One of those moments that are special about flight to me personally is the moment that the wheels are no longer in touch with the earth and my stomach reacts with a nervous thrill to the realization. Part of the kid in me that still has a sense of wonder about things I guess. (I have mixed feeling about that thrill coupled with a bomb load meant for some havoc.) A little something about the frequency of my posts. I don't just "pop" these out. I have a considerable library of attempts and try-out renders that just didn't quite capture what I wanted. Sometimes I get on a run with solutions or new techniques to try to get the effect or atmosphere that I want so I troll my files and drag out something that I think I can finally get to work...and then there is always some great new model to take for a spin. I say this in part because I have often been intimidated in my artistic endeavors when I see a professional artist put out consistently fantastic work and I start to assume that it is practically effortless for them. I'm always amazed at my artistic amnesia when I realize that they often struggle to accomplish their work...just like me. Every try-out is something new under my belt, and the solutions to something that doesn't work today for me may pop up from a totally unlikely place tomorrow...or next month. Anyway, I really enjoy the discovery and trial and error process. It never ceases to delight me...like the moment when the wheels lift off the ground... Henschel Hs 123: Another by Pedro Caparros available free at sharecg. A really beautiful model of a plane not often represented. (Prop and textures tinkered with by me.) Pilot: Epici LW0R1 enemy soldier low poly figure Flight Gear: adh3d WW2 flight gear here on Rendo Barracks: free somewhere (apologizing for my memory lapse on this one and thanks to the modeler)and texture-tweaked. Ju-52: no longer available for download by JIHS on sketchup warehouse. Cinema4D6XL,Poser7,Vue6Infinite,PS Cs3