Beta Preview - 747-8i Over New Zealand

[markadeane 272]

Good evening Gents,

Some pictures taken last night showing the 747-8i in fictitious Air New Zealand colours. All credit for this livery goes to Pete Sterling, who does amazing work I think we can all agree.

Flight was over ORBX NZSI on a test flight where I had enough time to step outside!

Remember this is a BETA at present, so any errors or oddities are still being worked on. That said, I think PMDG has definitely done a fine job on this model!

Larger formats available directly through the flickr links.

Enjoy!

2018-7-10_22-33-22-159 by Mark Adeane, on Flickr

2018-7-10_22-33-33-229 by Mark Adeane, on Flickr

2018-7-10_22-34-37-626 by Mark Adeane, on Flickr

2018-7-10_22-42-22-804 by Mark Adeane, on Flickr

2018-7-10_22-42-26-709 by Mark Adeane, on Flickr

2018-7-10_22-49-30-297 by Mark Adeane, on Flickr

2018-7-10_23-34-55-289 by Mark Adeane, on Flickr

2018-7-10_23-44-52-388 by Mark Adeane, on Flickr

2018-7-10_22-48-39-547 Panorama by Mark Adeane, on Flickr

2018-7-10_22-51-52-994 Panorama by Mark Adeane, on Flickr

 

Edited July 11, 2018 by markadeane

[maukro_1990 38]

Wow... This is an awesome aircraft!  

[xTiMm_ 50]

This paint might increase the temperature in the cabin to a maximum 😄
RIP A/C 😄

Awesome livery and it looks even better on the shapes of the -8 ❤️

[Datalink 26]

Beautiful paint on a beautiful plane 🙂

[zsolt23 9]

Absolute work of art!!! What a beauty!

[JA806A 26]

Fabulous 

 

Michael Chandler 

[FalconAF 213]

Darn.  I'm gonna need a bigger hanger at my airports now.  Looking good!

[gregoryv 9]

Great shots! Thanks for sharing

[Ausflight 32]

Absolutely fantastic great work best i have seen since my 35 years in flight simulation.🤩👏.WOW.😍

[Boomer 1,619]

Thanks for the pics.

LOVE to see more flight deck pics though.

[jafferhussain11 34]

that repaint is nasty !

[serviceceiling 135]

Nice! Is the new Lufthansa livery finished yet?

[scandinavian13 5,192]

53 minutes ago, serviceceiling said:

Nice! Is the new Lufthansa livery finished yet?

Saw this on insta yesterday (@iadspotter via @dulles_airport) and thought it was appropriate:

...the only difference is that we didn't paint YK. It's YC.

(So, yes.)

[Fabiano.S 0]

Wonderful! I really anxious for fly with Lufthansa! I will fly many routes by Lufthansa! 

[mtrainer 136]

That New Zealand fictional paint job rocks on the -8....New Zealand should consider adopting it!

(Although as alluded to, most airliners are white so they don't soak up to much heat...)

The 3D model of this -8 is, perhaps, the best I've ever seen in FS- round or oval things actually look round or oval...for a sim old-timer such as myself, this day has been long awaited.  I am certainly going to be setting up lots of external views for those somewhat longer flights where the Autopilot has the plane.

Mark Trainer