Chatham Airlines DC-3 repaint ?

[Adrian Brausch]

Allo lads,..been a long time but I am finding time to enjoy flightsim again and shall be frequenting our great NZFF again for now on !,...I have a question does anyone know of Manfreds C-47 repainted in Air Chathams livery ?

AB.

[Ian Warren]

Hey ya Chap, I was looking at it, I started an old Mount Cook livery just got busy with other stuff, I have not seen any other NZ Dak paints other than Adam's herritage RNZAF paint.

[Adrian Brausch]

ah bugger,..yea it looks like a tricky paint job..I may give it a go at some stage...I use the C-117 more though..

[Ian Warren]

Ade, I think you would find its a goodie, ... the paint kit is very easy and is well thought out .. that one would be superb keeping the detail.

[emfrat]

I have a Chathams Pacific livery for v.1 of the Skytrain. I tried putting it on v.3, and as I expected the nose paint didn't fit properly, because of the revised shape used in v.2. Version 2 came with instructions for updating the v.1 paints, for use with v.2, and those v.2 paints will fit properly on v.3...only thing is, the v.1 paint is taking off with chocks still attached.. I need to tamper with the cfg some more, swap in a different (v.3) mdl file perhaps.

ATB

[Ian Warren]

Did not realised you hooked into it .. I think generally its a superb PK .. can't see any prob.

[Adrian Brausch]

I have a Chathams Pacific livery for v.1 of the Skytrain. I tried putting it on v.3, and as I expected the nose paint didn't fit properly, because of the revised shape used in v.2. Version 2 came with instructions for updating the v.1 paints, for use with v.2, and those v.2 paints will fit properly on v.3...only thing is, the v.1 paint is taking off with chocks still attached.. I need to tamper with the cfg some more, swap in a different (v.3) mdl file perhaps.

ATB

I could make your repaint fit the v3 model if you like Mike ...

[Ian Warren]

There is a nose revision as well , just a small update, but generally the same ... really all and all work the V2 paint build that as a template then transfer to the V3 paint , one thing I think this is were Gordo really thought it out

[emfrat]

I could make your repaint fit the v3 model if you like Mike ...

Adrian, it's not my repaint. It is by the late Frank (Reinaldo) Gonzalez. All his work was left to CalClassic, and Tom is steadily releasing them. http://www.calclassic.com/frank.html
I have the same model painted as "Betsy" of Cathay Pacific - pretty sure Frank did that one, too.
I'll see what I can find.


EDIT: I was wrong about the "Betsy" paint. It is by Fongman Chan, in 1940s and '50s liveries, both at flightsim.com.

[Splitpin]

AB !!!! Ive missed your bouncing pachyderm .... good to see thee again

[emfrat]

This is weird - I haven't touched a thing, but the chocks are now behaving themselves

FS9 paint on v1 model, in FSX


Same paint on v3.1.2 model, showing the nose shape problem.


Where are the chocks of yesterday?

[Ian Warren]

Mike , you be able to cut and splice paste and then all nice, basically all DC-3 paints historical will work .. even the Jon Murchison 'Awesome Foursome' as they are all built off the same model ... would just require a little touch up were the model has been adjusted .. I should do this with my earlier MOT and Cropduster ... you have almost completed the entire paint within a few hours

[emfrat]

It might be quicker to add Manfred's mdl and air files to the DC3 folder where the Awesome4some ones live, and edit that cfg to call what you want - Viewmaster, Cargo, Ski-fitted etc.

[Ian Warren]

I think I'd go the other way, there has been a lot of extra work added , you don't want to muck that up .... it is one hell of a sweat freeware even not completed so gives us time .. I will have a looksie

[Adrian Brausch]

Should be pretty easy to re-align I'l get her looking sharp

[Adrian Brausch]

I see two different paints though,...both in 2015...think il put the more pretty " Air Chathams" as apposed to the boring Air Chathams LTD...i'l put the Chathams Islands decal on tail and other small details..

[Adrian Brausch]

Is the green banding on fuselage now black or just really dark green ?

[Ian Warren]

YIP .. yud be cooking, never thought to approach it that way, spec's and bumpmaps have change and other specific details really giving it that real OMFFF ! .. the entire package is So so Good !

[Ian Warren]

I think will require a little research , they chop and change things very regular ... tell one thing , I love to go just for a flight .. not a comfy seat .. jump seat will do me there and back ... sure I could hand out the lolly's on the way out and the Crayfish on the way's back

[Ian Warren]

Looking at that I believe it is all the same 'Deep Emerald Green' on the cheatline.