Anyone port over the Tu-142 to FSX? [Archive]

tommieboy

December 17th, 2011, 17:48

Anyone port over the Tu-142 to FSX? I'm getting the typical missing / obsolete gauge error messages on some of the older gauges for the 2D panel. Any help would be appreciated.

The exterior model is nice....I just created a quick and dirty alternate prop texture as the prop animation of the original prop textures (the first screen capture) is a too busy / jittery for my taste; you can't see it in these static screen captures. My alternate prop texture is a lot lighter than the original and is just a plain grey disk with the yellow tips, but it looks pretty good in "fly-by" view. The downside is that there is no obvious prop animation with my texture, but it's a compromise that I can live with. Note that my texture still does not solve the clouds in front of the prop issue.....

Original Prop Texture (first screen shot)

http://home.roadrunner.com/~tommieboy/TU-142_994.jpg

My quick and dirty alternate prop texture (second screen shot)

http://home.roadrunner.com/~tommieboy/TU-142_996.jpg

Thanks,

Tommy

PHo17

December 17th, 2011, 23:54

I don't know about Tu-142 but there is a Tu-95 "Bear" (freeware) here: http://www.fsdownload.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1130

Pekka

tommieboy

December 18th, 2011, 10:12

I don't know about Tu-142 but there is a Tu-95 "Bear" (freeware) here: http://www.fsdownload.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1130

Pekka

Thanks Pekka,

I'll see if I can use the 2D panel from that one.

Tommy

wilycoyote4

December 18th, 2011, 12:58

Hi tommy, good to find you, season's greetings to you and yourn, all you love
yes, it is in FSX, today schedule is terrible, too busy for my own good or yours, will check later, seems that a very different aircraft has a panel ----quite extensive ---- that is useful, anyway, it may do good, OR MAY NOT.

Are you using the Samdim aircraft? I'm not up to date on the TU-142 but last I knew it was the only one.

Sorry if I'm on a wild goose hunt, gotta fly to get todays stuff done on time.

tommieboy

December 18th, 2011, 13:24

......Are you using the Samdim aircraft? I'm not up to date on the TU-142 but last I knew it was the only one.......

Yes, it is the Samdin aircraft.

I'm going to revisit the prop textures as I think I can work out a better solution than my quick and dirty solution as shown above.

Tommy

DarrenL

December 18th, 2011, 14:12

Have you looked at the FSX version of the Samdim Tu-114 that is on Simviation and other sites. The prop texture should be fine with the Tu-142?

airattackimages

December 18th, 2011, 14:55

Where does one get that Tu-142? Beautiful model.

tommieboy

December 18th, 2011, 15:06

Have you looked at the FSX version of the Samdim Tu-114 that is on Simviation and other sites. The prop texture should be fine with the Tu-142?

I think I already tried that. It might end up just being an issue with my computer hardware and or version of FSX; I'm running FSX Acceleration. The prop texture is just to dark compared to the FS2004 screenshots on their website.

Tommy

tommieboy

December 18th, 2011, 15:07

Where does one get that Tu-142? Beautiful model.

http://samdimdesign.free.fr/

airattackimages

December 18th, 2011, 15:16

Thanks! Picked it up and flying now. Awesome airplane. :applause:

tommieboy

December 19th, 2011, 13:19

OK.....

This alternate prop texture has only been tested in FSX Acceleration.

I revised the prop texture to something I REALLY like; it came out much better than I expected. I'll upload it to AVSIM this week and post the link here. The texture is pretty dynamic as what you see depends on how the light is hitting the prop. The screen captures below were taken at the same time of the day from different angles. I tried to mimic the real life photos that I found on the internet. What you don't see in the screen capture is the prop animation with really brings it to life. Note that this alternate prop texture still does not solve the FSX clouds in front of the prop issue.....

Tommy

http://home.roadrunner.com/~tommieboy/TU-142_972.jpg

http://home.roadrunner.com/~tommieboy/TU-142_971.jpg

http://home.roadrunner.com/~tommieboy/TU-142_970.jpg

http://home.roadrunner.com/~tommieboy/TU-142_967.jpg

http://home.roadrunner.com/~tommieboy/TU-142_966.jpg

http://home.roadrunner.com/~tommieboy/TU-142_965.jpg

tommieboy

December 19th, 2011, 13:27

Never heard one of these bad boys in real life, but here's an alternate sound set that I am trying out right now. Sounds really nice in "fly-by" view.

http://www.avsimrus.com/f/fs2004-sounds-38/tupolev-tu-95-114-and-142-turboprop-sounds-37822.html

Tommy

delta_lima

December 19th, 2011, 20:21

tommieboy

December 19th, 2011, 21:29

Hello Tommy!

I'm impressed by what you've done on this. Looking forward to when you finalize the prop texture and whatever fixes!

Love the Russian big prop liners and military aircraft ....

Thanks DL....

