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by **2fst4u** » Tue Jan 26, 2010 7:05 am

First solo day!

by **keatles** » Tue Feb 02, 2010 1:08 pm

I will do one for you - do you have any more reference pictures?

Alan

by **2fst4u** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 4:30 pm

That's about it I'm afraid. Thank you though.

by **keatles** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 9:30 pm

2fst4u wrote:
QUOTE (2fst4u @ Feb 7 2010, 05:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
That's about it I'm afraid. Thank you though.

Could you not take some pictures yourself with a digital camera? I took a heap of colour slide pictures of my solo aircraft.
The pictures need to show the livery details.

by **2fst4u** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 7:55 am

Unfortunately I'm miles away from it now

. I managed to find a couple more on facebook.

But that's every photo I know of it

don't worry if you can't do with these photos. no biggie.

by **keatles** » Thu Feb 11, 2010 9:55 pm

Thanks for the pictures - I'll get to it early next week (got bills to pay first)

by **2fst4u** » Fri Feb 12, 2010 4:35 pm

No rush. Thanks again

by **keatles** » Sun Feb 21, 2010 11:51 pm

2fst4u wrote:
QUOTE (2fst4u @ Feb 12 2010, 05:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
No rush. Thanks again

Getting into it now - before I go further, confirm it is for FSX.

Alan

by **2fst4u** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 9:32 am

keatles wrote:
QUOTE (keatles @ Feb 22 2010, 12:51 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Getting into it now - before I go further, confirm it is for FSX.

Alan

correct. Fsx, just flight 152.

by **SeanTK** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 1:01 pm

Hello New Zealand flight simmers!

I have recently become a big fan of flying in this country virtually, and have been collecting many payware and freeware addons that can add to the experience. As an aside, my current favorite spot in FS is RealNZ's Rotorua airport.

I have come across many unique liveries representing various aircraft operators and types in New Zealand when I discovered the following, courtesy of airliners.net:

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Newmans/De-...nada/0239480/L/

Now as some of you may know, there is a fantastic De Havilland Canada DHC-7 "Dash 7" with a great virtual cockpit and systems simulations for FS2004, created by a Mr. Milton Shupe. As you may have guessed, I am currently wondering if there is a nice rendition of the above featured livery for Mr. Shupe's DHC-7 model for operation within FS2004.

Before posting this, I performed the obligatory forum search here to determine if this livery style was released, and came upon the following thread which seemed promising, but the effort appeared to have ceased before completion.
http://nzff.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=333

To reiterate, I am simply wondering if anyone is willing to pursue the completion of the "Newmans" livery for Shupe's Dash 7.

Thank you for the consideration.

-Sean

by **Wildbillkelso** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 11:01 pm

Hi, Sean!

Love this bird as well!

I did some repaints on Milton's awesome "Quad Otter" before (Air Tindi, CF) and already came across the airliners.net pic of this "Newman" livery.
My further research attempts on this airline lead to a dead end street, never managed to grab more detailed pics, especially on the tail fin logo.

I may get indulged to roll her into my paint shack, but any help on retrieving graphic details would be highly appreciated!

Cheers,
Markus.

by **Ian Warren** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 12:17 am

Ooops , Was meaning to umm , go for it Wild Bill

.. had this aircraft drop on us in 85 at Wiggy 'Wigram' ... just about broke the plane , im sure i have details and logos by .

by **Wildbillkelso** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 4:31 am

Count me in!

Just found the high-res logo (and some additional information on Newman's) here:

http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.com/

This sure is a nice livery, but the curved lines on the tailfin will definately give me some headaches ...

One more for the AI traffic builders:
I have an AI (reduced poly) version of Milton's Dash7, used it for my Yellowknife AI package. It shares the texture mapping with the full model, so I may additionally release it (with DXT3 textures) for AI purposes. Will fit well to the AI Retro series, won't it?

Cheers,
Markus.

by **Wildbillkelso** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 6:25 am

Well, this should have been the hardest part...:

by **SeanTK** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 7:29 am

Thanks for the responses. It surely looks like what you have done was the most challenging part of the livery!

I was hitting quite a few dead ends as well with images of this aircraft, but in case the question pops up....

Based on some research, it appears that the white text near the rear door on the airliners.net shot may say "Northland" in a peculiar font. Unfortunately this is the largest and highest quality photo I can find, so that's just an educated guess. I can make out an "Nor.." in the first portion of the word I believe, but then it all jumbles together and becomes rather ambiguous.

Excellent work so far! I'm really looking forward to seeing this livery hit the virtual skies!

Thanks VERY much for working on this livery.

-Sean

by **K5054NZ** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 11:14 am

Would anyone be keen to do a heli repaint for me? I'd love this basic scheme

so I can have this machine

on MH-6C.ZIP, Tim Conrad's model found at FlightSim.com. Paint kit available but I don't have a decent programme to do it myself

by **Wildbillkelso** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 7:56 pm

SeanTK wrote:
QUOTE (SeanTK @ Mar 1 2010, 08:29 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
... may say "Northland" in a peculiar font... I can make out an "Nor.." in the first portion of the word I believe, but then it all jumbles together and becomes rather ambiguous.

Hmmm - I'd rather associate "Nothland" to a Canadian airline.
Maybe "North Island" would make more sense. Newmans operated three Dash7s, so the second one might have been christened "South Island". I can't image how the third one was called... Any more relevant islands?

by **SeanTK** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 5:31 am

If you would rather leave that text off due to the ambiguity, that's fine, but I was just taking an educated guess based on what letters I could detect, and this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northland_Region

Looking forward to your continued progress on the livery!

by **Wildbillkelso** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 5:50 am

Argh.
I should have taken one closer look at the pic before making my guess...
Of course you're right: Whatever this shall read, it's not "North Island"!

Ian?
Any idea?

by **SeanTK** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 6:41 am

It may be wishful thinking in regard to them coming up with anything useful, but an email to the Newmans company might provide some insight too if Ian doesn't come up with anything. They may have aircraft photos available or something.
http://www.newmanscoach.co.nz/

They are now strictly a bus company, but based on my research, this was definitely the one that operated the short lived airline for a time.

Hopefully Ian will chime in here with livery details. I still think the text says "Northland"!

Trying to pull out all the stops here, and I think Ian is our best bet if he has info, but if worse comes to worse, these folks may have data as well if they are contacted:

http://ahsnz.tripod.com/home.html

http://www.nzairlineresearch.co.nz/index.htm

Good luck.

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