My space

Having resisted FSx for so long, for all the usual reasons, too lazy to re learn all the new tools, too comfortable with FS9 and its modeling techniques, annoyed at having to reinvent the wheel yet again etc etc, I decided to push the Jetstream into FSx SP2/Accel.

 

Although the model is a port over and still retains full FS9 compatability I was frankly quite suprised at the increase in game play, I have no idea where it came from, nothing has changed since the last time I test flew the Blackhawk in FSx, but it was an enjoyable test flight non the less.

 

I'm still not sure FSx will be half the success that FS9 ever was, but that one single flight may well be the trigger I need to explore some more and see 'what all the fuss is about'.

Well with Xmas finally over, its time to get back to some projects, the Essex project is gathering pace and is joined by a Cruiser and some planes, hopefully in a few days I will have some renders of the planes and some better progress shots of the Cruiser but for now this image added to the ship folder will have to suffice.

 

I've been longing to make something that floats and debated on several types of vessel I see at work, however I dragged out the old Gmax model of and Essex carrier I had started years ago, after much work converting to Max8 its finally begining to look like an aircraft carrier should. The objective is to make a carrier for WWII, one for Korea and one for Vietnam, Essex carriers served in all these conflicts but over there life time were considerably upgraded and rebuilt, there final form looking nothing like there built form.

 

 

Some new pictures added in the library and hopefully more as time goes by.

Its been a long and strange week in Flight sim land and whilst looking for something new to do, l trawled back through some old Gmax models l had built and converted to Max, the Fw-190 and Ju-88 were both converted across from Gmax to Max, all the mapping and animation was lost but the mesh retained its shape so the hardest work was saved. Some mapping could have been saved as I found out later when converting the Seaking models, l suppose l could go back and redo the Fw-190 and Ju-88 but to be honest not much was lost so its no great shakes to carry on from here.

 

Anyway, heres a view of the Fw-190 now fully integrated into Max8, the previous image was from Gmax and rendered via Yafray and Yagmax

 

 

Having finally got around to begin scaning in hundreds of 35mm negative's I thought l'd post a few up here, check the Real Trains photo folder, these few are from the period when Felixstowe Freighliners were entrusted to class 56 on a regular basis. Its hard to believe this was ten years ago.