Might only be the prop texture for the time being as I don't have a clue as to what the missing gauges are suppose to look like, so I really can't move forward on the panel. For the time being I just aliased the default FSX Boeing B-747 2D panel; I really like it as I know where all the switches are.....:cool:

If I can find the time, I'd like to do a fictitious "what if" repaint on this bird. I think it will look pretty cool.

Tommy

tommieboy

December 25th, 2011, 07:23

Alternate 2D Panel for the Tu-142.....

I'm currently aliasing the panel from Samdim's FSX Tu-114 (you must already have that aircraft installed) via the following change to the panel.cfg in the Tu-142's Panel.95 folder. You have to delete all the text within the file and replace it with the following two lines.

[fltsim]
alias=Tupolev Tu-114\panel

This loads up without any error messages, but I still haven't fully tested all the switches on this panel. When I first switch over to the cockpit view, I need to press "a" at least once to cycle to the 2D panel and then wait a while for the 2D panel to show up. The initial loading of the 2D panel is a bit slow; I'm sure there is a way to correct this by editing the Tu-114's panel config file to take out the VC items, but I'll look into that later. At least I have a 2D panel that looks Russian.....:p:

Backup your original panel.cfg file before making the revision as noted above.

Tommy

tommieboy

December 25th, 2011, 17:18

REPAINT, TEXTURES ONLY (I've only tested these textures in FSX Acceleration)

Just uploaded to Avsim FSX Library, so it may be a while until Avsim posts it depending on their holiday schedule.

Tupolev_Tu-142M_FSX_V1.0.zip

The revised prop textures as shown above are part of this package.

The premise of this fictitious repaint is the modernization of the Tu-142M to extend its life and retirement to the year 2030. What would Tupolev do to accomplish this? The exterior repaint that I have presented is intended to capture the look and feel of a test bed aircraft using modern metals, coatings, composite panels, etc. I used a lot, and I mean a lot of artistic license on this one. It would be nice to be able to add a more modern 2D "glass" panel to this aircraft's cockpit, but this is beyond my skill set. I would think that would be one of Tupolev's upgrades to this aircraft.

Tommy

http://home.roadrunner.com/%7Etommieboy/TU-141_899.jpg

http://home.roadrunner.com/%7Etommieboy/TU-141_900.jpg

http://home.roadrunner.com/%7Etommieboy/TU-141_901.jpg

http://home.roadrunner.com/%7Etommieboy/TU-141_902.jpg

tommieboy

January 12th, 2012, 14:00

REPAINT, TEXTURES ONLY (I've only tested these textures in FSX Acceleration)

I've just uploaded Version 1.1 to Avsim; should be available for downloading within a day....

tupolev_tu-142m_fsx_v1.1.zip

Version 1.1 includes the following:

1. Updated engine textures for Version 1.0 to correct some errant texture artifacts on the engine cowls that I didn't catch on the initial release.

2. A second prototype repaint. Essentially I just added some red color to the trim tabs and hidden flap surfaces; it's just a little more prototype bling / eye-candy. It looks cool when I'm doing touch-and-go's when the flaps extend / retract. I use FSXpilot, an autopilot program, for this purpose.

3. A "work-in-progress" engine smoke effect files / settings; I was trying to create a very light exhaust haze, and not a hit you over the head engine smoke effect. The smoke effects that you see in some of the screenshots below are in fact the darkest of the three (3) smoke effects files that I have included in this update. I prefer the lightest of the three, but you won't see it 95% of the time; it only shows up under certain lighting conditions / angles of view. That is what I was really trying to achieve, as these engines seem to be pretty clean burning when compared to the jet engines of the same era.

Tommy

http://home.roadrunner.com/%7Etommieboy/TU-141_845.jpg

http://home.roadrunner.com/%7Etommieboy/TU-141_861.jpg

http://home.roadrunner.com/%7Etommieboy/TU-141_859.jpg

http://home.roadrunner.com/%7Etommieboy/TU-141_857.jpg

http://home.roadrunner.com/%7Etommieboy/TU-141_855.jpg

Jafo

December 11th, 2012, 12:36

Tommy ....seems we have similar tastes in aircraft choices......
While hunting for Tu-95...142...126....114 'stuff' I happened across this thread and your repaint....
The Samdim ver of the 114 wasn't half bad...so I got 'creative'...bigger images...sharper detail...props that aren't too disastrous in Accel.... and again with the metal finish....
A 'what if' the VH-ECA wasn't an Electra but was a Tu-114 ....similar critter....just bigger.....;)

2048 for the 'fuse' file.

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CG_1976

December 11th, 2012, 13:02

Where can one who uses FSX pounce on a TU114 and 142 converted for FSX??

tommieboy

December 11th, 2012, 16:06

Jafo

December 11th, 2012, 16:50

Where can one who uses FSX pounce on a TU114 and 142 converted for FSX??

http://samdimdesign.free.fr/index.html

That's where you'll get the Tu's .... they're 2004 but are better than 'many' 2004 crates.
The default props [as Tommieboy has indicated] are pretty typical disasters for FSX but mods are available.
Setting smoke, etc for them was time consuming. ..[8 exhausts]...seems several have got into those too.
The 114 alphas can give you shine [metal] though the prop boss ends up transparent...so that's a no go.

