Wrench Posted December 16, 2007 Posted December 16, 2007 Just a few more tweeks to the decal locations, and another will be ready to fly and sting the Enemies of Freedom.... 178th FIS, North Dakota Air National Guard, approx 1966-69 "The Happy Hooligans", F-89J Late model (no wingtip rocket pods) coming soon!!! I also learned something very important about decal inis and pathways... did you know you can't use a paranthetical expression in the pathway??? The original name of th aircraft folder was F-89J(Late) so the decal path was F-89J(Late)/178/D/whatever and they didnt work!!! changing the folder name to F-89J_L solved the problem...after 4 hours of head scratching!! A tip to all skinners out there.... Wrench kevin stein ps: the H is nearing completion, too. Need to decal (serial numbers one skin, and I'm reusing another) Quote
mppd Posted December 16, 2007 Posted December 16, 2007 Super! Nice to see all the F-89 variants. Sorry, have been busy with work and computer repair issues. Still need to get some slides scanned for you. Any unit in particular that you are looking for? Mike D. Quote
mppd Posted December 16, 2007 Posted December 16, 2007 Kevin, I have a copy of this also: http://www.historicaviation.com/historicav...fwAAARPi)?ID=82 Quote
+Dave Posted December 16, 2007 Posted December 16, 2007 .after 4 hours of head scratching!! Hey Kevin.....be forewarned I am now going to bust your balls....... If you would of asked me I could of told you that..... Remember I am the decal king........3000+ and still going..... Quote
Wrench Posted December 17, 2007 Author Posted December 17, 2007 Dave, I'd have expected no less!!! I prostate myself before His Majesty, the King of Decals (bows and scrapes) -- I'm gettin close though, with all the nose arts and such, expecially for the unreleased/beta stuff (F-302 Mongoose), I must be near the 1500 mark! Mike: do you have that on pdf??? I'm willing to trade from my rather large collection of books on pdf.... If that's as good as their F-84 book...!!!!! As to those I could use, in particular comes to mind: 18th FIS 64th FIS Both based at Elmendorf in the 50? early 60s?? (hopefullly, I can find the skills needed to create the necessary markings!) The only thing that bother me with that one, is the ADC gray, it don't look gray enough. I matchd FS16473; it's rgb values are 170,178,176. The specular, reflectivity and glossiness all come right from the ADC gray Phantom: Specular=0.300000 Glossiness=0.750000 Reflection=0.000000 Strange...but it still looks good to me!! Wrench kevin stein Quote
Guest Saganuay82 Posted December 17, 2007 Posted December 17, 2007 Ahhhhhh isn't that decal geek? Nice skin dude. Quote
mppd Posted December 17, 2007 Posted December 17, 2007 Sorry, the copy I have is in paper and print. Can scan anything of interest. I'll check what I have on the alaskan units for sure. I find that adding a bit of blue tint makes the ADC grey look more like it appears under a blue sky in the sun, RGB values be damned. Used to do the same thing for the paints for 1/72 plastic kits. Kevin do I have your E-mail address to send you some stuff? I had to get a new hard drive for my home PC and may have lost some info. Mike Druzolowski Quote
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