Aircraft build - Adding materials

Using symmetry / mirror replicate completed wing + rudder to complete plane.

Create materials to relate to elements functions (eg tyres / rubber) rubber  = blinn material no shine + black. Metal = grey - anthroscopic - high specular + anthroscope with rotation 

Cover entire plane with basic materials

Create second + third etc metals to create different appearances since not all components are of uniform material or colour

Select fuselage - quick slice - two slices (horizontal) positioned for skyfleet colours (see reference pictures of plane for positioning)

Select polygons on tail - Detatch

Highlight polygons inside two ''quick sliced'' lines (this can be difficult to achieve directly - over highlight polygons and remove as necessary) 

Detached tail polygons will not be blended with strip

materials - diffuse layer - bitmap - created skyfleet colours

Detach centre section so bitmap is not as distorted (stretched)

Apply material - adjust shape / size / position until desired result is reached

Apply reversed bitmap to opposite side of fuselage

Apply separate materials to either end of strip (blue material to front - yellow to rear)

Add reflect / refract as desired for enhanced finish - use raytrace as bitmap

twist antroscopes to angles that allow more realistic reflections