Catalina NZ4017 from Captain_Hamish

[Captain_Hamish]

Hey everyone

here goes some screenshots of the latest warbird i have just finished it is NZ4017 PBY-5A Catalina the one that is based at Ardmore

[Zenith]

Dont want to dissapoint you but theres already a repaint of it and your colouring is a bit to light blue. Unless its had a repaint since I saw it last summer?

[ardypilot]

Nice paint Hamish! Well done

I agree with 'Zenith' about the shade of Blue paint. This is a shot I took of the Warbirds Cat only a few weeks ago:



Oh yes, and the other version already done can be found at avsim under the name pby_tcg.zip. It is for Mike Stones freeware model, which looks like the same base as you have used.

[Jimmy]

Prety good mate.

Seeing you use the defualt xp paint thats a very good job, colours are hard to get right with that utility If you think its not a good colour maby load it up in some freeware program (not sure what but there must be something out there) and change the shading or brightness and they could be a easy one step fix

keep it up.

James

[Captain_Hamish]

hey everyone

yeah i know that there has allready been one done but the one that has all ready been done it is in greys not blue and that is why i decided to do a repaint of it and yer i know the blue is still a bit off i gotta try and make it abit dull sorry i should'nt have said that i ahev just finished wot i ment was it is just about finished basically all done just needs touch up in couple places example in this case it is correct the blues but apart from that it looks pretty good i will post some more screenshots on here of her once i have fixed the blues but thanks for your opion everyone

[Captain_Hamish]

here goes a more current screenshot of the catalina is everyone happy with that blue or do i have to change it a bit more i think it is alot better then wot it was before

[JonARNZ]

One thing to remember as a repainter my friend, if you are happy with the work, thats the important thing. The reality is there are heaps of repaints of the same plane online, the more the merrier gives us all more choice, so thanks for taking the time to add this to the selection.

Feedback from others is important and valuable, and posting screenies on here will always get you plenty of that. It's then entirely up to you if you take it on board, at the end of the day remember that they are only opinions as we all see things slightly differently.

Repaints are not easy things to do, the important thing is that you enjoy what you do and feel good about what you acheive. So keep doing them, as you go youll get better software that makes life alot easier and allows you to enhance your work further.

So good job once again!!

[Captain_Hamish]

hey

thanks alot but i have now bought a new computer and i have stoped reapinting this aircraft and i am going to repaint the payware catalina and i will do the textures from photos to make it more realistic just like how ian warren has done a good job on the rnzaf andover repaint

thanks