I haven't spent as much time on the 95-142 as there's more to do with the gauges....finding 'nice' ones...;)

Jafo

December 11th, 2012, 16:59

WOW....that looks fantastic!

Tommy

Thanks, Tommy....;)
Gonna play with the 95 next.... but I had a go at 'pinching' some 'weathering' from another skin for the 114.... darn shortcuts never work out right...;)

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expat

December 12th, 2012, 11:24

Like the fictional paint for the Tu-114. Do some more?

IFlySWA

December 12th, 2012, 11:29

Great repaint! :salute: A polished metal American Airlines job with the orange-red lightning bolt down the side would look neat. :icon_lol:

Brian

CG_1976

December 12th, 2012, 11:52

For some reason Cubana comes to mind:icon_lol:

Jafo

December 12th, 2012, 16:19

Great repaint! :salute: A polished metal American Airlines job with the orange-red lightning bolt down the side would look neat. :icon_lol:

Brian
I'm currently messing with blank polished metal finishes for the 114, 95, 126, and 142 .... so eventually an AA version might be do-able....;)

Jafo

December 16th, 2012, 17:36

Here's a 'blank' [ish] 114 that can turn into an AA one....;)

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Edit...
Early days yet....VERY early. The fuse is a pain in the bum to paint as the segments are not all the same scale...so alignment is trial and error ....this is the first go....close, but no cigar....;)

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jeansy

December 16th, 2012, 19:09

awesome work the both of you

Thankyou very much

Jafo

December 17th, 2012, 03:18

The nose is next...before tackling the engines......
The Fuse is in 4 'pieces' length-wise on 2 bitmaps....8 images to look at piecing together....

....slowly getting the hang of it...

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Jafo

December 17th, 2012, 20:00

Update....
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....lot of trial and error in the nose ....now not looking forward to the engines....;p
At a crossroad.....am hoping this is the 'right direction'...following examples of AA Electras as 'close enough' to what might be...

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Ignoring alphas, etc .... the orange bits are ok...just not so sure about the expanse of white wing ....metal edge and flaps, though....as with Electras.

tommieboy

December 17th, 2012, 22:36

Update....

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Ignoring alphas, etc .... the orange bits are ok...just not so sure about the expanse of white wing ....metal edge and flaps, though....as with Electras.

In regards to the expanse of the white wing;

First, I'd try realigning the leading edge of the white area that occurs toward the outer portion of the wing and pull it back to align better with the portion that occur from the engines in toward the fuselage; more of a straight line. That should help reduce the expanse somewhat, and show more of the metal leading edge in that area.

Second, if you need to reduce the expanse even more, I'd then pull the trailing edge of the white expanse more forward to further reduce the expanse. It should be OK to have a gap between the white area and the orange operable surfaces. But I'm thinking you won't have to do any of this in any case.

Tommy

Jafo

December 18th, 2012, 01:45

Yes...that leading edge was me following a panel line in the existing skin....it was cranked like that and the way the bimap is laid out you don't see how screwy it may be till you load it. I'll look more into where legit seams are in a real wing on a 114 and follow whatever that makes it...;)

Edit....here it is after a bit of looking....

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Trimmed it back a 'tad' ...was less of a drama with the alpha also done....it all makes the 114 so much bigger than an Electra [which I guess they really were]..;)
Now those pesky engines...;)

Jafo

December 18th, 2012, 19:06

I think 'pesky' was too kind.

In future I'll stick to unpainted engine cowlings....;p

77512

There's a bit more detail to add ....painting the nav glass frames black seems to work...;)
Unless there's typically an atc id number under the wings or something I think it's finished....;)

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Stuck the Qantas one there too....it's what was 'worked' from to get the AA .....not much alike anymore...;)

tommieboy

December 19th, 2012, 17:06

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Stuck the Qantas one there too....it's what was 'worked' from to get the AA .....not much alike anymore...;)

Looking real good; I'm really looking forward to both of those releases.....

Tommy

Jafo

December 19th, 2012, 17:21

Tommy....am still finding 'bits' to tidy up on the AA ....then I'll dump the 888 bitmaps back to DX5 before I up them...;)

Stuff like the ID number on the nose bay doors ....just noticed it's still the one from the Qantas.

The name 'Flagship Los Angeles' and number N6126A come from an Electra from AA ...;)

Meanwhile...back at the ranch....another in early stages....

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Jafo

December 21st, 2012, 19:32

Here's that one done.....even those engines....still no idea which bit is the cowl-front chrome bit....yet....but it's the way I wanted it, anyway...;)

BOAC - Comet-style...;)

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Jafo

December 25th, 2012, 04:06

Got all my ducks in a row and uploaded these three here...
Am looking at ideas for others similar....maybe a TWA ....;)

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Concept 'fiddling' to see the possibilities of a TWA ver.... 77814

tommieboy

December 25th, 2012, 06:52

Got all my ducks in a row and uploaded these three here...

