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Christian Stock of Red Baron Entertainment asked me for a new skin for a plane...

First of all - "What plane?" That was a trial in itself. I tried the DH Comet, but unfortunately MS have made that plane on a single skin and too many bits on one single skin made the work nigh on improbable, nay - impossible.

In the end, we went for the JU 52 by O. Fischer from junkers-52.de (by the way - he has done a great Buecker Jungmann too)

Then there was a whole lot of "What do you prefer: plain engine cowlings, white fronted ones, or cowlings with pinstripes?"

Following that, the next problem was the layout of the cowls. For want of a choice, I chose to do the cowling stripes aligned horizontally - in line with the aircraft y axis - as opposed to tapering parallel to the wing leading edges.

In the end, I did all three variants and...

...here's the results - enjoy!

Plain black cowlings



Pinstrip cowlings



White-tipped cowls



And now here's just a few more - ad hoc:

WOW! Who'da known a humble old Tante Ju could look so good? Chris, you've stunned me again! Beautiful work, and a great flagship!


One quick question - how long does it take for you, typically, to do a single repaint?

Looking good Cbris

Beautiful repaint Cbris- great aircraft choice!

Interesting choice of rego too:

Looks like these too planes can't fly online together at the same time- might confuse ATC

What scenery was used for the screenies- again I don't reconise it?

When it is available for download, please post a link by the way.

How long does it take? I started this one on Thursday night - on a different plane first - Christian would have preferred the Default DeHavilland Comet, but that doesn't work with the ideas we were having (Only one side skin - mirrored for the opposite side, text would be a problem). Then we thought about planes again - could have done a Dragon Rapide, but then we went for the Tante JU.

I had to make a paintkit myself for this one, that took almost the best part of a day - removing the colours but keeping the corrugation in place.

In manhours, this skin has probably cost arount 25 - 30

Some I can do in an evening - plain colours, no brushwork needed - and some (that Piper Cheyenne for instance) are spread over a month. A lot depends on the plane and the paintkit, a lot on the research and then some is just plain waiting for the real world owners to come back with permission and info.

What scenery? You don't recognise the default SeaTac? Oh, of course - but then I wouldn't recognise Wellington if you slapped me with a rubber boot

The only thing different on my Seattle is that I have FS Genesis meshes installed and all sliders maxed.

I can't wait to try the JU on FSX though - "Real" corrugations possibly?