Non-A2A repaint request

[Bramage]

So I've searched the internet all over the place for a Carenado CT206H (the new one) in the Hageland Aviation Services paint (from Flying Wild Alaska) and I've posted on AVSIM repaint forums over 6 months ago and never got a response. So now that Alabeo has released their Cessna 207 (what they actually use in FWA), I was wondering if someone would be willing to make this repaint for me? I do most of my flying in Alaska especially because of the great scenery packs for it.

If anyone could help, that'd be great!

[ebo]

Going by their past few aircraft way of mapping texture parts this will be nightmare to paint.

Fuselage parts are placex in various files and include top,side and bottom in one texture. To get parts aligned is a huge and unsatisfactory undertaking.

This is the reason why you see so little repaints of Alabeo and Carenado planes are painted.

This is my personal pet hate and the reason. I am not buying any of their aircraft as good as they are.

Contacting them regarding this issue is a waste of effort.

I don't want to bad mouth them just stating my frustration.

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[specialist]

I agree with ebo, and I can't understand why they couldn't put out a regular paint kit, or at least have one file showing the entire fuselage spread out, even if they couldn't provide any layers. That would have made it easier then to create your own layers and cut lines to split the files into individual sections.

[spacejunkee]

I don't own that plane so afraid I cannot help either and after reading about what a nightmare their paint kit is... good luck finding someone.

[specialist]

I don't own that plane so afraid I cannot help either and after reading about what a nightmare their paint kit is... good luck finding someone.

What paint kit? They don't have a paint kit, just a blank livery you need to play with and try doing something with it. I'm sorry, but as nice as their aircraft might look, their lack of support and flight dynamic is as poor as their idea of a paint kit.

[ebo]

I am glad it is not only me. Sorry for the typos. Phone keyboard is a pain!

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[jcblom]

I agree about the layout problems, but you can achieve the same repaint results with the white textures as you can with a paintkit. I know, because I did quite a few...

[Ron Attwood]

Yes, the lack of a paint kit isn't the problem, (I actually like the look of that plane) the lack of the plane is though.

[ebo]

Let me clarify my point. When I spoke about paintkit in this context i actually meant the blank textures that unfortunately Alabeo and Carenado supply.

That is not so much problem. I can work with that, although it is not too satisfactory either.

Ny biggest gripe is the mapping of textures.

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[jcblom]

but back to Bramage's request: A Hageland paint for the CT206. Sorry, I don't have the model, so can't help there, but if you have the Carenado Caravan, you can use this:



and I painted a lot more you can use in Alaska, from Hageland, Grant and Era

[Ron Attwood]

Let me clarify my point. When I spoke about paintkit in this context i actually meant the blank textures that unfortunately Alabeo and Carenado supply.

That is not so much problem. I can work with that, although it is not too satisfactory either.

Ny biggest gripe is the mapping of textures.

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Ahah! Like doing a jigsaw puzzle minus the picture.

[ebo]

Well put, Ron.

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[Fulcrum]

I would have to agree with everything said beforehand. I have tried repainting the C208 G1000 and Steam gauged airplane so many times over with varying methods but I could never it close enough for my perfectionist side to be happy with it. Bar none Carenado and Albeao (however they spell it) need to wake up and start supplying paint kits.

Best Regards,

Fulcrum

[jcblom]

no need for a paintkit, really!
Just put the white texture layer ABOVE your paint and set it to 'multiply', and you get perfect textures. Maybe leave a white copy below it too. You can even play with the spec and alpha to get just what you want, shine-wise, something you can't with for instance the A2A Corsair (with paintkit I might add).
A few examples:










all done with just the white textures, really, you don't need a paintkit. As you can see, you can even make metal textures with it!
A better texture layout, now thàt would be really nice....

[ebo]

I don't have a gripe with the blank textures. I have painted many an aircraft with those, also those you have posted.

My problem is the strange texture mapping and that one cannot even try to create a composite fuselage texture as a base for the paint. With all those rounded parts alignment of lines over 3 or 4 different parts becomes a nightmare and a very futile execise.

Another thing I noticed the models dont display properly in FSRepaint (which I initially used to view my paints) and also not ModelConverterX.

The bottom line is the latest aircraft are very painter unfriendly.

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