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Work on the exterior continued and here are a few screenshots showing more detail, like the doors, windows, the structure on the control surfaces, flap and aileron hinges, engine details and so on. Still lots of things missing, but I thought you might wanna see. ...and noooooo, this is not the final color of the aircraft, but I think it looks cool and highlights the detail Interior modelling will be next, but I am waiting for some nice info and material from a very famous seaplane company which is supporting. All this will make sure that everything will be as accurate as possible. Shouldn't take to long though, until I have it. Until then, work will continue on things that will be standard in every Beaver like the engine control levers, rudder pedals, cockpit oil refill and probably some exterior detail like door hinges and so on. Today, I also got my operating manual and the maintenance manual for the Pratt & Whitney R-985 engine. So lots of reading ahead as well, because I will use that info for my engine simulation plug-ins OK...enough talk for now.

It is, the real manuals are a couple of thousand pages long and making something like that would delay the project significantly. Hardcore simmers and real pilots we recommend getting the real manuals which are publicly available for an in depth understanding of the systems (link earlier in this topic). In addition to a manual with brief descriptions of the systems and avionics, we will make samples of real normal flights step-by-step from dark and cold to shutdown. You are gonna love those. Also more systems video like the one above to give a basic understanding of how they work

I know, I know ... it is way too early and still a good amount of work ahead, but I couldn't resist to try a first export of the current mesh, after understanding how to work with the Blender export script

Thanks for the nice feedback! I will make sure that this aircraft will get all the respect it deserves.

As promised, here are some more shots of the Beaver. This time with the landing gear and water rudder added for the amphibious version.