I just checked Phil Talyor's list ( I guess you have to register to even see the downloads at FSnorthwest.net, because I couldn't find anything there), and this plane is indeed a FSX native plane.

Ah great ..... I'll dig through my old photo books in storage tomorrow and see if I can find a better pic of the squirrel.

Edit: Dang .... the best picture of the squirrel seems to be the first one in this post.  I found some of the pics which I took in 1970 and the quality was not all that good. The pics were 2 x 2 and no zoom ... way back.  I did do a scan of just the squirrel but it's not all that clear ... this would give you an outline that might work ... but not much more I'm afraid. The yellow actually has a little bit of gold in it .... and not a sunflower yellow like the Fairchild 24R.  Anyway .....  what do you think?

 

Great ..... another squirrel would be fine. I'm finding old scans but not the actual physical photos ...  but here's another example of the squirrel on the passenger's side.

WOW!!! That is absolutely perfect.  Where on earth did you find that?  That is exactly the same squirrel ... the right color. Was that an image from an old comics character or something?  I still can't believe that you found this. Thanks very much ...... 

I more than like it ..... thank you.  patchz might want it ... I don't know, but I would like it for possible future use if you would send it. 

Here ya go... http://www.digital-essence.co.uk/misc/bushytail.7z

The background is used as the base colour... not really had time to cut the Squirrel out, but it isn't a difficult thing to do for anyone who wants to. Everything else is layered though.

Just in case you check back here Frequent Flyer, I have solved the texture issue.

Go into the aircraft.cfg and change the Model=1 to Model= in fltsim.3

Model 1 is the small tail version, so the textures are in different positions.

I've never touched the repainting, so it's learn as I go time, that solves the problem though.

You'll need to adjust the textures to get things in the right place, but here's what it looks like with your texture on it...

I just finished repainting it
Grizzard (and LeeC, if interested), please PM your Email so I could send you the files.
Also, may I upload this texture to SimV? (LeeC, I have included credit for your excellent cartoon).

Thanks so much to you both .... I really appreciate it.  I will proudly re-fly the tracks I made with this plane from 1970 to 1975 from it's home base in Yuma to Seattle/Boise/Chicago/Lexington/Denver/Las Vegas and many stops in between. Great memories ... and now I can redo them!!   

You bet, although from Yuma scenery can get pretty boring if your not into rocks. :^)))   Arid and rocky but the sun always shines!!  My favorite passenger flight out of Yuma was to fly North up the Colorado River and land and have breakfast at a cafe on Martiniz Lake (You may have to land at Yuma Proving Grounds now though). Then up the Colorado taking a swing on the California side to wave at any climbers on Picacho Peak then head north and land at Blyth, Calif. (there was a P51 as I remember pushed up against a hanger with canvas hanging over half of it)  or you could do an exploratory trip eastward around sheep filled peaks  landing east of Castle Rock on one of the locals short airstrips to chew the fat and admire their desert collection of blue bottles, antiques and rocks, then after that, back on track up to Parker for fuel and checking for wild donkeys along the way. After lunch up to Havasu City with the Colorado on your left side and take a look at London Bridge at Havasu (yes, they actually bought it and shipped it over) .... from there to Bullhead City and jump in the free ferry across the Colorado to Laughlin, NV for a little gambling,  then back over to Kingman (east and somewhat out of the way) where at the time a bunch of Connie Tri-Tails were stored ... and maybe some used for freight, (I can't remember).  And the last leg landing at Boulder City flying over Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam) along the way ... and maybe one more, Las Vegas (KLAS).

Oh .... you probably want the airport designators?  :^))  No GPS in those days ... and all Dead Reckoning in my Stinson. 

Here's what FSX might show.  KYUM (Yuma International R26/8) - KLGF (Yuma Proving Grounds) - KBLH (Blyth, CA) -  P20 (I believe this is Parker)  - KHII (Havasu City)  - KP06 (Bullhead City, AZ) -KIGM (Kingman, Az) and  61b (Boulder City).

Remember ... a lot of this is arid and dry, but normally georgous flying weather. If there are scenery files along the river that might make it more enjoyable.  I almost never flew high for personal flying and often landed on some of the very flat areas in the desert just for practice  ... not an airport or airstrip ... just desert.  Dumb ... but I did it.

If anyone finds that interesting I'll do more  .... :^))

LeeC,
  I enjoy the vintage prop planes also and have been flying the Connie Tri-Tail a bit lately and trying to record with FRAPS. I say "trying" because of black bars that keep coming up on the sides ... which turned out to be a problem with my dual monitor setup ... but I had given up and already posted on youtube  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyyHoTRtveI  Another prop vintage I enjoy is the Howard 500 and recently posted a video with it too ...   

Anyway ... keep my email handy should you in the future want more routes in 42 Charlies history ...   

Now .... I am anxiously waiting for my Stinson ...   

WOW .... THAT is fabulous Frequent Flyer!  Perfect color, perfect model, perfect squirrel!!  I'm like a kid in a candy store ... and last night I was like the kid who couldn't sleep because he knew Christmas was coming.  And I love the T-shirt ...  :^))  I'm already late for a doctor's appointment because I could not get away from doing some test flying ... :^))  Thanks again for your professional work .... thanks to you both. There are some good memories coming up from your efforts ...

