Dino's Belated Christmas Present!

**ejoiner** · January 6th, 2015, 15:09

I would do it but I am having trouble openning these textures for some reason. Font for "NAVY" appears to be standard USAF "Amarillo USAF"

**ejoiner** · January 6th, 2015, 15:18

Originally Posted by PLUTO16

Hi Eric,if you refer to external textures,i did it on standard DXT5 with alpha channel.

Bye,
Ale

I think my problem is these are 4096x4096 textures. I have a very modern PC, but still use Photoshop 7 because I am expert with it after many years of use. PS7 has its issues on things like file size and even the size of your HD. If its bigger than 1TB, Photoshop 7 thinks its full! (so I save to a lower sized partition.) In any case, I have always been happy with 2048x skins personally.

***ColoKent*** · January 6th, 2015, 15:24

Eric...is there a paint kit for this yet?

K

**ejoiner** · January 6th, 2015, 18:38

Originally Posted by ColoKent

Eric...is there a paint kit for this yet?

K

I dont know. Just suggesting a cool paint in some colors I like!

***ColoKent*** · January 6th, 2015, 19:20

Eric-- I'm with ya.... I've always LOVED this airplane, and have the books to prove it. Interesting point...I served with the current head of the ADF (Australian Defense Force) in the desert about 10 years ago, and before he was RAAF (and he ended up as head of the RAAF, I might add!), he was...RAN! About a 99% chance he flew these Aussie navy Macchis...

Kent

**Dino Cattaneo** · January 6th, 2015, 23:16

All,

A paintkit is in the works and will be released soon - but keep in mind it is still a Beta: we may need to make changes to the model (although that seems unlikely at them moment) so please refrain from releasing repaints until we release the 1.0 version.

***ColoKent*** · January 6th, 2015, 23:21

Dino,

I'm sorry, but I simply don't like this bird--

I LOVE IT...

BTW...did you use the Ali D'italia book on the 324 as reference? I've had it on my shelf for years....

AWESOME job, Dino!!!!! You've made me a mighty happy man! If it's Italian and fast...well, it's good!!!

Kent

**PLUTO16** · January 6th, 2015, 23:31

Originally Posted by rvn817j

Just a question from your interesting story...Is it I-AIDE or I-ADIE as shown above?

Sorry I made a mistake in the story..The corrected markings are ADIA-ADIE-ADIO-ADIU,according with this,the textures are correct as shown.
Bye,
Ale

***ColoKent*** · January 6th, 2015, 23:34

Ale - REALLY cool detail on the Alitalia training story... Thanks!

Kent

**doublecool** · January 7th, 2015, 03:10

always enjoy your work and she a beauty

Fantastic paints

***Roger*** · January 7th, 2015, 04:18

It's a fantastic model Dino and although my rides are usually low and slow this aircraft is in my hangar.

Oh and I see you have a donate button...must remember to press it tonight!

**Bjoern** · January 7th, 2015, 08:50

Did any of these happen to end up in North America in the 80s per chance?

**StormILM** · January 7th, 2015, 13:55

Just finished shooting a little video aerobatic sequence flying the Brazilian marked version at a nice little freeware scenery of Ilhéus, Brazil. When I get it all put together & uploaded, I will post it here later.

**StormILM** · January 7th, 2015, 19:29

Playing around with the MB-326:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7Nk...yvKVsqDv2-5blQ

**familton** · January 7th, 2015, 21:12

Originally Posted by StormILM

Playing around with the MB-326:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7Nk...yvKVsqDv2-5blQ

Thanks. Great video!!!!! What scenery is that? It looks very good. Bob.

**StormILM** · January 7th, 2015, 22:58

Originally Posted by familton

Thanks. Great video!!!!! What scenery is that? It looks very good. Bob.

The scenery is Ilhéus, Brazil which you can get at OZx of Terra Brasil:

http://aussiex.org/forum/index.php?/...ilheus-brazil/

http://www.terra-brasilis.org/brasil...tos-by-amengol

It is very nice scenery and quite challenging with different airliner types because of the short runway.

***Victory103*** · January 8th, 2015, 05:14

Another great vid, not that I ever need incentive to fly Dino's models. Adding this to the fun hangar when I want to take a break from the more modern fighters. Bikini spotting in Brazil would be cool.

**familton** · January 8th, 2015, 07:46

Thanks. I am downloading it now. Bob.

**cortomalteseit** · January 8th, 2015, 10:49

this would be a nice livery:

**ejoiner** · January 8th, 2015, 14:21

very nice video! I am very impressed with this scenery as well, and thanks again for posting links for how to get that. The beaches look great!

I did not see any Brazilian bikinis on the beach though

**dvj** · January 9th, 2015, 07:04

Originally Posted by cortomalteseit

this would be a nice livery:

Wow! that would be a great paint!

**Dino Cattaneo** · January 9th, 2015, 07:15

Actually we had a hard time to select which liveries should be part of the base package... The 326 has been an extremely popular machine and some awesome liveries.

By the way, Alessandro provided me with a paintkit - I'll review it and share it as soon as possible.