After 10 months of existence, The Winsenburg Modern style repaint has become almost the go to repaint for the map Winsenburg. It is new, fresh, clear, uniform and nice looking. But of course, as the name suggests, it is modern. And as I got so many requests for a repaint for the O407, I doubted. The bus isn't a good example for the modern bus category, and I thought: "How can I make the repaint so it fit's in the story of the [Sta:Win] company?". So I looked at examples of colour schemes that real life buscompany's used on their O407 fleet. The original style of the repaint that came with Winsenburg was something that I passed a few times, and it made a total sense. The story:
At the end of the 90's, [Sta:Win] wanted a new bus fleet. Low floor, wide doors, fuel efficient. With this step from high floor busses to low floor busses, the executives also wanted a new look for the fleet. The old light gray and white-orange was a bit outdated. So the designers went to work and started with brighten the colours, giving them more contrast. The colours were switched so the bus was almost fully orange. This makes them so recognisable from far away. And to break the big, orange polygon on the sides for a bit, the iconic dot's were born.
To make this new style familiar to the public, the old O407 busses were already repainted to this new style. The 10 Express busses were painted in an "Alt wird Neu" advert campaign to let the public know that the bus company didn't change. These busses are ofcourse replaced with the Metrobusses a few years later.
So that is the story that made the O407 fit in this repaint pack. Included in version 4.0 are four different versions. Two old style repaints, one "Alt wird Neu" repaint and one modern repaint. This can be extended in the future. Oh, and there is also a bonus included in this update. You will find out what in the changelog :).
Winsenburg is one of my favorite maps at the moment. The only thing that I didn't liked that much are the repaints. So I decided to make some new, modern, high quality repaints that give the busses a whole new look. The repaints came out really well and give the map just that final touch. Included are seven repaints, an ai-list and an edited hof file for chura-Vollmatrix (Krüger+) displays
At the end of the 90's, [Sta:Win] wanted a new bus fleet. Low floor, wide doors, fuel efficient. With this step from high floor busses to low floor busses, the executives also wanted a new look for the fleet. The old light gray and white-orange was a bit outdated. So the designers went to work and started with brighten the colours, giving them more contrast. The colours were switched so the bus was almost fully orange. This makes them so recognisable from far away. And to break the big, orange polygon on the sides for a bit, the iconic dot's were born.
To make this new style familiar to the public, the old O407 busses were already repainted to this new style. The 10 Express busses were painted in an "Alt wird Neu" advert campaign to let the public know that the bus company didn't change. These busses are ofcourse replaced with the Metrobusses a few years later.
So that is the story that made the O407 fit in this repaint pack. Included in version 4.0 are four different versions. Two old style repaints, one "Alt wird Neu" repaint and one modern repaint. This can be extended in the future. Oh, and there is also a bonus included in this update. You will find out what in the changelog :).
Winsenburg is one of my favorite maps at the moment. The only thing that I didn't liked that much are the repaints. So I decided to make some new, modern, high quality repaints that give the busses a whole new look. The repaints came out really well and give the map just that final touch. Included are seven repaints, an ai-list and an edited hof file for chura-Vollmatrix (Krüger+) displays
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