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FS2004 Bell 407 V2.0

Lovely work, Sergio.

Note that you can add scrapings and wear via a background texture that is already scratched up. You can find tons of freeware textures of mottled metal and things. You can also add these in Photoshop as a semi opaque layer 'over' the top of a background color layer. So if its gray, you could find a photo of scratched metal and add that as a next layer up (on top of the bottom layer) and then adjust opacity to suit you. You can also colorize the mottled metal layers (also plastics and other things. Search hard for various types, you'll find them) and add it. You can change the 'layer type' also as different types of layers for effects only. That takes experimenation. Just click through each layer type setting (flyout) and see which one works best. If not, then go with opacity.

Textures macht Spass!
 
My dear friends...

I've been lucky... I cannot say how greatful I am. After the rampage and do the pertinent house cleaning, the idiots in my house left for "dead" one of my SSD: the one with my backups!!! The blessed device has some hits and scratches and I don't know yet if the overall data has been compromised. However, that's something, right? :eek: :eek: :eek:

My safe did his job well and they couldn't open it: My installation disks were there... :mischievo :mischievo :mischievo That means a new delay, but as soon as I have a PC available I will be able to do more crazy stuff! On the other hand, a few days of work on the 407 were lost but nothing that can't be redone. :santahat: :santahat: :santahat:

The safety of my family and now this... is an early Christmas! Thank you all for your kindeness and big support.

Affectionately,
Sergio.
:)
 
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Hello!

Ok lads, I have a provitional rig with FS9, 3ds Max and GMax up and running. This is not my PC but it'll work for now...
I've spent all afternoon configuring GMax and 3ds Max (I always cheat with this painful steps; have all in writing because I never remember how to do it by myself from scratch :duck: :duck: :duck:). I am testing My Unlimited Export System (aka ULE) with my old Bell 429 in order to test my configuration settings. As soon as I have all tested, I will continue with the 407.

lionheart said:
Lovely work, Sergio.

Note that you can add scrapings and wear via a background texture that is already scratched up. You can find tons of freeware textures of mottled metal and things. You can also add these in Photoshop as a semi opaque layer 'over' the top of a background color layer. So if its gray, you could find a photo of scratched metal and add that as a next layer up (on top of the bottom layer) and then adjust opacity to suit you. You can also colorize the mottled metal layers (also plastics and other things. Search hard for various types, you'll find them) and add it. You can change the 'layer type' also as different types of layers for effects only. That takes experimenation. Just click through each layer type setting (flyout) and see which one works best. If not, then go with opacity.

Textures macht Spass!
Click to expand...
Thanks Bill, as always you're so kind.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!
Sergio.
:)
 
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Good day

After a few adjustments, I am working again in the 407. The main tasks are small and mainly tweaking parts in the cockpit. I know you've seen this before, however to bring back to life this thread I've taken a swift snapshot with the whole crew:

407_020318_01.jpg


Cheers.
Sergio.
 
Good evening!

I've spent enough time with the "pain" kit; if someone is able to match stripes scattered in several textures within a repaint, I think the templates works as they should. This is the second official repaint; in real life, this livery has floats (work in progress... :stirthepo). I hope you like it:

407_N407MG_01.jpg


407_N407MG_02.jpg


407_N407MG_03.jpg


407_N407MG_04.jpg


Sergio.
;)
 
Good evening!

I am doing my best to design the lower mechanisms of the swash plate... however, I can't match some angles. Nevertheless, here we go:
407_Swash_150318_01.jpg


407_Swash_150318_02.jpg


407_Swash_150318_03.jpg


407_Swash_150318_04.jpg




407_Swash_150318_05.jpg


Bell_Helicopter_407_Main_Rotor_Swashplate_large-500x500.jpeg


This is the best picture I was able to find and as you can see, it is very hard to figure it out. If anybody can help me to get more detailed images in this section, it would be super nice! In advance, thank you.

Sergio.
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