A big tip of the hat toTim"piglet" Conrad...

Glad people are liking where I'm taking this...in HD.
This is one that caught my eye [the real plane]...and found existing as a paint from 8 years ago...in low res [1024] and what appears to be a 'photoskin'.

I'm going to have a go at a high res version....if I can find some decent photos....;)

Should be 'fun'....

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Got a few OK-ish pics....I have a feeling this one's going to be quite the pain. At best I'm going to have to splice bits together...;)
 
Spliced 3 images...adjusted perspective and scale.... very early stage...but may yet get it right...

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Edit.....closer-ish.
Need to revise the scale/placement....

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Edit again...

not far off...

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Almost right with the fuse....but still have the wings to do....and the odd detail or several...;)

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Darn head was too small ....starting on wings...spinner spiral done....when you tire of counting rivets you can start on snake scales....

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Exact same shot....original 1024 paint version.

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Seems every model has a quirky bit of painting....
I found the PC-7's .....trying to show the 'V' for the viper paint...on the bottom of the fuse....
Gonna be several more hours, I expect....;)

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Finished ....wasn't the easiest, but looks 'cute' ...;)

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New one on the go....combination of paint and bare metal [or will be].

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Edit.....that's a bit closer...

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Getting close...

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Edit....redid the shark mouth directly from a photo...

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Here's the before and after...from the original 2048 to the new HD 4096 with all the specs and alphas etc.

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and....beginnings of the next...

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Beautiful work Jafo. The drawings look stunning! I really admire your courage to start a complex drawing like the snake on the Austrian PC7.

Cheers,
Huub
 
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Getting close...

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Edit....redid the shark mouth directly from a photo...

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Hey,

The original 2048 this my job!

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FSX Uruguay Air Force Pilatus PC-7 in shark mouth paint scheme. Textures only, requires PC-7_V20.ZIP. Model by Tim Conrad. Repaint by Zsolt Beleznay.
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I'd appreciate it if you ask before you edit!
 
Zsolt....hi...;)

No, it's not an edit.... the inclusion of the second screenshot was the 'edit'.
The 4096 paint is all original.... starting with my original 4096 per pixel paintkit.
Nothing of your paint is included in mine - eg, the '30000' text is rescaled and skewed from a photograph, as is the sharkmouth.
To be sure....here's the WIP ...;)

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Re the text .... not sure what you used as a font...but it wasn't/isn't what was used on the aircraft ...the '3' on the plane was particularly odd... so I extracted the numbers from the same photo as the mouth...;)
 
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Then...It is fine
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I wouldn't plagiarize [rip] ... not when I spend most my time policing [Admin] Wincustomize.com [a skinning site for the Win GUI] for the last 16 years ... having started 'skinning' in the 90's ...;)


Meanwhile .... the snake is getting there [the Pilatus font is near enough....wish there was a fast way to hunt them down]...
The blue 'scales' need some black shadowing.... and needless to say....extending the nose cut it off a bit ...and the top/nose fuse is also a pain - cutting the snake's nose/top...might be easier to just drop the whole animal lower....;)

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I think the snake's done..... now to get it on the other side... and move on to the wings etc...;)

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Oh boy....this is a hard one....
Still trying to find the tail emblems....different right to left....and there's fancy artwork on the top and bottom of the wings...and the tail....
...gonna take a month of sundays...;p

And the 'red' might be a fade job...red to yellow..... and the 'brownish' bit looks like it should be metallic...;)

Sometimes you can't trust the photos....

Edit....
Here's the beginnings of the wings....both fuse sides are done [at least]...

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Hi

I aam Austrian and I have seen the plane several times

Brown= Dark gold metallic

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The rear emblem is AAF with the Karo Ass ( Diamonds ace) darts

Hope that helps and looking forward to the result

Thanks

Roland
 

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