GMAX Bell 47 M.A.S.H. Helicopter paint.

**trucker17** · July 14th, 2013, 12:07

Ok...this is just a quick paint for the GMAX Bell 47G, This is the first an a few repaints I will be doing for different M.A.S.H. Heli's......
Features, include OD interior and an OD Vinyl seats, chipped paint in rear bulkhead.....
Enjoy....:salute:

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforum...3&linkid=16892

**rdaniell** · July 14th, 2013, 12:14

That's a good looking repaint. Think you could do the same thing for the static helicopter. It's made from the same helicopter I think. Roger-Wilco-66 is the person who modified it and sent it to me.

RD

**FSX68** · July 14th, 2013, 13:48

Very Nice repaint is this for the Jean-Marie GMAX Bell? I had to google GMAX BELL in order to familiarize myself with it as I don't remember the GMAX Bell.

Looks very nice.

**trucker17** · July 14th, 2013, 13:56

Originally Posted by rdaniell

That's a good looking repaint. Think you could do the same thing for the static helicopter. It's made from the same helicopter I think. Roger-Wilco-66 is the person who modified it and sent it to me.

RD

I can try to do it...

**trucker17** · July 14th, 2013, 13:59

Originally Posted by FSX68

Very Nice repaint is this for the Jean-Marie GMAX Bell? I had to google GMAX BELL in order to familiarize myself with it as I don't remember the GMAX Bell.

Looks very nice.

I downloaded 4 different GMAX BELL 47s, and it worked on all of them....even the one with floats....Which is a Jean-Marie 47

**trucker17** · July 14th, 2013, 14:11

M.A.S.H. Paint NUMBER 2.....

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforum...3&linkid=16893

Jean-Marie on floats....

**FSX68** · July 14th, 2013, 15:50

Thanks Trucker17 for the Repaints...nice job, very well done

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**trucker17** · July 14th, 2013, 16:32

Originally Posted by FSX68

Thanks Trucker17 for the Repaints...nice job, very well done

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Not a prob....

**piperarcherpilot** · July 14th, 2013, 16:49

When I click the links, all I see is a blank page that says this "There is nothing here to show you (no permission, all entries hidden, etc)"

I havent been very active on these forums lately, could this be why?

**trucker17** · July 14th, 2013, 16:52

Originally Posted by piperarcherpilot

When I click the links, all I see is a blank page that says this "There is nothing here to show you (no permission, all entries hidden, etc)"I havent been very active on these forums lately, could this be why?

No that's not the problem.... The paints were uploaded this afternoon......They should be available later this evening

**piperarcherpilot** · July 14th, 2013, 16:56

Ah! Ok, gotcha. :salute:

What is the most up-to-date Bell 47 for these paints? There are so many updates/conversions floating around... I'm currently using the conversion by Danny Garnier.

I'm another huge MASH fan - cant wait to have some fun with this and the awesome sceneries!

**trucker17** · July 14th, 2013, 18:02

Originally Posted by piperarcherpilot

Ah! Ok, gotcha. :salute:

What is the most up-to-date Bell 47 for these paints? There are so many updates/conversions floating around... I'm currently using the conversion by Danny Garnier.

I'm another huge MASH fan - cant wait to have some fun with this and the awesome sceneries!

The repaints will work on all the GMAX Bell 47 Helicopters.....

**roger-wilco-66** · July 14th, 2013, 21:19

Nice repaint, that really compliments the MASH scenery for the static version of Jean Marie's great Bell 47.

The repaint will not work on the flyable version, because I baked all the solid colors and different texture maps into three large texture sheets for the static version to reduce the drawcalls. That makes it essentially a new model with it's own texture maps. The flyable version is a FS9 design and made heavy use of solid colors which are problematic in FSX and will degrade the performance.

It is no problem to convert the altered textures back to the original texture maps , though. Just locate the original maps and copy the altered part over it and save it.

Cheers,
Mark

**trucker17** · July 15th, 2013, 07:37

Originally Posted by roger-wilco-66

Nice repaint, that really compliments the MASH scenery for the static version of Jean Marie's great Bell 47.

The repaint will not work on the flyable version, because I baked all the solid colors and different texture maps into three large texture sheets for the static version to reduce the drawcalls. That makes it essentially a new model with it's own texture maps. The flyable version is a FS9 design and made heavy use of solid colors which are problematic in FSX and will degrade the performance.

It is no problem to convert the altered textures back to the original texture maps , though. Just locate the original maps and copy the altered part over it and save it.

Cheers,
Mark

Thx. for the info Roger....I'll give that a try and see what I can do....

**rdaniell** · July 15th, 2013, 11:29

After about 10 attempts, I finally have a reasonably decent looking MASH repaint for the static helicopter found in trucker's Kimpo and my Aid Station.
The one texture file is attached to this post. All you need to do is unzip and drop into the texture file of the respective scenery/texture folder. Well that worked for me.

RD

**trucker17** · July 15th, 2013, 12:24

Originally Posted by rdaniell

After about 10 attempts, I finally have a reasonably decent looking MASH repaint for the static helicopter found in trucker's Kimpo and my Aid Station.
The one texture file is attached to this post. All you need to do is unzip and drop into the texture file of the respective scenery/texture folder. Well that worked for me.

RD

Hey thx RD.....Had just started on it......Now I can start on the Other paint for the 47.....

Saw that Camo bell47 flying around Kimpo today already.....

**TuFun** · July 15th, 2013, 18:06

Another variations I saw looking at pics of MASH Bell 47's.

**trucker17** · July 15th, 2013, 19:02

Originally Posted by TuFun

Another variations I saw looking at pics of MASH Bell 47's.

Nice one...Which one is that....

**TuFun** · July 15th, 2013, 19:14

Originally Posted by trucker17

Nice one...Which one is that....

I was looking at these to examples and figured I will paint one similar.

http://www.amachron.com/MASH_chopper_1990.jpg

http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling.../t/140848.aspx

**trucker17** · July 15th, 2013, 19:22

Originally Posted by TuFun

I was looking at these to examples and figured I will paint one similar.

http://www.amachron.com/MASH_chopper_1990.jpg

http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling.../t/140848.aspx

Nice looking example......

**TuFun** · July 15th, 2013, 19:26

Originally Posted by trucker17

Nice looking example......

Just need to tweak it some, I'll let you know when its done.

Marine version...

http://www.flugzeuginfo.net/images/f...4-15338_04.jpg

**rdaniell** · July 15th, 2013, 20:58

Well, the repaints just keep coming. I'm attaching another for the static Bell H-13. I made the MASH lettering a little larger and replaced the Red Cross with the Medical Corps logo.

RD

**trucker17** · July 15th, 2013, 22:17

Originally Posted by rdaniell

Well, the repaints just keep coming. I'm attaching another for the static Bell H-13. I made the MASH lettering a little larger and replaced the Red Cross with the Medical Corps logo.

RD

THX Got it.....I'll replace the static helis in the morning and reload the scenery

**piperarcherpilot** · July 16th, 2013, 22:11

So, I had a little fun and used Trucker17's excellent repaint as inspiration for my own version of the MASH chopper. New interior/panel texture and gauges, new base texture paint (weathered - using some elements of Trucker17's like the military insignia) new rear firewall, and gave the pilot a leather flight jacket. MASH chart on right seat inside. Still a work in progress.

Edit: still cant get the darn manifold pressure gauge working - actually none of the MP gauges I've tried seem to work...anyone know why?

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BTW, I'm pretty sure I'm driving Radar NUTS with all the flight testing around the camp.