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Offline sullie363

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Anybody doing a B26?
« on: February 24, 2005, 12:58:34 PM »
Just seems odd one hasn't been done.  Or does the B26 have skinning issues.
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Anybody doing a B26?
« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2005, 09:29:54 AM »
have  you any  pics  of b26s  to do? or profiles
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Anybody doing a B26?
« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2005, 11:50:07 AM »
How about this one?

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Anybody doing a B26?
« Reply #3 on: February 25, 2005, 12:40:34 PM »
have  you  got  a better  pic  of  the  art work  or any other details?
ill give one  a try  

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b26 not good skins
« Reply #5 on: February 25, 2005, 02:04:21 PM »
i bn tring  the 26  but the skin  is  full  of  aeras   that are a right pain  basicaly  its  where the squadron letters  and things  go.

Isthere a way  to get rid of the letterrs and it not  shouwing  on the skin like  a bog flashing light?

any  ideas  kev  greebo obeo   you guys  are bsicly the experts ???

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Anybody doing a B26?
« Reply #6 on: February 25, 2005, 04:24:00 PM »
I haven't really looked at the B26, but in general terms those annoying little patches that cover some of the old skins cannot be altered. You just have to pick schemes that work round them, or cheat a little. HTC are quite tolerant of dodges to avoid skin bugs on old skins, so long as the skin looks generally OK.

The first thing I do when thinking about a new aircraft to skin is test it for bugs and patches. I use a test file I got from Skinners Heaven and screenshot the aircraft all over, gear up and down etc. Sometimes I make a bug outline layer to really get a handle on what is going on. Its worth taking the trouble to do this just to save a lot of frustration later.

OTOH if I'd done this properly before starting the F4Us I'd have given up on them there and then. :)

Here's a shot I took of the Ju88 to show what I mean. The lower wings are mirrored (ID letters will need to be reversible) and the lower fuselage is patched down its length (fuselage band won't carry round). Also there is some stretching across the nacelles. Annoying, but along with the other minor bugs, not really show stoppers.


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« Reply #7 on: February 26, 2005, 03:59:10 PM »
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have  you  got  a better  pic  of  the  art work  or any other details?
ill give one  a try  

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It was just something I found when I was going out the door.  I haven't found anything else on this particular B26 to make it easier to skin.  Besides, those ones that Guppy posted look much nicer anyway.
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