After the Spitfire and Buffalo I fancied something a bit simpler (At least I hope it will be). Been working on a Duo Discus as its a favourite of mine. Can't promise at this stage it will get finished but progress has been made on the modelling front...
Matt
Awesome, I have a lot of hours in the Duo in the real world, looking forward to flying it in Aerofly FS 4!
Well no doubt your help will be needed Jan when it comes to the TMD coding to get it to that stage... 
Matt
Made some more progress with the Duo Discus, not all in a straight line but progress overall. I'm having to build the instruments from scratch as I have no gauges that are suitable for a modern glider so that's slow... also Jan found me some better reference pics that meant I had to redo most of the Main Gear and refine a few other bits. Anyway here is where we are at currently.
KR Matt
Looking great!
There's just one mistake in the picture: you don't use headsets in a glider. You can have a normal conversation because you don't hear anything except the rushing of the wind. So there's no engine noise or anything. 
Nearly finished making the model parts. . That's not to say there isn't still a lot left to do, but its a good milestone in the project. Added the option of winglets today which some Duo Discus seem to have.
KR Matt
A lot of work has gone into making and texturing authentic instruments for this glider, and more work will be needed to code them in (Eh Jan ) but it should give a nice feel to using it. Here as an example is the collision avoidance device FLARM (not sure what that acronym stands for).
KR Matt
More Progress shots. There aren't two joysticks for each pilot as it shows in the bottom shot,, I just forgot to hide the dynamic version for the virtual cockpit.
KR Matt
Looking good!
The off white I was using wasn't working for me, as it was making the glider look vintage rather than a modern glass fibre ship... so I've changed that. Ive noticed Simulators seem to struggle with pure white, but AF4 seems to handle it quite well.
Matt
Nice work!
You can try to add a bit of reflection on the fuselage, which will make it appear more glossy and whiter than the current matt white color.
Try adding some _reflection textures (see aircraft DR400 example from the SDK)
Great job, Matt!
Looks very much like a Duo Discus if you ask me 
Starting to work in some new repaints to the project while I wait for Jan to do what he'd doing on the TMD coding...
This one is actually an Arcus but I liked it and so decided to include it...
This texture would be nice too
I'll do a paintkit and then you can have a go at that one Pascal?
KR Matt
Jan I've taken the wing tips out of the main model TGI and made the two types of wing tips, option items, that can be added to repaints as required. I'll send you the updated files when I get a chance so it can be integrated with your master copy of the TMD, because it does require a few minor edits to get it to work. The Wing Tip collision hulls have been moved to the Wingtip Option system file, and the geometry names for the wingtips graphic objects need taking out of the geometry section of the TMD.
KR Matt
