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by **Adrian Brausch** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 4:45 pm

cause hes 10 years old mate

by **Naki** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 4:53 pm

Oh I see now (I have a 9 year old)... crikey Saski you are a young flight simmer......my son has no interest in FS whatsoever!

by **Wildbillkelso** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 8:20 am

Sneak preview:
ZK-CDK, basing on Milton Shupe's amazing Aero Commander 680S

Still a lot to do...

by **Naki** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 10:27 am

Very nice...wish I had FS9 installed!

by **Adrian Brausch** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 10:41 am

looking nice have to ask why you didnt use the Rockwell Aero Commander 500 Shrike by Mr Shupe instead which ,..and I may be wrong..is the correct machine...

by **Naki** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 10:44 am

Thanks for the tip Adrian

by **Adrian Brausch** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 11:10 am

brausch wrote:
QUOTE (brausch @ Jul 12 2010, 10:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
looking nice have to ask why you didnt use the Rockwell Aero Commander 500 Shrike by Mr Shupe instead which ,..and I may be wrong..is the correct machine...

Very sorry had closer look and it is a 680 just with the shrikes engines,..pity Mr Shupe doesnt make the 680F,...shrike would be perfect except for the pointy nose !

by **mavman** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 3:22 pm

Looks sooper dooper Markus! Was looking at some of your other repaints on Avsim, you've certainly produced some mighty fine work. Keep it up!

by **Wildbillkelso** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 8:53 pm

brausch wrote:
QUOTE (brausch @ Jul 8 2010, 12:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
...shrike would be perfect except for the pointy nose !

But it's the 680's stub nose I particulary love about this version!
And isn't the Shrike equipped with winglets? Don't like'em...

Thanks, Mavman.
AVSIM doesn't hold all my stuff (due to their breakdown), but anything I ever released (except the Turbo Commander's repaint) is available at Flightsim.com. Lots of Maple Leafs there...

Cheers,
Markus.

by **Wildbillkelso** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 9:18 pm

Well, folks:
I think it's done!

And if you consider to obtain the real one:
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/A...n-300437684.htm

Those curved tapering cheatlines turned out to be a real nightmare, but I think this should do...

Just some final checking and packing, should be up in a few days!

Cheers,
Markus.

by **mavman** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 10:22 pm

A fantastic effort yet again Markus, thanks for showing such a keen interest in NZ aviation and rewarding us with your stunning repaints! Hope we see plenty more from you in the future

by **Wildbillkelso** » Tue Jul 13, 2010 2:45 am

Thanks, mate!

I think it will be no surprise that ZK-CDK in its pre-2003 livery, shown here:

http://www.wings.net.nz/0207056.html

is on the top of my list!

Just have to collect some more reference pics...

Cheers,
Markus.

by **Charl** » Tue Jul 13, 2010 4:25 pm

Good work, Markus!
Those cheat lines are a PITA when you drape them on the model, eh?
Of course, the back-to-back flight had to happen...
Here we are in Hawkes Bay - Lawrie's Napier actually, which is as close as I have to home base Hastings in my sim.

I came away surprised.
Although you could argue about which of the liveries looks better, the Veneaviones Turbo Commander is my preference, in every way.

by **Bushmaster** » Tue Jul 13, 2010 5:42 pm

Nevermind anyway im loving FS9 now so now worries

by **mavman** » Tue Jul 13, 2010 6:17 pm

Great shots as always Charl! And you beat me to it with the screenies, I was planning a flight tonight from homebase NZHS which incidentally Goff has produced for FS9 and can be found here.

I'd love to be able to buy the real ZK-CDK....been on trademe for ages.

by **Ian Warren** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 2:01 am

I have always loved Charl,s presentations , simply always a good description of any artists work , Well done both off you Charl an Markus

by **Wildbillkelso** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 2:36 am

Now these are very amazing shots, Charl!

I wish I had the time to play with FSRecorder...

Presuming that you didn't mean the flat bread of Mediterranean origin, these lines indeed were a PITA!
But the pain is gone...

Comparing both Commanders is a little unfair:
The Veneaviones bird's fuselage consists of two files, so there are 2048 pixels to spread the colours upon, whereas Milton's fuselage is just 1024 px long.
For a mid-sized GA aircraft, those 2048 px are quite spacious.
But I have to admit that the 690's modeling is very smooth - must be a tremendous number of polygons build in...
After all, we do compare a 1:72 scale kit model to a 1:32 giant!

Concerning the pre-2003 livery of CDK , shown here:

http://www.wings.net.nz/aerialmap.html
http://www.wings.net.nz/0207056.html

I posted a request at rnzaf.proboards.com
http://rnzaf.proboards.com/index.cgi?actio...mp;thread=11505
but got no answer yet.
Could anyone here help me out please?

Cheers,
Markus.

by **Ian Warren** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 2:45 am

Doing a little research , i did find a few photo;s off the type , i did not take any notice or recall if it was the aircraft , if you don,t mind the wait i could find it .

by **Wildbillkelso** » Sun Jul 18, 2010 11:33 pm

Thanks, Ian!

Here's a first work-in-progress shot of the 1977 appearance:

Hard to tell from the black-and-white pic, shown here:
http://rnzaf.proboards.com/index.cgi?actio...1505&page=1

or even from this one:
http://www.wings.net.nz/0207056.html

if the two upper cheatlines actually were black (or dark red?).

Can anyone confirm this please?

Cheers,
Markus.

by **Wildbillkelso** » Tue Jul 20, 2010 3:26 am

Now that I've received permission to use the photograph, here comes the real one:

Considering this pic, I'd tend to say the upper two cheatlines were black, but the pic at the wings.net.nz link leaves the question unanswered...

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