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Still practicing and getting the hang of doing plane repaints - this is only my second attempt at doing one so I went with something pretty simple. Still need to make a few small touch-ups, the rego needs to come down a tad etc. If anyone would like a copy let me know and I'll upload it to Avsim or a similar site.







And here is a little preview of what I've been working on tonight, I actually started this before ZK-CXK but stopped working on it till I could get a good look around the actual plane and note all the exterior markings (finally remembered too this week! Amount of times I walked past it and forgot to look). If anyone is interested in this let me know and I'll put it on Avsim when its complete.



EDIT: Should mention that this SBK repaint is for the C172 (real plane being a C172P), not a 152 repaint

If anyone has any requests for C152 repaints let me know, and I'll give them a go as long as they are a NZ-based aircraft

They look excellent...there will always be a need for NZ Carenado repaints..especially for the 172 which I dont believe any exist..do you have any mirror image problems with any of these?..and welcome to to NZFF!

Definitely put it up at AVSIM, it's a handsome 152 you've picked, too.

Naki wrote:

QUOTE (Naki @ Apr 24 2011,8:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

They look excellent...there will always be a need for NZ Carenado repaints..especially for the 172 which I dont believe any exist..do you have any mirror image problems with any of these?..and welcome to to NZFF!

Thank you for your comments!

There are a few mirror issues which are a bit disappointing. On SBK, just above the rego is the words "Canterbury Aero Club", unfortunately I cannot put this on my model because on the mirrored side its all backwards. Also there is a "Axe Inside. First Aid Kid Inside" sticker on the side of the plane which I had to blur until it was unreadable so it looked alright on the mirrored side, which is a shame because I love zooming up close and being able to read small details like that.

Didn't have many issues with mirroring on the CXK because it is a pretty simple and symmetric design. The only problem I have is part of the rego appears on the mirrored side, so I have to bring it down a tad so that the patched area on the mirrored side covers it.

Charl wrote:

QUOTE (Charl @ Apr 24 2011,8:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Definitely put it up at AVSIM, it's a handsome 152 you've picked, too.

Thank you! I was just looking at photos of the real life CXK and noticed it doesn't have a propeller nose cone.... don't think I'll be able to change my to replicate it unfortunately.

Will work on fixing that little rego issue then upload to Avsim tonight when i get home

Any progress on these repaints modestmoo?

Bump any progress?...since the 172 is on sale at Justflight

Sorry about the late reply, I've been pretty busy recently and haven't had a chance up until now to work on these. I haven't finished ZK-SBK yet, ZK-CXK I have completed - however I wasn't happy with the quality of small markings on it with a 1024x1024 texture, so I've decided from now to use 2048-sized textures.

I've been working on these the last couple of days, I should hopefully have them finished by end of the weekend

ZK-DCO





ZK-EIP (and ZK-EQP)

OuOh .. Very sure EIP was in my logbook .

hey just wondering where i can get the ZK-EIP repaint from.
cheers Mat