FS2004 Screenshots Here!!!

[huub vink]

A repaint is never finished, but at a certain point you need to decided this is it. This is the point where you realise that adding more details will not improve the repaint anymore.

Try to spot yhe diferences..... .





Based on the aircraft number, it most probably had the early 3 colour scheme on the wings

So this.....



Instead of this......




Cheers,
Huub

 

[zswobbie1]

Huub, you have done it again!!

 

[scotty]

The wood grain of the fuselage now looks absolutely realistic Huub, very nice.
The wheel covers now also fit the more realistic overall appearance, as does the reduced shine of the propeller cowling.
Even the slightly worn look of the upper wing surface blends in seamlessly
Well done

 

[huub vink]

Thanks for the kind words. One of the huge advantages we have now is the enormous amount of information and textures on the internet.

When you just do a simple google search on "birch wood textures" you get a huge supply of fantastic textures. In half an hour you can find pictures from all replicas which are around and multiple walkarounds. The only thing left is to use some trick to convert the bare wood textures in to something is has some varnish over it.

I learned a lot about how to draw WWI fabric textures from a guy with the nickname "Blowheart" who wrote several tutorials which could be found at the simmerspaintshop.

I think Stuart Green based the model on the Windsock Datafile Special Albatros D.III by P.M. Grosz as it was most likely the only information available. This 59 page booklet contains two pictures and a profile of this aircraft and plenty of technical information.

Here two pictures of the real aircraft.

 

[scotty]

The only thing left is to use some trick to convert the bare wood textures in to something is has some varnish over it.

I think that at this point, at the latest, the know-how, coupled with "talent", becomes crucial.