Alpha North American XB-70 Paint Kit in 2048 and repaints

[Jafo]

With the alphas done....and a redo of the text/font...

[flaviossa]

This one is a great "What If"!

[Jafo]

The B-58 inspired one has been uploaded to SOH. It includes the slightly modded model file to better imitate a metallic finish. I changed the reflection from 0.2 to 0.5 in MDLMat.

The hardest part to do was the chevrons on the tailplanes. [there are 6 bitmaps to align].....and of course the cunards which have about the oddest mapping I've ever come across in all my years of painting.



And one for the 69th Bomb Wing...Vietnam ....possibly less unlikely than some...

[Jafo]

Makes a good shark....

[Jafo]

Messing with a low vis version....

[flaviossa]

Jafo, thanks for the new paints. Much apreciated.
Just FYI in the Virtavia XB70 package, the line: "sim=XB-70" is changed to "sim=XB-70A_Valkyrie"
If someone has trouble to make your paints to work.

[Jafo]

That's a nuisance....comes from having so many vers for so long, though I should have checked as I do have a 'vanilla' install of the Alphasim.
Trouble was/is I also have the Wingsware, as well as a 'combined' one where I use the Alpha exterior model and the Wingsware VC.
Probably 8 or 9 years of 'fiddling' will do this to you...

I may have to edit all of them so far.....maybe a benefit as I've still been tweaking the graphics....

[Jafo]

I've been side-tracked with a new monitor....so everything's looking so much fancier since moving on from an ASUS MW221u that's survived 3 system upgrades [till now].

I've gone from 1680x1050 at 60hz to 2560x1440 with Gsync matching framerates...at upwards of 90hz in FSX.

The newbie is another ASUS .... a ROG Swift PG279Q IPS 27".....

[Jafo]

Next one to upload....though I've decided the paint's too shiny....as the white looks more metal than white....so gotta redo the alphas....



Edit....knocked back the paint alpha from 160 to 200...

[lazarus]

That's pretty wild, Jaffo. Just imagine six of 'em in echelon and full burner. Take that, planet!

[DennyA]

That is awesome!

Now we need some Blue Angels A-5 Vigilantes to balance out.

[Jafo]

I've just uploaded the 'metal' version of the Thunderbird here at SOH.
Still one of my favourite paint schemes...in spite of it often being difficult to do....

[Jafo]

Next one I'll upload....even more unlikely than any of the others....

Modded the bumps to make the windows more 'real'.....

This'd blow the doors off a Concorde...

[Jafo]

Just uploaded the Qantas version here at SOH. Having the separate layers for windows etc would make it easy for other airlines, though as with any paint aligning lines can get irksome.....



Moved the 'Qantas' further back from the dorsal vents....wouldn't have been logical to be that close to them.

[Jafo]

When you've really got to deliver that parcel overnight.....



Edit....looks a bit closer....bit more detail. Kinda like the painted bum.

[Jafo]

Liking the painted bum of the Fedex got me to revisit the Qantas likewise....
Probably need to up it as a 'V2' or something.

[dvj]

I don't own this model, but your repaints and work are great!

[Jafo]

Here's a simple one ....gonna do a more contemporary version though....this one's a bit too modern.



Edit ....older version is a pain....those dorsal vents get in the way of the graphics...the 'R' in 'American' is going to take a while...



Edit 2 .... mostly OK ....always an issue with text on the upper fuse....bends a bit.

[Jafo]

Just uploaded the Fedex version here....
Also upped the 'matching' paint styled rework of the Qantas - looks more stylish...

[Jafo]

Surely the RAF would grab one or two....though more likely to be more Vulcan than WW2 colour-wise...

[Jafo]

Sometimes the easy way doesn't work.....as Vulcan paints go this is a bust....
....more to do.



Edit ....did it the longer way....there wasn't enough grey mainly.



Chucked some badges on.....badges?....we don't need no steenkin' badges.....
IXth Bomber Squadron RAF.....

[Jafo]

Some of the panels are mirror-mapped so bits of a camo MUST be symmetrical. You can only deviate a bit before stuff goes out of whack .... so the Vulcan asymmetry can't really be replicated.

[Jafo]

Maybe a B-2A Spirit - styled scheme might make sense....

[flaviossa]

Wow ... very nice!

[expat]

Jafo's paints and this thread inspired me to dust this one off which I never spent much time flying. Did a test out of Edwards and forgot how demanding the power management and flight envelope are. Also and handful - like the Hustler and Blackbird - once in the pattern and setting up to land. Like those too, restricted visibility is not your friend?

Did anyone ever mod the FDE? Perhaps not, as AS in the reference went to pains to make the flight model realistic. Also, I am perplexed by the throttle and autopilot/IAS/Mach relationship. If I set a "target" IAS or mach, it doesn't seem to follow or match the number set. Instead, it seems to call up full power and quickly overspeeds (crashes as I use full crash detection). I have read and understood the power management manual however it sometimes helps to be able to use AP.

Jafo, your creative painting really brings out the futuristic and attractive lines of the design that the real life plain white paints didn't as well. Lots of fun.