New FSX P-51D Mustang not far away

Thanks for taking the time to register to the forums Mungo and welcome. :wavey:

Here are some additional shots for the thirsty (sorry, haven't killed the engine yet).

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..and I always thought Col Landers was the pilot of the 'big beautiful doll'?

Ok, let's be a bit critical here:
too bad the checkers don't line up on the tail of #40, and too bad they are not parallel to the leading edge of the horizontal stabilizer. They usually were in the 325th FG.
The textures seem a bit mismatched in the BBB shot too, and the victory markings are a bit too blurry to my liking. Is this using 2048 textures?
There is a very clear texture edge visible just forward of the canopy in the Old Crow shot as well, like in the BBB, it would be nice if that became less obvious.
Sorry to point these things out, I'm a bit of an idiot when it comes to Mustangs...
Good luck with the final touches!
 
Have to say that this P-51 looks excellent. I will be visiting 'Janie' & 'Marinell' later today at their home - Hardwick airfield, Norfolk for the 93rd Bomb Group museum's monthly open day.

I'm wondering if anyone is planning to model the grass strip at Hardwick? I can do the grass runway but have'nt got the skill (yet) to make & place custom buildings. Can take plenty of photos though for anyone that wants to have a go.

Mike

PS The pilot does'nt look too big, if youv'e ever met Maurice Hammond, the owner of 'Janie' & 'Marinell' you'll know that he's a big guy.
 
The sounds are fantastic, not sure about the frames as I don't use the counter, but I haven't suffered any stutters or anything.
 
YABM - Yet another bloody Mustang.

Come on guys, this is getting boring....what about a DC-8, early 737 or Mercure?

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Ask that a year ago, Bjoern, when you get the time machine. Or has your development experience so far not told you how long these things take to reach the stage they were at?

A year ago, we had ZERO Mustangs. We now have two. Hardly "masses" and "overload" or anything else.

Seriously. If you're not interested, read another thread and ignore Mustang ones. It's not hard.
 
Bjoern said:
Come on guys, this is getting boring....what about a DC-8, early 737 or Mercure?
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Bjoern, surely by now you must have realized that the particular area of (simulated) aviation you're interested in is not the same one that the majority of people on this forum are interested in, and the one which this forum was, in fact, originally set up to cater to.

Anyway, Nick's screenshots are impeccable as always, but for me they confirm that this rendition of the Mustang does not, to my eye, look like an accurate and convincing representation of the real thing. I will not be purchasing.
 
IanP said:
Ask that a year ago, Bjoern, when you get the time machine. Or has your development experience so far not told you how long these things take to reach the stage they were at?

A year ago, we had ZERO Mustangs. We now have two. Hardly "masses" and "overload" or anything else.

Seriously. If you're not interested, read another thread and ignore Mustang ones. It's not hard.
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Slug Flyer said:
Bjoern, surely by now you must have realized that the particular area of (simulated) aviation you're interested in is not the same one that the majority of people on this forum are interested in, and the one which this forum was, in fact, originally set up to cater to.
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Points taken.
 
A2A already have one as part of the WW2 Fighters pack which has respawned FSX versions of the P-51D, Bf109, P-47 and Spitfire.

I wonder if an FSX upgrade for the A6M is already on the cards? It would be nice to have, although I believe they are up to their necks in another Accu-Sim package already at the moment.
 
Naki said:
In what way?
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What difference does it make to you? I'm not interested in arguing aesthetics; a Mustang, it seems, is in the eye of the beholder. You like it, you buy it. I don't, I won't. No point in me taking the time to say anything further.
 
Slug Flyer said:
What difference does it make to you? I'm not interested in arguing aesthetics; a Mustang, it seems, is in the eye of the beholder. You like it, you buy it. I don't, I won't. No point in me taking the time to say anything further.
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What then is te use of telling us you won't purchase? I have the experience that contacting developers directly with specific - constructive - critisism is appreciated by them. In this thread there are several posts with detail critisism but these are almost entirely negative. Why not also mention positive points? That is much more encouraging and constructive and developers can then better decide what to modify and what to retain, given limited resources.
 
Stickshaker said:
What then is te use of telling us you won't purchase? I have the experience that contacting developers directly with specific - constructive - critisism is appreciated by them. In this thread there are several posts with detail critisism but these are almost entirely negative. Why not also mention positive points? That is much more encouraging and constructive and developers can then better decide what to modify and what to retain, given limited resources.
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I mentioned one specific problem I had with the model (the windscreen) before. That was dismissed. As for positive points...seems to me like there's a lot of laudatory, cheerleading posts in every thread about a new model, whereas every time someone raises a beef...we end up having an exchange like this.
 
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