Hurricane Hunting

[JSpahn]

Well its my first repaint, still got tons of work to do. For one I need to work on the alpha a bit and I need some better pics for the markings:

[LowFlight]

I think your coloring is a bit dark. Instead of black, I believe the lower surfaces were painted in FS 16081 Gloss Engine Grey. http://www.chassis-plans.com/paint_fed-std-595.html

It's a dark grey and in some light/pics can look close to black, but there should be contrast with the black nose and leading edge deicer boots.



The Navy also used it on helicopters





Hope this helps.

[JSpahn]

Wow Black and whites do no justice! Im gonna start over thank for the great pics!

[JSpahn]

Ok I think Im getting it now! Check it out.

[Falcon500]

wow youve got to much time on your hands, i just fixed the paint on the front of it let alone the rear fuselage and the tail  :o

[LowFlight]

Coming nicely. Still looks a bit dark, but certainly better- and it may be because of the lighting in the pic. Looks like you got the engine nacelles, and I can definately see contrast on the nose now.

wow youve got to much time on your hands

:-? I've never understood this phrase. Is having the time to do something one enjoys too much? How much time should each of us be allowed for a hobby like FS?

[JSpahn]

Setting up the Alpha channels would help the color out any suggestions on how to give the plane a slight gloss?

[LowFlight]

The gloss would be simulated by reflective effects, right? I think I've come across a couple of tutorials on how to do that- one is here. http://www.gjsmith.net/Tutorial/basic.htm

I've never repainted an aircraft, as Photoshop continually repells my every effort to learn to use it  :'( - but this is what I think I would try.

[JSpahn]

I think I nailed it check out this thread:

http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb2 ... 881885/2#2

Its not 100% accurate and I could of spent more time on the graphics but its done. In the spirit of a Mike Stone model, very simple.

P.S. Thanks for the good info.

If you are interested in the textures PM me!

[JSpahn]

A bit off topic but get alook at this. Its a shame they cannot do this for fs9

http://www.hifisim.com/products.html

[ashaman]

A bit off topic but get alook at this. Its a shame they cannot do this for fs9

http://www.hifisim.com/products.html

It's not that they cannot, it's simply that the market is moving toward FSX, so... why bother with old releases. Law of market and all that, you know.