Exterior Enhancement Pack for the -800

[JokersWild 34]

The file was uploaded early this morning, and will hopefully be available within a few hours. I'm an insomniac in the process of crashing hard, so I may not be awake to post a link, but I really wanted you all to have them before the weekend. So check the library from time to time. Like with the other set, I'm open to courteous and constructive feedback, so let me know about any problems that I can address in a future update. I'd like to work with everyone to make them the best they can be. If possible, try to keep issues with the -700 set over in that thread so I don't get things too mixed up.Here are a few screens of a few liveries that I tested them on. The spec files can be a too "hot" for very clean white planes during bright daylight, but look ok on darker paints. So I may include a set for light and dark planes as an option in the future. I'm very pleased with the bump mapping so far. I hope you will be too. Additional shots can be seen in the Southwest 8301J topic. They show up rather well on the Southwest paint. Have a great weekend, everyone!

[Fabo 213]

Looks great Chris!Will you deliver two sets for 700 as well? I might hold my Smartwings until that is available.Aand, with the risk of being beaten to the ground - maybe you could try to make the window plugs appear to be a bit "sunk" into the fuselage? If it is at all possible from your position.

[ukflight 11]

Excellent work Chris. :(

[Mauricio Graziani 0]

Thanks Chris !

[JokersWild 34]

Will you deliver two sets for 700 as well? I might hold my Smartwings until that is available.Aand, with the risk of being beaten to the ground - maybe you could try to make the window plugs appear to be a bit "sunk" into the fuselage? If it is at all possible from your position.

Absolutely, on the specs for the 700. I think the pros may actually lower the exposure on their diffuse textures to compensate, but since I'm wanting them to work on pre-existing repaints, I'll make a tweaked set. And as far as the plugs go, I don't think that would be too much work. I kept looking at sunrise/sunset pics of the 737s with a lot of reflection down the fuse, sometimes they look as smooth as glass, and other times, the windows appear sunk a bit. I wasn't quite sure what the correct way would be, so I just went with the frame.

[Fabo 213]

Yep, the plugs are tricky. If the viewing angle is just a bit lower, they appear in line with fuselage... however, as you can see here, and that is also what I remember from my summers when I spent quite some time on airstairs next to L1 doors of various narrowbodies, they are indeed sunk a tiny bit, couple milimeters, into the fuselage. Same as windows are, actually.

[JokersWild 34]

I really appreciate that. It's been way too long since I've had any up close contact. I'm back to viewing things from the other side of the fence like when I was a kid. lol

[A320FAN 370]

Fabulous work Chris as usual !

[Fabo 213]

Well, me too, Chris, and to be honest, it drives me way mad when I stop by the airport. I still know everybody who moves about on "the other side of the fence". But we are getting offtopic here.

[aceridgey 330]

Whats the file name called?So I can have a looky on avsim

[aitrafficgroup 0]

Nice work! Have you added the doors for the airstairs that Ryanair has under the L1 door for example?Henry Lidster

[Airbus Commander 563]

http://library.avsim.net/sendfile.php?Location=AVSIM&Proto=ftp&DLID=166978There's the link for anyone who wants it. Great work.... :wink:Ró.

[aceridgey 330]

ITS UP![Chris, you need to get this to be a sticky post!!!]

[XCLTM3 112]

Christopher! Christopher! Well done again indeed!I've been waiting on these......just d/l the file at this moment as I write this........can't wait to road test (sorry, I mean Flight Test) these upgrades! Hooyah!PS: Any chance when you have spare time (hmm, as if that's going to happen for you now since you're in high demand) to give me a dirty dusty paint spec on a Virgin Australia 738 WL? No pressure of course?!Rgds,

[JokersWild 34]

Good morning once again...or afternoon, I'm not sure! Glad you guys are enjoying them.Henry, I'm afraid I've been negligent with the air stair seam. I'll be sure to include one especially for models with air stars as an additional option in the next revision. Very sorry.XCLTM3, next revision will have both a clean set and a tarnished set to match a lot of the existing liveries. I'm afraid I made them pretty clean except for just a bit on the wings.Ró, Thanks for posting the link!