World War II British Spitfire Model
sjaammons
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So continuing my search for World War II items for Daz, one that's oddly eluded me is a model of the iconic British war plane the Submarine Spitfire.
I've got all the WWII planes made here, and I've scoured Renderosity which, while having dozens of different WWII planes seeminly lacked the Spitfire. :/
Is there a Daz friendly model of the British Spitfire lurking around under a copyright friendly name I'm not seeing? Because between here and Rendo with the dozens of different war planes I found I find it HIGHLY UNLIKELY nobody has ever made a model of one of the most iconic British fighter planes of the period...unless this is a similar situation to how there's not a single good Daz-friendly modern US transit bus around anywhere, as odd as that is. lol
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Quick check of ShareCG...
https://sharecg.com/v/38638/browse/5/3D-Model/Detailed-Spitfire
https://www.sharecg.com/v/38732
https://www.sharecg.com/v/72227/gallery/5/3D-Model/Supermarine-Spitfire-MkXVIe';
Well that explains why I wasn't finding them. apparantly all the spitfire love was over on Share cg, lol thanks.
I know a few of them got shot down, but I don't think they're particularly remembered for the times they ended up underwater...
Have you checked at Vanishing Point? They have an extensive selection of vehicles including aircrafts in Poser and DS format, and I’m not sure they’re all in their Rendo store.
I know of it only because it was the name of a superhero in the 70s Marvel Comics series called 'The Invaders'. I found out it was also the name of a British fighter plane in those comics.
One of the last designer planes. Without Art Deco, the Spitfire wouldn't have existed. The very last designed airplane was the Hawker Hunter. During WW2, a rather large philosophical change took place within aircraft creation: aircraft were no longer designed, but rather, they were developed. As a result, an aircraft as graceful as the Spitfire never happened anymore, but technologically, airplanes benefitted a lot from this new philosophy.
And ther's this one: http://www.colacola.se/expo_303.htm
A good starting point to search for (free) plane models would be this: https://poserdazfreebies.miraheze.org/wiki/Aircraft
The Spitfire was developed extensively throughout the war by thousands of man hours of development at the various RAE sites around the UK. It's one of the reasons why the Spitfires at the end of the war were heading for twice as fast as those at the start and the engine power was up by over 50%. Get a bit defensive when fellow engineer's work is overlooked quite so much. The wing shape so admired was calculated as a result of following the aerodynamic theory of the time as meeting the optimum lift/drag ratio. It had nothing to do with art deco styling - the inspiration was in the other direction entirely, engineering influenced style at the time , unlike now when engineering is secondary to style. [As an aside, I was involved with the design of an A380 aircraft interior that had to be abandoned due to the stylists insisting on a structurally incompetent shape, and the only way it could be made to work was to make it heavier than was permitted - so I have lived an example whereof I speak.]
The modern aircraft do have a different type of grace and beauty. I have been fortunate to see one of the most graceful modern aircraft up close. The French Rafale has the predatorial beauty of an eagle, something it shares with the old SR71 Blackbird. Both these shapes happened in the same way as the Spitfire, developed from initial ideas and honed by testing, calculation and use.
It was called the Supermarine Spitfire, not the Submarine Spitfire, LoL. It was desgined at the Supermarine Aviation Works (Vickers), which had successes in the Schneider Trophy for seaplanes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarine_Spitfire
yeeeah I was on my phone when I made this, and it autocorrected to Submarine and I didn't notice. lol
It has its own music, too
As Leana mentioned, Vanishing Point is a good source, and they have a Spitfire model in Poser format.
I think all the Spitfire models at ShareCG are non-commercial use only, if that matters.
...one of the more famous Schneider Trophy racers was the S.6B which had floats for water landings and for the day, set a world speed record of 407 MPH. I had a scale model of one.