Blue bird alsmost ready to fly (release)

[mgr]

Pictures say more then thousand words... thanks again to Camille Bachmann (Squirrel) and his team for this masterpiece.

http://garfield.home.xs4all.nl/pics/blue1.jpg
http://garfield.home.xs4all.nl/pics/blue2.jpg
http://garfield.home.xs4all.nl/pics/blue3.jpg
http://garfield.home.xs4all.nl/pics/blue4.jpg



Merci!

Marcel

[mgr]

Part deux :france:

http://garfield.home.xs4all.nl/pics/blue5.jpg
http://garfield.home.xs4all.nl/pics/blue6.jpg

[huub vink]

Very nice Marcel. I looking forward to fly this blue bird!

Cheers,
Huub

[manfredc3]

That is certainly looking very good. One more reason to get back to flying roto blades again :applause:

[huub vink]

Marcel,

After looking at the pictures on "airliners" I wonder whether you blue is perhaps a bit too bright.

http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?aircraftsearch=Sud%20SA-316B%20Alouette%20III&distinct_entry=true

The official name of the colour is "Royal blue" and sadly I have been able to find far to many rgb values for this colour.

Cheers,
Huub

[mgr]

Hello Huub,


Marcel,

After looking at the pictures on "airliners" I wonder whether you blue is perhaps a bit too bright.
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?aircraftsearch=Sud%20SA-316B%20Alouette%20III&distinct_entry=true
The official name of the colour is "Royal blue" and sadly I have been able to find far to many rgb values for this colour.
Cheers,
Huub

Know what you mean, the perfect colour is difficult to get right in FSX. Also the real photo's give lot of different blue's and different light conditions.
Also the reflections make it hard to get a good and average RGB value of the photo's.

All the detail work is done now, will take a final look if and how i can adjust the blue colour.

Regards,

Marcel

PS The "official" colour should be RAL5010 hoog glans, which gives lots of shades if you look it up on google... <g>

[Dev One]

The official name of the colour is "Royal blue" and sadly I have been able to find far to many rgb values for this colour.

Huub

I must admit that if faced with 'Royal Blue', I would use RAF roundel blue BS 381c 110, equating to RGB 71,94,112; although Simmers paintshop show a Royal Blue as BS381c 106 equating to 38,48,66. The blue shown on the helicopter I would associate with what the French Air Force use as Blue.
I have two monitors of different make & age & I cannot make them identical to my eyes, so I tend to use my original older monitor as my master!
Keith

[huub vink]

Thanks Marcel, I also noticed the model, complete with spec and bump maps displays the colours a bit brighter than the colours actually applied. So you need to "play" with them a bit.
Personally I like the blue shade with the values R0-G35-B102 a lot.

But so far your repaint looks absolutely brilliant! :encouragement:

Huub

[siebolt]

Thanks Marcel, I also noticed the model, complete with spec and bump maps displays the colours a bit brighter than the colours actually applied. So you need to "play" with them a bit.
Personally I like the blue shade with the values R0-G35-B102 a lot.

But so far your repaint looks absolutely brilliant! :encouragement:

Huub

Yes, I was also doing this one. But in fact I also had the trouble with the color blue. But when I saw this one earlier, I put it in the hangar.
Looking forward to it. Together with the SAR it brings us back to these fine years of our KLu.

regards John

[mgr]

How about this?
http://garfield.home.xs4all.nl/pics/blue7.jpg

http://garfield.home.xs4all.nl/pics/blue8.jpg

Or too dark now?? :banghead: :mixed-smiley-010:

Marcel

[huub vink]

Sold! I wouldn't change anything :encouragement:

Thanks,
Huub

[ce_zeta]

It looks fantastic, Marcel :encouragement:

[siebolt]

Marcel,

It's the end (Het is het einde=Dutch) and also a wellknown Dutch song.
Upload and download soon in progress?!
Can't wait.

John

[mgr]

Marcel,

It's the end (Het is het einde=Dutch) and also a wellknown Dutch song.
Upload and download soon in progress?!
Can't wait.

John

Thanks for the kind words. Hope to have it available this weekend.

Marcel

[mgr]

Upload completed for AVSIM and SOH (to spread the bandwidth) should be available later today.

Release note:

This packet includes a repaint of Alouette III by Camille Bachmann (Squirrel)
in the current livery of the Royal Netherlands Airforce (Koninklijke Luchtmacht).

The livery includes the special 50 years stickers, the RNLAF (Klu) has been
operating the Alouette III since 1964. Currently only 4 remain in the VIP flight
based at Gilze Rije airbase. They are due to retire in 2016, after 52 years of
service!

Outside is painted in high resolution 40964x4096 pixels. Almost all decals are
present and readable. Inside is also completely repainted to bring it in-line
as close as possible with the real aircraft. This includes the VC textures:
- Airspeed and Vertical speed are now Knots and feet/min, and photo-real look;
- Altitude could not be changed texture wise, however is still changed
in a more photo-real look.
- Most instruments have now English text;
- Added lots of (semi) photo-real details across the VC.

The freeware Alouette III can be found at the following sites:
http://frenchvfr.free.fr/download.php?lng=en&pg=584&prt=-1
http://royalefrenchnavy.perso.sfr.fr/RFN-Avions.htm#HelicoEmb



Cheers,

Marcel

[mgr]

In case you missed it, download is available at:
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/local_links.php?catid=189&linkid=20345

Marcel