Why i ask the question "how much do you want to pay" was to see if you have a grasp of the time involved to build a high quality model such as you ask. Then you bring up that you have been in contact with a few payware companies leads me to think A; you are in for a shock if anyone gives you a price or B; Your very wealthy and want a FS version of your personal GV. Just as a guess myself but lets say you wanted something along the quality that Milton Shupe has produced over the years. I would bet the amount of time Milton puts into a model alone would surprise most FS enthusiasts. If you want a VC and panel along with gauges to go with the model That adds alot of time as well. You will still need everything textured as well and then to even make it flyable a good FDE will need to be made to get it to fly close to actual published figures. Since we are this far in you will need a sound file built and that will take alot of time as well. Then everything has to be put together tested and packaged up and EULA's written. So all in i would guess your looking at a few thousand hours of work to get you your Gulfstream and a small team of developers to bring it to life. So.... How much do you want to spend?
Model design for money
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Your on a forum full of developers who take their work seriously so if you want to be taken at the same level your going to have to step up and show you understand what your asking for. I have not even touched on the part that the owners of the Gulfstream name has made it clear in the past the will protect their intellectual property in court. Rick Salsa went through this with Gulfstream 18+ years ago with his freeware models for FS2002 if my memory is correct. You not the first person to come to these forums with the same idea you have and i have yet to see anything come out of it due to the surprise price tag that comes with the request outside of MAAMsim's B-25 and TBM and AOPA's Commander 112.
anels9
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price is less of an issue than it is the platform in which I’m asking the model to be made for. In my previous post to yours I said that the main problem I’ve got with the people I’ve contacted is that fsx and p3d are the only platforms that they use/make aircraft for. I’m only after an external mode with the usual animations, flaps, gear, rudder, nose wheel, etc.. sound and panel are no issue as I’m happy to use one of the wonderful ones that are laying around the community.i already have a good understanding of fs fdes already so that too I’m not too worried about (at this stage)
the sort of quality im after isn’t very high but still accurate. Think of mike stones last released model, iai Westwind v2. That’s the sort of quality I’m after
kind regards
Anels9,
Like you already mentioned nearly all payware designers moved on to FSX or P3D. There are still some high quality developers active in FS2004, but these are often freeware designers who make things for fun and not for money. And they make their own choices about the model they like to make.
Like Speedy70 already mentioned Bill Ortis from Lionheart is perhaps somebody who is willing to help you. He has moved on as well, but always had strong ties with FS2004 and therefore he might be willing to do such a model, just for the fun of doing it.
Good luck in your search,
Huub
Like you already mentioned nearly all payware designers moved on to FSX or P3D. There are still some high quality developers active in FS2004, but these are often freeware designers who make things for fun and not for money. And they make their own choices about the model they like to make.
Like Speedy70 already mentioned Bill Ortis from Lionheart is perhaps somebody who is willing to help you. He has moved on as well, but always had strong ties with FS2004 and therefore he might be willing to do such a model, just for the fun of doing it.
Good luck in your search,
Huub
