Hi,
Have been reading forum for ages and huge fan of the work and support here. I have just noticed and ACE Freighter Connie repaint of the FSDZigns model on Avsim. Looks good!
Keep up the brilliant work! :tonqe:
Peter
ACE Connie - Heads Up!
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Thanks for the HU Peter
Unfortunatley the model is an 049 a very different aircraft visually to a 749
The painter has also failed to block out the alpha over the markings :-( ..shame
Garry
Unfortunatley the model is an 049 a very different aircraft visually to a 749
The painter has also failed to block out the alpha over the markings :-( ..shame
Garry
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Re: ACE Connie - Heads Up!
Acknowledged that this isn't a real 749 but it is better than a poke in the eye while we wait patiently for somebody to model a real one. What is a real bonus is that although this chap is not a modeller he has put a lot of work into creating new FDEs appropriate for the L749, which means these can also be applied to previous L749 repaints of the L049 - I already have these for Avianca, 2 x Copisa, 2 x KLM and a Qantas, and there may be others.
As for the alpha issue - the painter is active on the California Classic forum and I'm sure will happily fix this if you give him the tip. There is a long thread on there since he started the project.
For me it is a real treat to "fly" ALAL again - I used to have a FS98 model of it which wasn't too bad (after FDE tweaks) in FS2002 and even 2004 if you didn't look at it too closely, but obviously time marches on and I didn't bother with it as it was so basic. My notes show that I last flew it in 7/7/04 . . . what a sad git I am keeping records! This one is just bliss by comparison.
John
As for the alpha issue - the painter is active on the California Classic forum and I'm sure will happily fix this if you give him the tip. There is a long thread on there since he started the project.
For me it is a real treat to "fly" ALAL again - I used to have a FS98 model of it which wasn't too bad (after FDE tweaks) in FS2002 and even 2004 if you didn't look at it too closely, but obviously time marches on and I didn't bother with it as it was so basic. My notes show that I last flew it in 7/7/04 . . . what a sad git I am keeping records! This one is just bliss by comparison.
John
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Re: ACE Connie - Heads Up!
G-ALAL is the only Connie I saw in service
Ever since the Connie came out I've wanted to paint this aircraft but haven't because an 049 model is so wrong
Garry
Ever since the Connie came out I've wanted to paint this aircraft but haven't because an 049 model is so wrong
Garry
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Re: ACE Connie - Heads Up!
¿Qué ??!! ( i am from Barcelona )Garry Russell wrote:Ever since the Connie came out I've wanted to paint this aircraft but haven't because an 049 model is so wrong.Garry
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The model is wrong for that subject....G-ALAL is a 749
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Re: ACE Connie - Heads Up!
Ah! Comprende !
Sorry for misunderstanding....
In my Connie book the L-049 is the most gracious looking of the whole branch. I believe nobody could've done a better job on an FS L-049 model than John Howard White did. It was his first FS model too... So sad it turned out to be his only one...
If you're looking for L-749 to repaint, Francisco Sánchez-Castañer's ( he might be from Barcelona too
) interpretation is not bad at all :

cheers,
Jan

Sorry for misunderstanding....
In my Connie book the L-049 is the most gracious looking of the whole branch. I believe nobody could've done a better job on an FS L-049 model than John Howard White did. It was his first FS model too... So sad it turned out to be his only one...
If you're looking for L-749 to repaint, Francisco Sánchez-Castañer's ( he might be from Barcelona too


cheers,
Jan