How many of you.....

[huub vink]

The livery is included in the (payware) AH/JF Spitfire set.



But the repaint has been done for Akemi's CFS2 Spitfire Mk.Vb as well.

Thr repaint is located here: http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforum...fo&FileID=1089

The Akemi's model can be found here: http://members.jcom.home.ne.jp/hago/hangar3.htm

It is an older CFS2 model, but the external model is very nice. I used to fly it in FS9 with a modified flight model and an improved VC, but I'm afraid I have lost these file a long time ago.

I might do the repaint for Bruno's Vb somewhere in the future. This is a lovely model, but hardly flyable in FS9......

Cheers,
Huub

Cheers,
Huub

[Desert Rat]

As Homer Simpson would say, lol. I've got the JF Spit pack along with, most other spits for FS9, was a bit gutted that Plane design didn't release their Spit pack, whilst the bubble-top looked great, they're not my cuppa, so didn't get that one.

:ernae:
Jamie

[strikehawk]

My sister summed up my love of FS2004 this way,
"Since you built all those model airplanes as a kid this is just a natural progression for you."

Reading the lists of what everyone built brought back memories, I still remember my first kit that I built by myself at age 8, a Revell He219.

[AndyG43]

One name which hasn't been mentioned yet! Do you still remember the crisp Heller Bf109 B/C?

Heller made great models and always had a special subject, where most manufactures chose for the more popular E,F and G models, Heller made the rare B/C model.

Cheers,
Huub

Ah Heller! They were a little more daring in their choice of subjects - as well as the Bf 109C they also produced a very nice Bf 108 Taifun. And they put thought into their models, that gave them the ability to give multiple options - they did a whole range of Saab fighters, the Lansen, Draken and Viggen with the choice of a variety of options including the various photo recce models. And I remember their Vampire very fondly.

Another manufacturer that seems not to have been mentioned yet is Italeri - now they WERE adventurous. Horsa, He III Zwilling, many & various Luftwaffe bombers & fighters, obviously a variety of Italian subjects that nobody else would have touched ...... Just too many to mention! Their 1/48th C-130 Hercules could have easily doubled as a piece of occasional furniture!

[Desert Rat]

And I remember their Vampire very fondly.

Me too.

Another manufacturer that seems not to have been mentioned yet is Italeri - now they WERE adventurous.

Again, me too. Had a Do217 Night fighter by them and loved it, Had one missing bit and was distraught for want of a better word, lol.

Jamie

[OBIO]

Growing up in a small town in a very sparsely populated county, there weren't any hobby shops. The only models I could get my hands on were at the local K-Mart. The basic WW2 planes, such as the Mustang, Thunderbolt, Spitfire, or the modern flame throwers like the F-15 and F-16. The bulk of the models were of cars and trucks....what would you expect to find in a place were 95% of the population was gap toothed hilljacks who wore AC/DC t-shirts to their weddings and decorated their house trailers with those black velvet Elvis tapestries.

Sure, I built a number of P-51s, P-47s, F-4s, F-16s. And more muscle and classic cars and 4X4 truck models than I can remember.

But, the planes that are my favorites in FS9 I have never seen a model for. Piper Super Pacer, Piper J-3 Cub, Cessna T-50 Bobcat, Beech D-18, Cessna 140.

While it is nice to be able to fly the planes that I built models of all those years ago, I think it would be nicer to build models of the planes that I fly most often in FS9. I would love to have a nice yellow Cub hanging from the ceiling of my office/sim room; To have a gleaming bare metal D-18 sitting on the shelf above my monitor; to have a tundra tired Super Pacer sitting on top of my computer case a foot and a half from where I am sitting. And I would love to build a from scratch Bobcat using balsa wood, wire and cloth.

OBIO

[Motormouse]

Think my first foray was a 1/72 Airfix Hawker Typhoon; many,many more followed; you could get a series 1 kit for 1 shilling and sixpence; which became 20p on decimalisation; I could get one every 4 weeks on my 5p pocket money!!

Ho-hum

Pete

[ThinkingManNeil]

But, the planes that are my favorites in FS9 I have never seen a model for. Piper Super Pacer, Piper J-3 Cub, Cessna T-50 Bobcat, Beech D-18, Cessna 140.

OBIO

You're like me; I dearly wish some of the mainline model manufacturers - or some of the "cottage industry" resin types - would pay more attention to vintage and general aviation subjects. I'm not a big fan of modern military jets as I know the probability of me ever sitting in the cockpit of one - let alone flying one - is as likely as me growing a 14-point rack of antlers by lunchtime. I like sim flying and modeling aircraft I've been fortunate enough to fly or are most likely to fly in the future, plus a few a know are pipe dreams but that I'm a fan of none-the-less.

I've currently got Testor's 1/48 scale Ryan PT-20/ST-M in my stash waiting to be done up as a polished NMF civie ST-A Special. The Ryan has to be one of the prettiest aeroplanes ever conceived and I'd do handsprings at the chance to take a hop in one but I doubt I could squeeze my lumbering 6'2", 300+ lbs frame into either pit. I also have one of the old AMT Stinson SR-9 Reliant kits (gotta love gullwing Stinsons!), and a Minicraft Cessna 150 that I'm going to do a Texas taildragger conversion on (hopefully I can figure out how to replicate the Horton STOL wingtips).

I also have one of the rare 1/48 scale Beech D-18/C-45's by Battle Axe. The Battle Axe kit is a nightmare of clunky cockpit details, warped parts, "short shot" parts, and soft, indistinct surface detail but it was, and still is, the only Beech 18 available in 1/48. Belcher Bits had planned to produce a complete Beech 18 in 1/48 scale some years ago, but the project got shelved when the Battle Axe kit came out; too bad as I think it probably would have been a far superior model.

I've got a set of RCAF CT-128 (C-45H) decals for it from JBOT, but I think I may sacrifice those for a custom set of Beechcraft factory "Speedbird" designs for a polished metal civilian version. Still, I do wish someone would come out with a really decent quarter-scale Beech 18. I know there are some decent 1/72 scale Twin Beeches out there, but if I want something that small I prefer to buy metal die cast models.

I'd also love to see a few other vintage and general aviation types given their due, too, such as the Erco Ercoupe 415, Aeronca Champs/Chiefs/and Sedan, parasol-winged Stinson's and Fairchild's, the Davis D-1-K and D-1-W, Fairchild 24, Pietenpol Aircamper, Stolp Starduster, the Skyote, the ubiquitous but terrific Vans RV series, short-wing Pipers, Meyers 200, Piper Tomahawk, Grumman American/AGAC/Tiger AA-5B Tiger, Beechcraft C-90B King Air, Socata TBM-700, Cessna 310R, Porterfield Collegiate, Globe-Temco Swift and Super Swift, Curtiss Robin, De Havilland Dragonfly and Dragon Rapide, Arrow Active, the WACO YMF-5 and cabin WACO's as well as a string of others I could likely name given more thought.

These photoetch brass and tissue paper Bleriots and Demoiselles by AJP Maquettes are definitely on my "to do" list!

N.

[Ascua02]

Obio

I know it is not exactly the same thing, bot Revell makes a 1/32 scale Super Cub that doesn't look bad, an I know about a 1/72 Bobcat but cannot remember the maker.

Saludos

[Matt Wynn]

Obio

I know it is not exactly the same thing, bot Revell makes a 1/32 scale Super Cub that doesn't look bad, an I know about a 1/72 Bobcat but cannot remember the maker.

Saludos

Pavla for the bobcat...