DUDE!

These paint schemes are just too cool....:cool:

I just loaded up the Qantas paint scheme in FSX.....WOW! These paint schemes should breeze new life into this model for the FSX users, especially with the period paint schemes that you have chosen.

Thanks for all your hard work!

Tommy

tommieboy

December 25th, 2012, 07:19

Jafo

December 25th, 2012, 13:44

Just one note on the downloads.....

Using the Qantas repaint as an example,when you extract the zip file you'll see the folder named texture.qantas......don't copy this folder over to the the Tupolev Tu-114 folder as I did to jump the gun, as there is a second folder within that folder (also named texture.qantas); that is the one that you want to copy over to the Tupolev Tu-114 folder. That second folder also has the readme first.txt file.

Tommy
Glad you're liking them...but re the zips...I didn't think I'd double archived them...did them the same as the Avenger...and looked OK to me...should be a texture.qantas.zip containing an image a readme and the texture.qantas folder....and that has an extra readme in it [so it's not lost in extraction/use]...;)

I think the next one might be a PAN AM ...;)
Edit....yep...PANAM it is...from a 707 vintage....little bit more to do yet...;)

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Jafo

December 26th, 2012, 20:09

TWA one took a bit of work.....sloping paintline....this ver is from a 707 ....;)

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Jafo

December 27th, 2012, 15:23

Now....even further into 'fantasy land' ....;) [it's from a fair-dinkum 707]

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CG_1976

December 27th, 2012, 15:37

Req please for Cubana or a real hard fictional a Canadian North:mixedsmi:.

tommieboy

December 27th, 2012, 15:54

Now....even further into 'fantasy land' ....

Jafo.....You took the red pill? You're going too far down the rabbit hole.....:isadizzy:

Somewhere down there I think you'll find Cubana....

Tommy

Jafo

December 27th, 2012, 15:54

Req please for Cubana or a real hard fictional a Canadian North:mixedsmi:.
Both would be do-able...but the Canadian North would be a little anachronistic...;)

Edit...

Early stages.... hence the odd nose.....but it's the early livery, not what is current...;)

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CG_1976

December 27th, 2012, 18:35

Time to break out my cigars and rum and warm up a TU142 MUHA-KSAT-CYZF-UHPP-USSS run.

tommieboy

December 27th, 2012, 19:35

....Early stages.... hence the odd nose.....but it's the early livery, not what is current....

Oh man, I can't figure out which repaint is my favorite; they all are my favorite....:cool:

Tommy

Jafo

December 28th, 2012, 03:57

Oh man, I can't figure out which repaint is my favorite; they all are my favorite....:cool:

Tommy
Thanks, Tommy ...it's your fault I got all eager with these skins.... as with the Avenger ones....once you start you get the 'hang' of them and they get [a bit] easier...;)
I'll upload these latest ones...then have a go at the Canadian one....;)

Edit...
This one's done. Font was a pain...couldn't find it...had to do it 'manually' [cut/paste].

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tommieboy

December 28th, 2012, 15:50

.....This one's done. Font was a pain...couldn't find it...had to do it 'manually' [cut/paste].,,,,

Yeah, I had to do a few cut and paste font jobs myself. Script fonts are the worst to match, especially when you have no good straight-on reference photos or reference material. That being said, this Cubana repaint looks so good / plausible on this aircraft.

Tommy

Jafo

December 28th, 2012, 17:06

Some skins are easier than others....but all have some challenge or other that makes it ........ fun ....;)

These ones have been submitted here today ...;)

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I thought I might try a 'modern' Qantas version ....if I am to do a Canadian North one ....both would be an anachronism, though ....where-as all these so far are at least dated about right....;)

Actually....I 'should' really have a go at a metal Aeroflot ...afterall that's the correct airline...;)

CG_1976

December 28th, 2012, 17:24

I like them all, but most of all wanted the Cubana:icon29: and TWA. A Canadian North would be happy flier on a TU142 for Yellowknife to UHPP and USSS.

tommieboy

December 28th, 2012, 18:42

Jafo,

Not as exciting as your current work, but I'll make some solid prop disks for your repaints, for those of us with weaker CPU's to address the prop rotation animation stutter that some of us run into in congested areas. There actually is a very subtle prop rotation animation in my solid disks that you can't see in the screen captures below. These can also be used with AI software that doesn't allow for prop rotation animation too, so it's a dual purpose texture. I prefer light prop textures as shown because of the typical FS9 to FSX prop / cloud texture issues. It doesn't solve the problem; it's just my preference.

Tommy

http://home.roadrunner.com/~tommieboy/TU-141_810.jpg

http://home.roadrunner.com/~tommieboy/TU-141_809.jpg

Jafo

December 28th, 2012, 20:12

I kinda liked the darker prop animation so I could see the contras clearly...;)

Edit ....here's an early painted fuse/metal wing...to be a Modern Qantas and eventually a Canadian North...;)

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CG_1976

December 28th, 2012, 20:20

Got the TU142 beauty installed into Prepar3D along with the American Paint you did Jafo and taking a run from PADQ to CYEV. I'll post some pics when done.

