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DoughBree L-39C (FSX)

The specs I use [for these paints] are a 70 point left-shift of both brightness and contrast from the 't' image....with the 'chrome' bits picked out in white [255]....except for the metal-painted TBird.... that's better right-shifted [brighter] again for the chrome/metal effect....and alphas set to dull some sections down to avoid a total-chrome mirror look.
If you get 'anal' and set alphas individually for each bit of detail/signage....something 'needed' for metal skins vs painted signs it gets fiddly but can look quite cool. Of course it all goes a bit more to poo when the scale/detail is reduced.

Your model 'finishes' respond quite well to lighting/shine variations... though there's no real 100% 'matt' even with a 255 alpha...but in reality no aircraft paint is going to stay genuinely 'matt' for long anyway...;)

I've never done anything with specs, etc with interiors...only a bit of reworking of VCs, mainly just doing 2D panels...;)
 
This one's finished...and suitably 'complete'. The detail notes are a bit above and beyond as it's actually a simpler paint... but details are always better with than without...;)

Tweaked a bit of the shatter and revised the 'Albatros' text on the intakes.

The camo was transferred direct from some side elev photos so it follows pretty closely to the real animal [other than it being the wrong model]...and the colours were picked from the photo so won't be too far off, give or take...;)

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BTW...it's 'clean' as in no dirt layer...as the real animal looks pretty clean too [was probably up for sale at the time so had a bit of spit and polish ... a bit tidier than 'Red 39']
 
I've been tidying up a lot of my earlier paints...adding details and 'bits'. There's altogether about 35 paints...so it takes a while...;)

Here's one of 'em...;)

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Having a go at one that caught my eye....ZU-HIT...;)

Very early days....just got the tail image inserted...

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Gotta hunt down all the pics I can to find what the wings do...

Edit...

Shall take extra care and attention with this one....neither the aircraft nor its pilot is still with us.
 
Bjoern said:
New version online, replacing the old default paints with three of Jafo's and adding bump and specular map support to the fuselage and wings.

I just hope that this won't go under in Jafo's screenshot spam...
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But I'm having fun with the spam [keeps your plane release in the public eye]...;)

ZU-HIT is coming along, but I need to find more details for the graphics. The bear's not a problem...just had to clean up the shading/rudder from the photo...but I'm a bit iffy with the red text...and there's a graphic on the air intakes....

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Jafo said:
But I'm having fun with the spam [keeps your plane release in the public eye]...;)
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The actual problem is that the download link gets buried as well and I can't edit the first post in this thread to add it.

But I've got an idea: Spam away as you please but make sure that each new page has the download link in at least one post. Deal?
 
Bjoern said:
The actual problem is that the download link gets buried as well and I can't edit the first post in this thread to add it.

But I've got an idea: Spam away as you please but make sure that each new page has the download link in at least one post. Deal?
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Deal....
Is that something I can do....ie copy/paste the links for you every now and then?...;)


I'm now 'stuck' on this one....I have no idea what those graphics are on the intakes.

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An older one redone with more detail...;)
Getting close to uploading most of these in 4096....soonish...;)

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ZU-TEE was looking a little 'bland'...so while looking for more pics I found it has had about 4 incarnations....and the first one I'd done was about the second 'blandest'.
This ver has a bit more interest... took a while to find all the graphics...and as always one's still NQR ...;)

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Bjoern's current release version download link....[so it's not lost in the swamp]

Link, as usual:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6K...ew?usp=sharing

ZU-HIT....now with revised Sky Raiders logo ....seems to have been 2 vers.

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Next is ZU-RUN.... but annoyingly I can't determine whether the tail graphic on the right side is actually also on the left....

....there's always 'something'...;)
 
Cheers Jafo:encouragement:

No.. I've had a look at ZU-RUN and it's commonly shown in 2 liveries.. one of which.. http://www.l39.com/sites/all/photos/N8124N_5.jpg is only shown on the RH side!! Don't ya love it when that happens:banghead: Would this have been a final paint though? I can't find any more of it like that and it's odd not to be showing a registration.

ATB
DaveB:)
 
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