45 Sqn RAF B200 King Air repaint for the Flight1 B200

[alehead]

This is the first ever paintjob I have ever attempted on anything, be it a payware or freeware model, so be easy on me. It was a steep learning curve...

Even though the Flight1 King Air is actually a different model, I decided to attempt to paint it in the colours of 45 Sqn RAF Cranwell. It is a simple scheme no doubt, but it took me some time to find the logos and fit things. I also could not see how to get the paintjob on the radome to work, as well as a number of the smaller items such as static wicks and antennae underneath.

Here is a picture of the current version I have. I haven't packaged it up fully so far, as I need to see how to do some minor admin stuff, like a preview image and the like...

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=28853&stc=1

What do you all think? Thanks to the gang of excellent painters here, whose work never ceases to amaze me and who unknowingly motivated me to stick at it...

Andrew

[delta_lima]

Hey - looks pretty good!

I've actually considered getting the B200, so I'll look out for your paint, for sure. You've picked a very elegant subject, to be sure:

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A few things pop into view for me - again, just from the standpoint of constructive feedback, not nitpicking or putting you down.

* proportions of the roundels looks pretty good, as does the placement of the cheat line.

* fonts look pretty good - don't know if you have the "N" on the nosegear door - Hopefully the above pic helps.

* the dark blue looks too light/bright. Could be the monitor(s) - don't know. But all pics I've seen of that scheme show a deeper, darker, blue that's not as "hot".

* the grey cheat line looks a bit too light - in most pics, you can see a clearly different light blue/grey between the white and dark blue. this pic has a red top edge, which you can likely ignore because it doesn't seem to feature on many of these - but the pic does show the grey colour in good detail:

http://www.airfixmodelworld.com/view_article.asp?ID=8960

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another shot, this time without the red top border - but showing the blue/grey cheatline:

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I think it's a great first paint - and hope its the start of many more, as this hobby thrives with lots of repainters.

cheers,

dl

[alehead]

Cheers dl for the comments and feedback

Totally new to this game :)

I took the blue directly off the RAF site, which is the same colour as the roundel. I see a similar issue with British Airways repaints, the blue there appears darker in photos than the actual colour match is... Aerosoft noted this with their BAW repaints of the Airbus 318/19/20/21 series...

The font for the Royal Air Force is actually an image taken off the RAF website, I could not find the actual font used...

The grey could indeed be a touch darker, though I took that from a similar source.

I have the N's on the nosegear doors already, though thanks for pointing that one out, as it would be easily missed.

That airfix site page you linked is excellent... I wish I had found that before I started... :) The close-up of the nose and the gear with the D on the nosegear door illustrates the actual blue well...

Thanks, I really appreciate the comments. I had a similar post showing an earlier version of my attempt on the Flight1 forum and so far 31 views and not a single comment, but that is par for the course... :(

A