Jafo

December 29th, 2012, 05:29

The Modern QANTAS one is coming along....the tail and the roo was the pain this time...;)

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delta_lima

December 29th, 2012, 08:25

SeanTK

December 29th, 2012, 10:37

Lots of great hard work there, Jafo!

I know this might be somewhat pedestrian, but any chance that a standard late-life (late 60s) Aeroflot scheme, with the enhancements/weathering these fictional schemes received - could be considered?

Something like this: http://www.airliners.net/photo/Aeroflot/Tupolev-Tu-114/1230549/M/

I know it's one of the original 3 that came with the pack, but perhaps now with these enhancements, that same scheme might look better ...

Just an idea?

thanks either way - great work on these!

DL

Try one of the following on Flightsim.com:

tu114upt.zip

tu114_70.zip

tu114_90.zip

For your request specifically, go for the first file, but for later decades, the other two work.

Jafo

December 29th, 2012, 14:32

Lots of great hard work there, Jafo!

I know this might be somewhat pedestrian, but any chance that a standard late-life (late 60s) Aeroflot scheme, with the enhancements/weathering these fictional schemes received - could be considered?

Something like this: http://www.airliners.net/photo/Aeroflot/Tupolev-Tu-114/1230549/M/

I know it's one of the original 3 that came with the pack, but perhaps now with these enhancements, that same scheme might look better ...

Just an idea?

thanks either way - great work on these!

DL
Yes, I have a whole swag of those images....and plan to do a higher-res metal ver at some stage...;)

SeanTK ...got those...they're what I'll base the reworks on [eventually].

Meanwhile....the Can North .... again finding dramas...where the heck is the underside fuse/tailplane fairing...and the cap of the tail?
The first step is the rough-in of the colours...then chase fine clean-up...;)

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CG_1976

December 29th, 2012, 15:34

Jafo

December 29th, 2012, 16:12

Looking good on the Canadian North paint, I'm just getting ready for its flight by planning the pickup from USSS and ferry her to CYZF with stops at UHPP and PADQ. Meanwhile i took these of the American Paint out of PADQ and the Cubana out of PADQ to KAST on the way to Havana. Next stop for Cubana before MUHA is KPIE, look out Ickie.
Glad to see them flying...;)

Re the Can Nth paint...I found the missing bits...so am one step closer to getting it done.
Having to randomly splat colours on where something 'might' be mapped...then load it to see if you were right....or not... took a bit of time. Tail fin was just the tail too 'short'...but the fuse-tail fairing underside was found by painting in pink ...it's an undefined rectangle to the right [in 888 format] on the Tu-114wings.bmp...;)

Here's the 'win'...;)
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Jafo

December 29th, 2012, 18:47

Tiny bit of cleaning up to do...but otherwise it's done...;)

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Edit....
Here's an Aeroflot on the go ....main diff is higher res for the fuse ...sharper colours...and various metal bits...;)
More to do....
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CG_1976

December 30th, 2012, 08:34

Excellent paint on the Canadian North and I see a Aeroflot wonderful.

Jafo

December 31st, 2012, 04:02

The white stripes either side of the black-out nose on the Aeroflot are supposed to line up with the frames on the nose nav window....

.....about 3 hours later [don't ask] .... I got them about as close as I could in the res/size of the image. I 'should' have scaled it up a squillion and chase the pixels that way....;)

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Jafo

December 31st, 2012, 18:21

These two have been submitted here...;)

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The Canadian North Airlines skin is worked from a current 737 aircraft [very definitely a 'what-if' only].

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The Aeroflot version is a repaint of the 'default', albeit with metal finishes and a realignment of various bits....particularly the black-out nose now aligns with the Navigator glass frames.

I'll have a go at the other 'default' ones similarly ...;)
Maybe also some photo-real weathering.....

delta_lima

December 31st, 2012, 19:38

Jafo

December 31st, 2012, 20:23

As with the Avenger repaints - you sir, have an uncanny way of reading my mind as to what I was hoping for!!!

Yes, the glareshield line-up is far better - splendid. Don't know if this will ever see your "weathering" wire brush ... but I'm already very happy - thanks so much!!!

DL

There's a bunch of good photos of some sad-looking 114s that'd possibly do for photo-real weathering....they look that ill though you might not 'want' to get airborne in one...;)

Mostly I skin via painting...so clip-art photorealism might be 'interesting' ....;)

Edit... early days of the second Aeroflot ver....not liking it so far....
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Edit 2 .... Improving a bit....78225
...but I really need a decent Cyrillic font rather than painting the darn letters....;)

expat

January 2nd, 2013, 02:25

Jafo

January 2nd, 2013, 02:52

Am a long time fan of flying this Tup port over in FSX and enjoying very much the new paints. Anyone finding that the a/c loads in the sim overweight with fuel? Have to drop the three tanks down to about 40% to get her below MTOW.

