N191WB, finally finished with my project!
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After many weeks of tweaking and thinking of new ideas I believe I finally have my Bonanza exactly how I want it. I wanted mine to appear as if it had just gotten out of restoration and no expense has been spared to the paint and exterior and it really has been a fun project.
The red is the same color swatch as Ferris Buellers "Ferrari". If I had a Bonanza in real life I would take any chance I could to get out of life's responsibilities to go flying much like I imagine Ferris would. Opting to get away from from the bright white exterior, I found a nice off white coincidentally that is used on a Baron at the field I work at. The gold trim I added a little noise to it to give it more of a gold sand look. The wing walk tape I cleaned up to also give it that just out of restoration look.
The interior colors are Ferrari leather color codes from vintage Ferrari interiors. The emblem on the headrests was tricky to figure out as if you do the Beechcraft "B" it gets turned backwards on the right side passenger seats as the texture is mirrored and each seat does not have it's own texture. Searching for a solution I decided to go with the Beechcraft crest and was able to inlay that on the headrests.
The black plastic panel I used "rook carbon fiber" from my sim racing texture library, it's hard to see but I feel like it adds a nice touch. The rest of the panel I used the standard Beech white. The insert on the yokes is a cocobolo pattern that I found and the same goes with the rear cabin woodwork. The carpets I cleaned up by finding a section of carpet and copy and pasting it over and over again to give it that brand new out of refurbishment look.
Lastly, after attending the 2026 world aerobatic championships in Mason City, Iowa last week, I came home with a bunch of stickers from the teams attending and it got into my mind that I have all these aviation stickers from my time in the industry and if I had a Bonnie what would I do with them? I realized that I can put them on the tablet texture and I even added the outer edge to have the "Frankenstrat" colors of the great Eddie Van Halen and it's also a tip of the cap to Rob Holland who as a massive Van Halen fan.This started out as two of TimHH's aircraft. One was a custom paint that he did for me and the other was N19AT. I definitely recommend grabbing any of his liveries as they are top notch. And of course, huge thank you to Black Square for making such an awesome product!
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After many weeks of tweaking and thinking of new ideas I believe I finally have my Bonanza exactly how I want it. I wanted mine to appear as if it had just gotten out of restoration and no expense has been spared to the paint and exterior and it really has been a fun project.
The red is the same color swatch as Ferris Buellers "Ferrari". If I had a Bonanza in real life I would take any chance I could to get out of life's responsibilities to go flying much like I imagine Ferris would. Opting to get away from from the bright white exterior, I found a nice off white coincidentally that is used on a Baron at the field I work at. The gold trim I added a little noise to it to give it more of a gold sand look. The wing walk tape I cleaned up to also give it that just out of restoration look.
The interior colors are Ferrari leather color codes from vintage Ferrari interiors. The emblem on the headrests was tricky to figure out as if you do the Beechcraft "B" it gets turned backwards on the right side passenger seats as the texture is mirrored and each seat does not have it's own texture. Searching for a solution I decided to go with the Beechcraft crest and was able to inlay that on the headrests.
The black plastic panel I used "rook carbon fiber" from my sim racing texture library, it's hard to see but I feel like it adds a nice touch. The rest of the panel I used the standard Beech white. The insert on the yokes is a cocobolo pattern that I found and the same goes with the rear cabin woodwork. The carpets I cleaned up by finding a section of carpet and copy and pasting it over and over again to give it that brand new out of refurbishment look.
Lastly, after attending the 2026 world aerobatic championships in Mason City, Iowa last week, I came home with a bunch of stickers from the teams attending and it got into my mind that I have all these aviation stickers from my time in the industry and if I had a Bonnie what would I do with them? I realized that I can put them on the tablet texture and I even added the outer edge to have the "Frankenstrat" colors of the great Eddie Van Halen and it's also a tip of the cap to Rob Holland who as a massive Van Halen fan.This started out as two of TimHH's aircraft. One was a custom paint that he did for me and the other was N19AT. I definitely recommend grabbing any of his liveries as they are top notch. And of course, huge thank you to Black Square for making such an awesome product!
@Kestrel21 Wow, this looks really nice