BUFFALO DC-3 coming up!

Wild Bill Kelso

Wild Bill Kelso

Charter Member 2011
Dear fellows:

As stated before, this one will be next:

buffalo1.jpg



Tim-HH already did an other BUFFALO ship in a different livery, and he was so kind to provide the lettering to me.

As far as I can see by now, there's just some little glitches we have to live with: I took the OY-BPB model, although the depicted C-FLFR doesn't have this small window in the left cargo door. But for me it seems like this model is the only one with a seperate area mapped for the coloured dorsal fin root.
The C-FLFR also has no astrodome, but maybe the BUFFALO navigators could make good use of it on their long-distance cargo-runs...
Btw: Does any of the dedicated MAAM-Goon experts here knows where the textures of the astrodome base ring is taken from? Its olive drab doesn't seem to fit too well...

As usual, there's enough of those tiny things to be ironed out, but she should be up soon!

Cheers,
Markus.
 
Suppose i could qualify as a dedicated Maam Goon expert so i'll give it a try... :mixedsmi:

What you want for the radome body, blade- and horseshoe antenna is 'r4d_entrance.bmp' ,Markus. Do you have one of those multicolored checkerboard test textures ? Temporarely lay it over the orginal so you can see what goes where.

You prolly want that airscoop painted as well, it's on 'cabin.bmp'.

Boy! this sure is old Goon ! :d

Nice of you to breath some more live into her, Markus, great job, mate ! :applause:

Tschüss!
Jan
 
Hartelijk bedankt, Jan! :ernae:
That was the information (and the expert...) I was looking for!

Javis said:
Do you have one of those multicolored checkerboard test textures ?
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Of course I do!
Couldn't make any repaint without this very useful tool, especially on planes with sometimes weird mappings such as your Goon ! :d

...that airscoop painted as well, it's on 'cabin.bmp'.
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Aaaaaah! Missed this before. It took some time to find out that the cargo door's hinges are mapped there as well...

Nice of you to breath some more live into her
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This grand old lady is worth every single minute, mate!

Groetjes,
Markus.
 
That's looking great Markus :jump:

Buffalo is another favorite of mine for the northern routes.

Thanks.
:ernae:

Pete.
 
Thanks a lot, fellas!

Nice nose art, Tim!
As far as I can see, it's on C-GPNR:
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Buffalo-Airways/Douglas-DC-3.../1401480/L/

whereas I selected C-FLFR:
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Buffalo-Airways/Douglas-DC-3C/1026760/L/

I'm still not too happy taking the OY-BPB model with its nasty cargo door window, but all other appropriate models allowing the painted dorsal fin root are supercharged C-47Bs with the bigger air intake on the nacelle's top. Hard to tell which "in-accuracy" is easier to accept...
Maybe it will be a good idea to additionally roll out the C-GPNR (with nose art) on one of the C-47B cargo models, allowing the user to choose either paxes or boxes and barrels to take up north...

Cheers,
Markus.
 
Good point, Rob! :ernae:

In the meantime, I found out that the BBMF version from the All Theaters Expansion Pack offers non-charged engines and a paintable dorsal fin root section - so now it's official:
The nose-art-bearing C-GPNR (cargo configuration - well: the not-so-easy-to-load-cargo :bump:) will also be released!

Unfortunately, the BBMF model has a slightly differing texture mapping (nose section, cargo door, windscreen), driving me hopping mad once again :crybaby: , so this one needs some more time in the paint booth.

I hope you freelance cargo runners, ready to board this ship, can wait a little longer...
 
And here's the cargo hauler preview (note the tail-no. 2):

buffalo5.jpg



Thanks for the "summer wages" proposal, Tim!
It'll look like this (still some squeezing needed):

buffalo6.jpg
 
Thanks for your help in this project, Tim! :ernae:

Just have to finish some final checks and then pack the "Goon double feature".
Time to aquire your cargo, gents!

Cheers,
Markus.
 
Thanks for your patience, Jon! :d

She's available at flightsim now:

[SIZE=-1]http://www.flightsim.com/kdl.php?fid=139992


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What a classy looking bird. :ernae: I've not seen this livery before. Great job, Markus :medals::medals:

Duckie
 
Thank you, guys!

And here's the complete shortcut to flightsim:


FS2004 (ACOF) - FS2004 Propliners FS2004 Buffalo Airways Douglas C-47
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Name: maam_buffalo2.zip Size: 12,231,900 Date: 10-14-2009
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[SIZE=-1] FS2004 Buffalo Airways Douglas C-47. Two repaints for the MAAM-SIM C47, depicting the Buffalo Airways C-FLFR (pax version) and C-GPNR (cargo version). Buffalo Airways is a family run charter and scheduled airline based in Hay River, Northwest Territories. It was established in 1970 and operates scheduled passenger services and cargo and passenger charter services, as well as firefighting and fuel services. These are texture files only. Prior installation of the MAAM-SIM DC-3/C-47/R4D base pack, the 'OY-BPB Expansion Pack' and the 'All Theaters Expansion Pack', available from Mid-Atlantic Air Museum Simulations (MAAM-SIM) is required. This repaint was made using the repaint kit by Mark Beaumont and additional textures by Tim Scharnhop. By Markus Hellwig.[/SIZE]
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For the first time, I created a more detailed (and illustrated) readme in PDF format included in this package. I'd be grateful for any feedback whether this is useful to you or not. Building this document was more time-expensive than I thought when starting, although most of the data could be found on the BUFFALO website. I will certainly not do this for each further repaint project, but I think this one was worth it.

So please tell me if this small documentation is welcome.

Cheers,
Markus.
 
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