Cool. I do not like flying P-51's for obvious reasons. But, when I do, I fly Preddy.Thanks for taking the time to perfect it.
I'll tweak the blue and fade the lettering some more. Source material says the code was changed from P to R after Preddy handed it over. The source photos after the handover still shows the victory board and a tail letter. I just assumed it was still a P but it may be R.(Image removed from quote.)I was using the opacity method for letters (paint) but then was told not to so I recently quit. I'll go back to it.Thanks everyone for the feedback and photos. After staring at a screen all day one can have trouble seeing this kind of stuff. Walking away from it for a bit sometimes freshens the eye.
Hey! What's the Hairless Joe 56th M Jug doing in that lineup?
I've made this montage of the relevant sections of the blue nose photos in his thread together with a screenshot of Vraciu's skin. I left out "Barbara M IV" as the colour balance seems to be off in that photo. Going over all these blues with a colour picker there is a huge variation dependent on the amount of paint fade as well as the lighting level and angle of each photo. However all the photos show a fairly consistent relationship of red to green to blue, with a bit less of the red and a bit more of the blue compared to the green. Vraciu's colour also has this balance but spread out to a much greater degree, so a lot less red and a lot more blue than the green. So on the basis of this have to I agree with Devil and say the blue on the skin is too saturated.I don't think it unlikely that Preddy's HO-P was re-lettered to HO-R when the plane changed ownership. It's even possible that the "P" was "retired" in the same way a ex-star player's number can be in a team. I agree that the parts of the squadron letters hidden below the D Day stripes are too clearly visible on the skin. Partially erasing these with a small diameter eraser tool to create a "brushed over" effect would work although I prefer to use a non-destructive method like a mask to do this sort of thing, it is just easier to edit later.It's a great skin though Vraciu, well done.(Image removed from quote.)
Its amazing what you find when your not looking for it.Same image with different results.(Image removed from quote.)
No idea?
Did some looking around. That wasn't an M Jug in the picture it was the P-47D-25 of Col David Shilling after taking the CO position of the 56th after Zemke went on to lead a 38 Squdron.
this mf my new daily for sure
Thanks, man. I updated it and posted mid-thread:https://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,400552.msg5308873.html#msg5308873
See rule #4
That is kind of a childish, classless thing to say.
