jankees 917 Posted August 22, 2018 Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 A few paints for the Carenado Saab 340 jk3164 jk3172 jk3319 jk3351 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Coffee 2,030 Posted August 22, 2018 Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 Gorgeous shots. A fine looking aircraft. Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted August 22, 2018 Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 Great work. Link to post Share on other sites
needles 1,013 Posted August 24, 2018 Report Share Posted August 24, 2018 Nice clean and sharp repaints JK thanks for sharing. Link to post Share on other sites
hlminx 301 Posted August 25, 2018 Report Share Posted August 25, 2018 Hiya Lovely shots there! I've never got as far as doing my own repaint, but wondred what the absolute minimum i would need in order to do a one off repaint of, say, the A2A C172 trainer? I have just 'officially' started lessons in G-OVFR C172N at my local airfield, and thought it might be nice to 'pimp' my A2A (even though the FS version is a little more up to date than my 'N'. Any recommendations of minimum software to do it? Cheers S Link to post Share on other sites
jankees 917 Posted August 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2018 (edited) You'll need a graphic program and dxtbmp. I use photoshop, but the freeware gimp is fine as well. I have a tutorial on flightsim.com: https://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/content.php?17150-Repainting-in-Microsoft-Flight-Simulator Edited August 25, 2018 by jankees 1 Link to post Share on other sites
hlminx 301 Posted August 26, 2018 Report Share Posted August 26, 2018 21 hours ago, jankees said: You'll need a graphic program and dxtbmp. I use photoshop, but the freeware gimp is fine as well. I have a tutorial on flightsim.com: https://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/content.php?17150-Repainting-in-Microsoft-Flight-Simulator Fantastic!! Thanks for the suggestions and the link. Will give that a go Steph Link to post Share on other sites
jankees 917 Posted August 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2018 If you run into trouble, just give a call, I've painted quite a few C172's Link to post Share on other sites
wain 879 Posted August 27, 2018 Report Share Posted August 27, 2018 nice, great plane, great paints... Link to post Share on other sites
wain 879 Posted August 29, 2018 Report Share Posted August 29, 2018 (edited) @jankees will I be able to use Paintshop Pro x6 for repaints? I have this sat on the shelf.... Edited August 29, 2018 by wain more info Link to post Share on other sites
jankees 917 Posted August 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2018 sure, but some paintkits are in psd format, if paintshop can open those then yes. And carenado for sure, they only give you white textures anyway 1 Link to post Share on other sites
wain 879 Posted August 30, 2018 Report Share Posted August 30, 2018 thanks for the response JK, is it good practice to open a paint kit then save under a different name?, then you don't effect the original paint-kit.....I am seeing that this looks a very challenging project for me to attempt however I will continue, I think once the first i done I should be OK, only experience I have is truck skins a long time ago in ETS2..... I also assume that not all aircraft come with a paintkit and can't find any except JF, do they install to different places? Link to post Share on other sites
hlminx 301 Posted September 2, 2018 Report Share Posted September 2, 2018 On 26/08/2018 at 12:53, jankees said: If you run into trouble, just give a call, I've painted quite a few C172's Not doing well here.. downloaded Gimp but it won't open any .dds files it says 'Unknown file type'. I tried to open up some files from the FSX basic aircraft and got the same error message.. Did i do something stupid? Link to post Share on other sites
jankees 917 Posted September 2, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2018 Open them dds files in dxtbmp, then you can export them to gimp Link to post Share on other sites
hlminx 301 Posted September 3, 2018 Report Share Posted September 3, 2018 20 hours ago, jankees said: Open them dds files in dxtbmp, then you can export them to gimp ok.. will give that a shot. Thanks for the response.. All i want to do is re-create the C172 that i am doing my flight training in.. but if i manage it without needing Valium, i can see me doing it for other AC Link to post Share on other sites
