Post by Kapitan on Oct 9th, 2011 at 1:29pm
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You think you can do Delta?
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Notice the Delta 737 is a bit dirty at the end of the fuselage, by the engines exhaust...This is something I miss in most repaints of old clasic jet repaints.
In the 60s, 70s and 80s planes werent painted every three months you know, so after one year, the jet would show stains of fumes or dirt in certain parts. I think it adds great realsim cause that was the way they looked when I flew them.
Many repaints of old paints are to whitish and clean that actually what it does is prove its a drawing. For a repaint to look realistic it must have even the faults of reality.
My advice when you do repaints old or new, is try to look for photos where the paint have this real look, small stain parts may be visible or not. For example, pay special atention to grey-metal areas.
If you are a young repainter (under 30 y/o) you probably never saw these, and are more familiar with modern airlines. The current status of airlines is they lease, unlease, loan, rent, sub-contract planes all the time, many new low-budget airlines that are short lived with no tradition, and need fancy paints as part of their flashy marketing strategy. Not to mention fictional airlines.
If old classic paints dont "touch" you, dont do repaints of old classic jets. Stick to Airbuses or NGs.
Sometimes a small detail helps to give the overall repaint a much realistic appearance. This Vasp repaint I curetnly used is great in that sense.
Its a repaint done by Adriano Martoni in 2004 (yes, 7 years ago!) on an Eri Cantu model. Good ol painter.
Hope my input helps.
vasp2.jpg (Attachment deleted)
You think you can do Delta?
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Notice the Delta 737 is a bit dirty at the end of the fuselage, by the engines exhaust...This is something I miss in most repaints of old clasic jet repaints.
In the 60s, 70s and 80s planes werent painted every three months you know, so after one year, the jet would show stains of fumes or dirt in certain parts. I think it adds great realsim cause that was the way they looked when I flew them.
Many repaints of old paints are to whitish and clean that actually what it does is prove its a drawing. For a repaint to look realistic it must have even the faults of reality.
My advice when you do repaints old or new, is try to look for photos where the paint have this real look, small stain parts may be visible or not. For example, pay special atention to grey-metal areas.
If you are a young repainter (under 30 y/o) you probably never saw these, and are more familiar with modern airlines. The current status of airlines is they lease, unlease, loan, rent, sub-contract planes all the time, many new low-budget airlines that are short lived with no tradition, and need fancy paints as part of their flashy marketing strategy. Not to mention fictional airlines.
If old classic paints dont "touch" you, dont do repaints of old classic jets. Stick to Airbuses or NGs.
Sometimes a small detail helps to give the overall repaint a much realistic appearance. This Vasp repaint I curetnly used is great in that sense.
Its a repaint done by Adriano Martoni in 2004 (yes, 7 years ago!) on an Eri Cantu model. Good ol painter.
Hope my input helps.
vasp2.jpg (Attachment deleted)