2007-03-22

New Repaint Created: AIA B727-100 US Department of Justice (Fleet)

I've created another couple of repaints for the AI Aardvark B727-100. They represent the two aircraft owned by the United States Department of Justice, registration numbers N113 and N530KF. These planes are part of the JPATS fleet (also known as "Con-Air") and are operated by the United States Marshals Service throughout the USA and internationally.

I found several pictures of these planes (1) (2) on airliners.net that I used to lay out the livery. They are basically the same - only the color of the wide stripes and registrations differ. Below are the preview shots; feedback and constructive comments are welcome.

Side note: These aircraft would also look pretty good as generic VIP/business aircraft - at least on the outside. The scenery in these shots is MegaCity Phoenix.

The file is on Avsim: aia_b727-100_usdoj_fleet.zip.

N113:





N530KF:









It took about 2 hours of work until I was happy with the results. The tricky parts were getting the colors right and lining up/scaling the fuselage stripes as they curve upwards in the rear of the aircraft. Tools used: Illustrator, Photoshop, and DXTBMP.

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