Fantasy of Flight v1.0 uploaded to library

[Dimus]

The file is available in the library, filename Fantasy_Of_Flight_VD_v1_0.zip. It will also be available on Avsim soon.

A few screenshots taken right before packaging:

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii181/VDimus/fsx2012-06-2123-10-38-28.jpg

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii181/VDimus/fsx2012-06-2123-07-15-92.jpg

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii181/VDimus/fsx2012-06-2123-20-18-16.jpg

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii181/VDimus/fsx2012-06-2123-05-33-30.jpg

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii181/VDimus/fsx2012-06-2123-21-22-70.jpg

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii181/VDimus/fsx2012-06-2123-12-14-79.jpg

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii181/VDimus/fsx2012-06-2123-16-01-47.jpg

Hope you enjoy it as much as I did making it!

[Ferry_vO]

Awesome work! :applause:

[Roger]

Fantastic! and for such great effort it has to deserve a sticky:applause:

[Greenhouse357]

Amazing Dimus, thank you! I haven't fired up FSX in months. I surely will now!

[FSX68]

OK I don't doubt the dimus u/l fantasy of flight but where is it? If I search of DIMUS I find all his works minus fantasy of flight.

It's gotta be here somewhere as I noticed all the people that HAVE found it and are giving cudos.

So it is rather nebulous when it's been "loaded in the library". Could be just about anywhere here cept for where I've been looking.

[papab]

Thank you Sir
Amazing work!

Rick

[Sundog]

Thank you. :)

[glennc]

Richoday, it is in the airport selection list with ID FA08, about 14 miles north of Lakeland Florida, KLAL, home of Sun 'n Fun

Glenn




OK I don't doubt the dimus u/l fantasy of flight but where is it? If I search of DIMUS I find all his works minus fantasy of flight.

It's gotta be here somewhere as I noticed all the people that HAVE found it and are giving cudos.

So it is rather nebulous when it's been "loaded in the library". Could be just about anywhere here cept for where I've been looking.

[Dimus]

richoday, I just checked and it is listed under FSX Scenery. You can also find it under the "Newest First" option. I posted this late last night (my time) after I have just uploaded it so it probably have not been properly accepted yet. I also checked and it is now fully available on avsim too, still shown in "What's New".

Roger, thank you very much for the sticky!

[doublecool]

Thank you Very much :applause::applause::applause:

[stansdds]

Awesome!!!! :applause:

[Navy Chief]

Yes, THANK YOU! Fantastic-looking scenery!

NC

[danyboy21]

Awesome scenery ! ! !

Thank you :salute:

[Bomber_12th]

As I've told Dimus time and time again, this scenery is simply a marvel to behold.

Here are some shots from a test hop in Kermit Weeks' Pitcairn Autogiro.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Vickers%20Vimy/autogiro_2.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Vickers%20Vimy/autogiro_3.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Vickers%20Vimy/autogiro_6.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Vickers%20Vimy/autogiro_7.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Vickers%20Vimy/autogiro_8.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Vickers%20Vimy/autogiro_9.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Vickers%20Vimy/autogiro_10.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Vickers%20Vimy/autogiro_11.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Vickers%20Vimy/autogiro_12.jpg

[Firekitten]

Gorgeous scenery.... going to download this :) Excelent work!

[Bomber_12th]

Test running and the flying the collection's Gee Bee Z (which should be flying soon for real!).

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Vickers%20Vimy/geebee_1.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Vickers%20Vimy/geebee_2.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Vickers%20Vimy/geebee_3.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Vickers%20Vimy/geebee_4.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Vickers%20Vimy/geebee_5.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Vickers%20Vimy/geebee_6.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Vickers%20Vimy/geebee_7.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Vickers%20Vimy/geebee_8.jpg

[nio]

Dimus

Simply outstanding work.

Congratulations on a job extremely well done. Your fellow aviators in The Boys of 60 squadron will also be proud of you.

Best

nio

[Bomber_12th]

And finally (for now), some late evening shots of a close reproduction of the collection's Ford Trimotor (the same aircraft featured in the movie Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom), in and around the field.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Vickers%20Vimy/trimotor_1.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Vickers%20Vimy/trimotor_2.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Vickers%20Vimy/trimotor_3.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Vickers%20Vimy/trimotor_4.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Vickers%20Vimy/trimotor_5.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Vickers%20Vimy/trimotor_6.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Vickers%20Vimy/trimotor_7.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Vickers%20Vimy/trimotor_8.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Vickers%20Vimy/trimotor_9.jpg

[Bomber_12th]

I've never actually confirmed if it is true or not, but I read up on some details about Fantasy of Flight and the airfield several years ago, and one of the items mentioned was that below the grass surface of the runways, is actually hard-surface concrete runways. This allows for the WWI aircraft in the collection with tail skids that need to be flown off grass surfaces to be operated properly from the airfield, and with the hardened surface below, allows for warbirds as big as B-17's, B-24's (like the collection's B-24 "Joe"), and as the write-up mentioned, even a B-29 (which would be the largest land-based aircraft in the museum, if one of the examples owned by FOF, in storage, were to ever be made airworthy), to be flown on/off the main runway safely. Of course this is something I read about, a number of years ago, so I don't know how true that is. For those not familiar with the airfield/museum will find, the runway is certainly long enough for large warbird operations (with FOF owning a B-26 Marauder that operated from the airfield until it was no longer flown, the collection's B-25, which is coming back up to flight status at the moment, and a few different DC-3's/C-47's have flown in and out of the airfield, including the collection's recently obtained C-47). Kermit Weeks has also spoken about some of the items he still hopes to build as part of the Fantasy of Flight experience, including a seaplane hangar and ramp, similar to those that could be found in the 30's when the great "Clippers" were in operation, where the collection's seaplanes, including the Sunderland, Sikorsky S-39, Duck, and others would be housed.

