FS2004 Screenshots Here!!!

[Mick]

Great picture, thanks for sharing.
Golden Hawaii, it must be..
FS2004 ROCKS!!

Thanks.

Well, it started out as Golden Hawaii, which I have the rest of installed. But Pearl Harbor in Golden Hawaii is grossly inaccurate. For one thing, it's set in the very early thirties, with old, pre-moderization battleships, Ford Island as a grass field, biplane Curtiss fighters and a blimp base with AI blimps. All completely wrong. The Naval Air Station on Ford Island started out paved; there was very little Navy activity there in the early thirties, there were never Navy blimps in Hawaii - they sent one there once for a few minutes and quickly found that the blimp couldn't handle the Pacific trade winds. And those anachronistic old lattice-masted battleships aren't tied up on the Battleship Row wharf along Ford Island, they're moored out in the middle of the loch.

I kept the rest of Golden Hawaii but I removed all of Bill Lyons' Pearl Harbor stuff, made an AFCAD to pave the air station on Ford Island, tied up a flotilla of Paul Clawson's Idaho-class battlewagons along Battleship Row on Ford Island, and placed a bunch of buildings and stuff from scenery libraries to represent - very roughly - the air station as it was around 1940, with period correct aircraft made into scenery objects. I also moored an Idaho out in the middle of the inner part of the loch to fly Kingfishers from its catapults. In general it's far less in-authentic than the Golden Hawaii Pearl Harbor, but it's nothing like accurate in detail. I also made a rough approximation of Hickam Field across the loch, but the only part of that's at all realistic is the AFCAD parts - runways, taxiways and ramps.

It's nothing like the authenticity I seek in the models David and I make, but it was fun to fly there - back in the old days when I actually had some time to fly, much less fiddle with scenery.

[zswobbie1]

You've done a fantastic job by upping the immersion factor. We can really make our sim as real as we want...

[TARPSBird]

Here's Shessi's Hall Aluminum PH-1 taking off from Fleet Air Base Pearl Harbor, Hawaii some time in the middle thirties with
Battleship Row on Ford I

Mick, are you going to upload that VP-8 paint job?

[Mick]

Mick, are you going to upload that VP-8 paint job?

I put the skins up last evening, so they should appear on the download page as soon as one of the librarians gets a chance to do an update. I know it went up because I can see it on the download page - the one who uploads a file can see it before the librarians do their thing, but nobody else can see it yet. I suppose it works that way so the uploader can see that the upload was successful.

[Shessi]

Thanks muchly Mick....

S

[TARPSBird]

I put the skins up last evening, so they should appear on the download page as soon as one of the librarians gets a chance to do an update.

I see them today. Thanks, Mick!

[Mick]

Great picture, thanks for sharing.
Golden Hawaii, it must be..
FS2004 ROCKS!!

Here are a couple shots of my Golden Pearl Harbor.

First, a wider view of Ford Island. As you can see, there wasn't much else but pavement on Ford Island by the end of the thirties. You can see Battleship Row on the east side and Carrier Row on the west. Everyone's heard and read of Battleship Row. Carrier Row isn't as well known, presumably because it was vacant on a certain Sunday morning in December 1941.



The little dots are the aircraft scattered around the field.

This one is Hickam Field, across the loch from Ford Island.



I don't know why they've always called the bays in Pearl Harbor lochs. That's the Scottish word for lake. They weren't lakes, they were parts of a salt water harbor connected to the sea, not lakes.

As I mentioned my post above, the paved areas are historical but the details are just rough approximations.

[huub vink]

The donationware P51 B/C with a repaint by Sopwith Chameleon. I really loved the model when it was released, although it actually looks so simple now. I think I paid $2 for it...... Now it has become freeware.



The Skyunlimited P51 B/C the repaint is most likely done by John "Bomber_12th" Terrell. I bought this set mainly for the early versions.



And the ultimate version of the P51 B/C for FS2004. The Warbirdsim model with a default repaint. Absolutely one of the best models done for FS2004!



Cheers,
Huub

[zswobbie1]

Hi Huub,
I'm trying to find the The donationware P51 B/C. Is it the one in the Donationware library?
The Skyunlimited P51 B/C & Warbirdsim... Where can I dind those? Payware or freeware?

I found Robert Dial's P-51, mainly for the Pink Floyd Eclipse texture for it.

Before my laptop was 'stolen' I had all of them.. 'Sigh'..

[huub vink]

Hi Robin,

The donationware P51 can be found in the donationware section of our library. There are two versions. The one with the birdcage canopy and the version with the Malcolm hood. Add-Ons Library - FS9 - SOH Forum (sim-outhouse.com)
There are loads of repaints for these models.

The Skyunlimited P51 is most likely not available anymore (at least not that I'm aware of). I purchased it for the A-36 and early P51/Mustang versions. But this gap has been filled by Allen's recent CFS2 conversions of the stock CFS3 P51 model. The SU P51 B/C is superior to the donationware model. But for me the donationware model is more attractive due to the large amount of repaints.

