Some advice please

PeteH · Post by **PeteH** » 05 Feb 2007, 16:54

I am trying to repaint a passenger aircraft as a frieghter i.e. with blanked out windows.

In the texture folder there are texture files for interior and exterior windows so I am assuming that the glass is a textured object within the model. However, applying texture to the glass appears to have no effect other, of course, than to remove the original texture i.e. a staining effect.

I've probably got something completely wrong (the whole concept of textured glass?) but any ideas or explanation would be appreciated.

Pete

Post by **Garry Russell** » 05 Feb 2007, 16:57

Sorry Pete

Out of luck I'm afraid :sad:

If the model has cut out windows you can't blank them off with texturing

Freighters have to be seperate models

What is it you are painting?

Garry

PeteH · Post by **PeteH** » 05 Feb 2007, 17:27

Garry,

It's O. Fischer's Junkers 52. I am doing a repaint in the livery of British Airways Ltd. They used 3 JU 52s on the night mail service to Stockholm before the War and the only photos I can find clearly show blanked out windows.

The windows on the model definitely have a stained/weathered effect and this corresponds to the textures in the texture folder so it seems logical that the windows are in some way textured.

On another issue concerning this repaint, does anyone know the colours of the lettering on the JU 52 at Cosford. It seems to be a very dark blue but on some photos it looks black. The only contempory photos of this livery are black and white.

Thanks.

Pete

Post by **Garry Russell** » 05 Feb 2007, 17:32

HI Peter

The windows are textured but they are transparent parts with transparent textures.

They are set up differently......you can't paint over them :sad:

That is why you need a seperate model..the reason I asked which model you were painting is because sometimes there is an older pre cut out window version arround of a model or an alternate.

I think in this case you are stuck unless they produce the windowless model.

Garry

PeteH · Post by **PeteH** » 05 Feb 2007, 17:56

Thanks Garry,

I had a feeling it wouldn't be as simple as I had hoped :sad: . The earlier model also had cut out windows. It's slightly the wrong model anyway, two blade props instead of three, but as it's for my own use it's no big problem.

Pete

Motormouse · Post by **Motormouse** » 05 Feb 2007, 21:20

try using Martin Wrights MDLMat programme to alter the model material properties,with a bit (lot) of trial and error you should be able to remove the transparency values.

Get it here --->

http://www.mnwright.btinternet.co.uk/

ttfn

Pete

PeteH · Post by **PeteH** » 06 Feb 2007, 10:59

Pete,

Thanks for that I'll give it a try.

Pete