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Jakobarnholtz Full Member Offline Posts: 71 Joined: Feb 19^th, 2006	Northwest Orient 1968 Repaint uploaded to Avsim Jan 10^th, 2011 at 1:10pm	Print Post
	Hi. I have today uploaded to avsim.com and flightsim.com a 1968 style repaint of the Northwest Orient Airlines 707-351. I hope you like it!

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Jakobarnholtz Full Member Offline Posts: 71 Joined: Feb 19^th, 2006	Re: Northwest Orient 1968 Repaint uploaded to Avsim Reply #1 - Jan 10^th, 2011 at 1:12pm	Print Post
	...and another screen.

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Kapitan Full Member Offline Posts: 192 Location: Argentina Joined: Dec 17^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Northwest Orient 1968 Repaint uploaded to Avsim Reply #2 - Jan 10^th, 2011 at 2:15pm	Print Post
	Again, same thing I said to david... The letter fonts are not quite right. You see, painting is easy...just get the right colors and swoosh, the software washes whatever part of the fuselage you selected. But for the letter fonts you need to have a complete sets of fonts or research hard for the right one. This is the most difficult part in paintings. Most paints fail at these in some way and that is what first strikes out. If you didnt fly in Northwest in the 70s, if you are painting just based on photos you saw, then it doesnt affects you. But if you were alive and travelling in 707s in the 70s you realise such details as fonts...is so important. Otherwise the paint is excellent. Thanks.

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Jakobarnholtz Full Member Offline Posts: 71 Joined: Feb 19^th, 2006	Re: Northwest Orient 1968 Repaint uploaded to Avsim Reply #3 - Jan 10^th, 2011 at 5:11pm	Print Post
	Most of the letters (and decals!) are made with vectorgraphics, based on photographs of the real aircraft, and that took some time!!so a lecture on how easy it is to make a repaint seems to me a little out of place. If I missed something, I hope you can excuse me. I am only human. I can give you, that the white-letter fonds on the tail could be different, the rest is fine (I think!) kindly Jakob Arnholtz


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DarrenL Full Member Offline Posts: 54 Joined: Nov 4^th, 2010	Re: Northwest Orient 1968 Repaint uploaded to Avsim Reply #4 - Jan 10^th, 2011 at 6:29pm	Print Post
	It looks good but I agree with you that the tail name needs a change, to be a thicker (bolder) font, see photo below. And I think the other guy might be talking about the registration number "N377US" which on the photo below appears to be in a square type font. Almost like a calculator. http://www.airliners.net/photo/Northwest-Orient-Airlines/Boeing-707-351C/0128019...


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Jakobarnholtz Full Member Offline Posts: 71 Joined: Feb 19^th, 2006	Re: Northwest Orient 1968 Repaint uploaded to Avsim Reply #5 - Jan 10^th, 2011 at 6:32pm	Print Post
	I will look in to the matter when I have some spare time. It can be really hard to judge from the old and sometimes out of focus photos, wich fond to use. I felt when desiding the fonts for the reg. nr. that they where close to the photocollection I am using, but one can easyly be fooled. Thanks for the link. Kindly Jakob Arnholtz


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AlbertM Full Member Offline Posts: 5 Joined: Jun 12^th, 2009	Re: Northwest Orient 1968 Repaint uploaded to Avsim Reply #6 - Jan 10^th, 2011 at 7:21pm	Print Post
	Lovely paint, Jakob ! I can't judge on the letters (and I actually couldn't care less to be honest ). Keep up the good work ! Thanks Albert


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Jakobarnholtz Full Member Offline Posts: 71 Joined: Feb 19^th, 2006	Re: Northwest Orient 1968 Repaint uploaded to Avsim Reply #7 - Jan 10^th, 2011 at 7:25pm	Print Post
	Thank you Albert for the kind words. They are much appreciated. Kindly Jakob Arnholtz


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speck Full Member Offline Posts: 190 Joined: Sep 8^th, 2009	Re: Northwest Orient 1968 Repaint uploaded to Avsim Reply #8 - Jan 10^th, 2011 at 7:32pm	Print Post
	Great work Jakob


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Kapitan Full Member Offline Posts: 192 Location: Argentina Joined: Dec 17^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Northwest Orient 1968 Repaint uploaded to Avsim Reply #9 - Jan 11^th, 2011 at 1:43pm	Print Post
	Jakob, didnt meant to be rude, I loved the tail detail, including the cracks, but felt the font was off, perhaps a little thicker should be ok. Northwest itself had different font thickness in the 707s. This one is really thick: http://www.airliners.net/photo/Northwest-Orient-Airlines/Boeing-707-351C/1139091... and this one is less http://www.airliners.net/photo/Northwest-Orient-Airlines/Boeing-720-051B/0568626... but they are a bit different than yours. No big deal but shouldnt be a problem adjusting. Hope my input was constructive.

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Markoz CS Team Offline Posts: 12372 Location: Victoria, Australia Joined: Apr 24^th, 2009 Gender:	Re: Northwest Orient 1968 Repaint uploaded to Avsim Reply #10 - Jan 11^th, 2011 at 4:13pm	Print Post
	Hi Jakob. Great job. As someone who is no good at doing repaints, you won't hear any complaints from me. If it's close enough, it's good enough. So keep up the great work. Mark

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speck Full Member Offline Posts: 190 Joined: Sep 8^th, 2009	Re: Northwest Orient 1968 Repaint uploaded to Avsim Reply #11 - Jan 11^th, 2011 at 7:43pm	Print Post
	I would ever be grateful if someone (Jakob) � �did this old legend. Sorry I had to post a pic of a model to show the right colors. http://www.airliners.net/photo/Western-Airlines/Boeing-707-347C/0623357/L/ http://www.airliners.net/photo/Western-Airlines/Boeing-720-047B/0539389/L/ http://www.airliners.net/photo/Western-Airlines/Boeing-720-047B/0111736/L/ http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h61/AgentX20/Inflight%20200%20707/707Western00... http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h61/AgentX20/Inflight%20200%20707/707Western00... http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h61/AgentX20/Inflight%20200%20707/707Western00... http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h61/AgentX20/Inflight%20200%20707/707Western00...


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Jakobarnholtz Full Member Offline Posts: 71 Joined: Feb 19^th, 2006	Re: Northwest Orient 1968 Repaint uploaded to Avsim Reply #12 - Jan 11^th, 2011 at 7:47pm	Print Post
	I have this afternoon uploadet a second version of the NW Orient 1968, since Kapitan and Darren L has pointet out inaccuracy in the fonts I have been using for the first upload. After a thorough examination of the photos at my disposal, I have made corrections and a change of most of the fonds from the first upload (The two gentlemen was right!!) and the version 2 is as close as I can get. It can really be hard to decide fonts from unsharp and low resolution scans (Some of them more than 40 years old) from the internet, and in addition to that, Nortwest uses several different fonts for the same kind of paintwork through the sixties. Thanks to Kapitan and Darren for their constructive input. And now a couple of screens:

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Jakobarnholtz Full Member Offline Posts: 71 Joined: Feb 19^th, 2006	Re: Northwest Orient 1968 Repaint uploaded to Avsim Reply #13 - Jan 11^th, 2011 at 7:48pm	Print Post
	Another screen of V.2

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Jakobarnholtz Full Member Offline Posts: 71 Joined: Feb 19^th, 2006	Re: Northwest Orient 1968 Repaint uploaded to Avsim Reply #14 - Jan 11^th, 2011 at 7:49pm	Print Post
	...and yet another!

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