Simviation Forum - first REAL repaint

Mar 24^th, 2008 at 9:51am

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thanks to jankee, I was able to find some literature on these planes. I am glad to say that this is my first real repaint, I tried to folow the plane as closely as i can.

this plane "jersey bouce" was flown by Lt. Victor D Iglesias. of the 357th Fighter Squadron.

take a look: C&C is very appreciated

My nexty project is a plane called "big dick" and "miss velma" Cool

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Reply #1 - Mar 24^th, 2008 at 5:03pm

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Reply #2 - Mar 25^th, 2008 at 3:48am

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JLangholzJ wrote on Mar 24^th, 2008 at 9:51am:

thanks to jankee, I was able to find some literature on these planes. I am glad to say that this is my first real repaint, I tried to folow the plane as closely as i can.

this plane "jersey bouce" was flown by Lt. Victor D Iglesias. of the 357th Fighter Squadron.

take a look: C&C is very appreciated

There ya go, that's much better already!
One point, I don't think Jersey Bounce had a white tail, just bare metal, and you may want to play with the alpachannel a bit, to enhance the bare metal a bit.
Oh, and you may want to look at the font you're using for the registration. USAF Amarillo is close for the registration, and for the serial on the tail, there's a font called USAAF serial (stencil).

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Reply #3 - Mar 25^th, 2008 at 6:19pm

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jankees wrote on Mar 25^th, 2008 at 3:48am:

1)One point, I don't think Jersey Bounce had a white tail, just bare metal,

2)and you may want to play with the alpachannel a bit, to enhance the bare metal a bit.

3)Oh, and you may want to look at the font you're using for the registration. USAF Amarillo is close for the registration, and for the serial on the tail, there's a font called USAAF serial (stencil).

I never said they were perfect Grin

1) I wasn't quite sure on that either, but I'll take another look.

2) I'm still trying to figure this one out, I'll take a look in the "painting for dummies" secion here in the forums

3) I'll have to see If i can download these for gimp. that was one thing that I was always stuggling with.

thanks for the ideas and tips!!

-john

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Reply #4 - Mar 25^th, 2008 at 8:41pm

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despite not knowing much:

here's how it turned out

but this happened to jersey bounce in the process:

stuupid me, I didn;t back up the file. may she rest in peace Cry

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Reply #5 - Mar 25^th, 2008 at 8:54pm

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Looks like a black alpha on that last one

Just remove the alpha and it should be back as it was before.

Garry

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