I appreciate,

Did mine get lost in the post?   

Without a doubt, one of the best threads since membership.  Now, before I have a senior moment, show the final repaint - or did I miss it - another senior thing .

Hi all,
Here's a preview of the modified version I made, I haven't uploaded it anywhere, mainly because I don't know what I need to do... never done a repaint/upload before, so I will have to investigate the process. 

I actually did two versions of the main texture, one at 1024x1024 and another at 2048x2048 for greater texture detail. I have to give credit to FrequentFlyer for taking this on in the first place, and ultimately, inspiring me to have a go. Texturing someone else's model isn't easy, especially with texture sheets that are as vague as these are.

I think people are right though, this (to me) is what a community is all about, someone with a dream, and people prepared to help them acheive that. I've always been a game developer, and in a way, that's the same kind of thing for me. People want great games to play, I try and help them get them. 

WOW!

The repaints look awesome! Something like this is what makes flight simming so satisfying! To have a 'personal' aircraft to fly around in and explore... and to have folks who are cognizant of that fact & willing to help out!

Good Job!

Alan

Thanks Hughes-MDFlyer4 (you should all have 4 letter names like me  )

Hopefully, people will be okay with a non-technical description. I'm not a flight enthusiast, I just like planes, flight sims and computer games, so I couldn't tell you anything about the plane other than what someone else tells me.

I will get it all into a package later and probably upload it tonight.

One other thing, the plane was from another site, is it okay to provide links to other sites?

Well I uploaded this repaint on Saturday but it still hasn't appeared. Anyone know how long it normally takes?

Hi ViperPilot,
Ah, oddly enough, if you click on the "Go to page" link from the search results, it isn't there on the page.

As for the repaint, I can't do much right at the minute, my wife is going into hospital tomorrow, so I am a little distracted. 

Other than that, in between that, writing 2 games and re-planning my work space in 3DS Max, time is a little limited but it's not impossible.

More than anything, what I need is a little motivation/inspiration to get me interested. As you've seen from this thread, Grizzard's dream was pure inspiration, and I was hooked.

So more than anything, I need to know a bit about the repaint and the plane that is being repainted. What do you have to base the repaint on? Photos, images etc... I don't have so much time to invent a paint scheme because art is a pretty much a secondary role at the moment behind coding/design... but if you have a scheme to re-create, then it's a lot easier, and therefore, less time consuming. Oh, and what plane is it? Just so I can have a look and check out the texture complexity and how well they have been laid out... Bushy Tail textures were a nightmare.

If it is easier, start a new thread and put anything relevant in there. It will probably be tomorrow night though before I can have a look, with everything going on tomorrow... but I promise I will look.

Cheers
Lee C

I can't express enough of how thrilling it is for me have a couple of guys take time out of their lives to do this, so an enormous public thanks of appreciation goes to LeeC and FrequentFlyer for these efforts. This is truly an accurate portrayal of what I had and I do hope it gets uploaded for others to enjoy also. This plane was indeed one of the loves of my life in my younger years and I managed to accumulate about 500 hours of time in it, hunting, vacationing, and in business travel. An honest 4 place sporting a 165 hp Franklin it saw many small strips and a few dirt roads, like the one pictured below on a hunting trip in central Arizona. And it appears to still be in service in Oklahoma according to FAA records.

Alan,
Can you send me a link to the plane model and the current repaint you have, along with a bit more detail about what you want doing please?

I can let the idea tinker about in the back of my mind, and at some point, I will be sat in front of my PC and it will happen. Sorry I can't be more specific on time than that.

... and thank you, I just wish things were going well... unfortunately, Chemo's a bitch and so is what it is fighting. 

Cheers
Lee

Lee,

Thanks for the reply! I looked the model over last night, and decided that it was just fine as it is. The registration # was in the right color, and an anti glare shield is such a small thing that I thought to myself, "Al, you don't need that!"

I'll wait until I find an aircraft that warrants a repaint! 

I sure hope things go well with your wife... I can appreciate your situation thoroughly; I went through the same thing with my mom. My thoughts and prayers will be with you and your family. 

Keep your spirits up, and remember... you have the whole flight sim community behind you!

Alan

P.S. Sorry to hear you can't post Bushy Tail here, but I also applaud you on your integrity not to post the repaint here out of respect for the author's wishes!

LeeC wrote on Feb 25^th, 2010 at 8:42am:


Hey Lee,
Just Email the author, I guess he'll give you permission (just include credits to him) - I asked him if I may upload my version of the repaint to the web and he agreed.

Just a small note... I have had a couple of emails from people struggling to register on FSNorthwest. I have emailed the site owner to see what the problem is. If anyone has the same problem, let me know and I will pass the message on to the site owner.

I half suspect that with the Stinson package being pretty large (at 25MB), the number of downloads it seems to have got recently (it's suddenly gone to

HOT

status  ) has probably used his bandwidth faster than he expected..

Cheers
Lee

Edit: Apparently the FSNorthwest site was undergoing maintenance, so he disabled the creation of new accounts for a short while... talk about bad timing 

There is a Create Account link on the FSNorthwest  main page now, for anyone who wants the base files for this repaint.