BUILDING A HIGH QUALITY B-17 (PART 9)

May.19.2011 · Posted By - Paul

I decided to focus on the top turret with this blog.  This turret is so complex that I decided to separate it from the cockpit discussed in the last blog.

The top turret more than anything illustrates the importance of having good original source photos for reference.  Current air show aircraft have their top turrets gutted.  For this reason my original top turret had serious problems.  After I got hold of better sources I realized I needed to go back and …

BUILDING A HIGH QUALITY B-17 (PART 8)

April.12.2011 · Posted By - Paul

The pilot / co-pilot compartment would prove to be the most difficult part of building the B-17 interior.  One of the biggest problems was related to sources.  The vast majority of photographs of the pilot compartment that can be found online show interiors of modern airshow versions.  They tend to show stripped down interiors and some modern equipment.  It became important before I started to make sure I could get as many original WWII sourced photos that I could and …

CONSTRUCTION OF A CATHEDRAL CHAPTER HOUSE (PART 1 OF 2)

March.08.2011 · Posted By - Paul

Several months ago I decided to work on a cathedral chapter house with the intention of using it as a basis for an animation.  A chapter house is a large meeting room associated with cathedrals or collegiate churches.

I first had to do some research to determine how this would look and whether or not I would built a real (existing) chapter house or whether to build a fictional one in the style of a historical chapter house.  In the end …