The Warbirdsim model is still payware, although the FS2004 version is hard to find and quite expensive. There are two sets. WarbirdSim Mustang P51 B C & III Fighter Leader I and the WarbirdSim Mustang P51 B C & III Fighter Leader II set. The Leader I set is the set with droptanks and the Leader II set has bombs and contains a F-6C reconnaissance version. Both have different contain different liveries, but there are plenty repaints available in the library.

I was able to find the leader I set at PC Aviator ( PC Aviator - The Flight Simulation Company! ), although it is advertised with pictures from the leader II set! (The description is correct)
The leader II set can be found at SimShack ( North American P-51 Mustang Fighter Leader II for FS2004 by Warbirdsim (simshack.net) ).

Since I have purchased the Warbirdsim version I didn't do much with other models anymore. This model is really among the very best models ever made for FS2004!

Cheers,
Huub

[zswobbie1]

Thanks for all that info. Just what I wanted.

[Rawsthorne]

The donationware P51 B/C with a repaint by Sopwith Chameleon. I really loved the model when it was released, although it actually looks so simple now. I think I paid $2 for it...... Now it has become freeware.



The Skyunlimited P51 B/C the repaint is most likely done by John "Bomber_12th" Terrell. I bought this set mainly for the early versions.



And the ultimate version of the P51 B/C for FS2004. The Warbirdsim model with a default repaint. Absolutely one of the best models done for FS2004!



Cheers,
Huub

Wow - great pictures - especially "Princess Elizabeth"

[Sopwith Chameleon]

The donationware P51 B/C with a repaint by Sopwith Chameleon. I really loved the model when it was released, although it actually looks so simple now. I think I paid $2 for it...... Now it has become freeware.



The Skyunlimited P51 B/C the repaint is most likely done by John "Bomber_12th" Terrell. I bought this set mainly for the early versions.



And the ultimate version of the P51 B/C for FS2004. The Warbirdsim model with a default repaint. Absolutely one of the best models done for FS2004!



Cheers,
Huub

Thanks Huub ! Nice to see my stuff still out there _ its been a loooooong time !

[leuen]

Pearl Harbor looks slightly different with my Golden Hawaii.




The Kellet is taking off as AI from the roof of the fictious "Aloha Gazette" building.



Bernard

[huub vink]

Thanks Huub ! Nice to see my stuff still out there _ its been a loooooong time !

SC,

Thanks for all your nice repaints . They survived time!

Huub

[Rawsthorne]

The 'target' planes in my earlier Mig 21 shots are from another CD set featuring Cold War aircraft - I'll to look for it today - I seem to recall that it was for FS2 as well as FS9 and that the virtual cockpits were crude but the rest of it very nice; very good for setting up these 'interception' scenarios for the Sabre and the Mig etc. Btw, both of those were freebies from PC Pilot Magazine and I can supply full details of the fantastic F-86 (by "SectionF8" if you want

They are from Just Flight's "Air Power Cold War" for Flight Simulator 98 & 2000 AND CFS2 with "29 legendary aircraft". You do get the option of loading them into a more recent sim while going through the installation, so I opted for FS9. Unfortunately what you get then are models which look crude up close and with bits missing (the Yak takes off without its undercarriage and the Vulcan has an airbrake stuck in the open position). BUT - they look just great from a distance so make good enemy aircraft for your screenshots

This Air Power disc was one of three in one of those old red box sets which also includes CFSww2 Europe and Pacific Command Pilot

[darrenvox]

nice work there guys

[msfossey]

Quick question for Huub Vink, was wondering if you have tried to convert the Warbirdsim model to CFS2? Would be happy to purchase the Warbirdsim version if I thought it would convert into CFS2. I'm still flying that old sim and have the SU P-51's and enjoy them, but can never have enough.

BTW, Sopwith Chameleon, I use many of your repaints for CFS2 and believe the are among the finest available for the CFS2! They look great after all this time.

msfossey

[Motormouse]

Another ez scenery WIP, rejuvenating a disused airfield ; one of the V Bomber 'Dispersal' bases (aka bolt hole)

ttfn

Pete

[Motormouse]

SOH S2F. Steve Beeny's Hawker Sea Hawk which you can still get from here ------> https://www.nazcastudios.com/sea-hawk/

NL2000 background scenery, and carrier Karel Doorman

ttfn

Pete

[Rawsthorne]

[Rawsthorne]

The Russian is from Wings of Power collection "The Cold War"

[Rawsthorne]

PC Pilot issue 62

[Rawsthorne]

PC Pilot freeware (issue 51)

[Josh Patterson]

Pearl Harbor looks slightly different with my Golden Hawaii.




The Kellet is taking off as AI from the roof of the fictious "Aloha Gazette" building.



Bernard

Glad I was poking around here! I have the Pitcarin Autogiro from GAS, this'll make a nice addition!