Dino's Belated Christmas Present!

.....A long long time ago...;)
During early '60, when the first Caravelles entered in service,Alitalia decided to create a specific jet-based school.
The aircraft were based in Brindisi airport,near Lecce-Galatina airbase (this because Italian Air Force 326's were based there,in Lecce,with all their know-how just a few kilometers far).
Their markings were I-AIDA,I-AIDE,I-AIDO,I-AIDU,and they were painted with the same Alitalia livery used on liners (including the beautiful "winged arrow" ).
They suffered an accident during 1966,when I-AIDA crashed,fortunately the crew managed successfully an ejection.
The 326 era finished in 1967,when Alitalia thought that their jet crews had to be trained in aircrafts more similar to a liner....than a fighter.
AIDE,AIDO,AIDU were given to Italian Air Force,for a symbolic price.
 
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And,as a side note,this one was the livery I painted with more satisfaction (just maybe because I'm a former Alitalia ground engineer ;)

Enjoy,

Ale
 
PLUTO16 said:
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And,as a side note,this one was the livery I painted with more satisfaction (just maybe because I'm a former Alitalia ground engineer ;)

Enjoy,

Ale
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Just a question from your interesting story...Is it I-AIDE or I-ADIE as shown above?
 
Here is a paint that needs doing.

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I would do it but I am having trouble openning these textures for some reason. Font for "NAVY" appears to be standard USAF "Amarillo USAF"
 
PLUTO16 said:
Hi Eric,if you refer to external textures,i did it on standard DXT5 with alpha channel.

Bye,
Ale
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I think my problem is these are 4096x4096 textures. I have a very modern PC, but still use Photoshop 7 because I am expert with it after many years of use. PS7 has its issues on things like file size and even the size of your HD. If its bigger than 1TB, Photoshop 7 thinks its full! (so I save to a lower sized partition.) In any case, I have always been happy with 2048x skins personally.
 
Eric-- I'm with ya.... I've always LOVED this airplane, and have the books to prove it. Interesting point...I served with the current head of the ADF (Australian Defense Force) in the desert about 10 years ago, and before he was RAAF (and he ended up as head of the RAAF, I might add!), he was...RAN! About a 99% chance he flew these Aussie navy Macchis...

Kent
 
All,

A paintkit is in the works and will be released soon - but keep in mind it is still a Beta: we may need to make changes to the model (although that seems unlikely at them moment) so please refrain from releasing repaints until we release the 1.0 version.
 
Dino,

I'm sorry, but I simply don't like this bird--

I LOVE IT...

BTW...did you use the Ali D'italia book on the 324 as reference? I've had it on my shelf for years....

AWESOME job, Dino!!!!! You've made me a mighty happy man! If it's Italian and fast...well, it's good!!!

Kent
 
rvn817j said:
Just a question from your interesting story...Is it I-AIDE or I-ADIE as shown above?
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Sorry I made a mistake in the story..The corrected markings are ADIA-ADIE-ADIO-ADIU,according with this,the textures are correct as shown.
Bye,
Ale
 
always enjoy your work and she a beauty :applause::applause::applause:

Fantastic paints

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