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A couple of C185F paints
- Thread starter jetstreamsky
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jetstreamsky
Charter Member
Just trying to get the yellow the right shade and density, it's a bit tricky, but at least I got the chequers on the fin reasonably well done.
Yellow still looks anemic compared to your photo, would you say the photo saturation is faithful?
NB: The black stripe is only temporary to get some contrast between the colours to judge better
Yellow still looks anemic compared to your photo, would you say the photo saturation is faithful?
NB: The black stripe is only temporary to get some contrast between the colours to judge better
skyhawka4m
Charter Member
View attachment 6536yes.....saturation is good......looking good...a bit more darker yellow should do it....but you are VERY close....I love it!
peter12213
FSX Acceleration!
they look awesome!
jetstreamsky
Charter Member
peter12213
FSX Acceleration!
Great Thanks!
skyhawka4m
Charter Member
can you do the gray with with an N number?
jetstreamsky
Charter Member
Almost there I think, having trouble with the chequer pattern on the prop spinner, it's mapped 3 times for various prop speeds, but unfortunately the mapping is extremely different between each one, not just by location but also scale and stretch, it's driving me nuts. :tgun2:
skyhawka4m
Charter Member
Damn dude......that looks awesome! Will you have the config set up for the wheel pants and non wheel pants birds?
jetstreamsky
Charter Member
I don't own the 'standard' variant only the Bush set, so I haven't created the necessary config, but I believe the texture mapping works across all models, so if you follow the instructions in post 10 of this thread and add an entry in the 'standard' model and copy the folder from the float or amphibian version which are just aliases, you should see it.
I fixed the prop issue as best I can, it's not perfect but is workable. The files are uploaded but not yet approved.
I fixed the prop issue as best I can, it's not perfect but is workable. The files are uploaded but not yet approved.
skyhawka4m
Charter Member
outstanding....thank you sir.
Looking forward to maybe the other yellow bird also. I believe it is used by the court house to transport peeps for court.
Looking forward to maybe the other yellow bird also. I believe it is used by the court house to transport peeps for court.
jetstreamsky
Charter Member
jetstreamsky
Charter Member
Here is N525JB as a Tundra variant.
Needs a little mud added to it.
Jetstreamsky, you did a nice job on the textures.
Russ
Is this enough mud?
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rsgunner
Guest
How much mud do you have on the fuselage?
I did the "C" texture just to show that you can get text and other things on the rudder to display correctly on the tundra, float and ski models. As you know the wheeled and amphibian models do not have that problem.
Send me a PM if you want the C texture.
I like the mud on the struts. I have not found any images of the muddy planes but then again I haven't looked very hard.
Russ
I did the "C" texture just to show that you can get text and other things on the rudder to display correctly on the tundra, float and ski models. As you know the wheeled and amphibian models do not have that problem.
Send me a PM if you want the C texture.
I like the mud on the struts. I have not found any images of the muddy planes but then again I haven't looked very hard.
Russ
jetstreamsky
Charter Member
Originally I put mud on the fuselage too, but it just doesn't look right, those large tundra tyres are a good distance away from the fuselage, so I kept the spread inline with the tyre spin.
Yes I noticed your work on the C texture and in fact I've been in communication with Carenado about the Tundra, ski and float versions, but their response was that they are OK and I should redownload the patch. I did infact redownload the patch today, it provided the exact same timestamp models as I already had installed and obviously still does not fix the issue, so I've responded with that information to see if they will look closer at it.
View attachment 7008
The wing strut unfortunately stretches the mud a little and also it maps both sides to one view, so the mud appears on both sides of the strut.
I looked through over 700 photos and found only 1 with a small amount of mud under the main wing inline with the tyre, but tundra equipped models are not often seen, so that is probably a factor in the available picture set.
Yes I noticed your work on the C texture and in fact I've been in communication with Carenado about the Tundra, ski and float versions, but their response was that they are OK and I should redownload the patch. I did infact redownload the patch today, it provided the exact same timestamp models as I already had installed and obviously still does not fix the issue, so I've responded with that information to see if they will look closer at it.
View attachment 7008
The wing strut unfortunately stretches the mud a little and also it maps both sides to one view, so the mud appears on both sides of the strut.
I looked through over 700 photos and found only 1 with a small amount of mud under the main wing inline with the tyre, but tundra equipped models are not often seen, so that is probably a factor in the available picture set.
jetstreamsky
Charter Member
Tim_Horton
Charter Member
Last image is Proxy blocked by crazyaviation logo and it is just that cub with monster truck tires (kinda old news). Might want to save image and up it. It is rare that a plane is pushed into splattering mud. Usually the prop wash does a very good job of pushing the heavy water molecules away and down at the ground, or a little on the tail. Don't get me wrong I love dirty planes, it is my repaint Specialty to use blending options and knockout options to mimic rust, paint flake, and dirt. But sometimes it just does not logistically work. Most people view airplanes as utilitarian vehicles that work hard and get abused and dirty. This sense of Adventurism is usually blinding to the fact that all airplane owners want to keep their planes clean other wise the FAA gets Snooty.
jetstreamsky
Charter Member
I know the second one has been seen before, but it's still good. Personally I like clean planes, I'm an Engineer by trade and prefer mechanical sympathy and pride in the machine requiring care over abused and unloved equipment. Having said that, things get dirty in use, but they should only be a wash or paint touch up away from returning to pristine condition. However I'm not adverse to some wear and tear on aircraft portrayed as being in the midst of heavy activity, the new Just Flight (Bazzar's) Spitfire shown recently is a good example of that.
Consequently this whole mud and scrape thing is a new area for me to explore. I'm interested in what you described as 'knockout options', for paint flake, where can I find more information about this?
Consequently this whole mud and scrape thing is a new area for me to explore. I'm interested in what you described as 'knockout options', for paint flake, where can I find more information about this?
Tim_Horton
Charter Member
It is a powerful tool usually over looked with in Photoshop, but it is very precise and picky. It depends on your layers as that is what it reads its information on RGB values from. If you double click on a layer you get your blending options, and on the main blending options you have "blend if [grey]" below that are sliders for "This layer" or "layer Below" you can tweak by selected specific colors also. If you choose a knockout that is deep or shallow the effect is more global, I personally don't choose a knockout tick box option. Anyway play around with it, you can usually get something to work out. Utilizing a Illustration trick of taking photos of paperbags or a texture layer you can blend in options that mimic it. Also it may be privey to Alpha layer work, and or specular work to create the metal shine that show's up. If you just want the shine, you can edit the alpha layer white and then draw your grunge pattern over that to create a worn out clear coat. My cessna Rustwagon was a Heavy example of this technique.