ACEO Modding Group: You have Airline Wishes? Write us here and we try to do it

dawed · June 13, 2020, 6:12am

Panam got a MD11 instead of DC10

Jerrod247 · June 13, 2020, 4:54pm

The ACEO Modding group presents another group project Apoapsis Airlines and its regional subsidiary Periapsis Airlines

WSSS01 · June 14, 2020, 9:18am

@dawed Can’t help but notice your thing for older airlines and colours. Might I suggest these please?

Fantastic colour schemes in one image! The classic yellow SQ lines and the silver QF bird in the backas well!

andyc · June 14, 2020, 3:25pm

In ACEO, you wouldn’t see the yellow line of the Singapore Airline as the part below the window is not visible.

WSSS01 · June 14, 2020, 4:13pm

Oh yeah! Forgot all about that. Suppose it makes it easier? I’d do it myself to do the text part of the job, it’s just the tail that’s agonising as I’m not sure how to skew and shrink it to the vertical view.

Spokkel · June 14, 2020, 4:55pm

perhaps a bit of “artisitc license” could be granted.

Rubble · June 14, 2020, 5:04pm

I can do a historical version no problems.

WSSS01 · June 14, 2020, 5:28pm

Thank you! I’m pretty much using your SIA aircraft in every airport I run. If I had the skills to do the tails properly I’d honestly do it myself! I love how you wrap the text properly round the nosecones.

I’ve got this poster kicking around somewhere if it’s any help to you. It’s the fleet as of the airline’s 50th Anniversary. As much as the new gold lines and large titles are nice, I do love how they used to name aircraft. 743 - Big Top, 744 - MegaTop, 777 Jubilees.

Rubble · June 14, 2020, 5:42pm

Would love to see a higher res version of that.

Thank you so much too.

WSSS01 · June 14, 2020, 6:00pm

I used to have it up in my room as a teenager, but took it down when I moved a few years ago. Found this version on eBay for an exorbitant amount! I’ve just nearly vomited at the pricetag this is going for! I’m not sure if I should pull it out of storage and keep it on the wall again or stick the bugger on eBay now!

According to my mum who was working at Singapore Airlines at the time, she said these used to be given out at school visits to encourage students to join the industry.

(Original link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/224033205603)

talisman56 · June 14, 2020, 6:12pm

Oh yes, I’d love that 1974 didn’t happen and BOAC and BEA were still individual entities and were still going concerns.

I would imagine then using the following in-game aircraft in their 1974 liveries:

BEA: CRJ-200/700 and A319/20/21; A350-900 [BEA had a long-standing tradition of working with home-grown aircraft manufacturers, so I’d imagine a liaison with Airbus for the larger medium fleet]

BOAC: B757-200; B787-10, B787-8, B777-300, B747-400

I’ve had a look at the Modding guide and downloaded the MDKs, my main difficulty is doing the cheat line along the windows, and also the BEA livery had the wing central panels painted red…

WSSS01 · June 14, 2020, 6:18pm

@talisman56 I’m getting VC-10 vibes off this 787…

Cheatline isn’t too bad along the windows if you do them in the psd files. The windows are a separate layer.

Rubble · June 14, 2020, 6:29pm

I’ve thought a few times of doing that particular BOAC. Yes I can believe they were given out and now priced somewhat.

I have a pic of a BOAC I took; Oh wait is it?

I also have something that was given away and the value is going like that… I thought I had thrown them away. Yes I have all of the missions and quite a few Space Shuttle ones too.

talisman56 · June 14, 2020, 6:32pm

Thanks for that tip. I’m messing about with GIMP at the moment - must get some more time to find out how to actually use it…

Is that a BEA crew car in the picture of the Viccy?

WSSS01 · June 14, 2020, 6:34pm

Need to be a better person than me to get that tail done! I’ve nearly thrown this out getting the cheatline to curl round the cockpit. Hope this gives you an idea, unless @Rubble is able to lend a hand with the tail or polishing this up.

@Rubble As if you got a signed photo of the Apollo crew! That’s amazing!

Rubble · June 14, 2020, 6:37pm

NASA used to send them to you if you wrote and asked them. I was not around during those times, but I wrote, and got in the post.

I know what it’s like to work on getting tails done, they can be a pain.

WSSS01 · June 14, 2020, 6:46pm

Makes you wonder if SpaceX and NASA are going to keep this up! Have I missed anything? I’ve sort of found a “cheat” to get the cheatlines correct-ish, just have no idea how or where to start on the tail!