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by **lowflier** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 8:40 pm

Now I have done FXE and FWZ and will soon be uploading the latter. I now have a whole list of Islander paints to do, one being an NAC paint I found today and another is ZK-EVO. This is both Islanders over Foveaux Straight.

by **Ian Warren** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 8:53 pm

Now when was the last time i heard "Oh Islander in the Sun"

by **Adamski** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 10:20 pm

#2 wins again! Beautiful shot - a great looking repaint!

by **Naki** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 10:21 pm

by **Splitpin** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 8:52 am

All the above comments refer...and an extra thumb (as is my way

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Clever bugger .

by **Adamski** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 5:12 pm

Hey, LF ... I've added your Islander to the dreaded database here

Great Barrier ... ooops .. wrong island!

by **lowflier** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 5:27 pm

Adamski wrote:
QUOTE (Adamski @ Mar 10 2012,6:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hey, LF ... I've added your Islander to the dreaded database here

Great Barrier ... ooops .. wrong island!

Thats Great! NZFSIM is where I source all my repaints so it's good to know one of mine is up there. I have had another fiddle with the alpha channels on it and am going to upload a fix later on aswell as ZK-FWZ which is more or less the same as FXE.

by **Adamski** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 5:46 pm

lowflier wrote:
QUOTE (lowflier @ Mar 10 2012,6:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Thats Great! NZFSIM is where I source all my repaints so it's good to know one of mine is up there. I have had another fiddle with the alpha channels on it and am going to upload a fix later on aswell as ZK-FWZ which is more or less the same as FXE.

I'm glad you mentioned the alpha channels. I was going to mention it, but wasn't too sure about posting a negative comment

Considering how wonderfully grubby the underside is (I'm sure that's real!) ... I was amazed at how much polish the ground crew used! From my initial dabblings, I've found around 94% (ie. almost white) to be sort of OK ... with the usual matt areas set to 100%. The other thing I sometimes try, is to boost up the reflectivity on particularly dark areas - like the blue part of an RAF roundel. It seems to just need that extra "tickle".

I love those Islanders ... don't ask me why!

by **lowflier** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 5:55 pm

Adamski wrote:
QUOTE (Adamski @ Mar 10 2012,6:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I'm glad you mentioned the alpha channels. I was going to mention it, but wasn't too sure about posting a negative comment

Considering how wonderfully grubby the underside is (I'm sure that's real!) ... I was amazed at how much polish the ground crew used! From my initial dabblings, I've found around 94% (ie. almost white) to be sort of OK ... with the usual matt areas set to 100%. The other thing I sometimes try, is to boost up the reflectivity on particularly dark areas - like the blue part of an RAF roundel. It seems to just need that extra "tickle".

I love those Islanders ... don't ask me why!

Don't worry about being negative

Its all part of learning, and as I am only getting into this repainting stuff I really love feedback (Good & Bad)
I have only just really started working with Alphas, and have already fixed FXE so I'll package and upload it later tonight, aswell as FWZ. I love the islander also, theres just something about these wokhorse types like the islander and the C208B that I really like.

by **lowflier** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 6:20 pm

Here we go, I will package and upload these two later tonight, the Alpha has been toned down and I have added FWZ

by **dbcunnz** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 6:41 pm

Here is another one for you to have a go at
Whale Watch

by **lowflier** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 6:50 pm

dbcunnz wrote:
QUOTE (dbcunnz @ Mar 10 2012,7:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Here is another one for you to have a go at
Whale Watch

Hmmm, that looks nice. Wasn't WNZ cancelled and scrapped a few years back? Nevertheless a nice straight forward looking paint. Its now on my list. Cheers Doug

by **Adamski** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 7:25 pm

lowflier wrote:
QUOTE (lowflier @ Mar 10 2012,7:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hmmm, that looks nice. Wasn't WNZ cancelled and scrapped a few years back? Nevertheless a nice straight forward looking paint. Its now on my list. Cheers Doug

Whale watch? Arrrgh! We'll have Splitpin moaning about *them*. I think he has a B-52 set aside with a "Greenie Watch" logo on it

Nice looking paint job though. Go for it, LF

by **Ian Warren** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 7:30 pm

Adamski wrote:
QUOTE (Adamski @ Mar 10 2012,8:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I think he has a B-52 set aside with a "Greenie Watch" logo on it

Sure i could a more authentic one to "Greenie Watch" Have one here along the same lines here in ACC Bomber Triad

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