Coming up: IRIS P-40 RNZAF 'Wairarapa Wildcat II' repaint

[Wild Bill Kelso]

Dear folks!

This one is about to hit the skies soon:

It's NZ3009/ZK-RMH in its 2001 Duxford livery as "Wairarapa Wildcat II".
Pics of the real aircraft here:
http://www.kiwiaircraftimages.com/khawk.html

First in the row of several repaints planned on this awesome aircraft.
Thank you IRIS for releasing this gem as freeware now!

Please take a thorough look at her:
If anything still needs to be altered - now would be the time to mention!

Any comments or suggestions welcome.

Cheers,
Markus.

 

[PeteHam]

Beautifull work Markus

Looking forward to it's release.

Thanks.

Pete.

 

[Wing_Z]

Big Thumbs Up

Let 'er rip, Markus!

 

[huub vink]

Very nice Marcus! Thanks! I was almost forgotten what I nice model actually this is..

Huub

 

[Rubberlegs]

Man oh Man Markus!!
How sweet it is!!!!


Fly High...Punch Holes in the Sky

 

[Ian Warren]

This is the very Reason i still have FS2004 installed , simply to enjoy the talent off artists .

Markus :salute:That is damn pretty

 

[Fauville]

Let her out of the cage Markus:ernae:

 

[WarHorse47]

Anxiously awaiting this one.

Thanks.

--WH

 

[Wild Bill Kelso]

Thank you guys! :salute:

But please keep in mind that IRIS provided an extraordinary paint kit with it, so a huge part of the praise belongs to the creators of the master textures!
For this release, depicting a restored warbird, I just had to erase the gunport smoke stains and tune the 'overall dirt' some notches down.

A war-beaten version should be up next...

Going to upload this one now.

Cheers,
Markus.

 

[WarHorse47]

Dang. Still not up yet. Feel like I'm watching paint dry. :salute:

Oh, well. Looking forward to it.

Thanks, Markus.

--WH

 

[Flyboy208]

Markus, thank you again for yet another fantastic repaint! Mike :salute:

 

[Flyboy208]

One more pic and my prop mod if anyone is interested ...

Mike

 

[brad kaste]

...Where can this IRIS freeware P-40 be found?....I've hit a lot of dead ends looking for it. Even a porn sight that had it listed!

 

[racartron]

Here ya go. It's over on the right under freeware.

http://www.irissimulations.com/the-hangar.php

 

[Wing_Z]

Great screens Mike you beat me to it...thanks for the prop texture!

And thanks to Markus, again.

 

[Duckie]

Great job as usual Markus!

Thanks for the prop, Mike. :salute:

Duckie

 

[Wild Bill Kelso]

Thanks, Duckie!

Anyone out for a dirty cat?
What do you think about this one?

Just did some tweaking on the 'dirt&stain section' (duplicating and colourizing the "weathering" layer and fiddling with their opacities).
Furthermore, I created the perforated air intake panel (just in front of the exhaust rack) of the Mk.III model (still have to add it to the port side...).

Juicy, isn't it?

Great references here:
http://rnzaf.hobbyvista.com/gf.html

Cheers,
Markus.

 

[Duckie]

Thanks, Duckie!

Anyone out for a dirty cat?
What do you think about this one?

Now, that's my kin of ride!

Juicy, isn't it?

Mouth Watering! :salute: :salute:

Duckie

 

[Flyboy208]

Gorgeous Markus !!! Mike :ernae:

 

[Wild Bill Kelso]

Ya want it dirrrrrrty?

What about that?

Thanks to the very smart and repaint-friendly modeling and mapping IRIS used, adding some more stains in the area underneath and behind the cowl flaps is simply fun!

I still am undecided concerning the green shade:
These pics show US Olive Drab (Fs.34087).

As this 14Sq. NZ3072 depicts the July 1943 Guadalcanal status (the port side cat outlined with chalk to take some photographs), the white ID bands applied "in the field" show up a little uneven. I assume there wasn't much time for thorough masking...