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Playing with the A-7

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Dag

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Hi,

I have mostly been doing lines, rivets and fasteners on the main fuselage. I expect it to become Greek but not for a while yet.
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Sorry for the huge shot, I wanted to show some details.

Thanks
 
I just got FSrepaint V.2 in the mail today. Will it be able to do that kind of detail, or do I need to have Photoshop?
 
what you can do bone is repaint in photoshop and preview in FSrepaint, just save it and then go into fsrepaint, right click the plane, hit reload aircraft and see what you've just done. fsrepaint is a great and handy program, i have been using it years without any issue, and in my opinion it remains one of the repainters best friends...

Dag if you plan to greek it go to www.haf.gr, then click on the link that says 'Media' then in first drop down box just below there select 'εικόνες', then in the next dropdown select 'αεροσκάφη' then in the text box type A-7 and hit enter, a whole plethora of greek A-7 goodness awaits ;)
 
Dag if you plan to greek it go to www.haf.gr, then click on the link that says 'Media' then in first drop down box just below there select 'εικόνες', then in the next dropdown select 'αεροσκάφη' then in the text box type A-7 and hit enter, a whole plethora of greek A-7 goodness awaits ;)

Please Do!!!:jump:

My instructor flew those before he retired. He has the greatest affection and respect for this plane.
 
Thanks for all the kind words everybody and thanks for the A-7 links Smoothie. Rest assured, it'll get Greek first. I'll do at least two, one with the camo all the way down past the landing gear doors (like they were delivered) and one in the standard scheme with the light grey extending upwards like the A-7Hs.
The biggest shortcoming on FSRepaint is that it's internal editor is not capable of making layers so an FSRepaint setup for me as a standalone is no option. I use the ModelConverterX by Arno as a previewer and Corel Draw/PP and Adobe Photoshop products for making the textures.
I plan on doing some more tomorrow once the lawn is mowed (mowen?) :wiggle:

Thanks again
 
I just got FSrepaint V.2 in the mail today. Will it be able to do that kind of detail, or do I need to have Photoshop?
Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro. . .FSRepaint is good for minor color changes over an existing plain exterior, but for detailed work, you'll need one of the other two. FSRepaint is excellent for one thing. . .checking progress of the work you do. I keep Repaint open on one monitor, do the work in Paint Shop Pro, save and then refresh the aircraft in repaint and I instantly see the changes. Great for lining up camo patterns across several textures.
 
what you can do bone is repaint in photoshop and preview in FSrepaint, just save it and then go into fsrepaint, right click the plane, hit reload aircraft and see what you've just done. fsrepaint is a great and handy program, i have been using it years without any issue, and in my opinion it remains one of the repainters best friends...

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Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro. . .FSRepaint is good for minor color changes over an existing plain exterior, but for detailed work, you'll need one of the other two. FSRepaint is excellent for one thing. . .checking progress of the work you do. I keep Repaint open on one monitor, do the work in Paint Shop Pro, save and then refresh the aircraft in repaint and I instantly see the changes. Great for lining up camo patterns across several textures.


Thanks. Falcon has mentioned before that FSrepaint is really only good for viewing the work, but I've never painted anything before so psychologically I'm looking at the easiest thing to start with, which is FSrepaint. I don't even have Photoshop, so I'll probably do a paint or two with FSrepaint to break the ice. Then I'll most likely acquire Photoshop.

I'm absolutely amazed at the rivet lines and panels Dag has been able to do on the A-7. Outstanding work!
 
. . . .I'm absolutely amazed at the rivet lines and panels Dag has been able to do on the A-7. Outstanding work!
Yep, I would consider Dag one of the original "Master Repainters" in our hobby. He's been at it for a very long time and you can be assured that if Dag did the work, it's as detailed as any you'll find. He has a great eye for the little details that some either miss, or don't even know are there, lol.
 
:redface::redface: Well...Ron has furnished repainters with an excellent canvas to work on this time. Not the easiest of mapping but one with little or no texture stretch/distortion. That is the whole deal with detailed repaints.
True, I have an eye for detail. That can be downright destructive. I embark on some impossible project and in the end it'll never get finished. Then I become the evil himself and let it out on some poor developer that really has no clue what the heck I'm talking about. I only know myself, sometimes, since I am truly "damaged" after working around aircraft for a number of years. I see stuff I consider important and in the end nobody notice... oh well... I am the "Anorak" of repainters and a developers nightmare.
If Ron gives me an F-5A to play with he'll be sorry:wavey:

Anyway, Ed, Thanks for the below, very inspiring and thanks to JensOle for introducing me to FS repainting, some 11 years ago or so. It's his fault, he assisted in developing this monster I have in me ! :bump:

Yep, I would consider Dag one of the original "Master Repainters" in our hobby. He's been at it for a very long time and you can be assured that if Dag did the work, it's as detailed as any you'll find. He has a great eye for the little details that some either miss, or don't even know are there, lol.
 
nice you seen the other HAF Display SLUFF's?

a7epeteiakofp1.jpg

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and of course... the aforementioned Tiger of 335 Μοίρα Βομβαρδισμού, all the HAF A-7's are part of 116 Πτέρυγα Μάχης (Combat wing), formerly using A-7H, TA-7H,A-7E and TA-7E, of which only the TA-7E and A-7E remain in service if i recall... theres a reason 335 have the tiger scheme, their squadron are "Τίγρης" (Tigers), and the top one just by the way it has hellow checkers on the tail and a fox will be 340MPA, now using F-16Advance with CFT's and post Peace Xenia IV refit...

nice little bit of information there :)
 
That is definitely good info Smoothie, that upper one looks cartoonish for real. I will concentrate on operational schemes.
 
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