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Offline Raptor

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« on: May 25, 2005, 11:34:33 PM »
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« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2005, 08:56:37 AM »
Looks very nice.

I think that the Star-and-Bar is to far back tho.
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« Reply #2 on: May 26, 2005, 10:09:02 AM »
Detail looks good, but I noticed some things

-The insignia should be infront of the wing gun like Slapshot pointed out.

-From the profile, an insignia should be on the bottom of the left wing.

-The serial number on the tail should be wider, it fills almost the entire tail in the profile.

-And the bottom halfs of the 88 should be wider than the top.

Besides that, I think you got it. :aok
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« Reply #3 on: May 26, 2005, 12:39:19 PM »
Just seems like it's missing something... a little more weathering perhaps?

I don't know, looks good otherwise.

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« Reply #4 on: May 26, 2005, 12:48:44 PM »
i think it looks great   and i know b26s are mnot  a great skin to work with,the  star and bar does look  a little to far  back,as for wearthering   i think it  looks ok  

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« Reply #5 on: May 26, 2005, 03:46:03 PM »
ONE of the problems with the B26 is the insignia. All insignia's are from a file called "marking" and if I make the USAAF insignia transparent on that file, then when I put the insignia on the wing it will mirror so its on both wings
So it was either...
1.) Leave the insignia how it is, which makes it on the wrong (top and bottom) wing and too far back on fuselage.
2.) make insignia transparent on Markings file, so the insignia would be in the correct place on the fuseloge, but would cause it to show up on both wings on top, and bottom.

I went with 1.

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« Reply #6 on: May 26, 2005, 06:03:09 PM »
Needs some thing as paul said i don't know maybe work more on the metal look.





Looks great S!

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« Reply #7 on: May 26, 2005, 06:41:33 PM »
Ah, then don't bother with the insignia, they're good enough.
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« Reply #8 on: May 26, 2005, 07:43:05 PM »
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« Reply #9 on: May 26, 2005, 10:03:36 PM »
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« Reply #10 on: May 28, 2005, 09:03:40 PM »
Cant get the serial number to stretch out more or else parts will be cut off. Another compromise, cut off numbers or mirrored numbers.



Gave the metal more of a shade of blue, hope that helps.


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« Reply #11 on: May 28, 2005, 11:37:07 PM »
The serial number appears to be pushed further back on the tail on the right side of the plane than it is on the left.  Looks like by about one space.

Looks ready to go otherwise in my opinion.
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« Reply #12 on: May 28, 2005, 11:47:20 PM »
Cant get the serial number to stretch out more or else parts will be cut off. Another compromise, cut off numbers or mirrored numbers. mirrored numbers wont be accepted

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« Reply #13 on: May 29, 2005, 02:25:33 AM »
I suppose with all the difficulties of the B26, it's amazing a skin can be put together at all.
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« Reply #14 on: May 29, 2005, 09:35:34 PM »