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F-80 redux released

Willy you have outdone yourself...you are now a steely-eyed FIRST CLASS painter!
Ted

Nice Gauge setup Alain!
 
Thanks for the link Mike.

Had seen that name, but thought it was another repaint.

Downloading now. Will give it a go over the weekend :jump:
 
I have one in the works dvj. ;) 61st FS MI summer 1948.

If you go to the texture redux thread a little ways down the page it's on the last page....anot early progress shot.

If you want to add a little more "umff" to the current skins you can always try copying overy the specular textures from the bare metal paint to any of the painted ones. They won't be custom but they might work for you. I personally have done that. Please remember to save the originals in case you don't like how it turns out! Preference is a very finicky proposition!

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The paints that I've done have been using Rick's speculars as I felt the paints had a better appearance with his rather than the ones I did for them.

Nice panel work Alain. I've did a few changes in that department myself using other gauges. Here's mine

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I used gauges from various sources on this. Mostly just setting it up for the way I like to fly.
 

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Started on this one this morning. Still have a bit to do (minor things like wings, tail, etc)
 

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Paint kit ready

The Paint kit is ready.

Some basic info:

1. Photoshop CC 2015 was used to organize the layers into groups color coded and labeled identically for each PSD file. So if you're using another program sorry, that information and grouping might be lost...I just don't know. Also, Blending options are required for certain layers.
2. A basic knowledge of how to use Photoshop is required.
3. Texture_1 is the main fuse and set at 4096. The rest are 2048. If you want a good size, keep the the main fuse at 4096. If you're getting performance issues, scale the size down on the completed texture to 2048.
4. Enjoy!

I'm going to try and upload the Paint Kit right now. It's uncompressed at ~669mb compressed in .rar format using best compression at ~283mb.

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/local_links.php?action=jump&catid=33&id=21795

-Rick
 
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F-80C Paint Kit

I neglected to mention that the F-80C has a slightly different set of panel lines/rivets. Willy created a separate set during the renovation, I didn't want to make the main kit more cumbersome, so it is included as a stand alone file. Feel free to bring layers over. However, I believe the whole PSD file will need to be resized from 2048 to 4096...I can't remember! You can then bring over to the main paint kit any of the layers you wish. They should be fairly similar in organization.
 
F-80C FT-650 "Saggin' Dragon" is up in the library. Think I'll do another red one next.
 

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Thanks Henk, that one's a classic that there was no way I was not going to do.

For some silly unknown reason, I saved a lot of what I used to do a series of F-80 paints last year. That stuff is very useful now.

Strip n Stare, Panther Queen, Salty Dog, Lil Dottie and some very early P-80As are in the paint booth now.
 
Uploaded FT-774 "Strip 'n Stare" a bit ago to the library.
 

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TV-1

Willy, on the earlier model you did a TV-1 Navy skin. Any chance you could redo it for this new model?
Semo
 
I'm wanting to, just looking for some good pics of one that either isn't almost all bare metal or white/orange. One of the problems is that most Navy pictures from those days are in black and white and I have to guess at the colors.
 
Haven't been following this thread, but she's definitely a beauty! By any chance, has the GA ANG 116th been included in a texture yet? NC
 
Haven't been following this thread, but she's definitely a beauty! By any chance, has the GA ANG 116th been included in a texture yet? NC

I haven't yet. I've only got good pics of F-80s from a couple of ANG units and I've already done the Colorado one. But I've got a lot of pics from the "Enchillada Air Force".
 
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