Sikorsky S-38 ca. 1930 (repost) by Sesh

Cinema 4D • Aviation • posted on Aug 03, 2004

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Description

This is Inter-Island Airways aircraft no. 2 taxiing to end of the dirt runway at Maalaea, Maui. It will make a 180 deg. turn and make a take off run taking advantage of the prevailing trades which blow right to left. Background is recent photo of where the strip would have been with a highway cloned over with the highway shoulder in Corel Photo Paint. Photo was projected frontally on a "cyclorama" in C4D. The S-38 sits on the horizonatal part of the cyclorama. Tried matching the sun position to match the photo but the resulting shadows looked bad. Maybe I'll go back and take a photo to match the rendered shadows. The Poser 4 low rez folks in the plane are the only commercial meshes used. This render update incorporates the suggestions of strata (dirtier plane) and vbaretto (flatten tires).

Comments (9)

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zulaan

11:50PM | Tue, 03 August 2004

Excellent realisation !!!!! ;)

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tallpindo

4:59AM | Wed, 04 August 2004

Quite a placement of this historic asset. I would like to see a bit of the uneven beat of a radial in the prop whirl. I see it is at a point of rising flurry by the dust so perhaps the beat has been lost. Excellent record.

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Sesh

1:02PM | Wed, 04 August 2004

Thanks for the comments. tallpindo: note that the mechanic next to the pilot is looking over that engine after noticing the same irregularity in the beat. He's thinking dirty plugs or maybe worn timing gears but not to worry, this thing will fly on one engine.

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strata

5:30PM | Wed, 04 August 2004

Very nice indeed, it could be even nicer if you add some dirt to the aeroplane! :)) Strata

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Sesh

7:58PM | Wed, 04 August 2004

Thanks for the suggestion, strata. Yes I guess it should be dustier operating from a dirt strip.

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vbarreto

10:13PM | Wed, 04 August 2004

One of the most beautiful flying boats built by Igor Sikorsky. A partially flat tyres would be better to fake the weight of the airplane on ground. Excellent modeling.

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Sesh

3:24AM | Thu, 05 August 2004

Thanks vbarreto totally agree with you on flattening the tires. Nice plug for Igor, well engineered besides beautiful.

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