JBK Fokker FVIIb-3m Wright-engined for CFS2 by UncleTgt
This is a conversion of the FS2004 Fokker FVIIb-3m by Jens B. Kristensen.
The pack includes new air & dp files, plus WIN 7 safe panels. It is uploaded as a complete aircraft for ease of installation.
New model conversion with dull & glossy material options. Changes in colour & shine for glass material. Luggage cargo door animation activated & assigned to use Extend/Retract Concorde Visor (Z/shift Z).
2D panel options for imperial or metric units. New fixed views added.
The airfile is completely revised, as is the dp file. Separate civilian & militarized aircraft are provided. The dp uses Kelti exhaust effects, Alain Bretons French bombs, Groundcrew bomb racks & my own rear gunner & Lewis waist guns for the militarized version. The civilian version uses small cargo boxes plus some new fuselage side bomb racks for the improvised civilian bomber conversions used in the SCW.
Due to model limitations (wire-spoked wheels, 2 blade wooden props, overwing exhausts) it's not possible to provide accurate representations other than the original PanAm paint. However, to complete the range I've provided Polish bomber & USMC transport skins. These 2 paints have also been reproduced in the Lynx-engined FVIIb-3m pack for those that prefer the wider range of model options possible & don't mind using the 7 cylinder model representation instead of the 9 cylinder engine modelled here.
The textures included are: "2" Polish AF, 1939 - the only photos I could find indicate the Polish license-built aircraft had 2 blade props. They had 9 cylinder Wright engines, but as the Pan-Am version done by Jens has so different-looking exhausts & wire spoked wheels, I decided to provide a Lynx engined option too. See the separate Wright-engined download for the 9 cylinder aircraft.
"3" USMC, Nicaragua, 1929 - like the Polish skin, this too was a 9 cylinder engined model. The Pan-Am FVII model has plain wood prop blades, so the only way to show the USMC tricolour prop tips was to match it with a Lynx engined model instead. I also found some photos that suggest these a/c may have had 3 bladed ctr prop as well, simply not an option using the PanAm FVII model.
To install, unzip the download to a temporary location & move/ copy files to the matching folder names inside your chosen CFS 2 install.
Thanks to: Jens B. Kristensen for the original FS2004 Fokker FVII trimotors.
Allen for the inspiration for the fixed window views.
Allen for his DOSmdlc_2, making shine & mdl size changes possible in WIN7+
Martin Wright for so many useful tools, in this case in particular MDLmat allowing aircraft model material transparency & colour changes.
Kelticheart for his exhaust effects, & inspiration for the propeller bitmaps.
This is freeware and subject to the usual conditions.
UncleTgt,
MAR 2021
This is a conversion of the FS2004 Fokker FVIIb-3m by Jens B. Kristensen.
The pack includes new air & dp files, plus WIN 7 safe panels. It is uploaded as a complete aircraft for ease of installation.
New model conversion with dull & glossy material options. Changes in colour & shine for glass material. Luggage cargo door animation activated & assigned to use Extend/Retract Concorde Visor (Z/shift Z).
2D panel options for imperial or metric units. New fixed views added.
The airfile is completely revised, as is the dp file. Separate civilian & militarized aircraft are provided. The dp uses Kelti exhaust effects, Alain Bretons French bombs, Groundcrew bomb racks & my own rear gunner & Lewis waist guns for the militarized version. The civilian version uses small cargo boxes plus some new fuselage side bomb racks for the improvised civilian bomber conversions used in the SCW.
Due to model limitations (wire-spoked wheels, 2 blade wooden props, overwing exhausts) it's not possible to provide accurate representations other than the original PanAm paint. However, to complete the range I've provided Polish bomber & USMC transport skins. These 2 paints have also been reproduced in the Lynx-engined FVIIb-3m pack for those that prefer the wider range of model options possible & don't mind using the 7 cylinder model representation instead of the 9 cylinder engine modelled here.
The textures included are: "2" Polish AF, 1939 - the only photos I could find indicate the Polish license-built aircraft had 2 blade props. They had 9 cylinder Wright engines, but as the Pan-Am version done by Jens has so different-looking exhausts & wire spoked wheels, I decided to provide a Lynx engined option too. See the separate Wright-engined download for the 9 cylinder aircraft.
"3" USMC, Nicaragua, 1929 - like the Polish skin, this too was a 9 cylinder engined model. The Pan-Am FVII model has plain wood prop blades, so the only way to show the USMC tricolour prop tips was to match it with a Lynx engined model instead. I also found some photos that suggest these a/c may have had 3 bladed ctr prop as well, simply not an option using the PanAm FVII model.
To install, unzip the download to a temporary location & move/ copy files to the matching folder names inside your chosen CFS 2 install.
Thanks to: Jens B. Kristensen for the original FS2004 Fokker FVII trimotors.
Allen for the inspiration for the fixed window views.
Allen for his DOSmdlc_2, making shine & mdl size changes possible in WIN7+
Martin Wright for so many useful tools, in this case in particular MDLmat allowing aircraft model material transparency & colour changes.
Kelticheart for his exhaust effects, & inspiration for the propeller bitmaps.
This is freeware and subject to the usual conditions.
UncleTgt,
MAR 2021
