GarryJSmith Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 Hi Good People, Long time since my last post on the forums - Had some major health issues for a while but getting over them after several months of rest and recuperation. I am now at a stage in my recovery that Edward and I thought it was time for a bit of light duties starting off with some repaints of the Default Microsoft FS2004 Piper Cub J-3 aircraft. A sad little aircraft for FS2004 that was an important aircraft in aviation history but seems to have lacked a bucket or repaints. After setting up a blank master and doing some tests I discovered why this aircraft has a lack of repaints - the texture mappings are some of the poorest I have ever encountered. Mirror Mappings everywhere - and lots of it sloppy, distortions and stretched areas to fit poorly cut areas - lots of them inverted, stretched or flipped and even worse no real logic to some of the mappings. Here is an image of what I had to work with as a basis for my repaints for this girl: As you can see,this mapping makes repainting this girl extremely limiting - a real challenge to give her a bit of vibrance and suitable eye candy to make her a nice visual flying model. We started off the repaint project with just a few liveries in mind - then a couple more, and some more - decided to round it off at 15 then 18 then 20 - we stopped there :) Anyway, the 20 FREE liveries are now available for your flight sim entertainment and hopefully enjoyment - Surf to http://www.ford-tri-motor.net Click on the Other Aircraft Button and follow the link to the Piper Cub J-3 repaints. Regards Garry and Edward Your Ford Tri-Motor Project Team. Garry J. Smith (Texture Tinkerer) Home Site http://www.gjsmith.net Project Site http://www.ford-tri-motor.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbish01 Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Garry, glad you're back, and these are really nice! At the risk of hijacking this thread, I commend you on your patience and tolerance with Andy. Perhaps when he reaches maturity he will better understand the need for these attributes! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryJSmith Posted September 6, 2015 Author Share Posted September 6, 2015 Thanks Mate, Glad you like them - surprised on the numbers of them being downloaded - did not think the Piper was overly used in the sims - but that could have been because of the lack of liveries that have been previously made available. Hopefully this burst of 20 liveries has revives some interest in this classic aircraft and highlighted to other painters that she can be painted up with a bit of effort above the norm. Done all I can to help Andy but he seems to ignore my advise so not worth the bother responding to any more of his juvenile bursts. When I get fully up to speed then Edward and I will return to the India Project - one of our massive long term projects we want to complete. This repaint burst was a good "get back into the groove" exercise for me - couple of more minor project runs and then no doubt back to the India Project. Regards mate Garry J. Smith (Texture Tinkerer) Home Site http://www.gjsmith.net Project Site http://www.ford-tri-motor.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryJSmith Posted September 9, 2015 Author Share Posted September 9, 2015 Hi Good People, The Piper Cub liveries are being downloaded at a high rate - great stuff - good to see the aircraft have a bit of a revival in FS2004. :D Therefore, Edwards and I decided to add an additional 6 pack of liveries: http://www.ford-tri-motor.net/Piper_J3/Images/Bonus-6Pack.jpg A bit of bling for the Emma Field livery and an additional 5 military liveries. All of course repainted to match the vagaries of the texture mappings and therefore not accurate detailed textures, but at least some more meaningful eye candy for this girl in the sim for your entertainment. You will find them at: http://www.ford-tri-motor.net click on the Other Aircraft button and follow the Piper Cub link...... Regards and happy simming Garry and Edward - your Ford Tri-Motor Project Team. Garry J. Smith (Texture Tinkerer) Home Site http://www.gjsmith.net Project Site http://www.ford-tri-motor.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Andy Poppens Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 garry im sorry i asked to take charge of the ford india scenery while you recover i didn't mean to make you mad i was only trying to help here is the thing i am a very impatient person i have autism and attention deficit disorder i am not as bad as you think the only reason i need it done fast is because i need the baghdad scenery because that was a stop charles kingsford smith made on his last flight i'm planning to recreate smithy's last flight in november just as soon as i take care of a little business aka school btw smithy was his nickname Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwillmot Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Drop it Mr. Poppens. We all have excuses, none of which gives us license for poor behavior. This old man definitely knows! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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