Messing around with a private/VIP "BBJ" version that will change the payload weights down and fuel up ..
Yep...I just halved the max fuel weight/capacity in the aircraft.cfg....otherwise [for those that know my end of the world]....taking off at YMML heading north would have you rotating at Sunbury.
Heavy ain't the word...;)

Edit....

It's coming along....stripes are still fuzzy....tossing up whether to repaint them clean per-pixel....;)

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Speaking of which...my old man was an FSO3 at YMML [Melbourne airport] and told me of the [unreported publicly] tale of the Jumble that took off North only to emulate one of these....looked like it wasn't going to lift so the pilot dialled in full thrust and 'just made it'. There's a church with pine trees, etc just North of the runway.... When the plane landed in Sydney the ground crew removed the tree branches in the undercarriage.....;)

Jafo

January 3rd, 2013, 14:30

The rework of the Khrushchev skin has been driving me nuts....probably really should have upped the nose and fuse to 4096 and get things to join up 'easier' [maybe]....;p

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Edit ...... finished.... after checking another photo and reverting the anti-glare to the wider style...as is correct on this version.
It's sorta 'clean', with sooty wings. Next ver I'll add some weathering...;)

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Edit 2 .... wasn't finished...needed to realign the doors to match the model's doors ...;)

Jafo

January 4th, 2013, 19:11

Two more to upload shortly....meanwhile....early WIP ....;)

Not sure whether to go 'metal' or just gloss grey as is....

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EDIT .... went gloss grey....
Getting there.....slowly...

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Jafo

January 5th, 2013, 12:36

It's done. Seems every different skin has its own challenges...again finding which bit goes where...;)

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CG_1976

January 5th, 2013, 13:17

Jafo

January 5th, 2013, 13:40

Jafo, can you test your paints at night or dawn time, and see if you get see threw engine nasals?? When I got to UHPP on approach I went outside camera night time and didn't see the engines or there textures. I need to see if you have it on your end or if it is my computer having it's monthly attitude.
How about that?
Just loaded the latest one....the modern ver of the Aeroflot...and the chrome trims of the nacelles is transparent.
Not sure if that's even fixable...but will have a look...;)

Could be a limitation of a 2004 model.

Jafo

January 5th, 2013, 13:57

Fixed/solved.
I'll have to check the original aircraft release to see if it had one...but you need a 'Tu114engines_l.bmp' [or .dds]

If you haven't got one in any of your texture folders.... copy an existing 'Tu114peredok_l.dds' and rename it.
Then put it in any/all the texture folders...and low-light texturing on the engines will be OK....;)

Edit.... just checked....and yes, there was one in the original...so you should have it....and can copy it to any of the skins of mine you use.

Darned if I know what happened to mine....

Gremlins....;p

tommieboy

January 5th, 2013, 14:55

Fixed/solved....

Thanks for figuring that out Jafo.....

I noticed that too, but didn't have time to look at it this past week.

Tommy

Jafo

January 5th, 2013, 18:34

Next one on the go .... ;)

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Jafo

January 6th, 2013, 03:17

I think I've finished the JAL one.....helped finding a photo of the specific aircraft...;)

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Jafo

January 7th, 2013, 03:35

Before I upload the recent ones I had a go at more clearly defining the sections of the bitmap for the fuselage....there's more dead space than I'd imagined...quite weird, really.

So here's an early go at the next one...;)

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Jafo

January 7th, 2013, 20:46

Done.
Here's another 'what if' ....;)

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Jafo

January 8th, 2013, 04:41

These three have been submitted here...

Another 'what if' QANTAS had one still [no...they never had one]...;)

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This one's a 'metal' rework of an original... the L5611 of 1959 ...from photos.

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And another 'what if' ....in this case - what if Aeroflot still flew the 114...;)

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Jafo

January 11th, 2013, 16:07

Just submitted these two here....
First is a rework of the Japan Air Lines version....

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Second is a 'what if' done with text and graphics extracted from photographs. A 'colourful' Virgin Blue ...;)

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CG_1976

January 11th, 2013, 16:47

That Virgin blue is a Creative paint and colorful must have.

pilottj

January 11th, 2013, 17:51

Love the Virgin scheme.:salute::icon29:

Keep up the great work.

Cheers
TJ

Jafo

January 11th, 2013, 22:46

Another one on the go....;)

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Jafo

January 12th, 2013, 04:48

Relatively easy one ...being mostly metal and no stripes to align.....so it's done...;)

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Jafo

January 15th, 2013, 04:24

Another one...;)

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Jafo

January 16th, 2013, 03:37

Aer Lingus is done....

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And so is the Alitalia....

