Ben's Paints

[shlohmoair]

Hi Ben,

N573US looks great! The download link however doesn’t seem to work, as it leads to this very page again, would you so kind and have a look at it?

😉

[bensplanes]

Dec 21, 2020 19:08:03 GMT -5 shlohmoair said:

Hi Ben,

N573US looks great! The download link however doesn’t seem to work, as it leads to this very page again, would you so kind and have a look at it?

😉

Sorry about that! Download link should be fixed.

[shlohmoair]

Dec 21, 2020 20:14:27 GMT -5 bensplanes said:

Dec 21, 2020 19:08:03 GMT -5 shlohmoair said:

Hi Ben,

N573US looks great! The download link however doesn’t seem to work, as it leads to this very page again, would you so kind and have a look at it?

😉

Sorry about that! Download link should be fixed.

Awesome, thanks!  

[bensplanes]

Happy new year, everyone.

Quick update from me.

I have recently upgraded my hardware, and as a result, delayed a repaint release on Christmas. I am back in shape now and working to get the repaints out sometime next week. I picked up P3D V5 as well, so I will be migrating out of FSX, finally. Going to have to test all of my repaints in the new simulator.

Thanks for sticking with me, and I hope everyone had a great holiday season.

Best Regards.

[bensplanes]

Hello, everyone.

Here is what I've been working on the past few weeks.



Unfortunately, I have hit a roadblock that might mean I don't release this week. PBR compatibility- I am not sure how to make PBR textures. The release will contain both PBR and Non-PBR textures. But for now, I am not sure how to go about PBR compatibility. Perhaps one of the fine people here can help me out with this issue. 

Also, I have seen many variations of this color scheme having to do with text colors and website titles. I can quickly change this if a flightplan set requires it, but for now, the titles are black and there are no website titles present.

Hope everyone is doing well.

[chasensfo]

Awesome!!! Thank you for these! I really loved this livery. Even though I never saw Air 2000 in real life, one of my very first Geminijets as a kid in 2000 or so was the Air 2000 757 in this livery. I thought it looked so cool.

Thank you for these.

As for PBR textures, all you have to is make the normal textures, like you did, and then it is up to the user to have PBR-capable models installed, to replace your "_L" file(if that texture uses one) with the one provided with the updated AIG PBR model, and to add the "texture.cfg" required for PBR to your textures. I just made a tutorial on this in another thread here: retroai.proboards.com/thread/4795/updating-fs2002-p3dv3-models-installing

[bensplanes]

Jan 15, 2021 21:47:53 GMT -5 chasensfo said:

Awesome!!! Thank you for these! I really loved this livery. Even though I never saw Air 2000 in real life, one of my very first Geminijets as a kid in 2000 or so was the Air 2000 757 in this livery. I thought it looked so cool.

Thank you for these.

As for PBR textures, all you have to is make the normal textures, like you did, and then it is up to the user to have PBR-capable models installed, to replace your "_L" file(if that texture uses one) with the one provided with the updated AIG PBR model, and to add the "texture.cfg" required for PBR to your textures. I just made a tutorial on this in another thread here: retroai.proboards.com/thread/4795/updating-fs2002-p3dv3-models-installing

Very helpful, thanks!

[piper]

Great Repaints....I'm looking forward to have it.
Thanks a lot.

[bensplanes]

Hey-- quick update.

Over the past few months I have been suffering from a crippling lack of motivation to work on my repaints, partly due to school. It's the reason why the Air2000 jets have yet to be released.
I can't say for sure when they'll be ready, but I'm sort of getting back into the hobby and I might have them out in the coming weeks.

Sorry for keeping you guys waiting, this kind of thing happens to the best of us.

[bensplanes]

The Air 2000 jets are here!

Sorry for the wait, but here they are.
All tested within P3D V5 in DDS DXT5 Format (And tested with PBR, but PBR materials not included)


Any feedback, comments, concerns, and suggestions are always welcome here.

Download Here

Version 2

If there is a variation in these colors I missed, please do not hesitate to let me know.

Thanks for stopping by!

[piper]

Thanks for these.

[bensplanes]

Good day, everyone.

I have a couple projects left unfinished that I'd like to upload here for you guys, and here is the first of them.


Here are two repaints for the AIA MD-83 in the colors of Flying Finn Airways.

Flying Finn Airways was a short-lived low-cost airline based out of Helsinki Vantaa airport, operating two leased MD-83s from Finnair.
Included are two repaints, representing both aircraft.



OH-LMR and OH-LMS.

I've slightly modified the MRAI 2003 flightplans to include both of these registrations. If you want these modified plans, send me a PM.

Download Here

Only tested in P3D V5 with and without PBR materials, DDS DXT5 format.

On a second note, I have fixed a typo within the readme for the Air 2000 paints I posted a couple of days ago. The download link has been updated with the new version.

Once again, and feedback, questions, or concerns are welcome.

Thanks for stopping by!

[piper]

Hi Ben,
On Air2000 Faib A320-200 CFM model folder, you have uploaded the texture for A321-200 CFM.
Have a look there.

[bensplanes]

May 6, 2021 15:15:32 GMT -5 piper said:

Hi Ben,
On Air2000 Faib A320-200 CFM model folder, you have uploaded the texture for A321-200 CFM.
Have a look there.

Whoops!

Issue should be fixed now, thank you for bringing it to my attention.  

Download link has been updated.

[bensplanes]

Hey everyone, just thought I'd pop in here to say hi.

After a rather turbulent summer and restart of my classes I'm happy to say that I've got a pretty nice project in the works for you guys. Won't spill too many details but it's something I'm looking forward to finishing. Hope everyone is well.

It's time to fly, my friends!