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Boeing sonic cruizer texturing

Woutboeing

Woutboeing

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Hello,

i'm new to this forum, yet i'm not new to the whole fsx stuff(i joined this forum, simply because you are the best this kind of stuff): got myself a virtual airline; have a good base on moddeling in gmax and 3ds max, i know my way well around programs like dxtbmp,paintshop pro,... And i have made over 45 (succesfull) repaints of aircraft:

(most visible here: http://www.torontopearsonatc.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=7)

anyhow, this all leads up to the fact that im starting off with my very first FSX addon aircraft; from scratch... The Boeing Sonic Cruizer (the previous model for fs 2002 is doesnt display the beauty of this plane 'that never flew'.

okay, time for some pictures: i'm using 3ds max to make the model and textures, then i export it to 3ds and import it in gmax, wher i finally use the plugin tool that automaticly makes it a mdl file.
The first version of the model (without textures)
Soniccruuuuuuuuuzer.JPG


to try it out for fun, i patched it up with some textures (i really didnt try hard on this :) and then i exported it. this is what i got in flight simulator x (after putting it all in the right folder...

sonictest.JPG


So the textures are inverted. i tried putting 'two-sided 'texture on, but nothing changed.

anyone got an idea? about that?
Thanks in advance,

Woutboeing

ps: if you have any tutorials on creating flaps and gears (the only thing i cant model yet), pls let me know too.

pps: so far my model has about 16000 poly's, i know that i can cut out many of those (the wings, the wheels, the tail can all be narrow'd down (in total at least 2000 can be cut easily), but im wondering, what am i aiming for here? what's the polycount of an average aircraft?
 
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