hello,I'm quite new to gmax and need some help.I have modelled a 734 nose in gmax but i feel that there's something wrong with it at the front view..could u guys perhaps help me or guide me the correct way to model an airliner nose by boolean and welding ?I have read tutorials from ffds and everywhere but i just can't seem to find one on the way to model a airliner nose :)http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/29429.jpghttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/29430.jpghttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/29431.jpghttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/29432.jpgThanks for all your help,Lionel Goh:-newbie

Well this isn't a 737 nose (though I am working on one :))you can see from the pictures that there is a central line on the fuselage that is completely straight and I scaled the vertices only above and below that line, after that you only need to Boolean and weld a bit to get the right effect however the wrong way to do this is like the picture of the Fokker 100 V1 nose where there is no central line which is fixed in V2 as shown on the last picture.http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/29524.jpghttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/29525.jpghttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/29526.jpghttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/29534.jpg

okay..thanks :)i will try that

I couldn't figure out the centerline thing ???but anyway, here's a few pics of my first try..problem is.. the front doesn't look right..:-lolfrom the sides..it looks okay..2 pics..:)http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/29633.jpghttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/29634.jpg

Hey Spitt, I'm gone try the center line thingy too for my MD11 nose, Q how did you get that thingy above your windows? booleaned into it?Thanks

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Thingy above the windows?Well this center line technique works very well for the MD11 as well as you can see from my pictureshttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/29672.jpghttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/29673.jpg

http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/29677.jpgThat.Good looking MD11! :D but ehm isnt it a bit hight on poly's? And will you finish the MD11 project?

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