I think I've gone nuts...
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Junkboy999
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Ya my old paint program does not use multi layers, so I make a big picture that is nothing but a foam repeating pattern, I open that picture and the CS picture up together and cut and past back and forth. I cut the wing out and paste them over the foam, and make the wing paint 50% see through. Then I cut the wings out again and past them back on the CS.
My Cut and paste all ways past starting in the top left corner. So I all ways make a small square in the top left, when I select my wings I select the square too, this way when I re-paste to the CS my wing stay in the same place using that little square as a reference point. I some time use small + sign placed next to a part on the CS, so when I flip that part for something like the other side of a Stab. I line up the " + " like a target
Using these methods your paint is smooth and you don't have the FILL did not FILL an area problem and your texture ( foam ) is even under you paint.
Ya my old paint program does not use multi layers, so I make a big picture that is nothing but a foam repeating pattern, I open that picture and the CS picture up together and cut and past back and forth. I cut the wing out and paste them over the foam, and make the wing paint 50% see through. Then I cut the wings out again and past them back on the CS.
My Cut and paste all ways past starting in the top left corner. So I all ways make a small square in the top left, when I select my wings I select the square too, this way when I re-paste to the CS my wing stay in the same place using that little square as a reference point. I some time use small + sign placed next to a part on the CS, so when I flip that part for something like the other side of a Stab. I line up the " + " like a target
Using these methods your paint is smooth and you don't have the FILL did not FILL an area problem and your texture ( foam ) is even under you paint.
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BryanEW710
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I know I'm going to have to read that a couple times, but thanks, Terry!
ps - I haven't forgotten the SIG. I was just playing around in RF and realized that I'd started this one even longer ago and just wanted to finish it.
ps - I haven't forgotten the SIG. I was just playing around in RF and realized that I'd started this one even longer ago and just wanted to finish it.
Maj. Numbskully
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I do the same thing with the "sqaure in the corner but do it to all fourJunkboy999 said:
my Question is about the + sign
doesn't the + flip with the part?
how can you then use it as a target .....after flipping would it not be on the other side??
and the "other" part that you are trying to "mirror" it to would not have another + lined up in the right spot to line them up either?
I don't get it?
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Junkboy999
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This might not work for all maps. When I map a model I try to keep aircraft parts the same size and at the same angle on the map. In this Picture you see the Left and the Right Horz Star on my A-4 skyhawk. I can paint on one of them. Like paned lines and ware marks. Next I would select it and the little + symbol. I would copy and past it back. Next I would flip it so it will be the right orientation and past it back down over the unpainted one. I use the small + to make sure they are lined up and pasted in the right place.
This might not work for all maps. When I map a model I try to keep aircraft parts the same size and at the same angle on the map. In this Picture you see the Left and the Right Horz Star on my A-4 skyhawk. I can paint on one of them. Like paned lines and ware marks. Next I would select it and the little + symbol. I would copy and past it back. Next I would flip it so it will be the right orientation and past it back down over the unpainted one. I use the small + to make sure they are lined up and pasted in the right place.
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BryanEW710
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Do you guys think this one's good enough to put on the Swaps?
In case you guys are interested, I also recently uploaded a Yak-55 CS as a prototype for the color scheme that my father-in-law will be using on his real life Yak foamy. I did it as a quick job so none of the textures are maintained, but I tried to do it as an exercise in making a CS that makes aerobatics easier by making less guesswork of figuring out the plane's orientation at any given moment.
In case you guys are interested, I also recently uploaded a Yak-55 CS as a prototype for the color scheme that my father-in-law will be using on his real life Yak foamy. I did it as a quick job so none of the textures are maintained, but I tried to do it as an exercise in making a CS that makes aerobatics easier by making less guesswork of figuring out the plane's orientation at any given moment.
Maj. Numbskully
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just my 2 cents....
this CS (or some thing very simmilar) is how I have done many of the R.W. gliders that
that i have owned over many years to gain "Positive Orientaion"
as gliders are very often are flown at a distance
nothing very "pretty" to look at
but when I use a (I call it "navigation style") Scheme like this I'm NEVER "turned around"
BryanEW710
with a stripe(s) on just ONE wing you can STILL become disorientated !!
(at least from a distance)
in the second example (the mistal) I usually use transparent MonoCoat at the tips
this CS (or some thing very simmilar) is how I have done many of the R.W. gliders that
that i have owned over many years to gain "Positive Orientaion"
as gliders are very often are flown at a distance
nothing very "pretty" to look at
but when I use a (I call it "navigation style") Scheme like this I'm NEVER "turned around"
BryanEW710
with a stripe(s) on just ONE wing you can STILL become disorientated !!
(at least from a distance)
in the second example (the mistal) I usually use transparent MonoCoat at the tips
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Good Ideas!
I played around it a bit in RF, and I can see where there are definitely places the scheme can be improved. I was trying to create something that was nice to look at that still achieved a functional purpose. I found that even at medium zoom, it was still pretty easy to fly. I might make another one real quick to see what I can come up with.
I played around it a bit in RF, and I can see where there are definitely places the scheme can be improved. I was trying to create something that was nice to look at that still achieved a functional purpose. I found that even at medium zoom, it was still pretty easy to fly. I might make another one real quick to see what I can come up with.
Maj. Numbskully
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though not very realistic(but neither is "zoom")
the "Binocular gadget" works good for me
the "Binocular gadget" works good for me
BryanEW710
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Terry,
Do you think that the method of creating a reference mark, be it a plus or a square, can be done when you are not the original creator of the map?
Do you think that the method of creating a reference mark, be it a plus or a square, can be done when you are not the original creator of the map?
BryanEW710
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How's this?Maj. Numbskully said:
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how do you create planes
how do you create new airplanes. if anybody can help me send me an e-mail at
djrcplanes@hotmail.com
rckid99
how do you create new airplanes. if anybody can help me send me an e-mail at
djrcplanes@hotmail.com
rckid99
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rckid99 said:how do you create new airplanes. if anybody can help me send me an e-mail at
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BryanEW710
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Any thoughts on the new scheme?