it does seem excessive but then I've only been in such turbulence in a much slower plane. As someone else mentioned it seems the frequency of the bumps is too high. It almost seems like the engine is about to come apart. I also wouldn't expect the RPM needle to jump around like that in turbulence but I WOULD expect that from the canopy handle/wire

Love to see a complete overcast video next!

cheers

[13th Hsqn Protos]

Originally Posted by airmalik

The panel and most of the other instrumentation were painted in black, providing contrast from the Interior Green of the structural elements.



Regarding the amount of turbulence, it does seem excessive but then I've only been in such turbulence in a much slower plane. As someone else mentioned it seems the frequency of the bumps is too high. It almost seems like the engine is about to come apart. I also wouldn't expect the RPM needle to jump around like that in turbulence but I WOULD expect that from the canopy handle/wire

What ????? ............ Protos said cockpit was washed out ...... hmmm = wtf does Pro know ........
Oleg and Luthier that is a 'realistic' pit ... how about making it look like that (at least colors) and forget about 'weathering cockpits'

[AdMan]

Originally Posted by 13th Hsqn Protos

What ????? ............ Protos said cockpit was washed out ...... hmmm = wtf does Pro know ........
Oleg and Luthier that is a 'realistic' pit ... how about making it look like that (at least colors) and forget about 'weathering cockpits'

mmmm...yes, the trademark spitfire green and black interior paint has undoubtedly been compromised in favor of a flaky, muted paint job that for all intents and purposes makes the cockpit gunmetal. It looks good on screen but I cant help but to harken back to a certain WoP thread in which similar "cinematic effects" had a good 50% of this board stark raving mad.

unless the colors are washed out simply from capture and compression, but it doesn't appear that is the case.