Ever wonder how they make some of those cool 3-D animations you see on such series as Dogfight or Enterprise 360? A German firm, Mackevision, showed how they made a similar short subject, employing a program called Vray to render the 3-D aircraft models seen in the accompanying film, and making use of several older Luftwaffe F-104 Starfighters to create the two-minute story. Enjoy!
May 12, 2016
A Higher Caliber F-14?
In a bid to become the preeminent maker of 1:72 scale F-14 Tomcats, Calibre Wings took the wraps off of its inaugural Fleet Defender at the Shizuoka Hobby Show in Tokyo, Japan, which is aimed at depicting the last flight of the F-14B. Unpainted and not yet fully assembled, the image, nevertheless, shows the warbird with two seated crewmen, a large array of ordnance, and several bits and pieces yet to be attached including the exhaust nozzles. With so many manufacturers now building their own version of the venerable F-14 (Century Wings, Hobby Master and True Scale Models), it will be interesting to see how market share shakes out going forward and if so many choices will eventually lead to lowered retail prices to clear out inventory.