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Title: New Ki-61 3D model in beta 22.
Post by: bustr on June 02, 2016, 05:16:16 PM: Hitech released an updated Ki-61 in beta 22. Download the beta 22 from the open beta forum and install the beta to see it.
Title: Re: New Ki-61 3D model in beta 22.
Post by: DmonSlyr on June 02, 2016, 05:22:01 PM: Very nice! That's one plane that needed an overhaul!
Title: Re: New Ki-61 3D model in beta 22.
Post by: Wiley on June 02, 2016, 05:35:43 PM: :x

And the list grows shorter by 1...

Very nice!

Wiley.
Title: Re: New Ki-61 3D model in beta 22.
Post by: caldera on June 02, 2016, 06:00:02 PM: Guess this motivational needs to be scrapped:

(http://i343.photobucket.com/albums/o460/caldera_08/AH%20motivationals/ki-61.jpg~original) (http://s343.photobucket.com/user/caldera_08/media/AH%20motivationals/ki-61.jpg.html)

:x
Title: Re: New Ki-61 3D model in beta 22.
Post by: puller on June 02, 2016, 06:04:34 PM: :aok :rock
Title: Re: New Ki-61 3D model in beta 22.
Post by: hgtonyvi on June 02, 2016, 06:08:39 PM: Hmmmm....... its been a while since i haven't flown the KI-61......I use to whip it all the time way back....... :rock
Title: Re: New Ki-61 3D model in beta 22.
Post by: pipz on June 02, 2016, 07:26:03 PM: Huzzah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :aok
Title: Re: New Ki-61 3D model in beta 22.
Post by: bustr on June 02, 2016, 08:27:04 PM: Motivational indeed!!!...... :O

Hats off to Greebo................. :rock

(http://www.hitechcreations.com/images/stories/news/KI611.jpg)
Title: Re: New Ki-61 3D model in beta 22.
Post by: Devil 505 on June 02, 2016, 09:09:30 PM: Very nice!

Time for me to break out the skinning tools as well.
Title: Re: New Ki-61 3D model in beta 22.
Post by: oboe on June 03, 2016, 01:50:45 AM: Welcome news! Congrats, Greebo, she is a beauty!
Title: Re: New Ki-61 3D model in beta 22.
Post by: Oldman731 on June 03, 2016, 09:17:50 AM: Quote from: oboe on June 03, 2016, 01:50:45 AM
Welcome news! Congrats, Greebo, she is a beauty!

Agreed, and thanks for keeping the clown tail.

- oldman
Title: Re: New Ki-61 3D model in beta 22.
Post by: Ratsy on June 03, 2016, 10:02:14 AM: I really like the looks of the cockpit. The whole aircraft is so representative of what can be done with current technologies.

Darned good job that.

:salute
Title: Re: New Ki-61 3D model in beta 22.
Post by: Mitsu on June 03, 2016, 10:10:47 AM: Awesome.
Great job greebo. <S>
Title: Re: New Ki-61 3D model in beta 22.
Post by: hgtonyvi on June 03, 2016, 02:05:03 PM: Nice job greebo :salute
Title: Re: New Ki-61 3D model in beta 22.
Post by: pipz on June 03, 2016, 03:46:58 PM: Quote from: caldera on June 02, 2016, 06:00:02 PM
Guess this motivational needs to be scrapped:

:rofl :aok
Title: Re: New Ki-61 3D model in beta 22.
Post by: oboe on June 03, 2016, 04:16:36 PM: This new Ki.61-1c model has a 2K texture! For a fighter! :x

Thought all those screws looked unusually detailed. Excellent work, guys. :aok :aok

Can't wait to try it out, and here's hoping your roadmap for this series eventually includes the earlier Otsu and Hei variants, the 1500hp Ki.61-II, and the radial-engined Ki.100 version! :cheers:
Title: Re: New Ki-61 3D model in beta 22.
Post by: Devil 505 on June 03, 2016, 04:46:06 PM: Quote from: oboe on June 03, 2016, 04:16:36 PM
This new Ki.61-1c model has a 2K texture!

I've been analyzing the bitmap and 2K is truly impressive. I just wish we were able to use true color and not limited to a 256 color palette.
Title: Re: New Ki-61 3D model in beta 22.
Post by: Krusty on June 06, 2016, 03:32:17 PM: I can live with 256 color bitmaps -- often that's a limitation of driver interface.

I'd love it if they took the time to offer a wider range of variants, all with different weights due to varying armor plating, self sealing tanks, and weapons loadouts:

Ki-61-Ko: 2x 12.7mm, 2x 7mm (think: C.202)
Ki-61-Otsu: 4x 12.7mm
Ki-61-Hei: 2x german 20mm in wings, 12.7mm nose
Ki-61-Tei: What we have in AH now, 2x IJA 20mm in nose, 12.7mm in wings.

I notice the screenshot mis-labeled as Ki-61C. That's not the accurate name. Even using the Western nomenclature which is often easier to understand, it would be the Ki-61-Ic, and that's not the model we have now. If you look at my list above, it corresponds to -Ia through -Id (in order). The -c model had German MG151/20s sticking out the leading edge of the wings and 12.7mm in the nose. You can see the 3D graphics match the -Id variant, so I assume that's just a typo. It gave me a moment's hope that we'd got the earlier, lighter version.

Looking good, though. Looking good.
Title: Re: New Ki-61 3D model in beta 22.
Post by: Shuffler on June 06, 2016, 04:32:40 PM: I have been enjoying shooting them down even when squaddies are in them. :)