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I keep finding ways to get things a little more 'right'...though the skin 'system' still poses issues...;)

Jafo

January 17th, 2013, 04:22

Latest fun one....on the go....;)

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Jafo

January 17th, 2013, 18:58

Doesn't matter how many you do you always find 'something' wrong with the way images are mapped to a model.
This one wants text on the Undercarriage nacelles ...and no matter how you do it you will end up with 2 of the 4 'sides' back to front .... not a problem when/if the graphics are symetrical...but text is another matter. It's either leave it out altogether or make do with some of it being backwards....;)

Kulula....

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Jafo

January 18th, 2013, 20:09

Couple more done....shall upload all these soonish....;)

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Air New Zealand

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Emirates.

Jafo

January 20th, 2013, 02:20

Slightly more plausible....

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Jafo

January 23rd, 2013, 00:50

Took a while to paint this one.....
Probably shouldn't have done it on the runway....backing up traffic...;)

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I've been an Official in F1 since 1980 .... and Melbourne again ain't far away, so this is 'topical' if definitely not likely...;)

delta_lima

January 23rd, 2013, 07:44

Slightly more plausible....

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Nice one, Jafo!!

Jafo

January 24th, 2013, 16:34

This is one of my faves....probably because it was so difficult....;)

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Jafo

January 29th, 2013, 16:10

Had a go at 'improving' a bit on the 2D panel....combination of the existing, a screencap from the VC and some chopping and channelling from photographs...in 1680x1050...;)

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warchild

January 29th, 2013, 16:24

That looks pretty awesome Jafo.. And i dont like 2D panels soo its quite a complement.. Great job..

Jafo

January 31st, 2013, 18:38

I'm still fiddling with the Panel....

Just bought Red Star No.31 so now have lots of interesting details to look at...;)

Jafo

February 2nd, 2013, 05:47

These two have been submitted here....and 5 more in the pipeline...;)

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Alitalia....

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Air New Zealand.

tommieboy

February 2nd, 2013, 07:56

Had a go at 'improving' a bit on the 2D panel....combination of the existing, a screencap from the VC and some chopping and channelling from photographs...in 1680x1050...;)

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That looks really cool Jafo....:cool:

Tommy

Jafo

February 2nd, 2013, 21:31

That looks really cool Jafo....:cool:

Tommy
Thanks, Tommy ....even redid the icing effect to suit...;)

delta_lima

February 2nd, 2013, 22:16

I, for one, prefer flying airliners in 2D panel view - so I'll make use of this for sure!!

Great job!

DL

Jafo

February 3rd, 2013, 02:49

When I'm happy with the Panel I'll up it...but it may be a while....if I get all 'serious' as I did with my Thud one it'll take years...;)
Meanwhile....
2 more submitted here....

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Emirates....

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Jetstar....;)

Jafo

February 3rd, 2013, 03:27

Here's one more....

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Kulula .... got a giggle out of this one...with the text...but had to alter it a bit as it's [obviously] a different aircraft.

...and discovered a quirk of the skin mapping that's unfortunate...but I ignored it...;)

Jafo

February 3rd, 2013, 17:35

Here's the last/most recent ones done, and submitted here....

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VH-OJC "City of Melbourne" from the real B747-400 .....wasn't the easiest skin ...had to redefine exactly which bits of the top of the fuse in the BMP went where...as the paintwork wraps over. Next month is the Australian F1 GP ...which will be the 34th consecutive AGP at which I've worked as a Comms/Observer [aka 'Jafo'] ...;)

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'Artist's impression' [always liked that term] of a 114 in military transport guise [as was an intended/potential use].... the colouring/style inspired by 'contemporary' Tu-22s ...;)

What next?....dunno....had a notion to try an 'Air Force One' paint...but then instead came up with the recession-induced 'Air Force One-Half' .....[not uploaded]

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expat

February 4th, 2013, 02:28

Jafo

February 4th, 2013, 02:46

Jafo,

Enjoying your prolific series of paints for this aircraft.

Be nice to have a private/VIP/BBJ like edition, a la:

http://www.airteamimages.com/pics/152/152302_800.jpg (http://www.airteamimages.com/pics/152/152302_800.jpg)

Glad you're enjoying them...;)

That paint would be particularly difficult....the curved waistline...matching it into the four odd-scaled pieces along each side of the Fuse....but a challenge is a challenge...;)

Probably would need more images of the critter though...;)

expat

February 4th, 2013, 04:11

That paint would be particularly difficult....the curved waistline...matching it into the four odd-scaled pieces along each side of the Fuse....

Yep, have played around myself with these textures so know exactly what you mean!

Here is one that is much more linear, but classy: http://www.airliners.net/photo/163926/L/

Jafo

February 4th, 2013, 04:21

Yep, have played around myself with these textures so know exactly what you mean!

Here is one that is much more linear, but classy: http://www.airliners.net/photo/163926/L/
I think I prefer the first one....even with the harder lines...;)

As Baldrick siad...."I have a cunning plan...."

Jafo

February 4th, 2013, 16:40

I think Baldrick might be smarter than me....
I had this idea of sticking the bits together...then add the stripes...then cut it up again....remembering that the section forward of the wing...and aft of the cockpit is actually a different scale..... here's the mess so far....

