NZFF

Pan Am low over AKL.


USAF all nice and shiny.


"Ella" N707JT owned and flown by John Travolta.

Those are all great shots. The KC-135 one looks like a "real" photo.

I am wondering how you even create a model which has that ripple down the fuselage... just enough to reflect light slightly differently.

Charl wrote::hesaid:
I am wondering how you even create a model which has that ripple down the fuselage... just enough to reflect light slightly differently.

you do it with the comp texture file, which controls the reflections. If you give that one simple color surface, you get smooth reflections (first picture below), but if you give it more of a mottled look, you get variations of reflections from one spot to the next (2nd pic).

jk0400 by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

307th (00002) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

this works for bare metal schemes, but also for painted surfaces.

Thank you.
Now I am scrolling up and down up and down between the images.
Each amazing.

Second screenshot is the best and probably will create a major reason for anyone to leave FSX and buy MS2020/2024 in order to get this realistic looking 707

Regards,

Aharon