The Jaguar project for X-Plane has been a long time in the making. The overall aim is to realistically simulate the Sepecat Jaguar aircraft in many of its guises and to a high visual quality.

I began developing this model back in 2007, and since then I have spent many hours, and a fair amount of money researching and gathering data to ensure the flight model is accurate as possible within the limitations of X-Plane.

Assistance has been sought from ex Jaguar pilots, and from current Jaguar technicians and museum restoration teams. Some very kind and skilled people have provided me with dimensions, access to a real Jaguar, and documentation to aid systems and flight modelling.

The entire flight model has been rebuilt multiple times, and the 3D model had a few iterations before good progress was made.

This blog will document the build process, and updates will be posted when decent steps are made.

This is a long term project, and it will be available to buy upon its completion.

16/05/2014

Exterior Completion

Well, it has taken far too many hours to get here, but at last I can say that the exterior portion of one the most detailed models ever built for a flight simulator is complete.

Not only is the geometry complete, but I have textured it all and painted the relevant panel lines and rivet and screw heads.

Work is slowly progressing with the cockpit too, and stay tuned for continued development updates in that area.

For now though, here are some pictures of the model. Accurate textures will be created at a later date, and I hope for a wide range of liveries to be available. If you have any requests, now is the time to let me know!

More pictures will follow soon.





6 comments:

  1. Anonymous16 May 2014 at 15:53

    Excellent work! And congratulations, the project is progressing really well.

    My father was on 41 Sqn so it would be great to see an old GR1 camo scheme - http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g238/vickersfour/830814_XZ355.jpg

    Are you going to be working on the 'sound' for this project? If you are, RAF Cosford still have 3 or 4 Jaguars that perform ground runs so they would be a good source of audio.

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    1. Tonka16 May 2014 at 17:27

      Thank you for your kind words. There will be a Camo scheme at some point, and i hope to cover every RAF squadron that flew the Jaguar.
      Regarding sounds, I have some pretty nice sounds already, courtesy of Dataroots, from X-Plane.org, but i do hope to record some more from Cosford. The problem with recording new sounds is getting hold of high quality recording equipment, and also that the Cosford examples have the engines inhibited to prevent the the reheat from working. XX145 at Bruntingthorpe is due to be restored to a Taxi-able condition though, so i might be able to make some recording from there in the future too. I'll do all i can to get hold of some good recordings, might it not happen until after the current model is released. Time will tell.

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  2. Anonymous26 May 2014 at 20:49

    This is looking great, can't wait for it to be complete. Keep it up!

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  3. Anonymous29 August 2014 at 09:15

    Hi Tonka, The Jag is looking good!!!! Can I request an Omani Air Force Livery please???? Many thanks....Keep up the great work.

    Danny

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    1. Tonka29 August 2014 at 20:44

      Hi Danny,

      Thanks for your comment, and your request is logged. I'm sure you'll have your wish granted in due course!

      Thanks!

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