hlminx 301 Posted September 3, 2018 Report Share Posted September 3, 2018 (edited) nope.. it isn't happening.. I dowloaded the DXTBmp add on, captured the DDS files but Gimp still won't open them.. it doesn't think the files are there to open.. Is this an A2A thing or am i just having an honorary 'blonde' moment, Edited September 3, 2018 by hlminx Link to post Share on other sites
needles 1,013 Posted September 3, 2018 Report Share Posted September 3, 2018 Hey Steph, I'll be on my pc later so I will see if I can open them. EDIT: Hey Steph, Try opening the .bmp in DXTbmp the save it to a new folder as a 24bit bmp. You should then be able to open that 24 bit bmp in Gimp. Once you've edited it, take it back to DXTbmp and save it as either a dds or extended bmp. Whichever type the original file was. Hope this helps you. Cheers Brian Link to post Share on other sites
jankees 917 Posted September 4, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2018 (edited) Don't panic just yet, everything is hard in the beginning. I use the 'export to editor' at the bottom left in dxtbmp. You may have to set up gimp as your editor in dxtbmp before you can do this. You can then edit the file to your hearts content, save it as bmp and import it back into dxtbmp. Look here: but this is if you want to convert existing textures. Alternatively, and much better, you may download the official paintkit which you will find here: http://a2asimulations.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=107&t=35777 and then create you own paintscheme from scratch, for better results. That one you can open directly in gimp. After editing, you then save it as bmp and use dxtbmp to flip it vertically and convert it to dxt5 dds file. That's how I did all my C172 paints, like these, which would hve been hard todo based on existing textures: ss8903 ss11903 again, don't be afraid to ask, though we perhaps need to start a new thread on the basics of repainting.. Edited September 4, 2018 by jankees 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
needles 1,013 Posted September 4, 2018 Report Share Posted September 4, 2018 Hi JK, thanks for that invaluable information. Ive never used that method of export/import but I will be doing that from now on. So thanks again for that. Cheers Brian Link to post Share on other sites
hlminx 301 Posted September 4, 2018 Report Share Posted September 4, 2018 Thanks so much JK I have downloaded the linked official paintkit and will now follow the isntructions above, and in your other posts.. Reckon it will be a weekend 'project'. Sorry for so many questions..This one is a totally new area to me as i haven't used Photoshop for about 15 years and even then it was only the basics. Appreciate your guidance Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,498 Posted September 4, 2018 Report Share Posted September 4, 2018 13 minutes ago, hlminx said: Thanks so much JK I have downloaded the linked official paintkit and will now follow the isntructions above, and in your other posts.. Reckon it will be a weekend 'project'. Sorry for so many questions..This one is a totally new area to me as i haven't used Photoshop for about 15 years and even then it was only the basics. Appreciate your guidance I'm free for a coffee on Saturday morning, maybe I can help? Link to post Share on other sites
jankees 917 Posted September 4, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2018 (edited) and I don't have much planned this weekend either, I'll probably have to work in the garden though...but I'll try and squeeze in the odd repaint Edited September 4, 2018 by jankees 1 Link to post Share on other sites
hlminx 301 Posted September 5, 2018 Report Share Posted September 5, 2018 (edited) 23 hours ago, mutley said: I'm free for a coffee on Saturday morning, maybe I can help? Hi Joe Thanks for the offer. I would be biting your hand off, but i am supposed to be flying Saturday. If the weather looks crummy when we get to Friday PM, can i msg you? Reckon i owe you coffees galore Edited September 5, 2018 by hlminx Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,498 Posted September 5, 2018 Report Share Posted September 5, 2018 22 minutes ago, hlminx said: Hi Joe Thanks for the offer. I would be biting your hand off, but i am supposed to be flying Saturday. If the weather looks crummy when we get to Friday PM, can i msg you? Reckon i owe you coffees galore Yep, no worries Steph, just drop me a line Link to post Share on other sites
jankees 917 Posted March 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2019 Ok, back to the Saab. Work in progress, just the tail and registration: jk8704 And these will be uploaded very soon: jk8701 And two from the Bahamas jk8679 jk8678 Link to post Share on other sites
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