ChuckT Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 Good morning everyone. I searched and searched but can't seem to find any online drawings of the rivet layout on the F104. Can someone help me out? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grunticus Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 Just could find this, for an F-104A. HTH. Thomas Lund 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckT Posted November 1, 2023 Author Share Posted November 1, 2023 Strange layout. Thanks though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denders Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 It looks like it is a Bump Map for a 3D model and that is how the model is UV unwrapped for texturing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red Dog Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 (edited) yep, it's probably a DDS for a flight sim. The daco book has some great F-104 drawings but even he minimizes rivets as they are all flush and polished. Most of them are invisible. If I were to do a F-104 I wouldn't sweat the rivet too much and would probably stick to the rivets drawn in Daco book references, not any other. Edited November 2, 2023 by red Dog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckT Posted November 3, 2023 Author Share Posted November 3, 2023 Thanks for the info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainer Hoffmann Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 21 hours ago, red Dog said: yep, it's probably a DDS for a flight sim. The daco book has some great F-104 drawings but even he minimizes rivets as they are all flush and polished. Most of them are invisible. If I were to do a F-104 I wouldn't sweat the rivet too much and would probably stick to the rivets drawn in Daco book references, not any other. Well, the rivets on the wings were puttied over and therefore all but invisible at least when the aircraft was freshly painted. The rivets on the fuselage and on the vertical stabilizer on the other hand were as visible (or as invisible) as on other fighter aircraft. I can post the rivet pattern of the vertical and horizontal stabilizer (my own research, so probably wrong in many places ... ) if someone is interested. Cheeers Rainer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckT Posted November 4, 2023 Author Share Posted November 4, 2023 If you don’t mind sharing, I’m interested thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainer Hoffmann Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 On 11/4/2023 at 4:53 AM, ChuckT said: If you don’t mind sharing, I’m interested thanks. Wilco. I don't have access to the files at the moment. But tommorow (CET) I will post them here. Cheers Rainer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckT Posted November 5, 2023 Author Share Posted November 5, 2023 Sounds good. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainer Hoffmann Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 (edited) Here ya go: Note 1: I believe the rivet pattern to be close to the original, however, the number of rivets per line may not be correct. Note 2: Larger diameter circles represent Phillips type fasteners, smaller circles represent actual rivets. Circles in access panels are fasteners, no matter what diameter they are. Note 3: Use at your own risk Edit: I just noticed, that you need to open the images in a new tab or window to download them. Cheers Rainer Edited November 6, 2023 by Rainer Hoffmann thierry laurent and Panzerwomble 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckT Posted November 6, 2023 Author Share Posted November 6, 2023 Thanks for sharing. Rainer Hoffmann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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