The panels shown here will give you the option of choosing your own house flash panel for the nacelle strut. You can open example and example 2 to view each panel.

If you wish to choose a new panel, this is what you need to do for it to show up on the model.

1) Choose the panel you want. For this example we will change the default plain panel to the Chang house panel.

2) Copy the bmp and paste it into the main model folder.

3) Delete the E7_diff3.bmp from the main model folder. Dont worry, there is a backup in the panel folder, so you can replace it if you make a mistake.

4) Rename the panel you pasted into this folder (in this case Chang.bmp) to E7_diff3.bmp.

And thats it. If you load the model either in a model viewer or in the game, it should now have the panel you chose in place.

To change it back the way it was, you just copy the E7_diff3.bmp in the panel folder and paste it into the main model folder, overwriting the E7_diff3.bmp you modified.

You can also use the Plain panel.bmp to make your own panel if you wish. I will give you instructions in PSP...you may need to use a different method in Photoshop.

First, you need to choose the shape of your crest. Use the "Freehand" selection tool...under tool options, choose "point to point". Now you can highlight the area you want to paint.

Going point to point, use left click to select the area you want to paint. Once you have selected your shape, it is time to change change the color.

Next, go the the Colors menu and choose "colorize". You will notice that the hue of the area you highlighted with the freehand tool has now changed color, but the panel details remain intact. Now you can choose what color you want.

Generally house flashes usually use two colors only...red and yellow. Well, yellow is hue 37 and red is hue 0. Now, set saturation to 135 to get the right weathered look for the color, and you are done!

Save the picture in the House plates folder, naming it what you want, but make sure you save it in bmp format.

Now just follow the instructions above to change the plain panel to your new panel flash. Enjoy.