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Toscan 8-Q Fighter

XWA UpgradeStarfighter - Superiority


This is the XWA Upgrade version of the Toscan 8Q Fighter, a heavy one-man fighter, used mostly by criminals and pirates. 

 

Dev notes

This version is actually v2.0. My first attempt on that ship was my application to join the team back somewhere in 2003 or so. It's come a long way since then and there's still potential for improvement....

Toscan 8-Q Fighter

Basic Info

Name: Toscan 8-Q Fighter

Manufacturer:

Dimensions: meters

Status

v2.3 Released

Remake planned

Author Information

Original Design: LucasArts, Totally Games

Model: Vince T

Textures: Vince T

OPTing: Vince T

Gallery

HD Remake

While this is already a remake of my initial work, it's beginning to age. I'm thinking of doing another remake, for a number of reasons.


First: The fighter has one big logical issue: How do you land and board that thing? With those vertical wings, you'd need a fairly large ladder to actually get to the cockpit and the fighter would require a pretty long landing gear in order to not fall over. All in all I picture it looking pretty goofy. So, therefore what I'm going to do is make use of the S-Foils hook and turn those vertical wings into S-foils which would fold inwards to allow landing. While I'm at it, I may as well add retractable landing gears.

    Second: Revamp the cockpit. In short: it's too big. The version in the last DSUCP has actually been shrunk down to fit the pilot. I'm thinking of remodelling the whole thing and, while I'm at it, turn it into an Active / Dynamic cockpit


Schedule? None so far. This upgrade isn't too high on my list of priorities. but I'll get to it at some point.

This version is actually v2.0. My first attempt on that ship was my application to join the team back somewhere in 2003 or so. It's come a long way since then and there's still potential for improvement....

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