which AN225 package do you use as base for FSX? as I found more than one
I think it's just the original one...quite low-res graphics, hence my efforts to go for a HD kit.
Airfile and models date to 2009. Main bimap was 2048, with the spec only 512. Mine are all 4096 so far more 'clean'...
Edit....
I've finished the linework on the rear end...and done the fuse bumps...so apart from 'tweaks' I think I got it.
I'll run a few other paints through it and iron out the kit for upload.
The 'Volga' was a fair test as it's got metalwork, etc.
Last edited by Jafo; April 7th, 2021 at 07:11.
I found this one a good way to start... https://www.rikoooo.com/downloads/viewdownload/12/853
Yes...I did my own version of that one, though I settled on 3 decks, not 2 ...
These look good, JAFO!
Yeah, seems Qantas works on any aircraft.
Just read the Qantas is planning on reactivating their entire A380 Fleet!
Tommy
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Can you show us the cockpit you are using for the 124...?
Have you ever considered an IL-76..?
It's all about how 'logical' the paint layout is...for the model. As much as possible...the fewer bitmaps used the better...particularly when you are trying to create a paint kit in high resolution from scratch...from reverse engineering the existing paints.
The effort involved is better 'wasted' on a native model with separate VC, etc. Piglet's planes were always logical layouts...so I did several of those....and the 225 really suffered from low res graphics...and was seemingly almost identical [it wasn't] to the 124...so one kit killed 2 birds [wasn't like that...took just as long with the 124 even after doing the 225]...
First I did the 225...and thought it'd be a doddle to then do the 124.
The 124 turned out to really 'need' reverse engineering to work out where bits started and ended...particularly when it came to aligning stripes etc.
So...once I'd done that I thought it'd be a doddle to do likewise with the 225 for the same end....
It's amazing just how much blank space there is on a bitmap...that's been quaintly 'oversprayed' outside the lines.
I'm gonna be a while...
A WIP....
Jafo, looking forward to your 225 paints. I have some plans for the giant beast!
Kevin
Impressive..!
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