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Post by baronbeeza on Sept 26, 2013 19:38:59 GMT 12
A plea for help here I guess.
I know there are some pretty smart software programmes about in the Flight Sim world.
What I have is a modern paint scheme on a Cherokee, or at least pics thereof.
I am wondering how the scheme would look on some other Piper aircraft.
If anyone here has such a paint design programme and would like to help out a little I would appreciate the assistance.
My efforts with Paintshop have been worse than useless.
We are looking at painting a few 1:1 scale models here.
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Post by baronbeeza on Sept 26, 2013 22:23:02 GMT 12
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Post by nuuumannn on Sept 30, 2013 12:22:31 GMT 12
That Tomahawk looks quite smart. Here's an oldie but a goodie; classic 1960s/70s colours on a Cherokee, although this has been repainted.  Oldie but a goodie |
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Post by baronbeeza on Sept 30, 2013 13:31:41 GMT 12
I used to be involved in a syndicate that had CIK. We then stepped up and got a Warrior. Both were in Piper schemes of the period. I realise the aeroplanes are still the same, 40 years old at that but we would like to try something a little different. I have one of those Aussie Tomahawks here (Air Cadet scheme) and it is a rebuild project at the moment. It won't be staying orange. I have other aircraft in the fleet getting painted in a Cherokee type scheme (better than 2013 Piper) but have no idea how it will look on a Tomahawk. Ideally we are trying to use the same paint colours across the board.  Okay, I accept a little imagination is required here. There is a likeness to a PA-38 there though (hh-hmmm) and that is what we have in mind. If we look at the 2013 Seminole for example I think it can be seen the scheme leaves room for improvement. www.piper.com/home/pages/SeminolePhotoGallery.cfmI was hoping one of the members here had the time and inclination to come up with one of those 3D images of a Tomahawk. It need not be too elaborate but it is the Tee tail that I am most interested in. The best effort gets free travel in the King Air for a year.........  |
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Post by nuuumannn on Sept 30, 2013 13:41:21 GMT 12
Righty ho then! Good luck with that. Perhaps you could just sit down with a pencil and sketch something up yourself from looking at images of existing schemes and then model it? Neat that you used to fly CIV (CIK?); I took that pic whilst doing a bit of avionic stuff with Lester Hope out of Safe Air a few years back now.
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Post by baronbeeza on Sept 30, 2013 14:45:18 GMT 12
I knew Lester some years ago and had a quiet chuckle when I saw the Bambina chained to a pole. I mentioned that in the Longbank thread and it was somewhere in the middle of the Pictorial along with the demonstrators. I wonder if it was Lester's farewell party when he moved to Safe... I thought he had been there for years. I can't recall CIV but in those days we used to have blocks of registrations allocated. We had CIK but it is another of those no longer with us. It must be about 15 years ago when it ploughed into Mt Grey. I think I can remember CIH from somewhere also. The Tomahawk paint schemes are for the most part based on straight lines. I have another Tomahawk here that I am guilty of making even straighter by using the 1981 Cherokee livery on.  The Marlborough Aero Club transformed both of their Tomahawks with the recent refurbishments.  www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=588861287 flightsimulatornetwork.com/photo/alabeo-piper-tomahawk-3That is smart and you would have to imagine one or other was inspired by something there. I am not committed to a darker tail plane yet but would just like to see how it would look. Thanks for the thoughts and comments. Cheers. |
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Post by baronbeeza on Sept 30, 2013 14:58:13 GMT 12
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Post by baz62 on Sept 30, 2013 17:14:38 GMT 12
Quite like the new schemes on those Tomahawks. Maybe have another wave following the top of the aircraft to compliment the lower one? Or another colour?
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Post by nuuumannn on Sept 30, 2013 19:26:03 GMT 12
Me too, the new wavy effect looks very smart. I used to fly a Piper Warrior abroad years ago that exactly the same colour scheme as the Archer (?) in your post, Baron.
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Post by baronbeeza on Jan 24, 2014 13:25:52 GMT 12
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Post by baronbeeza on Mar 30, 2014 8:33:17 GMT 12
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Post by baronbeeza on Jul 13, 2016 13:14:06 GMT 12
   For those a little unsure of Cherokee models this would be a 1973 to 75 Cherokee 140. One of the last of the 140 line as the Warrior was coming in as a replacement at that time. This has the 'rounded' rear windows that only the last models had. The 'shark fin' rudder cap came about 1972 as did the dorsal fairing. I noticed he has elected not to show the markings about the nose bowl area, it may not look so great there as the 140 is very 'blunt' in the snout. The owner of that particular Cherokee would have been a member of a forum where we were posting progress pics of the Tomahawk repaint. Perhaps he liked what he was seeing.  I did look it up. 28-7425083 PA28 74 model year 25 for Cherokee 140 083 for sequence of that model. 83 out of maybe 500 or so. (Edit: 444) www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000592378.html |
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Post by briantomahawk on Jan 2, 2018 10:36:03 GMT 12
Do you know the N number of this Tomahawk or where i can find the painting progress? I will appreciate it as i have a Tomahawk and like this paint scheme and would like to see it finished. |
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