April 21, 20179 yr Alitalia Cargo has always had a special place in my heart as my Late Aunt worked for them out of KJFK for 35 years before losing her battle with cancer. I used to visit her there and got some memorable views of their fleet from her office window. (I was too young to own a camera back then, hehe). Anyway, Atlas leased this beauty to them and I just had to paint it. (She registered N409MC) I may also do a fictional green stripe with the "Cargo System" red insert too as I remember them being all over the ramp (mostly 747s and DC-10s, some DC-8s). Here are a few preview pics.... I've added wear and tear on the usual places Hope to be done with her soon Regards, Steve DraGet my paints for MSFS planes at flightsim.to here, and iFly 737s hereDownload my FSX, P3D paints at Avsim by clicking here
April 21, 20179 yr Hi Steve, Congrats, this italian jumbo looks stunning!! Definitely looking for it when it will be released! Cheers, Alex Alexandre Giordan
April 21, 20179 yr Another wonderful piece of work. Strange why Alitalia didn't have the writing in green, or was it because the 744 was leased from Atlas I wonder? Mark Robinson Part-time Ferroequinologist Author of FLIGHT: A near-future short story (ebook available on amazon) I made the baby cry - A2A Simulations L-049 Constellation Sky Simulations MD-11 V2.2 Pilot. The best "lite" MD-11 money can buy (well, it's not freeware!)
April 21, 20179 yr Author 13 minutes ago, alex98 said: Hi Steve, Congrats, this italian jumbo looks stunning!! Definitely looking for it when it will be released! Cheers, Alex Thanks Alex...check your IM inbox please. Regards, Steve DraGet my paints for MSFS planes at flightsim.to here, and iFly 737s hereDownload my FSX, P3D paints at Avsim by clicking here
April 21, 20179 yr 2 minutes ago, Steve Dra said: Thanks Alex...check your IM inbox please. Just did Alexandre Giordan
April 21, 20179 yr As soon as I saw your thread title, I was already thinking Alitalia! Great idea, can't wait to add it to my retro collection. Go for it, Steve!
April 21, 20179 yr Thank you. What routes did the airplane fly? A. Ortega AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Processor, MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk MAX WiFi Motherboard, Samsung 980 Pro 2TB SSD, Samsung 870 4TB SATA, Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition Video Card, Rosewill VMG 1000W 80+ Gold Power Supply, Phanteks XT Pro Ultra Mid-Tower Gaming Chassis, Windows 11 x64 Home, 2.5gb fiber ISP.
April 22, 20179 yr Beautiful!!! When are you releasing this marvel, Steve? looking forward to it. Great job! cheers -E Enrique Vaamonde
April 23, 20179 yr Author Thanks guys. I'm away from my painting PC this weekend. I hope to have it done by this week. Regards, Steve DraGet my paints for MSFS planes at flightsim.to here, and iFly 737s hereDownload my FSX, P3D paints at Avsim by clicking here
May 5, 20179 yr Author Hey Guys, Everyone who's replied to this post just got an PM with a preview of what I hope is the final version of this deceptively difficult paint (difficult because there are few pics of her and I tried hard to get the small things accurate like "Alitalia" on both sides of the engine...which I only found one pic that confirmed that, along with if she had the AZA logo on both sides of the winglets.) I found through experience that a lot of times, especially when its a leased bird from another company (in this case Atlas), they don't always paint all those things...especially on a freighter. I mean, who's going to be looking out a window to see that on the engines and winglets on a freighter? Hehe. If anyone can find me a pic confirming she had registrations on the wings I'd be grateful. I know Alitalia typically puts both a reg and Alitalia text on the upper wings. Not sure about a leased bird though. Anyway...If I don't get any reports back of issues I'll release her for weekend cargo hauling. Here is a shot of her showing those details mentioned above. Getting ready for a flight from Rome to KJFK. Regards, Steve DraGet my paints for MSFS planes at flightsim.to here, and iFly 737s hereDownload my FSX, P3D paints at Avsim by clicking here
May 5, 20179 yr Hi Steve, No reg. under the starboard wing, still trying to find a view of the upper surface and port wing: https://www.flickr.com/photos/aero_icarus/29511127361 Mark Robinson Part-time Ferroequinologist Author of FLIGHT: A near-future short story (ebook available on amazon) I made the baby cry - A2A Simulations L-049 Constellation Sky Simulations MD-11 V2.2 Pilot. The best "lite" MD-11 money can buy (well, it's not freeware!)
May 5, 20179 yr Nowadays EASA law requires the reg to be under the left side of the wing. No idea if it did back then already, but today they must have it. I have no pics of this plane though, sorry. Greetings from the 737 flightdeck!
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