05.01.2009, 15:41
Thank you very much for your kind words, Ruger, Bwf, and Armin!
I will see what I can do about the weathering/rivets/markings and all that... I will take a trip to simmerspaintshop next time I have a chance! :wink:
Armin, you're probably looking at the tail and noticing the absence of rivets... In real life they should be there, but there is simply no availability of quality photos to work off from. I could only find the two panel lines. I just wanted to go for more of a "simple" look, and not overwhelm myself or others to stare at all the rivets in the tail. Probably a dumb excuse. 8)
I will also revisit the color situation, I remember when I started I had a more "American cheese" shade ripped directly off one of the photos, but with all the different angles + lighting differences in the pics I decided to tweak it myself. Perhaps you can find the tidbit of the old shade in one of the skins?
As for the stripes, I never really got them perfect, that's kinda hard to do since there is a very subtle curve to them. I thought it odd in the same fashion as you, Armin, that they were not perfectly straight, but the photos appeared to show a little bit of curvy...
Also, on the "F" version, you might find the radio mast is yellow, when it has no right to not be chromed as with the rest of the fuselage. Skin mapping issues, of course... :|
This might take a while to tweak, so please bear with me, peeps.
I might also set up an account on a photo-hosting site. That always helps, as I don't even download skins without taking a look at whatever I'm getting into! :wink:
I will see what I can do about the weathering/rivets/markings and all that... I will take a trip to simmerspaintshop next time I have a chance! :wink:
Armin, you're probably looking at the tail and noticing the absence of rivets... In real life they should be there, but there is simply no availability of quality photos to work off from. I could only find the two panel lines. I just wanted to go for more of a "simple" look, and not overwhelm myself or others to stare at all the rivets in the tail. Probably a dumb excuse. 8)
I will also revisit the color situation, I remember when I started I had a more "American cheese" shade ripped directly off one of the photos, but with all the different angles + lighting differences in the pics I decided to tweak it myself. Perhaps you can find the tidbit of the old shade in one of the skins?
As for the stripes, I never really got them perfect, that's kinda hard to do since there is a very subtle curve to them. I thought it odd in the same fashion as you, Armin, that they were not perfectly straight, but the photos appeared to show a little bit of curvy...
Also, on the "F" version, you might find the radio mast is yellow, when it has no right to not be chromed as with the rest of the fuselage. Skin mapping issues, of course... :|
This might take a while to tweak, so please bear with me, peeps.
I might also set up an account on a photo-hosting site. That always helps, as I don't even download skins without taking a look at whatever I'm getting into! :wink: