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Offline oboe

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More fun with plastic model box tops
« on: May 03, 2021, 10:28:24 PM »
I always loved the art on the covers of the plastic airplane models I bought with my allowance + lawn-mowing earnings as a kid.   In fact, I wish there was a website that had images of every model airplane box cover.   Its kinda fun to mix skins into that genre.   I saw some skinner for a different sim do something like this with his skins years ago, and the impression it made on me lasted.   Just fooling around blending my skin promo screenshots with model boxes:









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Offline JimmyD3

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Re: More fun with plastic model box tops
« Reply #1 on: May 03, 2021, 11:15:27 PM »
Yes the art work was/is fantastic. Would be nice to see some of those skins as well. You skinners are awesome, I just don't have the eye for it.  :rock
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Re: More fun with plastic model box tops
« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2021, 11:49:09 PM »
HAHA! those are great.
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Re: More fun with plastic model box tops
« Reply #3 on: May 04, 2021, 12:04:30 AM »
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Re: More fun with plastic model box tops
« Reply #4 on: May 04, 2021, 05:45:56 AM »
Your ability to do that is almost as impressive as your skinning prowess.  Is it real or is it Memorex?


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Re: More fun with plastic model box tops
« Reply #5 on: May 06, 2021, 08:15:14 PM »
Here's the real Lollipoop II model box cover art.   I tried to get as close as I could with lighting and aircraft angle to the original.   I like the red shade of the tail of the painting better, and it appears to have a little bit of gloss to it as well.



 
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Re: More fun with plastic model box tops
« Reply #6 on: May 06, 2021, 11:09:22 PM »
Very cool.
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