SPman
Charter Member
I beleive the owner doesn't like any pics taken (assuming he lets you take any), to be published - ok for private use only. I'd love to see a few pics of Johns stuff, as well....
RNZAF Kittyhawk Mk.IV NZ3287 "Esma Lee"
- Thread starter Wild Bill Kelso
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I visited where the P-40 NZ3220 and others are stored a while ago, but didn't take pics .Been there twice. The owner's quite happy for people to have a look and take photos. There's a whole DH Mosquito as well, big paddle blade props and all, the complete plane, stored in the shed. I've found a pic on the web of NZ3220 as it is today:
http://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/p-40/NZ3220/p40n-nz3220-gloria-lyons.html
You can see the faded O/D paint on it(well it looks like it to me...) and the bomb symbols. Hard to make out the flags now though, very faded.
http://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/p-40/NZ3220/p40n-nz3220-gloria-lyons.html
You can see the faded O/D paint on it(well it looks like it to me...) and the bomb symbols. Hard to make out the flags now though, very faded.
Wild Bill Kelso
Charter Member 2011
Thank you for your kind comments, guys!
Thanks for the link anyway!
@ Roland:
Sorry for the glass issue. I tried to fix it for my previous "Esma Lee", but failed.
One of the reasons I paint for FS9 only...
But since the rest of the aircraft shows up nice in FSX, I'm quite convinced that someone over at the FSX forum section (or even here?) might have a clue.
FSX SP2:
Cheers,
Markus.
Faded like the rest of the airframe, eh?
Thanks for the link anyway!
@ Roland:
Sorry for the glass issue. I tried to fix it for my previous "Esma Lee", but failed.
One of the reasons I paint for FS9 only...
But since the rest of the aircraft shows up nice in FSX, I'm quite convinced that someone over at the FSX forum section (or even here?) might have a clue.
FSX SP2:
Cheers,
Markus.
Hi Markus, I know you've been sidetracked with the Albatross, are you still planning on releasing the Silver Barge?Stripping off paint is way easier!
NZ3283 "Silver Barge" (one of three non-painted Kittyhawks in RNZAF service):
Steve
Wild Bill Kelso
Charter Member 2011
Hi, Steve!
Silver Barge is not forgotten!
But it will take some time:
Tim "Piglet" Conrad has an impressive technique to make bare metal finished aircraft appear less boring by setting each metal sheet to a slightly different shade of gray (including the alpha shade), as seen on his T-Bird and the Delfin as well. I'll try to make use of this method on the Silver Barge, but this will take some adjustments to make the aircraft not coming around like a checkerboard...
Cheers,
Markus.
Silver Barge is not forgotten!
But it will take some time:
Tim "Piglet" Conrad has an impressive technique to make bare metal finished aircraft appear less boring by setting each metal sheet to a slightly different shade of gray (including the alpha shade), as seen on his T-Bird and the Delfin as well. I'll try to make use of this method on the Silver Barge, but this will take some adjustments to make the aircraft not coming around like a checkerboard...
Cheers,
Markus.
edmoore235
SOH-CM-2023
Thank you Markus. The repaints are great. Another example of how FS9 still makes it WOW!
Take care.
Ed
Take care.
Ed
Wild Bill Kelso
Charter Member 2011
Much appreciated, guys!
I thought something like that:
What do you think?
Is the effect overdone?
I thought something like that:
What do you think?
Is the effect overdone?
!!!Hey Bill,
It looks brilliant but I agree with SPman that it might be a bit too pristine for a service aircraft.
If I might offer a solution, have a look on Simmers Paint Shop in the link below and see if you could incorporate the flowers and noise pattern into the repaint just to break up the natural metal look a little more.
http://www.simmerspaintshop.com/forums/f37-photoshop-tutorials/making-surface-texture-effects-463/
Regards,
Stratobat
Wild Bill Kelso
Charter Member 2011
Thank you for your comments, guys!
This noisy overlay pattern sounds interesting, I'll have to give it a try. Too bad my PaintShopPro hasn't got any "flowers" to add...
I also agree concerning the pristine appearance. This should be a service plane and no highly polished showbird!
Back to the paint shack.
Regards,
Markus.
This noisy overlay pattern sounds interesting, I'll have to give it a try. Too bad my PaintShopPro hasn't got any "flowers" to add...
I also agree concerning the pristine appearance. This should be a service plane and no highly polished showbird!
Back to the paint shack.
Regards,
Markus.
Hey Markus,
In the link I posted, towards the bottom of the page in the comments section, there is a flowers.zip attachment. I believe it is a PSD file but it should open in Paint Shop Pro.
Regards,
Stratobat
Wild Bill Kelso
Charter Member 2011
Thanks again.
The flowers turned out to be not too useful in this case, but the noise overlay leads to this not-too-polished natural metal surface:
The alpha layer is tuned down some notches and the range of gray shades for different panels is diminished. Maybe there is still too much noise on the sheets.
This is the quite glossy default model, now for the wing textures...
What do you think?
Cheers,
Markus.
The flowers turned out to be not too useful in this case, but the noise overlay leads to this not-too-polished natural metal surface:
The alpha layer is tuned down some notches and the range of gray shades for different panels is diminished. Maybe there is still too much noise on the sheets.
This is the quite glossy default model, now for the wing textures...
What do you think?
Cheers,
Markus.
Looking great, Markus
I've had limited success with the flowers idea but it seems to work largely on faded paint schemes and natural metal that you want to make really REALLY weathered with hardly any alpha input.
Regards,
Stratobat