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Title: Think its finished
Post by: Kev367th on August 25, 2004, 11:48:50 PM

This is at 1024 size textures.
Bitmaps may take while to load!

(http://www.cyberonic.net/~kreed/kent.bmp)

This is at 512 size textures.

(http://www.cyberonic.net/~kreed/kent2.bmp)

Title: Think its finished
Post by: Guppy35 on August 26, 2004, 12:05:00 AM

Kev,

Check out this old thread on the Flypast forum.  

http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=16053&highlight=Spirit+Kent


It contains a bunch of photos by a guy who is a 131 Squadron nut.

Note the normal span wings, as well as the dirty undersides shot of the regular span wing VII down the thread a bit.

There is also a photo of Spirit of Kent, with some detail on the lettering you might want to replicate.

Also note the placement of the smaller D-Day stripes in relation to the cannon.  It might solve your black cannon issue.

It's looking great

Dan/Slack

Title: Think its finished
Post by: Kev367th on August 26, 2004, 02:11:31 AM

Done nearest side, moved D-Day stripes, redid Spirit of Kent, outlined codes as shown in pic.
better?
Bitmap at 1024

(http://www.cyberonic.net/~kreed/kent3.bmp)

Title: Think its finished
Post by: jetb123 on August 26, 2004, 02:14:50 AM

My slow Dial-up wont load the pics. Man I want to see them bad:( .

Title: Think its finished
Post by: Kev367th on August 26, 2004, 02:49:19 AM

Done other side, redid MD120 serial number.
jpg this time see if jetb can see it ;)
Still at 1024 texture size
Ignore white blob under the Sqn Ldr patch its the clipboard showing through.
Moving stripes at least made cannons the same color, so I'm happy with that.
One thing not sure of, sqn code (NX-O) over or under invasion stripe?

(http://www.cyberonic.net/~kreed/kent4.jpg)

Title: Think its finished
Post by: Kev367th on August 26, 2004, 03:16:54 AM

OK invasion stripes over top looking at pics.
Removed MD120 it was painted over also.
This should be it.
No way round cannon color, but at least they are same color now.

(http://www.cyberonic.net/~kreed/kentlast.jpg)

(http://www.cyberonic.net/~kreed/kentlast1.jpg)

Title: Think its finished
Post by: jetb123 on August 26, 2004, 03:24:19 AM

Nice skin kev WTG!;)

Title: Think its finished
Post by: Guppy35 on August 26, 2004, 03:54:35 AM

Hey Kev,  Looks great :)

The photos seem to suggest under for the invasion stripes. I know initially in the rush to paint the stripes, many squadrons painted right over the code letters and later added them back when time permitted.

You can see on one of the photos that they added the individual letter to the rudder.

I would think the outline of the codes may have been done both to show against the invasion stripes and against the high alt camo.

Dan/Slack

Title: Think its finished
Post by: Kev367th on August 26, 2004, 04:02:41 AM

Yeah I just put sqn codes under stripes as per the pics. If a pic exists showing over I would have done that. Gonna be touch and go as it is a Spit 7 skin on Spit 9.
Emailed it to Skuzzy with pics from the thread you posted showing standard not pointy tips.
Cross your fingers.
Thanks for all your help and input.

Title: Think its finished
Post by: jetb123 on August 26, 2004, 04:04:09 AM

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Originally posted by Kev367th
Yeah I just put sqn codes under stripes as per the pics. Emailed it to Skuzzy with pics from the thread you posted showing standard not pointy tips.
Cross your fingers.
Thanks for all your help and input.

 Hope it gets approved it sure is good.:aok

Title: Think its finished
Post by: Kev367th on August 26, 2004, 04:06:18 AM

Thanks Guppy and Jetb
Glad changing to jpg format allowed you to see them jetb.

Title: Think its finished
Post by: jetb123 on August 26, 2004, 04:19:20 AM

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Originally posted by Kev367th
Thanks Guppy and Jetb
Glad changing to jpg format allowed you to see them jetb.

 Yep it did Thnx for doing that. Hey kev what part of alanta do you live in? My grandma lives in meriata(if i spelled it right) I went down there just last summer. Its really cool down there I like it alot.

Title: Think its finished
Post by: Kev367th on August 26, 2004, 04:27:12 AM

Same area, I am in Marietta also.

Title: Think its finished
Post by: jetb123 on August 26, 2004, 04:32:21 AM

Cool I know she lives buy a sonics food place. And shes like 20 min from a Airport. My dad told me Name I forgot it. I was about to go down there this summer. But I been on a mission to get a computer up and running for ah.

Title: Think its finished
Post by: Cooley on August 26, 2004, 04:41:52 AM

Visit Grandmothers often, especially as a kid.

Title: Think its finished
Post by: TrueKill on August 26, 2004, 05:16:13 AM

great skin Kev *cough* spitdweeb *cough* lol j/k :aok

Title: letters on plane?
Post by: rogerdee on August 26, 2004, 10:03:55 AM

lovely   pics  kev   the  spits  looking really  great.
  how  did  you  get  the  writing  so good?
i  got  ps8 like  you  how  o you change  the fonts  and  get  it  so neet?

rogerdee

Title: Think its finished
Post by: Kev367th on August 26, 2004, 10:18:49 AM

I cheat rogerdee!!! lol
I always start off 2x the size required in Word. Copy and paste into PSP, tidy it up, then reduce by 50%. Helps if you get the font from Skinners Heaven also.