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Oh, dawg,



is this gonna be a fun skin to do or what?

<shudder>


Falcon

Is it finished....



Looks like you got yer work cut out for you this time Mr. Falcu



But if it comes out anything like that Yak you did last week then we will queueing up around the forum for it

Hey, we're using those in HE, I will gladly take one, please good sir.

Thanks,
Noter

Yes please

Flippin' ferret feces!!!!!

You've heard me gripe about sloppy matting before but the I-16 is the absolute worst!

!!!

There is NO Froopin' way to fix the dozens and dozens of errors on this model.

It's so florpin' screwed up that I can only work an hour or so a day before I get too frustrated to continue.

<pant pant>

Anyway, look around the undercarriage and see all the double lines and blurred areas and you get a wee idea what troubles there are trying to skin this sucker accurately.



This may take a while folks.


Falcon

Clear as mud to me!

Good luck Falc... you're going somewhere that apparently even the original game skinners feared to tread. I do not envy the task you are about to undertake...

Still painting by numbers at your age Falc?

NC

Bah, just glop some mud and manure colored stuff around the gear pants.

...this is to be a Squadron Plane?


First, scrape off all the Bondo to get rid of the smooth look.

Next, gorge yourself on cabbage, tripe and beer.

Then give it a good barf.

If that rough it up, nothing will.!

Falcon, check your e=mail I've sent a template I found a while back at Skinners Heaven.Not wishing to spoil all your fun its PSP format.
I think the author was "Lego"(no not the brick guy!!"

Thanks Snee,

I will definitely check it out.

Not to knock the gift mate, but all those expert skinners may have the talent and time to do some purdy stuff,

but their accuracy, (90%), is lacking.

<There ARE a VERY few who get the artsy stuff AND the accuracy both right>

That's what's killing me on the I-16. The cruddy matting makes it absolutely IMPOSSIBLE to make a good, accurate skin.

Gah!

What I'm trying to do is figure out which lines to accentuate and which to kinna hide to minimize all the errors.

I took a five day break from the lousy thing and hope to get back at it tomorrow.

Thanks again,


Falcon

well well Falcon

youre in to "dutch slang" huh

"Snee" is a whole diffrent hole" in slang dutch.
in terms of, its female and you can sit on it.


any more you learned up there in texas



Dutch..,

thanks Snee ??

Just glad Falcons not a Dutchman then !!!

Have'nt used the template on any SERIOUS skins,Decided to do I-153's instead for a display team. Got no reference as to accuracy but some nice looking detail in there as I remember, ribbing and the like. You may want to change the Layer order and opacity.cant remember how I left it last.

You might not believe it ...

I sure have a hard time believing it ...

but I've put another five to ten hours in this thing



and I'm still not ready to start the artsy stuff.

I can almost see the end of the tunnel though ...

I just hope there's no light there.

!!!


Fal "Hurry up Mossy!!!!!!" con

Lookin good.

Wont be trying any skins myself till I replace my mouse. Its so bad now I
trashed a Flush when I was trying to call 2 pair the other night, just glad it was'nt real money!

Just posted these for your reference from the template.Looks nice but cant vouch for accuracy.Note the line between the olive & blue on the tail is different port & stbd ( not shown here ) one straight one curves down !