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  • Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.

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Lockheed Vega (FSX Native)

You've been working really hard Craig and many thanks for what you've done:ernae: I hope you aren't getting in trouble with the missus, lol.
 
Yay! Amelia's "Little Red Bus" and the "Winnie Mae".
Glad to have native versions finally in the FSX hangar. :applause:

Never have done the Atlantic crossing in the "Bus", may have to look into doing that flight.
Hmm, maybe the "around the world" with "Mae" too, someday..
http://airandspace.si.edu/collections/artifact.cfm?id=A19670093000
http://airandspace.si.edu/collections/artifact.cfm?id=A19360030000
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I've always loved the look of the Vega since I was a kid and had the AMT plastic model kit.
 
May I suggest a float version, too? (Something down the road, so to speak. Not to delay the wheeled version.)
 
That is awesome, Craig! There will definitely have to be some repaints made up to go with the windowed-version. There's one in particular, two-toned in green and red, in a color photo of it parked at Burbank in the 1930's, that I would just love to see made, or work on making myself.

Interesting to consider, although the original Winnie Mae didn't have the side windows, the original 1929 Lockheed Vega that Kermit Weeks owns, painted up as Winnie Mae, does have the windows along the side. So by using the windowed model, with the Winnie Mae paint scheme, you basically have the example that is on display at Fantasy of Flight.

BTW, much of these aircraft were constructed with wood ribs and skins, and lined with fabric (like the Mosquito), so that is why there isn't much in the way of surface detail, and only a very few panel lines and noticeable fasteners. A few variants, however, did have metal-constructed fuselages. One of the remarkable aspects of the design, is how it didn't have support struts for the wings, because it was constructed to not need them. There was however actually some consideration given to just adding them, cosmetically, to help lend reassurance to the public in it being a safe design.

The going cost for a typical Lockheed Vega during the period - $13,000 in 1928/1929, or about $170,000 in today's money.
 
I've been having problems when cutting the windows out, it caused some shading errors not too serious though.

three more versions will be included; 5B with windows, 5C with windows and a 5C with windows but not spats.

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I've been having problems when cutting the windows out, it caused some shading errors not too serious though.

three more versions will be included; 5B with windows, 5C with windows and a 5C with windows but not spats.
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Well, you're not going to see any errors like that in the passenger area, anyway, sitting in the cockpit of a Lockheed Vega. :icon_lol:

Wow, B&C's without spats, you're spoiling us, Craig!
 
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