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any ideas?thankshow do you normally work this?thanksciao!Brian S

Is anyone out there willing to paint an American Airlines livery on the SGA A300-600? There are none available. I really need the SGA, as the Benoit Gaurant panel for the Airbus 300 for FS9 is designed for the SGA model, not the HNAC model. Can anyone help with this? My email address is [email protected]. Thanks.

Im looking for Beta testers for the FSD Skymaster 337 D and H model. Is there a list of these guys hanging about?I have a very limited friend base in the FS community, there for, I dont have a personal beta tester for repaints.Here what I need beta tested.http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/9616/n337cgb6os.jpghttp://img116.imageshack.us/img116/6159/n337cga8xd.jpg.....Thanks........Jason

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I need the font for Star Alliance.Anyone who has it or can show me in the right direction.Many thanksRegards/ Nick

AIA recently released their new model of the MD-80-Series aircraft. The designer chose to use two models to represent the series CO and SD. Most repainters have figured out which specific aircraft they are representing and have used the config file to specify which model the user should use. For example, if an airline if currently flying an MD-83 then the configuration indicates 83.However, some developers are using MD-80 as the aircraft type in their configuration files. This can cause confusion as to what aircraft their work represents because there is no such specific aircraft model designated as the MD-80 - at least not in commercial service.The following is an excerp…

Hey everyone, I'm new in the repainting scene, and I'm wondering if anyone knows how to make aircraft repaints using GMAX, since it's the only tool I have available right now; I don't have a photo-editing program (like photoshop for example)and I was browsing some repaint programs but they weren't really what I was expecting.Best regards,--Cirrusman

Is there a painter out there that could help me out with a very small project? Please advise.Chris

Im looking at this picture of a 337G Skymaster (N337CG) and I can not figure out what this is? Its the (signature looking thing) white thing inside the green circle. I think it is a signature of the paiters design. I have seen this on other skymasters but I would like to know exactly what it is so I can get a closer picture of it.THanksThe Imagehttp://img268.imageshack.us/img268/1628/whatis6fh.gif.....Thanks........Jason

heya guys ive just finished a GOL repaint it look like thishttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/128044.jpgcomments would be goodoh and anyone that is wanting to Test this Beautiful Bird Talk to me on MSN my addy is [email protected] or email me Cameron Allpress, Anet Airlines A330 FC, Aircraft painter

http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/127870.jpgI'm having an impossible time trying to get these stripes to line up. Trying to nudge them 1 pixel but that doesn't seem fine enough. Any way to change the nudge increments?Thanks,Todd

Does anyone know where I can get a freeware font suitable for use on GA aircraft (i.e FAA approved). It's similiar to helvetica, but the numbers have "clipped corners". Any help is appreciated- Thanks. John B.

I am looking for some photoreal repaints of:BWIA West Indies Boeing 737-800BWIA West Indies Airbus A340-300 Hybrid LiveryBWIA West Indies De Haviland De Havilland Canada DHC-8-311Q Dash 8 (Steelpan Livery)Well thats mainly all i am looking for now.

Could someone advise me how to change the pilot in the attached ,gif. Nice enough chap, I'm sure, but I would like something a little more 'easy on the eye' if you get my drift :) I'm thinking a pic of myself would be nice?KenSomerset, England

...if anyone here does take repaint requests? If so, i`m wondering if anybody would be so kind to do a fictional Tyrolean paint for the Dreamwings Design Dash 8-200. Looking forward to any replies!:-) BrgdsKevin

Hi,Some time ago I repainted a few aircraft with reflective textures.As I want now to repaint a refueler (a ground vehicle from hama) I cannot do this (I get transparent textures) or I dont't remember exactly how to proceed. That's dramatic... I know.Somewhere I forget the exact procedure. I want to have an aluminium texture or bare metail looking tank of the refueler of instead a white body.To have an idea of my early repaint, you can download it from my site: http://www.users.skynet.be/maximil/Maximil175.zip . It is a Marchetti S-260.How do I proceed now. Perhaps someone can find the fault:I open DXTBmp and load the bitmap.I make a copy of the (white) alpha and export i…

getting ready for AVsim this weekend. Got me a shiny new joystick a few weeks back and man I still can't land that 747http://www.thebest3d.com/dogwaffle/whatscool/post

Hi!Does anyone know what mistake I am making when I modify aircrafttextures (FS9)using DXTBmp and Photoshop?My new modified DXT3 bitmaps become blurred comapared to the originals.Quite annoying.Grateful for help.Thanks!Hans HermanssonSWEDEN

Heya, a few more days and we'll see you hopefully in San Diego. Here's a few words about our presentation Saturday morning, in case you're intyerested in our freeware version of the paint and animation program Project Dogwafflemain website: http://www.thebest3d.com/dogwafflefreeware version: http://www.thebest3d.com/dogwaffle/free3rdparty plugins: http://www.thebest3d.com/dogwaffle/3rdpartyplugins(includes the plugins by Martin Wright for loading and saving FS formats)some tutorials showing how to paint over uv map templates can be found here:http://www.thebest3d.com/dogwaffle/tutsFor programmers/developers using VB, Delphi and other, the free sdk:http://www.thebest3d.com…

I was wondering if there is a forum that I am missing that is for displaying finished repaints?.....Thanks........Jason

Hey...I Am repainting the Bell Jetranger From the game to be a Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Conservation Helicopter. I have it mostly done except for the fact that one side is proper and the other side is a mirrored image. What have I done wrong and how can i fix it? THX

Is there a freeware program which can create images of each side of a pane, which you can then edit to make a new paint scheme?

I would dearly love to start repainting some of my Just Flight flying club aircraft in my club colours. I have the photos for reference and I have both Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro. Unfortunately all the articles I can find on the web are:1: Out of Date (fs2000/fs2002 and old versions of painting software)and/or2: None of them tell you how to USE either PSP or Photoshop for repainting (ie step-by-step instructions for repainting using the software?) Most assume you know how to use the software (which I dont except for basic photo enhancement).Anyone know of any RECENT (ie FS2004) repaint tutorials with step-by-step guides to using the software AS WELL as repainting a blan…

Hey There, I have an idea for a project that I would like to work on. The basic idea of it is a visual viewer of the aircraft model with the textures applied that can be view/rotated/zoomed, etc and the textures reloaded by the user. I think it would help any and all painters alot. However, I would like to add some more to it - perhaps the program having a "Project" mode that will enable the user to create a folder from within the programme, edit the configrations files, update the texture folders with the latest revisions - and then at the end of it all, package it.I would like to hear your ideas for what could be added, or if you could improve my ideas?Kind Regard…

Hi all, I've looked around for a Continental livery (current colors, not the red meatball) for the PMDG 747. I know Continental no longer uses the 747, which I'm sure explains my failure to find one. I have my PMDG 737's in CO livery and also the Level-D 767 and would love to add a CO 747 to my hanger. Does anyone have plans for such a re-paint, or would someone be interested in creating one? I would be happy to discuss the creation of one if none are planned. Thanks!RegardsSteve