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dvj said:
Not aware of the Red Wing offering. That looks quite good but doubt any compatibility. The difference is the switchable era's of space flight and the crawler transporter. I'd like to see them add people and the NASA astronaut RV that Red Wing offers.
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I just looked on Redwing Simulations website. No mention of that scenery. NC

I did find this:

KTTS - Shuttle Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center for Microsoft Flight Simulator | MSFS

✓ KTTS - Shuttle Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center is a Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 mod created by michail71. Experience the iconic Shuttle Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, featuring a massive 15,001x300 feet runway and unique approach lights. Discover enhancements...
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Javis said:
Great shot, dvj and thanks for the tip ! :encouragement:

Artemis/Orion, right ? Would've loved it if they'd gone back in time a bit when it was still called Cape Canaveral with the Atlas booster and Mercury capsule. Immerse myself in nostalgic feelings going back to the ol' 60's building the 1/110 scale Revell model with launch pad and all ! ;-)

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Growing at the Cape in the late 50s & 60s, that was one of my favorite model kits back then. The other favorites ones I remember from that, were the Revell Bomarc & Snark kits. I think I remember a Revell Mercury Redstone kits also???






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FAC257 said:
Growing at the Cape in the late 50s & 60s, that was one of my favorite model kits back then. The other favorites ones I remember from that, were the Revell Bomarc & Snark kits. I think I remember a Revell Mercury Redstone kits also???

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Boom!! This piccie of the Snark releases quite a wealth of nostalgia ! ;-) As a more or less still ignorant youngster i bought plastic models of anything with wings. Don't even think i knew anything about its purpose. It had wings so it could fly. That was the critirium. Hehe. Also the name "Snark" appealed to me very much (i'm from the Netherlands, during the 50's/60's primary school didn't teach English yet). We have an almost similar word "Snerk" (dialect) playful for a sneaky person. And lately i became aware of a wonderful instrumental American band called 'Snarky Puppy'. And i guess 'Shark' must also have something to do with it. It looks a bit like a shark doesn't it.

Anyway, i remember that Snark model very well ! All my plastic models from that era are gone of course so it's always nice to see a piccy of it. I never heard of the Revell Mercury Redstone rocket but i *do* very much remember the Mercury and Gemini space capsules ! Nice big models of which the Mercury model had internal details as well (maybe even the astronaut models....) if i remember correctly. Would've loved it if particularly that Mercury model (maybe 1/12) would've survived all the movings.... ;-)

(we'd better box that up now, severly OT, sorry.. :sneaky: )

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Javis said:
Boom!! This piccie of the Snark releases quite a wealth of nostalgia ! ;-) As a more or less still ignorant youngster i bought plastic models of anything with wings. Don't even think i knew anything about its purpose. It had wings so it could fly. That was the critirium. Hehe. Also the name "Snark" appealed to me very much (i'm from the Netherlands, during the 50's/60's primary school didn't teach English yet). We have an almost similar word "Snerk" (dialect) playful for a sneaky person. And lately i became aware of a wonderful instrumental American band called 'Snarky Puppy'. And i guess 'Shark' must also have something to do with it. It looks a bit like a shark doesn't it.

Anyway, i remember that Snark model very well ! All my plastic models from that era are gone of course so it's always nice to see a piccy of it. I never heard of the Revell Mercury Redstone rocket but i *do* very much remember the Mercury and Gemini space capsules ! Nice big models of which the Mercury model had internal details as well (maybe even the astronaut models....) if i remember correctly. Would've loved it if particularly that Mercury model (maybe 1/12) would've survived all the movings.... ;-)

(we'd better box that up now, severly OT, sorry.. :sneaky: )

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That was another one I built at least once. I was big into any model that had to do with missiles and the space program.

I still have these hard-to-find Topping models. My father was a Titan launch officer and these were his office models.


He also brought home concept models of the future space shuttle program that he let me play with. I have no idea whatever happened to them. I had forgotten about them until I visited the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum back in the 70's and there was a display case that had those same concept models in it. They look nothing at all like the space shuttle we ended up with.


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Here are some screenshots from FS2024, testing my FS2020 repaint of 'Jersey Jerk' on the FS2024 P-51D. To have it work requires a different file and folder arrangement, as well as saving all of the files as KTX2 rather than DDS. Some refining to the comp textures, and I think it will be ready to post. My plan is to bring all of my FS2020 P-51 repaints into FS2024, while also updating them for 2020 as well.








 
Thank you, Noddy!

I'm thankful for Randall Snow's improvement mod, which has got me re-interested/re-inspired to make repaints for the MS/Asobo Mustang again, and despite being one of the most challenging models to paint, I'm thankful that it still allows for a repaint to be made with markings as complex as 'Jersey Jerk'.

Here are a few more test shots in 2024, now with the comp textures adjusted to add more shine/reflectivity to the metal and silver paint. Just a minor few things to try and sort, like the recognition lights, and it should be done.

It wasn't until working on this repaint in FS2024 today that I discovered that these new native '24 models don't require spinning prop blur textures any more, and that it actually takes the static prop model and blurs it accordingly in 3D. Really cool! I only realized that because I noticed that the spinning prop/blur features my customized static prop model texture details, without having made any blurred prop textures.



 
Bomber_12th said:
Thank you, Noddy! It wasn't until working on this repaint in FS2024 today that I discovered that these new native '24 models don't require spinning prop blur textures any more, and that it actually takes the static prop model and blurs it accordingly in 3D. Really cool! I only realized that because I noticed that the spinning prop/blur features my customized static prop model texture details, without having made any blurred prop textures.

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I was going to mention those prop textures look insanely good haha!
 
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