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FSX Auster Autocat uploaded

doublecool said:
Jankees, that last screen shot of the VH-KBA paint (very Nice colors) the scenry in the back ground, If I may, where is it? looks like a great place to fly this wonderful bird.
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The airfield in that shot, and in fact all my shots in this thread, is YHBA, Hervey Bay, the latest airfield by Orbx, with AU gold in the background.
If you haven't tried their sceneries, you're missing out on something!

I hope to finish VH-KBA today, I will upload it here and at OZx.

edit: and uploaded, happy flying!
 
Oh dear, I seemed to have stirred up a hornet's nest.
Roger, you are quite right, sometimes I do tend to lose sight of the 'fun factor'! Perhaps this is because there are so many 'real' paint schemes I want to do that I have little or no time to do any fictional ones.
I would like to apologise to Banana Bob, Jeansy and Jankees if it appeared I was rubbishing their painting skills - I was not, just the application against wrong types of Auster. I must confess that you all have a far superior grasp of Paint Shop Pro / Photoshop techniques than I have!
Jankees - I was amused by your last post inviting me to criticize the paints are excellent, however(you knew that was coming didn't you!) ZK-BDX is an Aiglet and VH-KBA is a J5 Adventurer(this is however externally identical to the Autocrat, fin and all). I have to say that the HB-EOF, EI-AUM,PH-NFH, F-PAGD and G-AJRC are 100% accurate and If I had not recently deleted FSX I would be using them.

Banana Bob - G-AHSS is a superb paint but as Martin pointed out it is a J1N Alpha (you have painted this on the fin!).

Naki - I also use Ed Coates site extensively - I paint a lot of Aussie vintage aircraft as it is of particular interest to me(35 so far). To answer your question 'how do you tell the difference' between Autocrat and Aiglet, it is simple, just look at the tail fin and rudder. The Aiglet/Alpha are much larger and do not have the 'rod and counterweight' at the top.

Aussieman - Pat, you are correct in your assumption, I am based at Luton in the UK. Many thanks for the link to the excellent Oz Auster site. Your statement 'every VH-*** repaint is dead accurate' is, to use your phrase 'UTTER RUBBISH'. Please revisit the site you mentioned and look again, checcking the fin and rudder and even the description given of the mark of Auster.

regards to all and apologies for any offence taken from my original post. Incidentally my paints are only on www.classicbritishfiles.com if anyone wishes to fire back regarding my ability! Incidentally I confess I made a mistake with one Autocrat Oz paint - see if you can see which one.

Peter Watkins
 
Techy111 said:
Cup of tea anyone....?
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don't mind if I do....





no wait, I smell a challenge

according to this page, ZK-BDX is an autocrat: http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/ZK-BDX.html ( I wondered about the tail though)

VH-KBA is an J5 adventurer, which is externally identical??
so what are we worrying about?

and these weren't even painted at the time of your original post?

as for my paints, I can tell you that most are not 100% accurate (I doubt that that is possible anyway), but that I do take shortcuts here and there, with fonts, thickness of lines etc.

But since you claim to be 100% accurate, I can tell you I found a mistake in F-PAGD (you knew this was coming right? Look behind the registration on the fuselage). Funnily enough, I made a different mistake in exactly the same location, so now neither one is right. Phew!
I can't say anything about the rest, I haven't researched them.

One thing I can say is that the Autocrat looks much better in FSX than in FS9, I'm glad I deleted that!

Oh well, as long as we all enjoy ourselves.



Anyone with more Austers (of every kind) on their wish-list?




Now where is that cup of tea?
 
I can see people liking authenticity and all but being polite is always in style.

Me I like the realism and follow Jankees paints as I find they are pretty on the mark on the whole and I've seen him offer constructive advice to other painters to help them get their paints "right".

BUT, I like the fun factor and freedom of ficticious paints too. I tool around in this
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all the time.

Before anyone asks for it I never finished it because I suck at painting and was never happy enough with it to inflict it on others.

Cheers all and I'll take a double double coffee if it's not too much trouble thank you.:wavey:
 
Thanks jankees, it's my hot rod that is never finished. Just like many real hot rods, gets tinkered with but never finnished.

I like South Wind, I'll have to get that when it's up. Man I've got a lot of your paints, thanks for doin' 'm.
 
Thanks Tony!

But by now, it's getting time for a beer, preferably a Belgian beer:


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This aircraft is part of the Belgian Army Museum collection, but it's in storage, and in parts...so this paintjob is probably not 100% accurate.
 
Gents, I am drooling. I have not downloaded this yet, haven't seen it until I ventured into this sticky. Please provide a link. If CBFS is "Classic British Flight Sim", I cannot find it. Need it, all repaints awaiting. Does a Paint kit come with the install?

Caz
 
Thanks Dave, found it here at SOH near the bottom of Latest Uploads. I just registered at CBFS, will head that way for the Paint Kit. Then I'm gonna sit back in my A/C and have a nice slow flight, you're a bloody genius.

Caz
 
Cazzie said:
Thanks Dave, found it here at SOH near the bottom of Latest Uploads. I just registered at CBFS, will head that way for the Paint Kit. Then I'm gonna sit back in my A/C and have a nice slow flight, you're a bloody genius.

Caz
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yup well worth registering at cbfs
lots of good stuff and good folks
H
 
It should never be down just to how an aeroplane looks - being a simulator, I would have thought that it would be better to feel how the aeroplane handles in the air - i.e. to make a true replica of the real thing. Trying something new every now and again, educates me on how different aeroplanes feel and I'm then lucky enough to be in the position to try something perhaps that I couldn't fly in real life.

We can all see these nice colourful colours and schemes, but deep down FSX is a simulator and the challenge is to get into something new and take it up in the wild blue and achieve something - landing is good for a start. I like to fly cross countries without the aid of GPS, just using a map and a compass (like it should be done?), but then again, sometimes I'm 'unsure of position' :)

Otherwise if everything was the same, it will just be akin to riding a train along a track, with every aeroplane having the same performance and characteristics. Its the flying of these aeroplanes that counts more than anything, not just the colours that it is wearing.

Martin
 
jankees said:
don't mind if I do....

Anyone with more Austers (of every kind) on their wish-list?
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VH-KCR "Que Sera" would be fine - 100% or not! Perfect colours to fly into the sunset.

It's a wonderful plane with wonderful repaints so far - thanks to all who did that work!:ernae: Tweaked with sound and .cfg-data for a Gipsy Major engine it sounds even better (for me!). Don't know what I have now - J1-N, J1S Adventurer...? Doesn't matter - I enjoy it.

BTW: I myself did also not remain 100% original after all that years "in service":pop4::kilroy:, needing more or less modifications to keep wear and tear low - so why should I care for some lousy details of a sim-bird?

Mike
 
Coming back to AXO..yes thought the difference between an Aiglet and Autocrat may lay in the size of the fin after looking at the photos and I guess the cowl is different too......been around Austers for years and always liked them but never really studied the difference in models..have just bought a magazine which has an article on Austers so will study this.....

AXO as an Autocrat..

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AXO converted into an Aiglet..

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anyway back to the fantastic repaints and model.........
 
well all i can say is A great big thanks
to designer and painters
this is a great treat:guinness:
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H:applause::applause::applause::applause::applause::applause:
 
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