If you're on Facebook, both the Fantasy of Flight and Kermit Weeks pages are great to follow, with daily (sometimes hourly) posts and updates on what's happening.

These are some photos just posted to the FOF Facebook page today, and this all happened at Fantasy of Flight just this morning! (Photos are all courtesy of Fantasy of Flight)

(Note that with Dimus' amazing attention to detail, all of the various aspect of these photos can be transposed with that of screenshots and in-game views of his work.)

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Vickers%20Vimy/250862_10150981049396182_1155599433_n.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Vickers%20Vimy/229923_10150981047871182_115262172_n.jpg

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http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Vickers%20Vimy/197817_10150981050681182_807749596_n.jpg

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http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Vickers%20Vimy/319859_10150981068041182_1366314392_n.jpg

[Dimus]

Thank you John!

It is good to see some shots from a much better system than mine.

I have made a quick repaint of the Trimotor to match the collection plane. I will upload it soon.

[Bomber_12th]

I have made a quick repaint of the Trimotor to match the collection plane. I will upload it soon.

I'm really looking forward to that! Besides absolutely everything else, you did a great job repainting the Guy Diotte static aircraft! They really look the part, and all positioned where you will usually see them these days.

Here are some Fantasy of Flight photos that really make you appreciate all of the attention to detail that Dimus invested in this scenery. It's kind of fun looking back through certain photos, and actually finding even certain shipping crates/containers recreated and positioned just as they were in a certain photo.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Vickers%20Vimy/463165_10150664983466182_62639881181_9203687_19278 6380_o.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Vickers%20Vimy/311955_10150401113241182_62639881181_8379234_12761 45197_n.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Vickers%20Vimy/310165_10150397439626182_62639881181_8364076_11762 30390_n.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Vickers%20Vimy/257260_10150232751921182_62639881181_7233467_28725 70_o.jpg

[Bomber_12th]

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Vickers%20Vimy/ryan_nyp_fof_1.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Vickers%20Vimy/ryan_nyp_fof_2.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Vickers%20Vimy/ryan_nyp_fof_4.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Vickers%20Vimy/ryan_nyp_fof_5.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Vickers%20Vimy/ryan_nyp_fof_6.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Vickers%20Vimy/ryan_nyp_fof_7.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Vickers%20Vimy/ryan_nyp_fof_8.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Vickers%20Vimy/ryan_nyp_fof_9.jpg

[dvj]

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/2169/fofp.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/151/fofp.jpg/)

[mal998]

Bomber,
You are right about the runways. They were specially contructed of several layers of special material, including crushed rock, which all lie beneath the grass overlay.

According to Kermit those runways will accomedate a B-29.

Here are a couple of pics of his Gee Bees.

67965

67966

[tomford]

Awesome Job! Looks great!
I cant wait to see what your next one is

Tom

[FSX68]

How do I get rid of the extra water tower. Looks like the tall one has to go.

Thanks68054

[Dimus]

richoday, it seems that you also have John's earlier revamp of the airport where the MS default objects were used. I also see the parked planes he used that are still not repainted and you also have two main buildings, on on top of the other. Check your scenery library, there are probably two "Fantasy of Flight" folders, the older one has to be deactivated.

[pilotsden]

And we have the Honor of Dimus as our squadron mate....as i have said many times...U DA MAN Dimus....




PD

[Dimus]

Experimenting with a photoreal background that meshman was kind enough to provide me with:

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii181/VDimus/fsx2012-06-2623-40-01-87.jpg

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii181/VDimus/fsx2012-06-2623-41-19-73.jpg

Just finished the blendmasks and watermasks but done nothing to the image itself (A lot of shadows and stuff like the planes on the tarmac need to go and other postprocessing). I am still not sure if I will go through with this. The resolution is 30cm/pixel. Some areas look nice, others not so much. Autogen also needs to be added.

[Roger]

Just in case you guys missed this, Moses03 posted this video in the Newshawks forum http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kgt_nF6zXf4&feature=youtu.be

[Dimus]

Oh, how I envy this man!!!...

Thanks for the hu Roger. Any FSX Curtis Pushers around?

[Bomber_12th]

The closest that I am aware of, is the recreation of a Curtiss pusher that was built from plans by Frank Kruse in 1910, done by Tom Eads for FSX (of which Frank Kruse was one of his ancestors). It's not that close of a match to Kermit Weeks' modern example (Kermit's example being a replica of one of the two seater versions, for one), but as mentioned, I think this is the closest we have for FSX at the moment. Although I'm sure many would consider it "dated", I have always loved this aircraft, and I have always had it in my virtual hangar (dating back to the FS9 version as well).

It can be found at Flightsim.com filename: kruse-cx.zip

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Vickers%20Vimy/curtkruse_1.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Vickers%20Vimy/curtkruse_2.jpg

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http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Vickers%20Vimy/curtkruse_5.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Vickers%20Vimy/curtkruse_6.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Vickers%20Vimy/curtkruse_7.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Vickers%20Vimy/curtkruse_8.jpg

[Dimus]

Thank you John! That Curtis does look nice and very close to Kermit's. I will go pick it up.

I am now trying to fly over the scenery myself as so far all I did was slew around. Your P-51 lands nicely on the grass.