Hawker Seahawk

[AGNT_Matt]

got a pic of that canopy release mech?

[JMSmith]

here you go matt.

[AGNT_Matt]

thanks buddy

[Supah]

I don't know if you have worked on it since the last full image but the shading on the tail looks off, makes it look a bit blobby where it should be mostly flat. The Seahawk is an interesting aircraft, I am curious to see how you are going to tackle the intakes!

[JMSmith]

hi supah,

ignore the tail, the shading on that part will be done as a seperate item, the shading you see is just the basic shape forming for the fuselage

i am slowly working towards the intakes doing the gun access panel at the moment, just going to do the fourth version

[JMSmith]

bit further

[Ugo Crisponi]

John....am not sure on the gun ports shape.....looks like...handmade with a knife rather than with a factory machine.....

[JMSmith]

hi Ugo,

i quite agree with you, forgot how many times i have redrawn this now, and it still looks crap, not to sure about my third attempt at the air vents either

[AGNT_Matt]

Hi John, just did this quickly, is this any better? vents looks fine oh and yeah i know i forgot to resize the lower port vertically....

[JMSmith]

hi matt,

nice try, but you have found the same problem i have had all along,

1, the gun trough is allways black
2, the reflected light path runs oblique to the shape
3, Hawker wants it in bed with him( english saying, meaning the designer wants f***ing)

my version above was a case of build a rocket to fly to the sun to make some toast!

or to put it another way, to busy being clever and lost the plot

yellow line hole axis
red line tube axis where light is brightest