tennyson Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 Did a bit of research on these birds. VH-EAT was one of the Super Constellations flown by QANTAS in the good old days. Hard to find good photo's but I'm almost done with it. Will upload to OZX soon as I'm finished, if anybody wants it. Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolter van der Spoel Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 Great job Frank ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Emms Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 Yes please and thanks to you Frank. cheers Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyxx Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 Nice job Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost in Isaan Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 Well done, looks good. Question, I have just bought the model from Just Flight (O/no xxxxx2A66C8) but as I'm currently in QLD and a long way from my FSX machine won't be able to open it for a while. Does the package have a paint kit that comes with it? Seem to remember something but can't find an answer now. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-WCE Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 Beautiful paint!! Now i have to get the connie!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tennyson Posted August 29, 2009 Author Share Posted August 29, 2009 The Connie comes with a paint kit, but I prefer to start from scratch. The "Super Constellation" logo was hard to track down. I could only get one fuzzy pic of it, so I made it myself and applied to the various areas. It's still nice to fly around Oz in our own aircraft. Still got some fine tuning to do with alignment, but should be finished with it soon Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abulaafia Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 A big thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost in Isaan Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 The Connie comes with a paint kit ..... It's still nice to fly around Oz in our own aircraft. ... Frank OK thank you, and I agree having submitted two Qantas liveries on the A2A B377 to the AVSIM library. AND 3 more waiting to submit when they get their repairs complete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aussieman Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 Frank, Maybe a couple of daylight shots would be nice. Very hard to make out the details in such a dark shot. Bruce, Why not upload them to the OZx site?? Cheers Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tennyson Posted August 30, 2009 Author Share Posted August 30, 2009 Bruce, That's exactly the site I was talking about. I did a bit more research yesterday and I have to change the rego as VH-EAT was never really flown. It was ordered by Qantas, but cancelled. Also made a mistake with the model. VH-EAT was indeed a 'super' connie, but the model depicted is that of a standard 'Connie', so thanks to the site I found, I'll change the rego to one of the standard connies that Qantas flew. I'll have those changes done tonight and will repost a few daytime shots to show you how it looks, Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumman Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 Nice work so far Frank. Will look forward to the daytime shots. I was contemplating doing a Qantas paint myself, but I'm new to the aircraft artistry business so I'll happily use yours when you release it. Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tennyson Posted August 30, 2009 Author Share Posted August 30, 2009 Well, after a lot more research, I found a few photo's of VH-EAA, one of the first Connies in the Qantas fleet. Named the Ross Smith, she was originally a polished metal beauty (that will be my next paint) but later painted in the Qantas livery. I've spent a full day changing it and lining up the textures. I've still got some work to do, but it's getting close. Here are some pics from todays endeavours. When I'm finished, I'll pack it up in the Just Flight packager for download, Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Emms Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 Thanks Frank for your work on this paint mate it looks a cracker and look forward to downloading it when you have finished. cheers Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aussieman Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 Great work there mate. Cheers Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-WCE Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Great job mate! looks great!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tennyson Posted August 31, 2009 Author Share Posted August 31, 2009 Well, she's all finished and I'm itching to get to the new one! I'm just gonna head over to OZx and see if I can upload it in case anybody wants it. I have opted for the rudimentary installation method (via a zip file) instead of using the inbuilt paint kit installer. I've included a pretty self explanatory ReadMe file for installation instructions. Here's a coupla final pics showing the mobile stairs cart in Qantas colours (what a mongrel lining up textures on this!) Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolter van der Spoel Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Great job Frank Thank you ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Emms Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Yes Frank a great job indeed and Thank you for this paint will go and look for it now. cheers Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tennyson Posted August 31, 2009 Author Share Posted August 31, 2009 Hope you enjoy it, Wolter and Iain. For anybody else, here is the link to the file at Ozx: http://aussiex.org/forum/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=744 Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumman Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Wonderful work, Frank. Many thanks. Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tennyson Posted September 1, 2009 Author Share Posted September 1, 2009 My pleasure, guys. Will let you know when the next one (the earlier version of VH-EAA, Ross Smith in polished metal finish) is finished. Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tennyson Posted September 2, 2009 Author Share Posted September 2, 2009 UPDATE A very observant person bought to my attention, the fact that there was only one folder in the connie package. The finished livery was supposed to contain only a clean skin aircraft (without the speedpack) (as per top pic) as I could not find any photo's of the original aircraft carrying it. I had, however, painted the speedpack in the revised colour sheme, but had intended leaving it out. Unfortunately the finished aircraft actually had the speedpack fitted(as per second pic). The file has now been revised and uploaded to OZx via the same link and has both the clean skin aircraft textures and that of the speedpack version with their respective thumbnails and a readme with full instructions as to the installation. Here's the link: http://aussiex.org/forum/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=744 Sorry about the gaff, I guess I should sack the beta testing team....ah, hang on a moment, that's me! Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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