FS2004 Screenshots Here!!!

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..... ;) .

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

So this.....

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Instead of this......

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Cheers,
Huub
 
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(y)
 
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 "Blowhard" 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.

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So interesting to see the scale of the aircraft with the pilot in front.
I, sometimes, do not appreciate the size of the aircraft that we fly - they look the same smallish size on our screens.
 
Just a question of AI flight plan, timing and simple hazard.

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Bernard
 
Great shot!

I'm surprised that you could get that close. Generally, if you try to approach an AI plane i with the plane you're flying the AI plane will forget its programming and just run away from you.
 
Mick said:
I'm surprised that you could get that close. Generally, if you try to approach an AI plane i with the plane you're flying the AI plane will forget its programming and just run away from you.
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Well, that occurs while planes are scheduled with same departure time. Obvisouly it happens with Old Rhinebeck traffic. A same effect like this here:

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Bernard
 
For a particular purpose I assembled John Young´s B-24 and B-26 from ACG packages at what in call "Altenburg airstrip" in Nevada. I use it as test airfield, and the location does really exist.

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Bernard
 
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The Albatros D.V flown by Ltn Paul Bäumer from Jasta 5.

Paul Bäumer was a German ace credited for 43 victories. When you think “what a familiar name” you must have read the book “Im Westen nichts neues” (All quiet at the western front) or you must have watched one of the movies made after this book.

After the war Paul Bäumer became a dentist and one of his clients was Erich Maria Remarque. When Remarque wrote his novel about his experiences at the western front during the first world war, he took the name of his dentist for his main character. When the novel was published in 1929, Bäumer had already died in a fatal crash while testing a fighter prototype in July 1927.

Also with this aircraft there is a lot of discussion about the colours. On the original picture is looks like the Edelweiss was painted on a band with a slightly different colour. I considered to paint a dark green band, as it seemed appropriate for a Jasta5 aircraft and it also looks nice, but I decided to stick with the most common opinion.

Cheers,
Huub

PS I know, the model by Stuart is a D.III, but who knows the differences.........
 
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