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I'll keep at it..... but I'll likely have to do a lot of 'fudging' of the results...;)

Edit.....told ya there was going to be a lot of fudging.....

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Alignment is still off ....bum's wrong ...and it's all too high up anyway...;)

Edit......[again].....Fudge...fudge...fudge....

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expat

February 5th, 2013, 01:58

Sweet! Nice work.

Jafo

February 5th, 2013, 04:16

I think I'm about there.....just some stripes on the engines....and whatever aircraft number....and maybe a Tupolev logo...;)

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Jafo

February 5th, 2013, 16:21

Finished.....darkened the blue down 30% ....improved the segment aligning....stripes on the engines....Tu logo ... metal cockpit window trim ...and figured 'EX-PAT' would suit as a call sign...;)

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expat

February 6th, 2013, 02:17

Hey! That's great - thanks Jafo!!

expat

February 6th, 2013, 02:19

Can't wait to see the expression on all those Lear and G-5 owners' faces when I pull up to the FBO at Teterboro in this thing. Now, what about an air stair that reaches the door, hmmmm. :icon_eek:

Jafo

February 6th, 2013, 02:49

Can't wait to see the expression on all those Lear and G-5 owners' faces when I pull up to the FBO at Teterboro in this thing. Now, what about an air stair that reaches the door, hmmmm. :icon_eek:
Yes...reading my new book about 'em...and the ladder attached to the air stair in the US cos nothing would reach..;)

Also...interesting clarification....the U/C housing/fairing and arse-end of the engines was painted black eventually...to hide the exhaust soot.
I should treat this one as a 'later ver' and paint them black.....;)

BTW...the 114 held 31 records back in the early sixties.....and they all still stand today - unbeaten....;)

Jafo

February 6th, 2013, 03:55

Here we go...all dressed up and submitted here...:)

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Jafo

February 7th, 2013, 17:36

Another one on the go....mainly just the engines to do...;)

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Jafo

February 11th, 2013, 00:52

Been studying the book some more....found a few details to improve on.
This one's done...shall upload soonish....main visible diff is the dorsal antenna...;)

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Jafo

February 11th, 2013, 12:15

'Sperimenting with weathering....most of the images of the 114 are of ones looking a little sorry....

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Reworking meant getting better positioning of the windows...and redoing the night-light....

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Jafo

February 14th, 2013, 02:49

Just spent the better part of 2 days hunting down some errant pixels...literally one at a time while reloading to see results.
Port wingroot rear conflicts with Port rearmost top of fuselage....pain when one's 'metal' grey and the other is white. Zero room for error.
I got it 'near enough'...and it just means I'm a bit closer to what could laughingly be called a 'paintkit'....;p

Jafo

February 16th, 2013, 03:45

I probably should take requests....;)

CG_1976

February 16th, 2013, 08:50

I probably should take requests....;)

You've got Fed Ex, you forgot there friends UPS. They'll get rude and jealous:icon_lol:. If you want to be mean to a US Airline try Southwest, they deserve to be slap with a Russian bird, like Air Canada.

flewpastu

February 16th, 2013, 16:59

Jafo, did you upload the FedEx repaint yet ?

Bill

Jafo

February 16th, 2013, 17:16

You've got Fed Ex, you forgot there friends UPS. They'll get rude and jealous:icon_lol:. If you want to be mean to a US Airline try Southwest, they deserve to be slap with a Russian bird, like Air Canada.
Yes, I'll up the Fedex....and have a go at something UPS...Southwest..... but 'deserve a slap with a Russian bird'...there's probably plenty that prefer to fall out of the sky but in reality the 114 was an impressive and successful aircraft and quite sophisticated for its time....;)

Jafo

February 16th, 2013, 17:39

Meanwhile...here's another 'what if' on the go....

US-Vietnam vintage Camo colouring going on.....;)

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Jafo

February 16th, 2013, 17:59

Jafo, did you upload the FedEx repaint yet ?

Bill
Not yet...was reworking the entire 'collection' with improved details...but I'll do so asap...;)

flewpastu

February 16th, 2013, 18:06

Cool Cool

Bill

CG_1976

February 16th, 2013, 18:31

Yes, I'll up the Fedex....and have a go at something UPS...Southwest..... but 'deserve a slap with a Russian bird'...there's probably plenty that prefer to fall out of the sky but in reality the 114 was an impressive and successful aircraft and quite sophisticated for its time....;)

Indeed very technological and impressive for it's time and even today by the way of its relative the TU95 Bear. They scrambled F-15's at Guam for two of the bears playing cat and mouse a few weeks ago.

Jafo

February 16th, 2013, 18:47

Okie doke....this one's submitted here...;)

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One thing different to this older screenie is the radome is no longer white [that lump under the nose]...;)

The 'Nam camo ver is slow....haven't even got onto the dk green yet ....then to blend/smudge them and redo details...and again the engines will be a pain.
Meanwhile I'll see what a UPS would end up like...;)