G'day,
This is my 1st ever repaint and I decided to have a crack at the wonderful Aermacchi MB326H model created by David Friswell (available from http://www.aussim.com.au/ and many other sites!) in it's Special 30th Anniversary colours used to celebrate 30 Years of service of Macchi's in the Royal Australian Airforce. Though my repaint isn't 100% faithful to the original due to the known issues with the model and my lack of expertise in repainting I'm sure (I did mention this is my 1st ever repaint!) I feel I've come up with something that I'm quite pleased with as a reasonable representation of the real A/C. I hope you enjoy flying her in these colours as much as I enjoyed painting her!
NOTE: This is a Flight Simulator 2004 texture set only and requires David Friswell's original Aermacchi MB326H model MB326HV1.zip
The following notes on this particular aircraft A7-022 are used with the kind permission of Darren Mottram.
"In early 1997 a discussion arose pointing out that A7-70 would eventually be due for a major service and, due to expected component replacements, probably end up needing a repaint. Mostly as a joke, I suggested that they could repaint it in a new scheme for the Macchis 30th anniversary. Surprisingly this was taken with interest and, through the efforts of and discussions with several people, came to fruition in the form you see here (obviously a different aircraft was chosen for many, maintenance related, reasons).
Although the scheme was not applied in quite the manner originally envisioned (mainly to do with marking placement and size), and therefore, I believe, lost some of its intended appeal, it still offers something different for the modeller or aviation enthusiast in these days of ever expanding grey colour schemes."
"Incidentally, this a/c had only a short life in this scheme as it was grounded in early 1998 due to fatigue related problems and used as spares for other a/c."
More information and photos on this and other RAAF Macchi's is available at
http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/macchidm_1.htm
Thanks must go to David Friswell for creating such a great aircraft model. What a wonderful old girl this A/C is to fly :)
A VERY big thanks must go to Darren "Motty" Mottram without whose wonderful photos and friendly emails full of information and extra photos of this A/C i would not have been able to complete this repaint. Please take the time to visit his brilliant aircraft photo gallery full of Aussie A/C (and others) at http://motty.hobbyvista.com/ its DEFINATELY worth a visit if you're interested in A/C with an Aussie flavour :)
ADDITIONAL NOTES
1. Please do not alter nor repost on any other website the contents of this texture package without my consent.
2. I'am in no way liable for any damage this package may cause, however unlikely that may be!!!
3. This package is STRICTLY FREEWARE ONLY!!! NO COMMERCIAL GAIN BY ANYONE IS ACCEPTABLE.
